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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_9" title="June 9">June 9</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD_747" title="AD 747">747</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Muslim" title="Abu Muslim">Abu Muslim</a> initiated <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid_Revolution" title="Abbasid Revolution">an open revolt</a></b> against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umayyad_Caliphate" title="Umayyad Caliphate">Umayyad</a> rule, eventually leading to the establishment of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid_Caliphate" title="Abbasid Caliphate">Abbasid Caliphate</a> under the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Standard" title="Black Standard">Black Standard</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1863" title="1863">1863</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Army" title="Union Army">Union</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_Army" title="Confederate States Army">Confederate forces</a> fought the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Brandy_Station" title="Battle of Brandy Station">Battle of Brandy Station</a></b>, the largest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">cavalry</a> engagement to take place on American soil.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928" title="1928">1928</a> – Australian aviator <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kingsford_Smith" title="Charles Kingsford Smith">Charles Kingsford Smith</a></b> and his crew landed the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Cross_(aircraft)" title="Southern Cross (aircraft)">Southern Cross</a></i> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a>, completing the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transpacific_flight" title="Transpacific flight">transpacific flight</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973" title="1973">1973</a> – The racehorse <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretariat_(horse)" title="Secretariat (horse)">Secretariat</a></b>, of Meadow Stables, won <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Belmont_Stakes" title="1973 Belmont Stakes">the Belmont Stakes</a></b> by 31 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_length" title="Horse length">lengths</a>, achieving the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Crown_of_Thoroughbred_Racing_(United_States)" title="Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)">American Triple Crown</a> victory in a quarter of a century.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982" title="1982">1982</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Lebanon_War" title="1982 Lebanon War">Lebanon War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force" title="Israeli Air Force">Israeli Air Force</a> carried out <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mole_Cricket_19" title="Operation Mole Cricket 19">Operation Mole Cricket 19</a></b>, successfully suppressing Syrian air defenses in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beqaa_Valley" title="Beqaa Valley">Beqaa Valley</a>, Lebanon.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_Octavia" title="Claudia Octavia">Claudia Octavia</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> AD 62); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Helena_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Princess Helena of the United Kingdom">Princess Helena of the United Kingdom</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1923); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Fox" title="Michael J. Fox">Michael J. Fox</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1961); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfdietrich_Schnurre" title="Wolfdietrich Schnurre">Wolfdietrich Schnurre</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1989)</p>
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