Historical timeline for June 9

At least 40 people are killed and more than 70 wounded in a suicide bombing at a wedding party in Arghandab, Kandahar.

An explosion kills 17 people and injures at least 46 at a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people.

Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.

Ansett New Zealand Flight 703 crashes into the Tararua Range during approach to Palmerston North Airport on the North Island of New Zealand, killing four.

The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney, Australia, kills seven.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.

In horse racing, Secretariat wins the U.S. Triple Crown.

Severe rainfall causes a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to burst, creating a flood that kills 238 people and causes $160 million in damage.

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria.

The civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam, Phan Huy Quát, resigns after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyễn Cao Kỳ.

Vietnam War: The Viet Cong commences combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoài, one of the largest battles in the war.

The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.

Aeroflot Flight 105 crashes on approach to Magdan-13 Airport, killing 24.

First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl.

Joseph N. Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings, giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"

The Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence kills 94 people in Massachusetts.

Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO.

World War II: The Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, occupied by Finland since 1941.