^B{^#!16!9 June^N! Feast day of St Columba, St Ephraem, St Richard of Ambria, St Vincent of Agen, and St Pelagia of Antioch.
^B{1572^B} A new Turkish fleet put to sea against Don John of Austria to complete the capture of Cyprus. ^B{1788^B} English botanist Joseph Banks founded the Africa Association for arousing interest in exploration and trade. ^B{1885^B} The Treaty of Tientsin between France and China recognized the French protectorate in Annam. ^B{1934^B} Cartoon character Donald Duck first appeared. ^B{1959^B} The USS ^I{George Washington^I} was launched, the first submarine to be armed with ballistic missiles. ^B{1992^B} International leaders signed the Biodiversity Treaty at the Rio Earth Summit.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Peter the Great, tsar of Russia, ^B{1672^B}; George Stephenson, English locomotive engineer, ^B{1781^B}; Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician, ^B{1836^B}; Cole Porter, US composer of musicals, ^B{1893^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}William Maitland of Lethingdon, Scottish politician, ^B{1573^B}; William Lilly, English astrologer, ^B{1681^B}; Charles Dickens, English novelist, ^B{1870^B}; Cochise, American Apache leader, ^B{1874^B}; Maxwell William Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, Canadian-born politician and newspaper proprietor, ^B{1964^B}; Sybil Thorndike, English actress, ^B{1976^B}.
