Born on June 9
June 9 birthdays & history
If you were born on June 9, you share a birthday with Peter the Great, Johnny Depp and Natalie Portman. June 9 babies are Gemini, with pearl as their birthstone and the rose as their birth flower. June 9 is the 161st day of the year in leap years (160th in other years).
Famous people born on June 9
- 1672Peter the Great, Russian emperor
- 1963Johnny Depp, American actor
- 1981Natalie Portman, Israeli-American actress
- 1843Bertha von Suttner, Austrian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1978Miroslav Klose, German footballer
- 1961Michael J. Fox, Canadian-American actor, producer, and author
- 1984Wesley Sneijder, Dutch footballer
- 1917Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author
- 1781George Stephenson, English engineer, designed the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
- 1915Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter
What happened on June 9
- 53The Roman emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia.
- 1311Duccio's Maestà, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy.
- 1523Parisian printer Simon de Colines was fined for printing biblical commentary by Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples without obtaining prior approval from theologians.
- 1815End of the Congress of Vienna: The new European political situation is set.
- 1846Hamilton, Ontario, was granted city status by the Parliament of the Province of Canada.
- 1856The first company of Mormon handcart pioneers left Iowa City for Salt Lake City, Utah.
- 1861The Beyoglu Protocol turns the district of Mount Lebanon into an autonomous region within the Ottoman Empire and grants the Christians more power over the Druze.
- 1922Åland's Regional Assembly convenes for its first plenary session in Mariehamn, Åland; today, the day is celebrated as Self-Government Day of Åland.
- 1928Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew landed the Southern Cross in Brisbane, completing the first transpacific flight.
- 1948Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO.
- 1957First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl.
- 1978The 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.
Also observed on June 9
- Anniversary of the Accession of King Abdullah II (Jordan)
- Autonomy Day (Åland)
- Coral Triangle Day
- Don Young Day (Alaska, United States)
- La Rioja Day (La Rioja)
- Murcia Day (Murcia)
Questions, answered
What star sign is June 9?
People born on June 9 are Gemini. Their birthstone is pearl and their birth flower is the rose.
Which famous people were born on June 9?
Peter the Great (1672), Johnny Depp (1963), Natalie Portman (1981), Bertha von Suttner (1843), Miroslav Klose (1978), Michael J. Fox (1961) were all born on June 9.
What happened on June 9 in history?
Among other things: in 1948, Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO; in 1957, First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl; in 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.
Can I get a newspaper front page from June 9?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any June 9 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “June 9”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.