June 9 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on June 9, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♊︎ Gemini
May 21 – Jun 20
Birth stone
Pearl
Birth flower
Rose
How common
#249 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous June 9 birthdays
Johann Gottfried Galle · German astronomer1812
Bertha von Suttner · Austrian novelist, radical pacifist, editor1843
Henry Hallett Dale · English pharmacologist, Nobel laureate1875
Cole Porter · American composer and songwriter1891
Les Paul · American jazz guitarist, country guitarist, songwriter and inventor1915
Robert McNamara · American businessman and Secretary of Defense1916
Eric Hobsbawm · British academic historian and Marxist historiographer1917
Jon Lord · English composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player1941
James Newton Howard · American composer and music producer1951
Yousaf Raza Gillani · Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2008 to 20121952
Patricia Cornwell · American novelist, journalist, biographer1956
Michael J. Fox · Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist1961
Aaron Sorkin · American filmmaker1961
Johnny Depp · American actor1963
Miroslav Klose · German professional football manager and former player1978
Matt Bellamy · English singer-songwriter, member of Muse1978
Natalie Portman · Israeli-American actress1981
Anoushka Shankar · British-American musician1981
Yoshito Ōkubo · Japanese association football player1982
Wesley Sneijder · Dutch association football player1984
On this day in history
1862American Civil War: Confederate General Stonewall Jackson concluded his successful Shenandoah Valley campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic.
1863American Civil War: Union and Confederate forces fought the Battle of Brandy Station, the largest cavalry engagement to take place on American soil.
1973The racehorse Secretariat, of Meadow Stables (racing colors pictured), won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths, achieving the first American Triple Crown victory in a quarter of a century.
1999Yugoslav Wars: The Kumanovo Agreement was signed, bringing an end to the Kosovo War the next day.
1928Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew landed the Southern Cross in Brisbane, completing the first transpacific flight.
1959The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
1965Fighting began between the Viet Cong and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoài, one of the largest battles in the Vietnam War.
1982Lebanon War: The Israeli Air Force carried out Operation Mole Cricket 19, successfully suppressing Syrian air defenses in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon.
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