What happened this day in history June 9

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 160th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 205 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 27, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,749,427,200 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 ‘hectahexacontagon’ day.

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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 253 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 4,553 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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June 9 Historical Events

  • 53
    Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia.
  • 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.
  • 1667
    The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet begins. It lasts for five days and results in a decisive victory by the Dutch over the English in the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
  • 1900
    Birsa Munda, an important figure in the Indian independence movement, dies in British prison under mysterious circumstances.
  • 1923
    Bulgaria’s military takes over the government in a coup.
  • 1953
    Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: a tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts killing 94.
  • 1965
    Civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam Phan Huy Quat resigned after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyen Cao Ky.
  • 1985
    Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped in Lebanon (he will not be released until 1991).
  • 1999
    Kosovo War: the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.

Who were born on June 9?

  • 1890
    Leslie Banks, British actor (d. 1952)
  • 1906
    Robert Klark Graham, American eugenicist and entrepreneur (d. 1997)
  • 1929
    Johnny Ace, American rhythm and blues singer (d. 1954)
  • 1930
    Monique Andrée Serf, French singer (d. 1997)
  • 1931
    Joe Santos, American actor
  • 1954
    Gregory Maguire, American novelist
  • 1963
    Gilad Atzmon, Israeli-born British jazz saxophonist and political activist
  • 1970
    Robert W. Brown II, American lawyer and entrepreneur
  • 1984
    Aruni Kashyap, Indian poet
  • 1985
    Sonam Kapoor, Indian actress

Who died on June 9?

  • 62
    Claudia Octavia, wife of Roman Emperor Nero (b. 40)
  • 597
    Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary (b. 521)
  • 1563
    William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, English statesman (b. 1506)
  • 1656
    Thomas Tomkins, Welsh composer (b. 1572)
  • 1717
    Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon, French mystic (b. 1648)
  • 1834
    William Carey, English minister and missionary (b. 1761)
  • 1946
    Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII], King of Thailand (b. 1925)
  • 1993
    Alexis Smith, Canadian actress (b. 1921)
  • 2000
    Jacob Lawrence, American painter (b. 1917)
  • 2011
    M. F. Husain, Indian artist, painter (b. 1915)

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