July 9
is the 190th day of the year (191st in
leap years) in the
Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining.
*
455 -
Roman military commander
Avitus is proclaimed
emperor of the
Western Roman Empire.
*
1357 -
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor assists laying the foundation stone of
Charles Bridge in
Prague.
*
1540 -
Henry VIII of England annulls his marriage to his fourth wife,
Anne of Cleves.
*
1541 -
Estevão da Gama departs
Massawa, leaving behind 400
matchlock men and 150 slaves under his brother
Christovão da Gama, with orders to assist the
Emperor of Ethiopia defeat
Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi who has invaded his
Empire.
*
1755 -
French and Indian War:
Braddock Expedition -
British troops and colonial militiamen are ambushed and suffer a devastating defeat by
French and
Native American forces.
*
1789 - In
Versailles, the
National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the
National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a
French constitution.
*
1790 -
Russo-Swedish War:
Second Battle of Svensksund -In the
Baltic Sea, the
Swedish Navy captures one third of the
Russian fleet.
*
1793 -
Act Against Slavery passed in
Upper Canada and importation of slaves into
Lower Canada is prohibited.
*
1810 -
Napoleon officially makes
Holland part of his
empire.
*
1815 -
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince de Benevente becomes
Prime Minister of France.
*
1816 -
Argentina declares independence from
Spain.
*
1846 - By an
Act of Congress, the
Washington, DC area south of the
Potomac River (39 mi² or about 100 km²) is returned to
Virginia.
*
1850 -
President Zachary Taylor dies and
Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th
President of the United States.
*
1863 -
American Civil War:
Siege of Port Hudson ends.
*
1867 - An unsuccessful expedition led by
E.D Young set out to search for
Dr David Livingstone (
Scottish Missionary and
explorer).
*
1868 - The
14th Amendment to the United States Constitution ratified guaranteeing
African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the
United States due process of law.
*
1887 - Reportedly paper napkins were used for the first time by
John Dickinson (stationery manufacturers) at the company's annual dinner.
*
1900 -
Queen Victoria gives
royal assent to an act creating the
Commonwealth of Australia thus uniting separate colonies on the continent under one
federal government.
*
1918 -
Great 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.
*
1921 -
Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar delivered his famous speech at
Khilafat Conference,
Karachi.
*
1922 -
Johnny Weissmuller swims the
100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking a world
swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
*
1943 -
World War II:
Operation Husky -
Allied forces perform an
amphibious invasion of
Sicily.
*
1944 -
World War II:
Battle of Normandy -
British and
Canadian forces capture
Caen,
France.
*1944 -
World War II:
Battle of Saipan -
Americans take
Saipan.
*
1948 -
Pakistan issued first set of
Postage stamp, having image of
Constituent Assembly,
Jinnah International Airport (Quaid-e-Azam International Airport),
Shahi Fort.
*
1955 - The
Russell-Einstein Manifesto was released by
Bertrand Russell in
London.
*
1967 - A team of mountaineers successfully climb the
Old Man of Hoy, an expedition televised by
BBC television in a unique live
outside broadcast.
*
1975 - The
National Assembly of
Senegal passes a law that will pave way for a (albeit highly restricted)
multi-party system.
*
1979 - A car bomb destroys a
Renault owned by famed "
Nazi hunters"
Serge and Beate Klarsfeld at their home in
France. A note purportedly from
ODESSA claims responsibility.
*
1981 -
Senegalese
political parties Party of Independence and Work (
PIT) and
Democratic League - Movement for the Labour Party (
LD-MPT) legally recognized.
*
1982 - A
Boeing 727 carrying
Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in
Kenner, Louisiana killing all 146 people on board and eight others on the ground.
*
1984 -
York Minster was struck by a lightning bolt, the resulting fire rampaged through most of the building. However the cathedral valuables were rescued by
clergymen and the "
Rose Window" was not affected.
*
1986 - the
New Zealand Parliament passes the
Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
*
1989 - Two bombs explode in
Mecca, killing one
pilgrim and wounding 16 others.
*
1991 -
International Human Rights Federation cites
human rights violations committed by police and military personnel during
Oka crisis in
Quebec,
Canada.
*1991 -
South Africa is reintroduced into the
Olympic movement after 30 years of exclusion.
*
1995 - Musical group The
Grateful Dead perform the last concert of their 30-year career at
Soldier Field,
Chicago, Illinois.
*
1999 -
Days of student protests begins after
Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory of
University of Tehran.
*
2002 - The
African Union was established in
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia. The first
chairman was
Thabo Mbeki,
President of South Africa.
*
2004 - After
José Manuel Durão Barroso's appointment to the
European Commission,
Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio announces that he will invite the second-in-line leader of
PSD,
Pedro Santana Lopes to form government.
*
2006 - At least 122 people are dead after a
Sibir Airlines passenger jet
Airbus A-310 with 200 people on board veered off the runway while landing at
Irkutsk Airport in
Siberia in wet conditions.
*2006 -
Italy wins the
2006 FIFA World Cup, defeating France 5-3 on penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw. This is
Italy's 4th
World Cup win.
*2006 -
Roger Federer wins his fourth consecutive
Wimbledon tennis championship, beating
Rafael Nadal in the final match of the tournament.
*2006 -
Zinedine Zidane in his final match, headbutts
Marco Materazzi and gets sent off in the final of the
FIFA World Cup.
*
1249 -
Emperor Kameyama of Japan (d.
1305)
*
1577 -
Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English Jamestown colonist (d.
1618)
*
1578 -
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d.
1637)
*
1654 -
Emperor Reigen of Japan (d.
1732)
*
1686 -
Philip Livingston, American politician (d.
1749)
*
1689 -
Alexis Piron, French writer (d.
1773)
*
1721 -
Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet (d.
1781)
*
1753 -
William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, Governor of Newfoundland (d.
1825)
*
1764 -
Ann Radcliffe, English writer (d.
1823)
*
1775 -
Matthew Lewis, English novelist (d.
1818)
*
1800 -
Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician (d.
1885)
*
1808 -
Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (d.
1887)
*
1819 -
Elias Howe, American inventor (d.
1867)
*
1836 -
Henry Campbell-Bannerman,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d.
1908)
*
1848 -
Robert I, Duke of Parma, last ruling Duke of Parma (d.
1907)
*
1858 -
Franz Boas, German anthropologist (d.
1942)
*
1879 -
Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer (d.
1936)
* 1879 -
Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician (d.
1934)
*
1893 -
George Geary, English cricketer (d.
1981)
*
1894 -
Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, Russian physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1984)
*
1901 - Dame
Barbara Cartland, English novelist (d.
2000)
*
1908 -
Paul Brown, American football coach (d.
1991)
*
1911 -
Mervyn Peake, British writer and illustrator (d.
1968)
* 1911 -
John A. Wheeler, American physicist
*
1915 -
David Diamond, American composer (d.
2005)
*
1916 -
Sir Dean Goffin, New Zealand composer (d.
1984)
* 1916 -
Sir Edward Heath,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d.
2005)
*
1918 -
Jarl Wahlström, the 12th General of
The Salvation Army (d.
1999)
*
1926 -
Ben Roy Mottelson, American-born physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate
*
1927 -
Ed Ames, American singer and actor
* 1927 -
Susan Cabot, American actress (d.
1986)
*
1928 -
Federico Bahamontes, spanish cyclist
*
1929 - King
Hassan II of Morocco, (d.
1999)
* 1929 -
Jesse McReynolds, American singer and mandolinist
*
1932 -
Donald Rumsfeld, 12th & 20th
United States Secretary of Defense*
1935 -
Wim Duisenberg, Dutch economist and politician (d.
2005)
*
1936 -
June Jordan, American writer and teacher (d.
2002)
*
1937 -
David Hockney, English artist
*
1938 -
Brian Dennehy, American actor
*
1942 -
Richard Roundtree, American actor
* 1942 -
Edy Williams, American actress
*
1943 -
John Casper, astronaut
*
1945 -
Dean R. Koontz, American author
*
1946 -
Bon Scott, Australian singer (
AC/DC) (d.
1980)
*
1947 -
Mitch Mitchell, drummer in
The Jimi Hendrix Experience* 1947 -
O. J. Simpson, American football player and actor
*
1950 -
Viktor Yanukovych,
Prime Minister of Ukraine*
1952 -
John Tesh, American composer
*
1955 -
Fred Norris, American radio personality
* 1955 -
Jimmy Smits, American actor
* 1955 -
Willie Wilson, American baseball player, 1982 AL Batting Champ
*
1956 -
Marc Almond, British singer
* 1956 -
Tom Hanks, American actor
*
1957 -
Kelly McGillis, American actress
*
1959 -
Kevin Nash, American professional wrestler
*
1964 -
Courtney Love, American musician
*
1965 -
Frank Bello, American musician (
Anthrax)
* 1965 -
David O'Hara Scottish/
Irish actor
* 1965 -
Marc Mero, American professional wrestler
*
1968 -
Paolo Di Canio, Italian football (soccer) player
*
1970 -
Trent Green, American football player
*
1971 -
Marc Andreessen, American software developer
*
1973 -
Kelly Holcomb, American football player
*
1974 -
Nikola Sarcevic, Swedish bassist and singer (
Millencolin)
*
1975 -
Jack White, American musician (
The White Stripes)
* 1975 -
Shelton Benjamin, American professional wrestler
*
1976 -
Fred Savage, American actor
* 1976 -
Jochem Uytdehaage, Dutch speed skater
*
1978 -
Linda Park, Korean-born actress
*
1979 -
Ella Koon,
Hong Kong singer-actress
*
1983 -
Lucia Micarelli, American musician
*
1991 -
Mitchel Musso, American actor
*
2005 -
Tai Shan,
giant panda born at the
National Zoo in
Washington, D.C.*
518 -
Anastasius I,
Byzantine Emperor*
1228 -
Stephen Langton,
Archbishop of Canterbury*
1386 -
Leopold III of Austria (b.
1351)
*
1553 -
Maurice, Elector of Saxony (b.
1521)
*
1654 -
Ferdinand IV of Germany (b.
1633)
*
1737 -
Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b.
1671)
*
1742 -
John Oldmixon, English historian (b.
1673)
*
1746 -
Philip V of Spain (b.
1683)
*
1747 -
Giovanni Bononcini, Italian composer (b.
1670)
*
1766 -
Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (b.
1720)
*
1795 -
Henry Seymour Conway, British general and statesman (b.
1721)
*
1797 -
Edmund Burke, British philosopher and statesman (b.
1729)
*
1850 -
Báb, Persian founder of the Bábi Faith (b.
1819)
* 1850 -
Zachary Taylor, 12th
President of the United States (b.
1784)
*
1856 -
Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist (b.
1776)
* 1856 -
James Strang, Mormon splinter group leader (b.
1813)
*
1880 -
Paul Broca, French physician and anatomist (b.
1824)
*
1903 -
Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist (b.
1842)
*
1927 -
John Drew Jr., American actor (b.
1853)
*
1932 -
King C. Gillette, American inventor (b.
1885)
*
1937 -
Oliver Law, first African-American commander of U.S. troops (b.
1899)
*
1938 -
Benjamin Cardozo, American jurist (b.
1870)
*
1947 -
Lucjan Żeligowski, Polish general (b.
1865)
*
1949 -
Fritz Bennicke Hart, English-born Australian composer (b.
1874)
*
1951 -
Harry Heilmann, baseball player (b.
1894)
*
1967 -
Fatima Jinnah, Leader of
Pakistan Movement and sister of
Jinnah (b.
1893)
*
1974 -
Earl Warren, 14th
Chief Justice of the United States (b.
1891)
*
1979 -
Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and author (b.
1899)
*
1980 -
Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet and lyricist (b.
1913)
*
1985 -
Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b.
1896)
* 1985 -
Jimmy Kinnon, Scottish founder of Narcotics Anonymous (b.
1911)
*
1992 -
Eric Sevareid, American reporter (b.
1912)
*
1994 -
Bill Mosienko, professional ice hockey player (b.
1921)
*
1996 -
Melvin Belli, American attorney (b.
1907)
*
1999 -
Robert de Cotret, Canadian politician (b.
1944)
*
2002 -
Laurence Janifer, American writer (b.
1933)
* 2002 -
Rod Steiger, American actor (b.
1925)
*
2004 -
Chuck Cadman, Canadian politician (b.
1948)
* 2004 -
Paul Klebnikov, American journalist (b.
1963)
* 2004 -
Isabel Sanford, American actress (b.
1917)
*
2005 -
Yevgenij Grishin, Russian speed skater (b.
1931)
* 2005 -
Huang Kun, Chinese physicist (b.
1919)
*
Roman festival -
Caprotinia, or feasts of
Juno Caprotina.
*
Argentina -
Independence Day.
*
Palau -
Constitution Day.
*
Bahá'í Faith -
Holy Day:
Martyrdom of the
Báb.
Liturgical feasts
Roman Catholic Church *
Feast of
Our Lady of Peace; Octave of the
Visitation *
Saint Agilulf, bishop of Cologne, martyr [Cologne]
*
Saint Brictius, bishop, confessor [Magdeburg]
*
Saint Cyril, bishop and companions, martyrs
*
Saint Ephrem the Deacon, confessor,
Doctor of the Church [northern France]
*Elevation of
Saint Eleutherius, bishop of Tournai, confessor [Tournai]
*
Saint Heraclius, bishop of Sens [Sens]
*
Holy Martyrs of Gorcum (died 1572)
*Translation of
Saint Nicholas, bishop, confessor [Salzburg only]
*Translation of
Saint Pavacius,
bishop of LeMans [LeMans]
*
Saint Procopius, martyr [Worms, Würzburg]
*
Saint Sevo (Gevo) [Bruges]
*
Saint Sabinus, bishop, martyr [Kammin]
*
Saint Theobald, abbot, confessor [ Paris; as Thibault]
*
Saint Everildis, virgin [ York]
*
Saint Veronica de Julianis, virgin [BLS]
*
Saint Zeno, martyr [Paris, Châlons-sur-Marne]
*
BBC: On This Day*
The New York Times: On This Day*
On This Day in Canada*
Epic Idiot: On This Day*
Wimbledon 2006July 8 -
July 10 -
June 9 -
August 9 --
listing of all days
