Today in History - June 9

French navigator Jacques Cartier sailed into the St. Lawrence River for the first time on June 9, 1534.  Continue reading.

On June 9, 1902, Woodrow Wilson was unanimously elected president of Princeton University, a position he held until he resigned in 1910 to run for governor of New Jersey.  Continue reading.

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