So you want to have a drink but you aren't sure why? Here are some GREAT reasons to call your friends over and have a party.

June 9th


- Autonomy Day (Åland Islands)
- Christian Feast Day
- Day of Remembrance for Sigurd the Volsung (Germanic Neopaganism)
- La Rioja Day (La Rioja)
- Murcia Day (Murcia)
- National Heroes' Day (Uganda)
- The third day of the Vestalia. (Roman Empire)

June 9th


- 2008 - In the town of Lake Delton, Wisconsin, Lake Delton drains as a result of heavy flooding breaking the dam holding the lake back.
- 1999 - Kosovo War: the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.
- 1986 - The Rogers Commission releases its report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- 1985 - Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped in Lebanon (he will not be released until ).
- 1979 - The Ghost Train Fire at Luna Park Sydney (New South Wales, Australia) kills seven.
- 1978 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy excluding black men.
- 1974 - Portugal and the Soviet Union establish diplomatic relations.
- 1973 - Secretariat wins the Triple Crown.
- 1968 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
- 1967 - Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria
- 1965 - Civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam Phan Huy Quat resigned after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyen Cao Ky.
- 1959 - The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles.
- 1958 - Queen Elizabeth II officially opens London Gatwick Airport, (LGW) in Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom.
- 1954 - McCarthyism: Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
- 1953 - Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: a tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts killing 94.
- 1946 - King Bhumibol Adulyadej ascends to the throne of Thailand. He is currently the world's longest reigning monarch.
- 1944 - World War II: 99 civilians are hung from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks.
- 1941 - 1944 – World War II: the Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, occupied by Finland since .
- 1934 - Donald Duck makes his debut in The Wise Little Hen.
- 1930 - Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by the Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a 100,000 USD gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
- 1928 - Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
- 1923 - Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
- 1915 - William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.
- 1885 - A peace treaty is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam - most of present-day Vietnam - to France.
- 1873 - Alexandra Palace in London burns down after being open for only 16 days.
- 1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
- 1856 - Five hundred Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.
- 1815 - End of the Congress of Vienna: the new European political situation is set.
- 1798 - Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Arklow and Battle of Saintfield.
- 1772 - The British schooner Gaspée is burned off the coast of Rhode Island.
- 1732 - James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia.
- 1667 - The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet begins. It lasts for five days and results in a decisive victory by the Dutch over the English in the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
- 1650 - The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. It is the first legal corporation in the Americas.
- 1534 - Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the Saint Lawrence River.
- 1310 - Duccio's Maestà Altarpiece, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in the Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy.
- 721 - Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse.
- 68 - Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, after quoting Homer's Iliad.
- 62 - Claudia Octavia is executed.
- 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia

June 9th


- 1993 - Danielle Chuchran, American actress
- 1989 - Chloë Agnew, Irish singer (Celtic Woman)
- 1988 - Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Greek football player
- 1988 - Sara Isakovi?, Slovenian swimmer
- 1988 - Mae Whitman, American actress and voice actress
- 1986 - Kary Ng, Hong Kong singer and actress
- 1986 - Adamo Ruggiero, Canadian actor
- 1986 - Karan Wahi, Indian actor
- 1985 - Sebastian Telfair, American basketball player
- 1985 - Richard Kahui, New Zealand All Black rugby player
- 1985 - Anthimos Ananiadis, Greek actor
- 1985 - Sonam Kapoor, Indian actress
- 1984 - Yulieski Gourriel, Cuban baseball player
- 1984 - Aruni Kashyap, Indian poet
- 1984 - Kaleth Morales, Colombian vallenato singer and songwriter (d. 2005)
- 1984 - Masoud Shojaei, Iranian football player
- 1984 - Wesley Sneijder, Dutch football player
- 1983 - Alektra Blue, American pornographic actress
- 1983 - Firas Al Khatib, Syrian football player
- 1983 - Danny Richar, Dominican baseball player
- 1983 - Jim Tang, Hong Kong actor
- 1982 - Christina Stürmer, Austrian singer
- 1982 - Andrew Walker, Canadian actor
- 1981 - Natalie Portman, Israeli-born actress
- 1981 - Anoushka Shankar, English-born sitarist, daughter of Ravi Shankar
- 1981 - Vic Zhou, Taiwanese actor, singer and model
- 1980 - Navíd Akhavan, Iranian-German actor
- 1980 - Mike Fontenot, American baseball player
- 1980 - Udonis Haslem, American basketball player
- 1980 - Lehlohonolo Seema, South African football player
- 1980 - D'banj, Nigerian singer, songwriter and harmonica player
- 1978 - Matthew Bellamy, English vocalist, guitarist, pianist and songwriter (Muse)
- 1978 - Michaela Conlin, American actress
- 1978 - Shandi Finnessey, American beauty queen
- 1978 - Miroslav Klose, German football player
- 1977 - Roopa Mishra, Indian civil servant
- 1977 - Amisha Patel, Indian actress
- 1977 - Peja Stojakovic, Serbian basketball player
- 1975 - Otto Addo, German-born Ghanaian footballer
- 1975 - Jeff Saturday, American football player
- 1975 - Andrew Symonds, Australian cricketer
- 1974 - Randy Winn, American baseball player
- 1974 - Samoth, Norwegian guitarist and drummer (Emperor, Zyklon)
- 1973 - Tedy Bruschi, American football player
- 1973 - Frederic Choffat, Swiss film director
- 1973 - Iain Lee, British television/radio personality
- 1973 - Laura Ponte, Spanish model and member (by marriage) of the Spanish Royal Family
- 1972 - Tomoe Hanba, Japanese voice actress
- 1972 - Matt Horsley, Australian football player
- 1971 - Gilles De Bilde, Belgian footballer
- 1971 - Jackie McKeown, Scottish vocalist and guitarist (The Yummy Fur, 1990s)
- 1971 - Rick Renstrom, American guitarist
- 1970 - Erika Miklósa, Hungarian coloratura soprano
- 1969 - Nick Kiriazis, American actor
- 1969 - Eric Wynalda, American footballer
- 1968 - Niki Bakoyianni, Greek high jumper
- 1967 - Richard Cooey, American murderer (d. 2008)
- 1967 - Jian Ghomeshi, Canadian broadcaster
- 1967 - Rubén Maza, Venezuelan long-distance runner
- 1964 - Gloria Reuben, Canadian actress
- 1964 - Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and smooth jazz bassist (d. 2009)
- 1964 - Hiroko Yakushimaru, Japanese actress and singer
- 1963 - Gilad Atzmon, Israeli-born British jazz saxophonist and political activist
- 1963 - Johnny Depp, American actor
- 1963 - David Koepp, American screenwriter and director
- 1962 - Yuval Banai, Israeli musician and singer (Mashina)
- 1961 - Michael J. Fox, Canadian-born actor
- 1961 - Aaron Sorkin, American screenwriter and playwright
- 1960 - Steve Paikin, Canadian journalist
- 1956 - Patricia Cornwell, American Novelist
- 1955 - Stephen Pewsey, English historian
- 1954 - Gregory Maguire, American novelist
- 1954 - George Pérez, American comic book artist
- 1954 - Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada
- 1954 - Paul Chapman, Welsh guitarist (UFO, Lone Star)
- 1952 - Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer (d. 2004)
- 1951 - James Newton Howard, American film composer
- 1951 - Dave Parker, American baseball player
- 1948 - Gudrun Schyman, Swedish politician
- 1947 - Kiran Bedi, Indian social activist and police officer
- 1947 - John Gurda, American historian
- 1945 - Luis Ocaña, Spanish cyclist (d. 1994)
- 1945 - Nike Wagner, German art festival director
- 1943 - Joe Haldeman, American science fiction author
- 1941 - Jon Lord, English pianist and organist (Deep Purple)
- 1939 - Ileana Cotruba?, Romanian soprano
- 1939 - David Hobbs, English racecar driver and commentator
- 1939 - Dick Vitale, American sportscaster
- 1939 - Charles Webb, American novelist
- 1938 - Charles Wuorinen, American composer
- 1937 - Harald Rosenthal, German biologist
- 1936 - Mick O'Dwyer, Irish footballer and manager
- 1936 - Jackie Mason, American comedian
- 1934 - Jackie Wilson, American singer (d. 1984)
- 1931 - Joe Santos, American actor
- 1931 - Bill Virdon, American baseball player and manager
- 1930 - Barbara, French singer (d. 1997)
- 1929 - Johnny Ace, American rhythm and blues singer (d. 1954)
- 1925 - Keith Laumer, American author (d. 1993)
- 1924 - Ed Farhat ("The Sheik"), American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
- 1922 - George Axelrod, American producer, playwright and director (d. 2003)
- 1922 - John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator (d. 1941)
- 1922 - Fernand Seguin, Canadian biochemist (d. 1988)
- 1921 - Arthur Hertzberg, American scholar (d. 2006)
- 1918 - John Hospers, American philosopher and Libertarian politician
- 1916 - Robert McNamara, U.S. Defense Secretary and President of the World Bank (d. 2009)
- 1915 - Les Paul, American guitarist and inventor (d. 2009)
- 1912 - Ingolf Dahl, American composer (d. 1970)
- 1912 - Philip Simmons, American ornamental ironworker (d. 2009)
- 1911 - George Webb, British actor (d. 1998)
- 1910 - Robert Cummings, American actor (d. 1990)
- 1906 - Robert Klark Graham, American eugenicist and entrepreneur (d. 1997)
- 1900 - Fred Waring, American bandleader (d. 1984)
- 1898 - Luigi Fagioli, Italian racing driver (d. 1952)
- 1893 - Irish Meusel, American baseball player (d. 1963)
- 1891 - Cole Porter, American composer and lyricist (d. 1964)
- 1890 - Leslie Banks, British actor (d. 1952)
- 1882 - Bobby Kerr, Canadian sprinter (d. 1963)
- 1875 - Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1968)
- 1865 - Albéric Magnard, French composer (d. 1914)
- 1865 - Carl Nielsen, Danish composer (d. 1931)
- 1851 - Charles Joseph Bonaparte, French politician (d. 1921)
- 1849 - Michael Peter Ancher, Danish painter (d. 1927)
- 1845 - Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (d. 1914)
- 1843 - Bertha von Suttner, Austrian novelist, Nobel laureate (d. 1914)
- 1812 - Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer (d. 1910)
- 1810 - Otto Nicolai, German composer (d. 1849)
- 1781 - George Stephenson, English mechanical engineer (d. 1848)
- 1768 - Samuel Slater, American industrialist (d. 1835)
- 1686 - Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (d. 1747)
- 1672 - Tsar Peter I of Russia (d. 1725)
- 1661 - Tsar Feodor III of Russia (d. 1682)
- 1640 - Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1705)
- 1595 - King Wladislaus IV of Poland (d. 1648)
- 1588 - Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer (d. 1666)
- 1580 - Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (d. 1655)
- 1508 - Primož Trubar, Slovenian Protestant reformer (d. 1586)