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Notable anniversaries in history for today: June 9
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Christine Goitschel in France; slalom (Olympic-gold-1964).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Tony Britton in Birmingham, England; actor (Day of the Jackal, Girl in my Soup).
- 90th: 1934 - The Walt Disney Silly Symphony film The Wise Little Hen is released to theaters in the USA. Donald Duck makes his film debut, with a voice supplied by Clarence Nash.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Helga Haase in Germany; 500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1960).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Jackie Wilson in Detroit, Michigan, USA; soul singer ("Night" (1960), "Lonely Teardrops"), inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Joe Santos in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (The Rockford Files, AKA Pablo, Shamus).
- 90th: 1934 - Lawson Little beats Gene Sarazen by three strokes for the US Open.
- 80th: 1944 - 23 puppies (record litter) born to Lena, a foxhound, Ambler, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Brigid Bazlen in Wisconsin, USA; actress (Pam - Too Young to go Steady).
- 70th: 1954 - Joseph Welch asks US Senator Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency".
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Gloria Reuben in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actress (ER, Raising the Bar).
- 50th: 1974 - Supergroup Blind Faith (Eric Clapton, Steve Windwood, Baker) performs first concert.
- 40th: 1984 - NASA launches Intelsat V, it fails.
- 40th: 1984 - Polygram's Hanover, Germany plant produces its 10 millionth compact disc.
- 40th: 1984 - Swale wins the Belmont Stakes (eight days later Swale dies).
- 40th: 1984 - Jürgen Hingsen of Federal Republic of Germany sets record for decathlon, 8,798 points.
- 30th: 1994 - In Northern Bolivia, a magnitude 8.2 earthquake occurs. Felt at many locations in North America, including Los Angeles, California; Boston, Massachusetts and Toronto, Canada. This is believed to be the first earthquake from this part of South America to be felt in North America and is also believed to be the largest ever recorded in this general area.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903).
- 25th: 1999 - The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Barbara Whiting at age 73 of cancer; singer (Junior Miss radio show), actress (Those Whiting Girls TV show).
- 5th: 2019 - A large explosive eruption of Mount Sinabung in Indonesia sends a 7,000-metre ash column, generating a pyroclastic flow 3-3.5 kilometres long towards the south and southeast of the mountain.
- 5th: 2019 - Over 1 million people in Hong Kong protest against proposed legislation regarding extradition to China. It is the largest protest in Hong Kong since the 1997 handover.
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