Talk:June 9

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July 9

Donkey Kong cabinet

551 – An estimated 30,000 people died when a massive earthquake struck the Roman province of Phoenice.
1745 – War of the Austrian Succession: French victory at the Battle of Melle enabled their subsequent capture of Ghent from the Austrian Netherlands.
1868 – The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, including the Citizenship Clause and the Equal Protection Clause, was ratified by the minimum required twenty-eight states.
1981 – Nintendo released the arcade game Donkey Kong (cabinet pictured), which featured the debut of Mario, one of the most famous characters in video-game history.
2008 – Under the belief that Israel and the United States were planning to attack its nuclear program, Iran conducted the Great Prophet III missile test and war games exercise.

Anastasius I Dicorus (d. 518)
Mercedes Sosa (b. 1935)
Svetolik Dragačevac (d. 1942)
Toshi Seeger (d. 2013)

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Inconsistency[edit]

Why are "Events" in terms of numbered centuries, but all other headings are in terms of numbered years? Elizium23 (talk) 13:46, 9 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Elizium23: I think Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Days_of_the_year/Template#Subsections is relevant. Toddst1 (talk) 13:51, 9 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]