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Historical events & facts — June 9
What happened on June 9?
On June 9, 1934, Donald Duck made his first appearance in the Disney animated short "The Wise Little Hen". The character, created by animator Dick Lundy, would become one of the most popular cartoon characters in the world, starring in more than 150 shorts. Donald Duck is distinguished by his irascible temperament and his famous sailor suit without trousers.
On June 9, 1954, American lawyer Joseph Welch delivered before the US Senate his famous line to Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army-McCarthy hearings: "Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?". The words marked the end of McCarthy's political career and the decline of McCarthyism.
On June 9, 1781, the Battle of Cape Spartel took place during the American War of Independence, as Spanish and French forces confronted the British fleet off the Straits of Gibraltar. The engagement was part of Spain's strategic involvement in the American revolutionary conflict, in which it had entered war against Britain in 1779 to recover Gibraltar and Florida, successfully regaining the latter by the war's end.
Notable birthdays — June 9
Famous people born on June 9
Michele Rua
Michele Rua was an Italian Catholic priest and professed member of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Rua was a student under Don Bosco and was also the latter's first collaborator in the order's founding as well as one of his closest friends. He served as the first Rector Major of the Salesians following Bosco's death in 1888.
Siegfried Graetschus
Siegfried Graetschus was a German SS functionary at the Sobibor extermination camp during Operation Reinhard, the deadliest phase of the Holocaust in occupied Poland. He was assassinated by a prisoner during the Sobibor uprising.
Giles Havergal
Giles Pollock Havergal CBE was a Scottish theatre director and actor, opera stage director, teacher and adaptor. He was artistic director of Glasgow's Citizens Theatre from 1969 until he stepped down in 2003, one of the triumvirate of directors at the theatre, alongside Philip Prowse and Robert David MacDonald.
Joe Haldeman
Joe William Haldeman is an American science fiction author and former college professor. He is best known for his novel The Forever War (1974), which was inspired by his experiences as a combat soldier in the Vietnam War. That novel and other works, including The Hemingway Hoax (1991) and Forever Peace (1997), have won science fiction awards, including the Hugo Award and Nebula Award.
Gudrun Schyman
Gerd Gudrun Maria Schyman is a Swedish politician. She served as leader of the Swedish Left Party from 1993 until January 2003. She remained a member of the Left Party until 2004, when she left to focus entirely on her feminist political work after a tax evasion scandal. She remained an independent member of the Riksdag until 2006.
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