What are the important events that happened on June 9? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
June 9: Facts & Myths About This Day
June 9 is the 161st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 205 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 27, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,717,891,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectahexacontahenagon’ day.
Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 234 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,188 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 9 Historical Events
- 721 –Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse.
- 1534 –Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the Saint Lawrence River.
- 1650 –The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. It is the first legal corporation in the Americas.
- 1732 –James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of the future U.S. state of Georgia.
- 1924 –In the second attempt to climb Mount Everest, George Mallory and Andrew “Sandy” Irvine disappear, possibly having first made it to the top.
- 1934 –Donald Duck makes his debut in The Wise Little Hen.
- 1944 –World War II: 99 civilians are hung from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks.
- 1953 –Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: a tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts killing 94.
- 1959 –The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles.
- 1968 –U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
Who were born on June 9?
- 1580 –Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (d. 1655)
- 1810 –Otto Nicolai, German composer (d. 1849)
- 1891 –Cole Porter, American composer and lyricist (d. 1964)
- 1922 –Fernand Seguin, Canadian biochemist (d. 1988)
- 1964 –Hiroko Yakushimaru, Japanese actress and singer
- 1966 –Tamela Mann, American gospel singer and actress
- 1968 –Niki Bakoyianni, Greek high jumper
- 1977 –Amisha Patel, Indian actress
- 1978 –Miroslav Klose, German football player
- 1983 –Firas Al Khatib, Syrian football player
Who died on June 9?
- 597 –Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary (b. 521)
- 1563 –William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, English statesman (b. 1506)
- 1870 –Charles Dickens, English author (b. 1812)
- 1912 –Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian writer (b. 1852)
- 1952 –Adolf Busch, German composer (b. 1891)
- 1958 –Robert Donat, English actor (b. 1905)
- 1991 –Claudio Arrau, Chilean-born pianist (b. 1903)
- 1997 –Stanley Knowles, Canadian politician (b. 1908)
- 2004 –Brian Williamson, Jamaican activist (b. 1945)
- 2007 –Frankie Abernathy, American reality TV personality (b. 1981)
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