Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 9
On June 9:
- 1534 - Jacques Cartier became the first European to discover the St. Lawrence River.
- 1915 - U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigned over a disagreement regarding the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.
- 1934 - Donald Duck debuted in the Silly Symphonies cartoon The Wise Little Hen.
- 1973 - Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes, earning him the Triple Crown.