What happened on July 9? There are more than 264 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About July 9
July 9 is the 191st day of the year 2024. There are 175 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday. This day falls under the 28th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Fort Wayne, Indiana 46859 sunrise will occur at 05:15 AM and sunset will occur at 08:15 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Cancer. The modern birthstone for this month is Ruby while the mystical birthstone is Ruby.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 204 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For July 9
- 455Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
- 869A magnitude 8.6Ms earthquake and subsequent tsunami strikes the area around Sendai in the northern part of Honshu, Japan.
- 1357Emperor Charles IV assists in laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.
- 1386The Old Swiss Confederacy makes great strides in establishing control over its territory by soundly defeating the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Sempach.
- 1540King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
- 1572Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom for their beliefs in the Dutch town of Gorkum.
- 1701War of the Spanish Succession: Austrians defeat France in the Battle of Carpi.
- 1745War of the Austrian Succession: French victory in the Battle of Melle allows them to capture Ghent in the days after.
- 1755French and Indian War: Braddock Expedition – British troops and colonial militiamen are ambushed and suffer a devastating defeat by French and Native American forces.
- 1776George Washington ordered the Declaration of Independence to be read out loud to members of the Continental Army in New York City for the first time.
- 1789In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
- 1790Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund – in the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian fleet.
- 1793The Act Against Slavery is passed in Upper Canada and the importation of slaves into Lower Canada is prohibited.
- 1807The Treaties of Tilsit are signed by Napoleon I of France and Alexander I of Russia.
- 1810Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire.
- 1811Explorer David Thompson posts a sign at the confluence of the Columbia and Snake Rivers (in modern Washington state, US), claiming the land for the United Kingdom.
- 1815Talleyrand becomes the first Prime Minister of France.
- 1816Argentina declares independence from Spain.
- 1821470 prominent Cypriots including Archbishop Kyprianos are executed in response to Cypriot aid to the Greek War of Independence
- 1850The Persian prophet Báb is executed in Tabriz, Persia.
- 1850U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies and Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th President of the United States.
- 1863American Civil War: the Siege of Port Hudson ends.
- 1868The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
- 1875Outbreak of the Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans
- 1877The inaugural Wimbledon Championships opens.
- 1900Boxer Rebellion: The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
- 1900Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom gives royal assent to an Act creating the Commonwealth of Australia thus uniting separate colonies on the continent under one federal government.
- 1918Great train wreck of 1918: in Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history.
- 1922Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
- 1932The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution
- 1943World War II: Operation Husky – Allied forces perform an amphibious invasion of Sicily.
- 1944World War II: Battle of Normandy – British and Canadian forces capture Caen, France.
- 1944World War II: Battle of Saipan – American forces take Saipan in the Mariana Islands.
- 1944World War II: Battle of Tali-Ihantala – Finland wins the Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in northern Europe. The Red Army withdraws its troops from Ihantala and digs into defensive position, thus ending the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive.
- 1955The Russell-Einstein Manifesto is released by Bertrand Russell in London.
- 1958Lituya Bay is hit by a mega-tsunami. The wave is recorded at 524 meters high, the largest in recorded history.
- 1961Turkish voters approve the Turkish Constitution of 1961 in a referendum.
- 1962Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans exhibition opens at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles.
- 1962The Starfish Prime high-altitude nuclear test is conducted by the United States of America.
- 1972The Troubles: In Belfast, British Army snipers shoot five civilians dead in the Springhill Massacre.
- 1979A car bomb destroys a Renault motor car owned by famed “Nazi hunters” Serge and Beate Klarsfeld at their home in France. A note purportedly from ODESSA claims responsibility.
- 1982Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana killing all 145 people on board and eight others on the ground.
- 1986The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
- 1995The Navaly church bombing is carried out by the Sri Lankan Air Force killing 125 Tamil civilian refugees.
- 1999Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.
- 2006At least 122 people are killed after a Sibir Airlines Airbus A310 passenger jet, carrying 200 passengers veers off the runway while landing in wet conditions at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia.
- 2011South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan.
Who Were Born On July 9?
- 1511Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, wife of Christian III of Denmark (d. 1571)
- 1577Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English-born Jamestown colonist (d. 1618)
- 1578Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1637)
- 1654Emperor Reigen of Japan (d. 1732)
- 1686Philip Livingston, American politician (d. 1749)
- 1689Alexis Piron, French epigrammatist and dramatist (d. 1773)
- 1721Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet (d. 1781)
- 1753William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English territorial governor (d. 1825)
- 1764Ann Radcliffe, English novelist (d. 1823)
- 1775Matthew Lewis, English novelist (d. 1818)
- 1786Princess Sophie Hélène Béatrice of France, daughter of Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette (d. 1787)
- 1800Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician (d. 1885)
- 1808Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (d. 1887)
- 1819Elias Howe, American inventor (d. 1867)
- 1828Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian Catholic churchman (d. 1913)
- 1834Jan Neruda, Czech poet (d. 1891)
- 1836Camille of Renesse-Breidbach, Belgian nobleman and entrepreneur (d. 1904)
- 1848Robert I, Duke of Parma, Italian nobleman (d. 1907)
- 1858Franz Boas, German anthropologist (d. 1942)
- 1879Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician (d. 1934)
- 1879Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer (d. 1936)
- 1887James Ormsbee Chapin, American painter and illustrator (d. 1975)
- 1889Leo Dandurand, American-born Canadian hockey executive (d. 1964)
- 1893George Geary, English cricketer (d. 1981)
- 1894Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
- 1896Maria Gomes Valentim, Brazilian supercentenarian (d. 2011)
- 1901Dame Barbara Cartland, English novelist (d. 2000)
- 1901Konstantinos Kallias, Greek politician (d. 2004)
- 1905Clarence Campbell, Canadian hockey executive (d. 1984)
- 1908Allama Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani scholar, orator and philosopher (d. 1973)
- 1911John A. Wheeler, American physicist (d. 2008)
- 1911Mervyn Peake, British writer and illustrator (d. 1968)
- 1915David Diamond, American composer (d. 2005)
- 1916Edward Heath, British statesman (d. 2005)
- 1916Sir Dean Goffin, New Zealand composer (d. 1984)
- 1918Jarl Wahlström, Finnish 12th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1999)
- 1925Charles E. Wicks, American academic
- 1925Guru Dutt, Indian filmmaker and actor (d. 1964)
- 1926Ben Roy Mottelson, American-born physicist; Nobel laureate
- 1927Ed Ames, American singer and actor
- 1927Red Kelly, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1927Susan Cabot, American actress (d. 1986)
- 1928Federico Bahamontes, Spanish cyclist
- 1928Vince Edwards, American actor (d. 1996)
- 1929Jesse McReynolds, American singer and mandolinist
- 1929King Hassan II of Morocco (d. 1999)
- 1929Lee Hazlewood, American country singer, songwriter and producer (d. 2007)
- 1930Buddy Bregman, American musical arranger and conductor
- 1930Roy McLean, South African cricketer (d. 2007)
- 1932Donald Rumsfeld, 13th and 21st United States Secretary of Defense
- 1933Oliver Sacks, British neurologist and author
- 1934Michael Graves, American architect
- 1935Michael Williams, English actor (d. 2001)
- 1935Wim Duisenberg, Dutch economist and politician (d. 2005)
- 1936André Pronovost, French-Canadian ice hockey player
- 1936Floyd Abrams, American attorney and advocate
- 1936June Jordan, American poet, writer and teacher (d. 2002)
- 1936Richard Wilson, Scottish actor and director
- 1937David Hockney, English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer
- 1938Brian Dennehy, American actor
- 1938Sanjeev Kumar, Indian actor (d.1985)
- 1940Eugene Victor Wolfenstein, American political scientist (d. 2010)
- 1942Edy Williams, American actress
- 1942Richard Roundtree, American actor
- 1943John Casper, American astronaut
- 1943Soledad Miranda, Spanish actress (d. 1970)
- 1945Dean R. Koontz, American novelist
- 1945Root Boy Slim, American entertainer (d. 1993)
- 1946Bon Scott, Australian singer (AC/DC) (d. 1980)
- 1946Gerhard Kramm American atmospheric scientist
- 1946Natasha Pyne, English actress
- 1947Haruomi Hosono, Japanese bassist (Yellow Magic Orchestra)
- 1947Mitch Mitchell, English drummer (Jimi Hendrix Experience) (d. 2008)
- 1947O.J. Simpson, American football player and actor
- 1948Hassan Wirajuda, Indonesian politician
- 1949Jesse Duplantis, American evangelist and author
- 1950Viktor Yanukovych, Ukrainian politician
- 1951Chris Cooper, American actor
- 1952John Tesh, American composer
- 1953Margie Gillis, Canadian dancer and choreographer
- 1953Thomas Ligotti, American writer
- 1955Fred Norris, American radio personality
- 1955Jimmy Smits, American actor
- 1955Lindsey Graham, American politician
- 1955Steve Coppell, English footballer and manager
- 1955Willie Wilson, American baseball player
- 1956Tom Hanks, American actor
- 1957Jim Paxson, American basketball player
- 1957Kelly McGillis, American actress
- 1957Marc Almond, British singer
- 1957Paul Merton, British comedian
- 1957Tim Kring, American writer and producer
- 1959Clive Stafford Smith, British lawyer
- 1959Jim Kerr, Scottish singer (Simple Minds)
- 1959Kevin Nash, American pro wrestler
- 1960Marc Mero, American pro wrestler
- 1963Klaus Theiss, German footballer
- 1964Courtney Love, American singer and guitarist (Hole) and actress
- 1964Gianluca Vialli, Italian football player and coach
- 1965David O'Hara, Scottish actor
- 1965Frank Bello, American bassist (Anthrax)
- 1965Jason Rhoades, American installation artist (d. 2006)
- 1965Thomas Jahn, German actor and director
- 1966Pamela Adlon, American voice actress
- 1967Gunnar Axén, Swedish politician
- 1967Mark Stoops, American football coach
- 1968Lars Gyllenhaal, Swedish historian
- 1968Paolo Di Canio, Italian football player
- 1969Jason Kearton, Australian footballer
- 1969Mark Lui, Hong Kong composer and producer
- 1970Dani Behr, English model and TV presenter
- 1970Masami Tsuda, Japanese manga author
- 1970Trent Green, American football player
- 1971Marc Andreessen, American software developer
- 1971Scott Grimes, American voice actor (American Dad!)
- 1973Enrique Murciano, American actor
- 1973Kelly Holcomb, American football player
- 1974Gary Kelly, Irish football player
- 1974Nikola Sarcevic, Swedish bassist and singer (Millencolin)
- 1974Sian Berry, British politician
- 1974Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Japanese actor & singer (SMAP)
- 1975Craig Quinnell, Welsh rugby player
- 1975Isaac Brock, American singer and musician (Modest Mouse, Ugly Casanova)
- 1975Jack White, American vocalist and musician (The White Stripes)
- 1975Nathaniel Marston, American actor
- 1975Shelton Benjamin, American pro wrestler
- 1976Christos Harisis, Greek basketball player
- 1976Fred Savage, American actor
- 1976Jochem Uytdehaage, Dutch speed skater
- 1978Kara Goucher, American long distance runner
- 1978Linda Park, American (Korean-born) actress
- 1978Mark Medlock, German singer
- 1978Nuno Santos, Portuguese footballer
- 1979Ella Koon, Hong Kong singer and actress
- 1979Suzanne Stokes, American model
- 1981Kimveer Gill, Canadian spree shooter (Dawson College shooting) (d. 2006)
- 1982Alecko Eskandarian, American footballer
- 1982Ashly DelGrosso, American ballroom dancer
- 1982Maggie Ma, Canadian actress
- 1982Sakon Yamamoto, Japanese racing driver
- 1982Toby Kebbell, English actor
- 1983Lucia Micarelli, American violinist (Jethro Tull)
- 1984Gianni Fabiano, Italian footballer
- 1984Jacob Hoggard, Canadian singer (Hedley)
- 1985Ashley Young, English footballer
- 1985Paweł Korzeniowski, Polish swimmer
- 1986Dominic Cervi, American footballer
- 1986Kiely Williams, American singer and actress
- 1986Simon Dumont, American freestyle skier
- 1991Mitchel Musso, American actor
- 1991Spencer Elden, American model
- 1993Jake Vargas, Filipino actor
- 1995Georgie Henley, English actress
Who Died On July 9?
- 518Anastasius I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 430)
- 1228Stephen Langton, English clergyman, Archbishop of Canterbury (b.c. 1150)
- 1386Duke Leopold III of Austria (b. 1351)
- 1553Maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521)
- 1654Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (b. 1633)
- 1706Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, French-Canadian sailor and explorer (b. 1661)
- 1737Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1671)
- 1742John Oldmixon, English historian (b. 1673)
- 1746King Philip V of Spain (b. 1683)
- 1747Giovanni Bononcini, Italian composer (b. 1670)
- 1756Pieter Langendijk, Dutch dramatist and poet (b. 1683); other date proposed is July 18 (see)
- 1766Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (b. 1720)
- 1771Michail Baknanas, Greek trader (birth year unknown)
- 1795Henry Seymour Conway, British general and statesman (b. 1721)
- 1797Edmund Burke, British philosopher and statesman (b. 1729)
- 1850Báb, Persian founder of Bábism (b. 1819)
- 1850Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States (b. 1784)
- 1852Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American politician (b. 1794)
- 1855FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, British military officer (b. 1788)
- 1856Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist (b. 1776)
- 1856James Strang, American religious figure (b. 1813)
- 1880Paul Broca, French physician and anatomist (b. 1824)
- 1882Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean war hero(b. 1848)
- 1903Alphonse Francois Renard, Belgian geologist (b. 1842)
- 1927John Drew Jr., American actor (b. 1853)
- 1932King C. Gillette, American inventor (b. 1855)
- 1937Oliver Law, American military officer (b. 1899)
- 1938Benjamin Cardozo, American jurist (b. 1870)
- 1947Lucjan Żeligowski, Polish general (b. 1865)
- 1949Fritz Hart, English-born Australian composer (b. 1874)
- 1951Harry Heilmann, American baseball player (b. 1894)
- 1955Don Beauman, British racing driver (b. 1928)
- 1967Eugen Fischer, German physician (b. 1874)
- 1972Robert Weede, American baritone (b. 1903)
- 1974Earl Warren, American jurist (b. 1891)
- 1977Alice Paul, American suffragist figure (b. 1885)
- 1979Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and author (b. 1899)
- 1980Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet and lyricist (b. 1913)
- 1983Keith Wickenden, British politician (b. 1932)
- 1985Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1896)
- 1985Jimmy Kinnon, Scottish-born American founder of Narcotics Anonymous (b. 1911)
- 1986Nicholas VI, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 1915)
- 1992Eric Sevareid, American reporter (b. 1912)
- 1992Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer (b. 1946)
- 1994Bill Mosienko, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)
- 1996Melvin Belli, American attorney (b. 1907)
- 1998The Great Person’s Birthday
- 1999Robert de Cotret, Canadian politician (b. 1944)
- 2000Doug Fisher, English actor (b. 1941)
- 2002Laurence Janifer, American writer (b. 1933)
- 2002Rod Steiger, American actor (b. 1925)
- 2004Isabel Sanford, American actress (b. 1917)
- 2004Paul Klebnikov, American journalist (b. 1963)
- 2004Riley Dobi Noel, American convicted murderer (b. 1972)
- 2005Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914)
- 2005Chuck Cadman, Canadian politician (b. 1948)
- 2005Kevin Hagen, American actor (b. 1928)
- 2005Yevgenij Grishin, Russian speed skater (b. 1931)
- 2006Milan Williams, American keyboardist (The Commodores) (b. 1948)
- 2007Charles Lane, American actor (b. 1905)
- 2008Séamus Brennan, Irish politician (b. 1948)
- 2010Jessica Anderson, Australian novelist (b. 1916)
- 2011Don Ackerman, American basketball player (b. 1930)
- 2011Facundo Cabral, Argentine musician (b. 1937)
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