June 9 facts for kids

June 9 is the 160th day of the year (161st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 205 days remain until the end of the year. June 9th is a day filled with many interesting events throughout history, from ancient times to the modern era. It's a day when empires changed, new lands were explored, and important people were born or passed away. Let's explore some of the key moments that happened on this date!

Historical Events

Ancient Times and Middle Ages

• 411 BC – In ancient Athens, a big political change happened. A group of people took control, creating a short-lived oligarchy, which is a government ruled by a small group of powerful individuals.
• 53 – The Roman emperor Nero married Claudia Octavia.
• 68 – Emperor Nero died, ending the Julio-Claudian dynasty of Roman emperors. This led to a period of civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors.
• 721 – Odo of Aquitaine won a major victory against the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse.
• 747 – The Abbasid Revolution began when Abu Muslim Khorasani started a rebellion against the Umayyad rulers.
• 1311 – Duccio's famous painting, the Maestà, was shown for the first time and placed in Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy. This artwork was a big step forward in the early Italian Renaissance.
• 1534 – Jacques Cartier became the first European to describe and map the Saint Lawrence River in what is now Canada.

From the 17th to 19th Century

• 1732 – James Oglethorpe received a special document from the king to create the colony of Georgia in America.
• 1772 – The British ship Gaspee was burned in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, by American colonists. This event was an early sign of the growing tensions before the American Revolution.
• 1798 – During the Irish Rebellion, important battles took place at Arklow and Saintfield.
• 1815 – The Congress of Vienna officially ended. This meeting of European leaders redrew the map of Europe after the Napoleonic Wars, setting up a new political balance.
• 1856 – Five hundred Mormon settlers began their journey from Iowa City, Iowa along the Mormon Trail, heading west.
• 1862 – American Civil War: General Stonewall Jackson finished his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a win at the Battle of Port Republic. His clever battle plans are still studied by military leaders today.
• 1863 – American Civil War: The Battle of Brandy Station in Virginia was the largest cavalry battle ever fought on American soil. It marked a turning point, ending the Confederate cavalry's dominance in the eastern part of the war.
• 1885 – The Treaty of Tientsin was signed, ending the Sino-French War. As a result, China gave up control of Tonkin and Annam (most of modern-day Vietnam) to France.
• 1900 – Indian nationalist leader Birsa Munda passed away in a British prison.

20th and 21st Century Events

• 1915 – William Jennings Bryan stepped down as the U.S. Secretary of State because he disagreed with how the United States was handling the sinking of the RMS Lusitania during World War I.
• 1922 – The Åland's Regional Assembly held its first meeting. Today, this day is celebrated as Self-Government Day of Åland.
• 1923 – The military in Bulgaria took control of the government in a coup.
• 1928 – Charles Kingsford Smith completed the first flight across the Pacific Ocean in his airplane, the Southern Cross.
• 1944 – World War II: The Soviet Union invaded East Karelia and parts of Finland that Finland had occupied since 1941.
• 1948 – The International Council on Archives was founded under the guidance of UNESCO.
• 1953 – A series of powerful tornadoes, known as the Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence, hit Massachusetts, causing many deaths and injuries.
• 1954 – During the Army–McCarthy hearings, lawyer Joseph N. Welch famously challenged Senator Joseph McCarthy, asking, "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?"
• 1957 – The mountain Broad Peak was climbed for the first time by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl.
• 1959 – The USS George Washington, the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, was launched.
• 1965 – The civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam, Phan Huy Quát, resigned due to difficulties working with the military leaders.
• 1965 – Vietnam War: The Viet Cong began a major battle with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoài.
• 1967 – Six-Day War: Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria.
• 1972 – Heavy rain caused a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to break, leading to a terrible flood that killed many people and caused a lot of damage.
• 1973 – In horse racing, the famous horse Secretariat won the U.S. Triple Crown, a very rare achievement.
• 1978 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced that its priesthood would be open to "all worthy men," changing a policy that had been in place for 148 years.
• 1979 – A fire at the Ghost Train ride at Luna Park Sydney in Australia tragically killed seven people.
• 1999 – Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO signed a peace treaty, bringing an end to the conflict.

Famous Birthdays

Born Before 1900

• 1016 – Deokjong of Goryeo, a ruler of Korea.
• 1580 – Daniel Heinsius, a Belgian poet and scholar.
• 1595 – Władysław IV Vasa, who became a Polish king.
• 1640 – Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1672 – Peter the Great, a very important Russian emperor.
• 1781 – George Stephenson, an English engineer who designed the famous Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
• 1836 – Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, the first English woman to qualify as a physician and surgeon in Britain.
• 1843 – Bertha von Suttner, an Austrian journalist and author who won the Nobel Peace Prize.
• 1861 – Pierre Duhem, a French physicist and mathematician.
• 1865 – Carl Nielsen, a Danish violinist, composer, and conductor.
• 1875 – Henry Hallett Dale, an English pharmacologist who won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
• 1891 – Cole Porter, a famous American composer and songwriter.

Born After 1900

• 1902 – Skip James, an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.
• 1915 – Les Paul, a legendary American guitarist and songwriter, known for his innovations in electric guitars.
• 1916 – Robert McNamara, an American businessman and politician who served as the United States Secretary of Defense.
• 1917 – Eric Hobsbawm, an Egyptian-English historian and author.
• 1921 – Arthur Hertzberg, an American rabbi and scholar.
• 1922 – John Gillespie Magee Jr., an Anglo-American pilot and poet.
• 1926 – Happy Rockefeller, the 31st Second Lady of the United States.
• 1931 – Jackie Mason, an American comedian and actor.
• 1934 – Jackie Wilson, a popular American singer-songwriter.
• 1939 – David Hobbs, an English race car driver and sportscaster.
• 1939 – Dick Vitale, an American basketball coach and sportscaster.
• 1941 – Jon Lord, an English singer-songwriter and keyboard player, known for the band Deep Purple.
• 1943 – Charles Saatchi, an Iraqi-English businessman who co-founded the advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi.
• 1951 – James Newton Howard, an American composer and conductor, known for film scores.
• 1954 – Patricia Cornwell, an American journalist and author, famous for her crime novels.
• 1954 – Elizabeth May, a Canadian environmentalist, lawyer, and politician.
• 1954 – George Pérez, an American author and illustrator, known for his comic book work.
• 1961 – Michael J. Fox, a Canadian-American actor and producer, famous for Back to the Future.
• 1961 – Aaron Sorkin, an American screenwriter and producer, known for TV shows like The West Wing.
• 1963 – Johnny Depp, a well-known American actor.
• 1975 – Ameesha Patel, an Indian actress and model.
• 1978 – Matt Bellamy, an English singer and musician, lead singer of the band Muse.
• 1978 – Miroslav Klose, a German footballer, known for being the top scorer in FIFA World Cup history.
• 1981 – Natalie Portman, an Israeli-American actress, known for many films including Star Wars.
• 1984 – Wesley Sneijder, a Dutch footballer.
• 1985 – Sonam Kapoor, an Indian model and actress.
• 1988 – Mae Whitman, an American actress.

Notable Deaths

Passed Away Before 1900

• 68 – Nero, a Roman emperor.
• 373 – Ephrem the Syrian, a hymn writer and theologian.
• 597 – Columba, an Irish missionary and saint.
• 1348 – Ambrogio Lorenzetti, a Sienese painter.
• 1572 – Jeanne d'Albret, a Navarrese queen and a leader of the Huguenots.
• 1834 – William Carey, an English minister and missionary.
• 1870 – Charles Dickens, a very famous English novelist and critic, known for books like Oliver Twist and A Christmas Carol.
• 1871 – Anna Atkins, an English botanist and photographer, known for her early use of photography in books.

Passed Away After 1900

• 1927 – Victoria Woodhull, an American activist who fought for women's rights.
• 1958 – Robert Donat, an English actor.
• 1959 – Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, a German chemist who won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
• 1964 – Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, a British businessman and politician.
• 1974 – Miguel Ángel Asturias, a Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet who won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• 1989 – George Wells Beadle, an American geneticist who won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
• 1991 – Claudio Arrau, a Chilean-American pianist.
• 1994 – Jan Tinbergen, a Dutch economist who won the first Nobel Prize in Economics.
• 2011 – M. F. Husain, a famous Indian painter and director.
• 2013 – Iain Banks, a Scottish author.
• 2014 – Rik Mayall, an English comedian and actor.
• 2017 – Adam West, an American actor, best known for playing Batman in the 1960s TV series.
• 2022 – Julee Cruise, an American singer-songwriter.

Holidays and Observances

• Anniversary of the Accession of King Abdullah II (Jordan)
• Autonomy Day (Åland)
• Christian feast day:
  • Columba
  • Ephrem the Syrian (Roman Catholic Church and Church of England)
  • José de Anchieta
• Coral Triangle Day
• Don Young Day (Alaska, United States)
• La Rioja Day (La Rioja)
• Murcia Day (Murcia)
• National Heroes' Day (Uganda)

See also

In Spanish: 9 de junio para niños