June 9 - Wikipedia

June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining.

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Events

1534 - Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the St. Lawrence River
1537 - Pope Paul III declares, "Indians are human beings, with the qualities and faults of human beings."
1732 - James Oglethorpe[?] is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia
1772 - British vessel Gaspee[?] is burned off of Rhode Island
1775 - Guy Carleton begins preparations to face American invasion at Quebec Quebec.
1856 - 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts
1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station[?], Virginia
1934 - Donald Duck debuts
1940 - World War II: Norway surrenders to Germany
1942 - World War II: The US Philippine Department surrenders to Japan
1944 - World War II: The Soviet Union invades the Eastern Karelia region of Finland
1954 - Joseph Welch[?], special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army
1973 - Secretariat wins the Triple Crown
1989 - Jane Foster[?] and Deanna Brasseur[?] become Canada's first two female fighter pilots[?]
1990 - A record store owner in Fort Lauderdale, Florida is arrested for selling As Nasty As They Wanna Be[?] by 2 Live Crew
1997 - The British lease on the New Territories in Hong Kong expires
1999 - Kosovo War: Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty[?]

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June 8 - June 10 - May 9 - July 9 -- listing of all days