9 June
Notable Births
Diego Lainez
b. 2000
Mexican footballer (born 2000)
George Jennings (rugby league)
b. 1993
Tonga international rugby league footballer
Zach Hyman
b. 1992
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1992)
Yannick Agnel
b. 1992
French swimmer (born 1992)
Boyd Cordner
b. 1992
Australia international rugby league footballer
Aaron M. Johnson
b. 1991
American jazz saxophonist (born 1991)
Matthias Mayer
b. 1990
Austrian alpine skier
Dídac Vilà
b. 1989
Spanish footballer
Jason Demers
b. 1988
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1988)
Sara Isaković
b. 1988
Slovenian swimmer (born 1988)
Sokratis Papastathopoulos
b. 1988
Greek footballer (born 1988)
Mae Whitman
b. 1988
American actor (born 1988)
Jaan Mölder
b. 1987
Estonian rally driver (born 1987)
Doug Legursky
b. 1986
American football player (born 1986)
Yadier Pedroso
b. 1986
Cuban baseball player (1986–2013)
Ashley Postell
b. 1986
Artistic gymnast
Richard Kahui
b. 1985
Former New Zealand rugby union player
Sonam Kapoor
b. 1985
Indian actress (born 1985)
Michael J. Fox
b. 1961
Canadian-American actor and activist (born 1961)
Cole Porter
b. 1891
American composer and songwriter (1891–1964)
Notable Deaths
Sly Stone
d. 2025
American musician (1943–2025)
James Lawson (activist)
d. 2024
American activist (1928–2024)
Alain Touraine
d. 2023
French sociologist (1925–2023)
Julee Cruise
d. 2022
American singer (1956–2022)
Billy Kametz
d. 2022
American voice actor (1987–2022)
Matt Zimmerman (actor)
d. 2022
Canadian actor (1934–2022)
Bushwick Bill
d. 2019
Jamaican-American rapper (1966–2019)
Fadil Vokrri
d. 2018
Albanian football administrator and formerly Yugoslav footballer (1960–2018)
Adam West
d. 2017
American actor (1928–2017)
Pumpkinhead (rapper)
d. 2015
American rapper (1975–2015)
Pedro Zerolo
d. 2015
Spanish lawyer and politician
Bernard Agré
d. 2014
Ivorian Catholic prelate
Stuart Long
d. 2014
American boxer and Catholic priest (1963–2014)
Rik Mayall
d. 2014
English comedian (1958–2014)
Elsie Quarterman
d. 2014
American plant ecologist (1910–2014)
Alicemarie Huber Stotler
d. 2014
American judge
Bob Welch (baseball)
d. 2014
American baseball player (1956–2014)
Iain Banks
d. 2013
Scottish writer (1954–2013)
Bruno Bartoletti
d. 2013
Italian operatic conductor (1926-2013)
Walter Jens
d. 2013
German philologist and writer (1923–2013)
On This Day in History
All 43 ›2010
At least 40 people are killed and more than 70 wounded in a suicide bombing at a wedding party in Arghandab, Kandahar.
Nadahan wedding bombing
2009
An explosion kills 17 people and injures at least 46 at a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Pearl Continental hotel bombing
2008
Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people.
2008 Beni Amrane bombings
1999
Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.
Kosovo War
1995
Ansett New Zealand Flight 703 crashes into the Tararua Range during approach to Palmerston North Airport on the North Island of New Zealand, killing four.
Ansett New Zealand Flight 703
1979
The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney, Australia, kills seven.
Sydney Ghost Train fire
1978
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1973
In horse racing, Secretariat wins the U.S. Triple Crown.
Secretariat (horse)
1972
Severe rainfall causes a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to burst, creating a flood that kills 238 people and causes $160 million in damage.
Black Hills
1968
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
Lyndon B. Johnson
1967
Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria.
Six-Day War
1965
The civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam, Phan Huy Quát, resigns after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyễn Cao Kỳ.
South Vietnam
1965
Vietnam War: The Viet Cong commences combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoài, one of the largest battles in the war.
Vietnam War
1959
The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
USS George Washington (SSBN-598)
1958
Aeroflot Flight 105 crashes on approach to Magdan-13 Airport, killing 24.
Aeroflot Flight 105
1957
First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl.
Broad Peak
1954
Joseph N. Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings, giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
Joseph N. Welch
1953
The Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence kills 94 people in Massachusetts.
Tornado outbreak of June 7–9, 1953
1948
Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO.
International Council on Archives
1944
World War II: Ninety-nine civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks.
World War II