History for June 9

History for June 9 - On-This-Day.com:
Peter the Great 1672 - Peter I of Russia, Cole Porter (Cole Albert Porter) 1891 - Composer, songwriter, Dick Vitale (Richard J. "Dick" Vitale) 1940 - Basketball sportscaster 


Michael J. Fox 1961 - Actor ("Family Ties"), Johnny Depp (John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II) 1963 - Actor, musician, Natalie Portman 1981 - Actress ("Star Wars" movie series) 


1534 - Jacques Cartier became the first to sail into the river he named Saint Lawrence. 


1861 - Mary Ann "Mother" Bickerdyke began working in Union hospitals. 


1931 - Robert H. Goddard patented a rocket-fueled aircraft design. 


1940 - Norway surrendered to the Nazis during World War II. 


1943 - The withholding tax on payrolls was authorized by the U.S. Congress. 


1945 - Japanese Premier Kantaro Suzuki declared that Japan would fight to the last rather than accept unconditional surrender. 


1959 - The first ballistic missile carrying submarine, the USS George Washington, was launched. 


1980 - Richard Pryor was severely burned by a "free-base" mixture that exploded. He was hospitalized more than two months. 


1986 - The Rogers Commission released a report on the Challenger disaster. The report explained that the spacecraft blew up as a result of a failure in a solid rocket booster joint.