History for June 9

History for June 9 - On-This-Day.com:
Cole Porter (Cole Albert Porter) 1891 - Composer, songwriter, Les Paul (Lester William Polsfuss) 1915 - Musician, songwriter, inventor (solid-body electric guitar), Dick Vitale (Richard J. "Dick" Vitale) 1940 - Basketball sportscaster


Michael J. Fox 1961 - Actor ("Family Ties"), Johnny Depp (John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II) 1963 - Actor, musician, Natalie Portman 1981 - Actress ("Star Wars" movie series)


1534 - Jacques Cartier became the first to sail into the river he named Saint Lawrence.


1790 - John Barry copyrighted "Philadelphia Spelling Book." It was the first American book to be copyrighted.


1860 - The Ms. Ann Stevens book "Malaeska, the Indian Wife of the White Hunter" was offered for sale for a dime. It was the first published "dime novel."


1931 - Robert H. Goddard patented a rocket-fueled aircraft design.


1934 - Donald Duck made his debut in the Silly Symphonies cartoon "The Wise Little Hen."


1943 - The withholding tax on payrolls was authorized by the U.S. Congress.


1945 - Japanese Premier Kantaro Suzuki declared that Japan would fight to the last rather than accept unconditional surrender.


1959 - The first ballistic missile carrying submarine, the USS George Washington, was launched.