SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2018

Today is Saturday, June 9, the 160th day of 2018. There are 205 days left in the year.

1534 — Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St Lawrence River

1628 — First deportation from what is now U.S., Thomas Morton from Mass

1732 — Royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe

1789 — Spanish capture British schooner Northwest America near Vancouver I

1898 — China leases Hong Kong’s new territories to Britain for 99 years

1907 — K Lohnert discovers asteroid #635 Vundtia

1914 — Honus Wagner becomes the1st baseball player to get 3,000 hits

1928 — First aerial cross of the Pacific lands in Brisbane Australia

1989 — Michael Chang French Open win makes him youngest male to go to finals

1990 — Czechoslovakia beats U.S. 5-1 in World Cup soccer

1997 — British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires