THE DAY IN HISTORY · JUNE 9
June 9 in history
What happened on June 9: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1938, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Yellow River flood
9 Jun 1938 — To halt the drive on Wuhan, Nationalist engineers breach the Yellow River dikes at Huayuankou — without warning the villages below. The river swings south across three provinces: hundreds of thousands drown or starve (estimates run 500,000–900,000), millions flee. It slows Japan by months. Whether anything can justify it is a question this map leaves open. Remember Huayuankou.
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