On This Day:
Monday June 9, 2014 This is the 160th day of the year, with 205 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: cherries Cherries, native to the Northern Hemisphere, require winter cold in order to blossom in the spring - just after peaches and before apples. The U.S. is the leading cherry producer, with an annual crop of 230,000 metric tons. About three-quarters of the U.S. production is sour cherries, which are frozen or canned and used in sauces and pastries, notably cherry pie. Sweet cherries, in season, are consumed fresh and canned and are the principal type preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur. In Europe the fruit is used fresh, canned, or for wine.
Holidays Feast day of St. Columba, St. Ephraem, St. Richard of Ambria, St. Vincent of Agen, and St. Pelagia of Antioch.
Oklahoma: Senior Citizens Day.
Jordan: Accession Day.
Hong Kong: Lease Signing Day.
Events 1534 - French navigator Jacques Cartier became the first European explorer to discover the St. Lawrence River in present-day Quebec, Canada.
1790 - The first copyright was issued for a book: "The Philadelphia Spelling Book."
1931 - Robert H. Goddard patented a rocket-fueled aircraft design.
1934 - Donald Duck made his debut, in "The Wise Little Hen."
1953 - About 100 people died when a tornado struck Worcester, Massachusetts.
1959 - The first ballistic missile-carrying submarine, the USS George Washington, was launched.
1969 - The U.S. Senate confirmed Warren Burger to be the new chief justice of the United States, succeeding Earl Warren.
1973 - Secretariat became the first horse since Citation in 1948 to win the Triple Crown of the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes.
1986 - The Rogers Commission released its report on the Challenger disaster, criticizing NASA and rocket-builder Morton Thiokol for management problems leading to the explosion that claimed the lives of seven astronauts.
Births 1672 - Peter the Great (Peter Alekseyevich), Russian emperor (1682-1725).
1781 - George Stephenson, English locomotive engineer.
1891 - Cole (Albert) Porter, American composer, lyricist.
1915 - Les Paul, American guitarist.
1961 - Michael J. Fox (born Michael Andrew Fox), Canadian-born film and television actor.
1963 - Johnny Depp, American actor.
Deaths 1870 - Charles Dickens, English writer.
1911 - Carry Nation, American temperance advocate.
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