June 9 is the 161st day of the year.
There are 205 days remaining until the end of 2016.
The sun rose at 5:47 am
and sunset will be at 8:32 pm.
Today we will have 14 hours and 45 minutes of sun.
The solar transit will be at 1:09 pm.
The first high tide was at 2:48 am
and the next high tide will be at 4:56 pm.
The first low tide will be at 9:31 am
and the next low tide at 10:08 pm.
The Moon is 23.1% illuminated, a Waxing Crescent moon.
Today is Donald Duck Day!
Today is National Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie Day!
Today is World APS Day
Anti-phos-pho-lipid Antibody Syndrome http://bloodclotrecovery.net/
Today is Writers' Rights Day!
National Earl Day
National Career Nurse Assistants’ Day
Anniversary of the Accession of King Abdullah II of Jordan
it's also the anniversary of the ascension to the throne of the King of Thailand
Autonomy Day in the Åland Islands in the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland
La Rioja Day in northern Spain
Murcia Day in the south-western Spanish city of Murcia
National Heroes' Day in Uganda
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday also too...
1891 – Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter (d. 1964)
1900 – Fred Waring, American singer, bandleader, and television host (Waring's
Pennsylvanians) (d. 1984)
1902 – Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1969)
1903 – Marcia Davenport, American author and critic (d. 1996)
1915 – Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2009)
1916 – Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States
Secretary of Defense (d. 2009)
1926 – Happy Rockefeller, American philanthropist, 31st Second Lady of the United
States (d. 2015)
1929 – Johnny Ace, American singer and pianist (d. 1954)
1931 – Jackie Mason, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1934 – Jackie Wilson, American singer-songwriter
1943 – Kenny Barron, American pianist and educator
1943 – Joe Haldeman, American author and academic
1961 – Michael J. Fox, Canadian-American actor, producer, and author
1963 – Johnny Depp, American actor
1964 – Slaid Cleaves, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981 – Natalie Portman, Israeli-American actress, director, and producer
1981 – Anoushka Shankar, English-Indian sitar player and composer
on this day in history…
1311 – Duccio's Maestà Altarpiece, a seminal artwork of the early Italian
Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy.
1534 – Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the Saint Lawrence River.
1934 – Donald Duck makes his debut in The Wise Little Hen.
1946 – King Ananda Mahidol is found shot dead in his bedroom, Bhumibol Adulyadej
ascends to the throne of Thailand. He is currently the world's longest reigning
monarch.
1948 – Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the
UNESCO.
1954 – McCarthyism: Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army,
lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism
has infiltrated the Army giving McCarthy the famous rebuke,"You've done enough.
Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of
decency?"
1958 – Queen Elizabeth II officially opens London's Gatwick Airport.
1967 – Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria.
1968 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning
following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
1973 – In horse racing, Secretariat wins the U.S. Triple Crown.
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.
1999 – Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace
treaty.