JUNE 9 BIRTHDAYS
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1686 - Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (d. 1747)
1768 - Samuel Slater, US industrialist (d. 1835)
1810 - Otto Nicolai, composer (d. 1849)
1812 - Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer (d. 1910)
1882 - Angus Walters, schooner captain (d. 1968)
1843 - Bertha von Suttner, novelist, pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace 1905 (d. 1914)
1845 - Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (d. 1914)
1849 - Michael Peter Ancher, Danish painter (d. 1927)
1851 - Charles Joseph Bonaparte, politician (d. 1921)
1865 - Albéric Magnard, composer (d. 1914)
1882 - Bobby Kerr, Canadian sprinter (d. 1963)
1891 - Cole Porter, composer and lyricist (d. 1964)
1900 - Fred Waring, bandleader, inventor (d. 1984)
1916 - Robert McNamara, United States Secretary of Defense, former president of the World Bank
1916 - Les Paul, guitarist
1922 - John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator († 1941)
1931 - Jackie Mason, comedian
1937 - Harald Rosenthal, biologist
1939 - Ileana Cotrubas, Romanian soprano
1939 - Dick Vitale, sportscaster
1956 - Patricia Cornwell, author
1961 - Michael J. Fox, actor
1961 - Aaron Sorkin, director, producer, writer
1963 - Johnny Depp, actor
1964 - Gloria Reuben, actress
1975 - Andrew Symonds, cricketer
1977 - Peja Stojakovi?, Serbian NBA star
1978 - Miroslav Klose, football player, National Team of Germany
1981 - Natalie Portman, actress
And let's not forget, this one day a year is also set aside for the United States' Race Unity Day!
As to the other 364 days of the year, you may resume your disunion.
