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What happened in history on this day: June 9?
On June 9 in ...
- 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.
- 1953 - NBC airs the last Texaco Star Theatre TV show.
- 1960 - ABC-TV and AFL sign a five-year broadcasting contract.
- 1962 - The NBC TV network airs the last The Kraft Music Hall TV show in the USA.
- 1990 - The NBC TV network begins airing the Singer & Sons show.
- 2006 - Disney releases the Disney-Pixar computer-animated feature film Cars in theaters in the USA. North American theater gross revenues: US$244 million.
Births on June 9
- 1906 - Birth of Tonio Selwart in Germany; actor (Barefoot Contessa, Naked Maja).
- 1908 - Birth of Robert Cummings in Joplin, Missouri, USA; actor (Love that Bob, Dial M For Murder, Twelve Angry Men (1954, Emmy award), The Bob Cummings Show, My Hero, My Living Doll).
- 1924 - Birth of Tony Britton in Birmingham, England; actor (Day of the Jackal, Girl in my Soup).
- 1926 - Birth of Mona Freeman in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actress (Black Beauty, Dear Wife, Heiress).
- 1930 - Birth of Jackie Mason; comedian (The World According to Me, Chicken Soup).
- 1930 - Birth of Marvin Kalb in New York City, New York, USA; educator/newscaster (CBS, NBC).
- 1931 - Birth of Joe Santos; actor (The Rockford Files, The Sopranos).
- 1933 - Birth of Dick Orkin in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA; actor/producer (Tim Conway Show, Chickenman, Tooth Fairy).
- 1934 - Birth of Joe Santos in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (The Rockford Files, AKA Pablo, Shamus).
- 1944 - Birth of Brigid Bazlen in Wisconsin, USA; actress (Pam - Too Young to go Steady).
- 1961 - Birth of Michael J Fox in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; actor (Family Ties, Back to the Future, Teen Wolf).
- 1961 - Birth of Aaron Sorkin; writer-producer (The West Wing, Studio 60, Sports Night).
- 1963 - Birth of Johnny Depp in Queensboro, Kentucky, USA; actor (21 Jump Street, Pirates of the Caribbean).
- 1964 - Birth of Gloria Reuben in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actress (ER, Raising the Bar).
- 1978 - Birth of Michaela Conlin; actress (Bones).
- 1981 - Birth of Natalie Portman in Israel; actress (Sesame Street, The Simpsons).
- 1988 - Birth of Mae Whitman; actress (Arrested Development).
Deaths on June 9
- 1981 - Death of Allen Ludden at age 63 of stomach cancer; game show host (Password TV show, GE College Bowl radio show).
- 1982 - Hank Ladd, TV host (Arrow Show, Waiting for the Break), dies at age 74.
- 1991 - Death of Joe Hamilton at age 62 of cancer; TV producer (The Carol Burnett Show, Mama's Family, The Smothers Brothers Show).
- 1993 - Death of Alexis Smith at age 72 of brain cancer; actress (Dallas).
- 2004 - Death of Barbara Whiting at age 73 of cancer; singer (Junior Miss radio show), actress (Those Whiting Girls TV show).
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