June 9, 1973 105th Belmont: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 2:24
June 9, 1972 14" of rain in 6 hours burst Rapid City, South Dakota dam, drowns 237
June 9, 1972 Bruce Springsteen signs a record deal with Columbia
June 9, 1971 Abdul Zahir appointed premier of Afghanistan
June 9, 1971 Paul McCartney's album "Ram" goes gold
June 9, 1970 Argentine milt junta under lt-gen Lanusse drives out President Ongania
June 9, 1970 Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton
June 9, 1970 Harry A. Blackmun, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
June 9, 1969 Brian Jones quits (sic) Rolling Stones because of his drug problems
June 9, 1969 Warren Burger confirmed as U.S. Chief Justice
June 9, 1968 38th French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats R Laver (63 61 26 62)
June 9, 1968 38th French Womens Tennis: Nancy Richey beats Anne H Jones (57 64 61)
June 9, 1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Bluegrass Ladies Golf Invitational
June 9, 1968 Yugoslav president Tito promises reforms
June 9, 1967 Boycott scores 246* vs. India, Leeds, 573 minutes, 29 fours 1 six
June 9, 1967 Israeli troops reach Suez Canal
June 9, 1967 Monkees appear at Hollywood Bowl
June 9, 1966 5 Minnesota Twins (Rich Rollins, Zolio Versailes, Tony Oliva, Don Michner, and Harmon Killebrew) all homer in 7th inning to beat A's 9-4
June 9, 1965 Frenchman, Machal Jazy, runs record mile in 3:53.6
June 9, 1964 Jack Nicklaus wins British Open golf tournament
June 9, 1963 1st Sunday night game in baseball San Francisco Giants lose to Houston Colts 3-0
June 9, 1963 Barbara Romack wins LPGA Rock City Ladies Golf Open
June 9, 1963 Barbra Streisand appears on "Ed Sullivan Show"
June 9, 1963 Colt .45s beat Giants 3-0 in major leagues' 1st Sunday night game
June 9, 1963 Equal Pay Act enacted
June 9, 1963 John F. Kennedy names Winston Churchill U.S. honorary citizen
June 9, 1963 Movie "Cleopatra" opens in New York
June 9, 1962 "Bill of Hare," premieres in U.S.
June 9, 1962 94th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Jaipur wins in 2:28.8
June 9, 1962 Tony Bennett debuts in concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City
June 9, 1961 Ryne Duren sets AL record with 7 straight strikeouts against Red Sox
June 9, 1960 ABC and AFL sign a 5 year contract
June 9, 1960 Typhoon Mary in China killed at least 1,600
June 9, 1959 1st ballistic missile sub launched, George Washington
June 9, 1958 "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley hits #1
June 9, 1957 Anthony Eden resigns as British PM
June 9, 1956 Heavy earthquake strikes Afghanistan, 400 killed
June 9, 1955 100 degrees F - Hottest day in Seattle Washington
June 9, 1955 Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, vs. South Africa, Trent Bridge
June 9, 1954 Joseph Welch asks Sen Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during Senate-Army hearings
June 9, 1953 "Milton Berle Show/Texaco Star Theater," last airs on NBC-TV
June 9, 1953 South African premier Malan visits Netherlands
June 9, 1953 Worcester County tornado, 94 killed, 1310 injured, 10,000 homeless
June 9, 1951 "Doodles Weaver Show," debuts on NBC-TV
June 9, 1949 Mrs Georgia Neese Clark of Kansas becomes 1st woman treasurer of U.S.
June 9, 1948 WBZ TV channel 4 in Boston, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting
June 9, 1946 19 guests at Canfield Hotel die in fire, Dubuque, Iowa
June 9, 1946 66,545 fans help Yanks break million attendance mark, the earliest
June 9, 1946 Bhumibol Adulyadej, becomes king of Thailand
June 9, 1946 Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
June 9, 1946 New York Giant Mel Ott is 1st mgr ejected from both games of a doubleheader
June 9, 1945 "Gruesome Twosome," premieres in USA
June 9, 1945 Australian troops lands in Brunei Bay North-Borneo
June 9, 1945 71st Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hoop, Jr. wins in 2:07
June 9, 1945 Following an 8-7 win over the Phils, Brooklyn manager Leo Durocher is arrested on a complaint by a fan that Durocher slugged him
June 9, 1944 Russian offensive in Carelia
June 9, 1943 U.S. income tax withholding paycheck deductions authorized
June 9, 1942 Adipatie Ario Soejono becomes minister in Gerbrandy government
June 9, 1942 German-Neth press reports, 3 million Dutch sent to East-Europe
June 9, 1942 Nazis kill all inhabitants of Lidice, Czechoslovakia
June 9, 1941 Ammunition plant at Fort Smederovo in Belgrade explodes; kills 1,500
June 9, 1941 Archbishop De Young bans priest cooperation on Rijks radio
June 9, 1940 44th U.S. Golf Open: Lawson Little shoots a 287 at Canterbury GC OH
June 9, 1940 General Charles de Gaulle's 1st meeting with Winston Churchill
June 9, 1940 Norway surrenders to Germany during WW II
June 9, 1938 Second Chamber agrees to return Jews to nazi-Germany
June 9, 1936 Olin Dutra beats Gene Sarazen by 1 stroke for U.S. Open
June 9, 1936 Page Miss Glory (1936), premieres in USA
June 9, 1934 1st Donald Duck cartoon, Wise Little Hen, released
June 9, 1934 38th U.S. Golf Open: Olin Dutra shoots a 293 at Merion Cricket Club PA
June 9, 1934 66th Belmont: Wayne D Wright aboard Peace Chance wins in 2:29.2
June 9, 1934 Donald Duck made his 1st screen appearance ("The Wise Little Hen")
June 9, 1934 Lawson Little beats Gene Sarazen by 3 strokes for U.S. Open
June 9, 1933 Spanish president Zamora takes power
June 9, 1933 Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland manager
June 9, 1931 1st rocket-powered aircraft design patented, Robert Goddard
June 9, 1931 1st showing of a Donald Duck cartoon
June 9, 1930 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 6 mile, 29:36.4
June 9, 1929 Venezuelan rebel Urbina lets Dutch/Curacaose hostages free
June 9, 1928 60th Belmont: Clarence Kummer aboard Vito wins in 2:33.2
June 9, 1928 Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm are 1st to fly across the Pacific when they end their flight from California to Brisbane
June 9, 1924 "Jelly-Roll Blues," is recorded by blues great, Jelly Roll Morton
June 9, 1923 55th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Zev wins in 2:19
June 9, 1923 Brinks unveils 1st armored security vans
June 9, 1923 Bulgarian premier Stamboeliski and King Boris III overthrown
June 9, 1919 General steel strike in France
June 9, 1914 Honus Wagner, is 2nd to get 3,000 hits
June 9, 1910 Passenger on SS Arawatta throws bottle with note overboard, found June 6, 1983 in Queensland
June 9, 1906 Boston Beaneaters (NL) end 19-game losing streak beat Cards 6-3
June 9, 1902 1st Automat restaurant opens, 818 Chestnut St, Philadelphia
June 9, 1901 New York Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cin Reds 25-13
June 9, 1899 James J Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 11 for heavywgt boxing title
June 9, 1898 China leases Hong Kong's new territories to Britain for 99 years
June 9, 1892 26th Belmont: W Hayward aboard Patron wins in 2:12
June 9, 1891 Painter Gauguin arrives in Papeete, Tahiti
June 9, 1890 Opera "Robin Hood" premieres in Chicago
June 9, 1888 22nd Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Sir Dixon wins in 2:40
June 9, 1887 21st Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Hanover wins in 2:43
June 9, 1883 17th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard George Kinney wins in 2:42
June 9, 1883 1st commercial electric railway line begins operation in Chicago
June 9, 1877 11th Belmont: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:46
June 9, 1870 Washington: President Grant meets with Sioux chief Red Cloud
June 9, 1869 Charles Elmer Hires sells his 1st root beer, Philadelphia
June 9, 1868 1st meeting of Board of Regents, University of California
June 9, 1865 Battle of Grand Gulf, Mississippi
June 9, 1864 Battle of Big Shanty, Georgia
June 9, 1864 Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, Pine Mt, Pine Knob, Golgotha
June 9, 1863 Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia, Fleetwood, Beverly Ford
June 9, 1862 Battle of Port Republic, last of 5 battles in Jacksons Valley camp
June 9, 1860 1st "dime" novel issued "Malaesk The Indian Wife of the White Hunter"
June 9, 1822 Charles Graham patents false teeth
June 9, 1790 1st book copyrighted under constitution, "Philadelphia Spelling Book"
June 9, 1789 Spanish capture British schooner Northwest America near Vancouver I
June 9, 1784 John Carroll appointed supervisor of U.S. Catholic Missions
June 9, 1772 1st Protestant church west of Penn (in Ohio) holds communion
June 9, 1772 1st naval attack of Revolutionary War takes place in Providence, RI
June 9, 1752 French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly India
June 9, 1742 Battle of Bloody Marsh-Spanish assault on Simons Island, Georgia
June 9, 1732 Royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe
June 9, 1720 Sweden and Denmark signs 3rd Treaty of Stockholm
June 9, 1628 1st deportation from what is now U.S., Thomas Morton from Mass
June 9, 1588 Spanish Armada sails from Lisbon to England
June 9, 1572 Willem van Oranges army occupies Gelderland
June 9, 1549 Book of Common Prayer is adopted by the Church of England
June 9, 1549 England enforces Act of Supremacy
June 9, 1534 Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St. Lawrence River
June 9, 1531 Pope Clemens VII and Francois I sign secret treaty against Karel V
June 9, 1529 Zurich declares war on Catholic kantons
June 9, 1525 Tax revolt in Hertogenbosch
June 9, 1456 23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
June 9, 1075 Battle at Homburg/Unstrut: German king Henry IV beats Saksen
June 9, 922 French republic chooses Robert I, King of France
June 9, 641 Arabic/Islamic army contrasts with the Hippo over Alexandria
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& June 9th is
Donald Duck Day
When : Always June 9th
Happy Birthday, Donald. We hope that Daisy Duck bakes you your favorite cake!
Donald Duck Day in honor of Donald Duck's cartoon debut. Donald first appeared in "The Wise Hen" on June 9, 1934. While Donald is over 70 years old, he doesn't act a day over 20. Donald is one of Disney's most famous and popular characters.
Did you Know? Donald has a middle name. Donald F. Duck's middle name is "Fauntleroy".
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