Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 9

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 * 747 – Abu Muslim initiated an open revolt against Umayyad rule, eventually leading to the establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate under the Black Standard.
 * 1523 – Parisian printer Simon de Colines was fined for printing biblical commentary by Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples without obtaining prior approval from theologians.
 * 1856 – The first company of Mormon handcart pioneers left Iowa City for Salt Lake City, Utah.
 * 1862 – American Civil War: Confederate General Stonewall Jackson concluded his successful Shenandoah Valley campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic.
 * 1863 – American Civil War: Union and Confederate forces fought the Battle of Brandy Station, the largest cavalry engagement to take place on American soil.
 * 1915 – Unhappy with U.S. president Woodrow Wilson's handling of the RMS Lusitania sinking, William Jennings Bryan resigned as Secretary of State.
 * 1928 – Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew landed the Southern Cross in Brisbane, completing the first transpacific flight.
 * 1965 – Fighting began between the Viet Cong and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoài, one of the largest battles in the Vietnam War.
 * 1973 – The racehorse Secretariat, of Meadow Stables (racing colors pictured), won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths, achieving the first American Triple Crown victory in a quarter of a century.
 * 1982 – Lebanon War: The Israeli Air Force carried out Operation Mole Cricket 19, successfully suppressing Syrian air defenses in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon.
 * 2010 – A child suicide bomber attacked a wedding in Nadahan, Afghanistan, killing at least 40 people and injuring at least 70 others.
 * Born/died this day: | Claudia Octavia |d|AD 62| Peter des Roches |d|1238| Ambrogio Lorenzetti |d|1348| Władysław IV Vasa |b|1595| Susanna Paine |b|1792| Emma Louisa Turner |b|1867| Jane Avril |b|1868|Hein Eersel |b|1922| Princess Helena of the United Kingdom |d|1923| Victoria Woodhull |d|1927| Michael J. Fox |b|1961|Heather Mitts |b|1978| Natalie Portman |b|1981| Sonam Kapoor |b|1985| Wolfdietrich Schnurre |d|1989| Brian Williamson |d|2004| Iain Banks |d|2013