June 9th, 1878

Born on June 9th, 1878

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 53,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 719 days, exactly on April 14th, 2026, people who were born on June 9th, 1878 will be 54,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on June 9th?

June 9th, 1982

Lebanon War: The Israeli Air Force carried out Operation Mole Cricket 19, successfully suppressing Syrian air defenses in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon.

June 9th, 1973

The racehorse Secretariat, of Meadow Stables (racing colors pictured), won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths, achieving the first American Triple Crown victory in a quarter of a century.

June 9th, 1965

Fighting began between the Viet Cong and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoài, one of the largest battles in the Vietnam War.

June 9th, 1954

During the hearings investigating conflicting accusations between the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy, Army lawyer Joseph N. Welch asked McCarthy, "At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"

June 9th, 1944

World War II: In reprisal for successful French Resistance attacks, the SS and SD hanged 99 men in the town of Tulle.

June 9th, 1928

Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew landed the Southern Cross in Brisbane, completing the first transpacific flight.

June 9th, 1915

Unhappy with U.S. president Woodrow Wilson's handling of the RMS Lusitania sinking, William Jennings Bryan resigned as Secretary of State.

June 9th, 1863

American Civil War: Union and Confederate forces fought the Battle of Brandy Station, the largest cavalry engagement to take place on American soil.

June 9th, 1862

American Civil War: Confederate General Stonewall Jackson concluded his successful Shenandoah Valley campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic.

June 9th, 1856

The first company of Mormon handcart pioneers left Iowa City for Salt Lake City, Utah.

June 9th, 1549

The first Book of Common Prayer is legally mandated, introducing a fully vernacular Protestant liturgy to the Church of England.

June 9th, 1523

Parisian printer Simon de Colines was fined for printing biblical commentary by Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples without obtaining prior approval from theologians.

June 9th, 2008

Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people.

June 9th, 1999

Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.

June 9th, 1995

Ansett New Zealand Flight 703 crashes into the Tararua Range during approach to Palmerston North Airport on the North Island of New Zealand, killing four.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on June 9th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on June 9th?

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

72

Agathe Fontain

Greenlandic politician

*June 9th, 1951, Sisimiut

82

Harry DeBaecke

American rower (1879-1961)

*June 9th, 1879, Philadelphia †November 6th, 1961, Philadelphia

67

Bernhard Rösler

German entrepreneur

*June 9th, 1906, Essen †December 2nd, 1973, Düsseldorf

62

Michael Meister

German politician

*June 9th, 1961, Lorsch

60

Johnny Depp

American actor (born 1963)

*June 9th, 1963, Owensboro

93

Henry Hallett Dale

English pharmacologist, Nobel laureate

*June 9th, 1875, London †July 23rd, 1968, Cambridge

63

Susanne Zimmer

Danish politician

*June 9th, 1960, Brønderslev

36

Yuka Kusunose

Badminton player

*June 9th, 1987, Kōchi Prefecture

82

Robert Cummings

American actor (1910–1990)

*June 9th, 1908, Joplin †December 2nd, 1990, Woodland Hills

30

Lucas Corvée

Badminton player

*June 9th, 1993, Alençon

29

Bastian Kersaudy

Badminton player

*June 9th, 1994, Rennes

71

Carl Watzinger

German classical archaeologist (1877-1948)

*June 9th, 1877, Darmstadt †December 8th, 1948, Tübingen

42

Natalie Portman

Israeli-American actress and filmmaker

*June 9th, 1981, Jerusalem

71

Bertha von Suttner

Austrian novelist, radical (organizational) pacifist, editor

*June 9th, 1843, Prague †June 21st, 1914, Vienna

66

Carl Nielsen

Danish composer

*June 9th, 1865, Sortelung †October 3rd, 1931, Copenhagen

43

Jouni Kaitainen

Finnish Nordic combined skier

*June 9th, 1980, Lahti

62

Michael J. Fox

Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist with a film and television career

*June 9th, 1961, Edmonton

79

Alajos Hauszmann

Architect

*June 9th, 1847, Buda †July 31st, 1926, Velence

48

Otto Addo

Ghanaian footballer, coach and scout

*June 9th, 1975, Hamburg

Same year
Born in 1878

81

Dorothea Douglass

English tennis and badminton player

*September 3rd, 1878, Ealing †January 7th, 1960, Kensington

74

Joseph Stalin

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953

*December 18th, 1878, Gori †March 5th, 1953, Kuntsevo Dacha

86

Ernst Rodenwaldt

German racial hygienist, university teacher and military physician (1878-1965)

*August 5th, 1878, Berlin †June 4th, 1965, Ruhpolding

87

Marie-Elisabeth Lüders

German politician (1878–1966)

*June 25th, 1878, Berlin †March 23rd, 1966, West Berlin

63

Walter Otto

German historian

*May 30th, 1878, Wrocław †November 1st, 1941, Munich

64

Janusz Korczak

Polish educator (1878-1942)

*July 22nd, 1878, Warsaw †August 7th, 1942, Treblinka extermination camp

89

Carl Sandburg

American writer and editor

*January 6th, 1878, Galesburg †July 22nd, 1967, Flat Rock

74

Ferenc Molnár

Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist (1878-1952)

*January 12th, 1878, Budapest †April 1st, 1952, New York City

87

Elizabeth Arden

Canadian American businesswoman

*December 31st, 1878, Woodbridge †October 18th, 1966, New York City

51

Gustav Stresemann

German politician, statesman, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1878-1929)

*May 10th, 1878, Berlin †October 3rd, 1929, Berlin

98

Eileen Gray

Irish architect and designer (1878-1976)

*August 9th, 1878, Enniscorthy †October 31st, 1976, 14th arrondissement of Paris

56

Erich Mühsam

German-Jewish anarchist writer (1878–1934)

*April 6th, 1878, Berlin †July 10th, 1934, Oranienburg concentration camp

51

Pierre Fatou

French mathematician and astronomer

*February 28th, 1878, Lorient †August 9th, 1929, Pornichet

48

Albert Corey

French long distance runner (1878-1926)

*April 16th, 1878, Meursault †August 3rd, 1926, Paris

77

Paul Renner

German type designer (1878–1959)

*August 9th, 1878, Wernigerode †April 25th, 1956, Überlingen

89

Lise Meitner

Austrian-Swedish physicist

*November 7th, 1878, Vienna †October 27th, 1968, Cambridge

87

Martin Buber

German Jewish Existentialist philosopher and theologian (1878–1965)

*February 8th, 1878, Vienna †June 13th, 1965, Jerusalem

74

Julia Dean

Actress (1878-1952)

*May 13th, 1878, Saint Paul †October 17th, 1952, Hollywood

45

Pancho Villa

Mexican revolutionary (1878-1923)

*June 5th, 1878, San Juan del Río, Durango †July 20th, 1923, Hidalgo del Parral

73

Owen Johnson

American novelist and short story writer

*August 27th, 1878, New York City †January 27th, 1952, Massachusetts

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on June 9th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on June 9th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1878 is a normal year and no leap year.

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