June 9 in History

• 1815

  June 9, 1815:

  Representatives from France, Austria, Portugal, Great Britain, Russia, Sweden and Prussia sign the Final Act of the Congress of Vienna.

• 1856

  June 9, 1856:

  Almost 500 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints begin their journey to Salt Lake City, Utah from Iowa City on foot, pushing two-wheeled handcarts containing their belongings.

• 1934

  June 9, 1934:

  Donald Duck makes his screen debut in an episode of the Walt Disney cartoon titled “The Wise Little Hen”.

• 1970

  June 9, 1970:

  Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan is conferred with an honorary Doctorate of Music by Princeton University.

• 1972

  June 9, 1972:

  Columbia Records signs on singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen.

• 1973

  June 9, 1973:

  The Belmont Stakes competition is won by Secretariat, the American racehorse which had previously won the Preakness Stakes and Kentucky Derby of the same year.

• 1983

  June 9, 1983:

  UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is reelected into office for a second term.

• 2002

  June 9, 2002:

  Singer and former frontman of Genesis, Peter Gabriel marries an Irish woman named Meabh Flynn.  

• 2008

  June 9, 2008:

  Major League Baseball star Ken Griffey Jr. becomes the sixth person in the history of the league to hit 600 home runs.

• 2014

  June 9, 2014:

  Actress Laverne Cox becomes the first transgender woman to grace the cover of TIME magazine.