Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 9

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June 9: St. Colmcille's Day in Ireland

68 - Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide after he was deposed by the Senate.
1815 - Congress of Vienna ended, redrawing the political map of Europe after the defeat of Napoleon.
1885 - The end of the Franco-Chinese War. China gave up Tonkin and Annam (most of present day Vietnam).
1934 - Donald Duck debuted in The Wise Little Hen.
1986 - The Rogers Commission released its report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (pictured).