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| Birthday June 09, 1781 George Stephenson, principal RR locomotive inventor |
| Birthday June 09, 1791 John Howard Payne, American author, Actor, diplomat |
| Birthday June 09, 1843 Bertha von Suttner, Austrian novelist, pacifist (Nobel 1905) |
| Birthday June 09, 1865 Carl Nielsen, Danish composer |
| Birthday June 09, 1891 Cole Porter is born |
| Birthday June 09, 1893 Cole Porter, composer, lyricist (Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate) |
| Birthday June 09, 1900 Fred Waring, musician-conductor |
| Birthday June 09, 1915 Les Paul, guitarist |
| Birthday June 09, 1916 Robert S. McNamara, former U.S. secretary of defense |
| Birthday June 09, 1930 Marvin Kalb, Newsman |
| Birthday June 09, 1934 Donald Duck, famous fowl |
| Birthday June 09, 1951 Dave Parker, baseball player |
| Birthday June 09, 1951 Bonnie Tyler, Singer |
| Birthday June 09, 1956 Best-selling crime novelist Patricia Cornwell is born |
| Birthday June 09, 1956 Patricia Cornwell is born |
| Birthday June 09, 1961 Michael J Fox, (Family Ties, Teen Wolf) |
| History June 09, 0068 Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide |
| History June 09, 1534 Cartier discovers St. Lawrence River |
| History June 09, 1732 royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe |
| History June 09, 1772 British customs vessel, Gaspee, burns off Rhode Island |
| History June 09, 1772 British vessel burned off Rhode Island |
| History June 09, 1851 SF Committee of Vigilance forms |
| History June 09, 1856 Mormon handcart pioneers depart for Salt Lake City |
| History June 09, 1860 1st dime novel published |
| History June 09, 1863 Cavalry forces clash at the Battle of Brandy Station |
| History June 09, 1868 1st meeting of Board of Regents U of Cal |
| History June 09, 1886 Cleveland asks Congress to ratify extradition agreement with Japan |
| History June 09, 1897 Alvin Graham Clark dies 3 weeks after 1st use of Yerkes 40-inch lens |
| History June 09, 1898 China leases Hong Kong's New Territories to Britain for 99 years |
| History June 09, 1915 William Jennings Bryan resigns as U.S. secretary of state |
| History June 09, 1931 Goddard patents rocket-fueled aircraft design |
| History June 09, 1944 The Red Army invades Karelian Isthmus in Finland |
| History June 09, 1946 66 -545 fans help Yanks break million mark earliest |
| History June 09, 1953 About 100 die in Worcester MA tornado |
| History June 09, 1954 Joseph McCarthy meets his match |
| History June 09, 1959 1st ballistic missile sub launched "George Washington" |
| History June 09, 1963 Cleopatra opens in NY |
| History June 09, 1964 CIA report challenges domino theory |
| History June 09, 1969 Warren Burger confirmed as US Chief Justice |
| History June 09, 1972 First All-Nite Grad Parties |
| History June 09, 1972 Flash flood hits Rapid City |
| History June 09, 1972 South Vietnamese soldiers reach An Loc |
| History June 09, 1973 Secretariat wins Belmont Stakes & Triple Crown |
| History June 09, 1973 Secretariat wins Triple Crown |
| History June 09, 1977 Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth celebrated with fireworks |
| History June 09, 1980 Soyuz T-2 returns to Earth |
| History June 09, 1982 Israel wipes out Syrian SAM missiles in Bekaa Valley |
| History June 09, 1984 Laserphonic Fantasy premieres |
| History June 09, 1986 Rogers Commission report released blame on Morton Thiokol |
| History June 09, 1993 “Hollywood madam†arrested |
| History June 09, 1997 British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires |
| History June 09, 2006 Cars released |