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June 9: Day of the Week
June 9, 2024 was the 161st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 205 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Nichiyōbi.
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Here’s the June calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
June 9 Historical Event(s)
1863
American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
1915
William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson‘s Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States’handling of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.
1924
In the second attempt to climb Mount Everest, George Mallory and Andrew “Sandy” Irvine disappear, possibly having first made it to the top.
1928
Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
1944
World War II: 99 civilians are hung from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks.
1953
Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: a tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts killing 94.
1968
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
1978
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to “all worthy men”, ending a 148-year-old policy excluding black men.
1979
The Ghost Train Fire at Luna Park Sydney (New South Wales, Australia) kills seven.
1986
The Rogers Commission releases its report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
Who were born on June 9?
1810
Otto Nicolai, German composer (d. 1849)
1843
Bertha von Suttner, Austrian novelist, Nobel laureate (d. 1914)
1908
Luis Kutner, American human rights activist (d. 1993)
1912
Philip Simmons, American ornamental ironworker (d. 2009)
1954
Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada
1980
Mike Fontenot, American baseball player
1982
Andrew Walker, Canadian actor
1982
Christina Stürmer, Austrian singer
1983
Jim Tang, Hong Kong actor
1988
Mae Whitman, American actress and voice actress
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