July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 175 days remaining until the end of the year.
[edit] Events
- 455 Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
- 491 Odoacer makes a night assault with his Heruli guardsmen, engaging Theodoric the Great in Ad Pinetam. Both sides suffer heavy losses, but in the end Theodoric forces Odoacer back into Ravenna.
- 869 A magnitude 8.6Ms earthquake and subsequent tsunami strikes the area around Sendai in the northern part of Honshu, Japan.
- 1357 Emperor Charles IV assists in laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.
- 1386 The Old Swiss Confederacy makes great strides in establishing control over its territory by soundly defeating the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Sempach.
- 1540 King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
- 1572 Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom for their beliefs in the Dutch town of Gorkum.
- 1701 War of the Spanish Succession: Austrians defeat France in the Battle of Carpi.
- 1745 War of the Austrian Succession: French victory in the Battle of Melle allows them to capture Ghent in the days after.
- 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.
- 1776 George 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.
- 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 The Act Against Slavery is passed in Upper Canada and the importation of slaves into Lower Canada is prohibited.
- 1807 The Treaties of Tilsit are signed by Napoleon I of France and Alexander I of Russia.
- 1810 Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire.
- 1811 Explorer 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.
- 1815 Talleyrand becomes the first Prime Minister of France.
- 1816 Argentina declares independence from Spain.
- 1821 470 prominent Cypriots including Archbishop Kyprianos are executed in response to Cypriot aid to the Greek War of Independence
- 1850 U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies and Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th President of the United States.
- 1850 The Persian prophet Bαb is executed in Tabriz, Persia.
- 1863 American Civil War: the Siege of Port Hudson ends.
- 1868 The 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.
- 1875 Outbreak of the Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans
- 1877 The inaugural Wimbledon Championships opens.
- 1900 Queen 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.
- 1900 Boxer Rebellion: The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
- 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.
- 1922 Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
- 1932 The state of Sγo Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution
- 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 American forces take Saipan in the Mariana Islands.
- 1944 World 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 VyborgPetrozavodsk Offensive.
- 1955 The Russell-Einstein Manifesto is released by Bertrand Russell in London.
- 1958 Lituya Bay is hit by a mega-tsunami. The wave is recorded at 524 meters high, the largest in recorded history.
- 1961 Turkish voters approve the Turkish Constitution of 1961 in a referendum.
- 1962 The Starfish Prime high-altitude nuclear test is conducted by the United States of America.
- 1962 Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans exhibition opens at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles.
- 1972 The Troubles: In Belfast, British Army snipers shoot five civilians dead in the Springhill Massacre.
- 1979 A 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.
- 1982 Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana killing all 145 people on board and eight others on the ground.
- 1986 The Parliament of New Zealand passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
- 1995 The Navaly church bombing is carried out by the Sri Lankan Air Force killing 125 Tamil civilian refugees.
- 1999 Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.
- 2006 At 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.
- 2011 South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan.
[edit] Births
- 1511 Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, wife of Christian III of Denmark (d. 1571)
- 1577 Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English-born Jamestown colonist (d. 1618)
- 1578 Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1637)
- 1605 Simon Dach, Prussian German lyrical poet and writer of hymns (d. 1659)
- 1648 Arp Schnitger, German organ builder (d. 1719)
- 1654 Emperor Reigen of Japan (d. 1732)
- 1686 Philip Livingston, American politician (d. 1749)
- 1689 Alexis Piron, French epigrammatist and dramatist (d. 1773)
- 1721 Johann Nikolaus Gφtz, German poet (d. 1781)
- 1753 William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English territorial governor (d. 1825)
- 1764 Ann Radcliffe, English novelist (d. 1823)
- 1775 Matthew Lewis, English novelist (d. 1818)
- 1786 Princess Sophie Hιlθne Bιatrice of France, daughter of Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette (d. 1787)
- 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)
- 1828 Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian Catholic churchman (d. 1913)
- 1834 Jan Neruda, Czech poet (d. 1891)
- 1836 Camille of Renesse-Breidbach, Belgian nobleman and entrepreneur (d. 1904)
- 1848 Robert I, Duke of Parma, Italian nobleman (d. 1907)
- 1858 Franz Boas, German anthropologist (d. 1942)
- 1879 Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer (d. 1936)
- 1879 Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician (d. 1934)
- 1887 James Ormsbee Chapin, American painter and illustrator (d. 1975)
- 1889 Leo Dandurand, American-born Canadian hockey executive (d. 1964)
- 1893 George Geary, English cricketer (d. 1981)
- 1894 Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
- 1896 Maria Gomes Valentim, Brazilian supercentenarian (d. 2011)
- 1901 Dame Barbara Cartland, English novelist (d. 2000)
- 1901 Konstantinos Kallias, Greek politician (d. 2004)
- 1905 Clarence Campbell, Canadian hockey executive (d. 1984)
- 1908 Allama Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani scholar, orator and philosopher (d. 1973)
- 1911 Mervyn Peake, British writer and illustrator (d. 1968)
- 1911 John A. Wheeler, American physicist (d. 2008)
- 1915 David Diamond, American composer (d. 2005)
- 1916 Sir Dean Goffin, New Zealand composer (d. 1984)
- 1916 Edward Heath, British statesman (d. 2005)
- 1918 Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Dutch mathematician, professor emeritus (d. 2012)
- 1918 Jarl Wahlstrφm, Finnish 12th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1999)
- 1925 Guru Dutt, Indian filmmaker and actor (d. 1964)
- 1925 Charles E. Wicks, American academic
- 1926 Ben Roy Mottelson, American-born physicist; Nobel laureate
- 1927 Ed Ames, American singer and actor
- 1927 Susan Cabot, American actress (d. 1986)
- 1927 Red Kelly, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1928 Federico Bahamontes, Spanish cyclist
- 1928 Vince Edwards, American actor (d. 1996)
- 1929 King Hassan II of Morocco (d. 1999)
- 1929 Lee Hazlewood, American country singer, songwriter and producer (d. 2007)
- 1929 Jesse McReynolds, American singer and mandolinist
- 1930 Buddy Bregman, American musical arranger and conductor
- 1930 Roy McLean, South African cricketer (d. 2007)
- 1932 Donald Rumsfeld, 13th and 21st United States Secretary of Defense
- 1932 Amitzur Shapira, Israeli short-distance runner (d. 1972)
- 1933 Oliver Sacks, British neurologist and author
- 1934 Michael Graves, American architect
- 1935 Wim Duisenberg, Dutch economist and politician (d. 2005)
- 1935 Michael Williams, English actor (d. 2001)
- 1936 Floyd Abrams, American attorney and advocate
- 1936 June Jordan, American poet, writer and teacher (d. 2002)
- 1936 Andrι Pronovost, French-Canadian ice hockey player
- 1936 Richard Wilson, Scottish actor and director
- 1937 David Hockney, English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer
- 1938 Paul Chihara, Japanese-American composer
- 1938 Brian Dennehy, American actor
- 1938 Sanjeev Kumar, Indian actor (d.1985)
- 1940 Eugene Victor Wolfenstein, American political scientist (d. 2010)
- 1942 Richard Roundtree, American actor
- 1942 Edy Williams, American actress
- 1943 John Casper, American astronaut
- 1943 Soledad Miranda, Spanish actress (d. 1970)
- 1945 Dean R. Koontz, American novelist
- 1945 Root Boy Slim, American entertainer (d. 1993)
- 1946 Natasha Pyne, English actress
- 1946 Bon Scott, Australian singer (AC/DC) (d. 1980)
- 1946 Gerhard Kramm American atmospheric scientist
- 1947 Haruomi Hosono, Japanese bassist (Yellow Magic Orchestra)
- 1947 Mitch Mitchell, English drummer (Jimi Hendrix Experience) (d. 2008)
- 1947 O.J. Simpson, American football player and actor
- 1948 Hassan Wirajuda, Indonesian politician
- 1949 Jesse Duplantis, American evangelist and author
- 1950 Viktor Yanukovych, Ukrainian politician
- 1951 Chris Cooper, American actor
- 1952 John Tesh, American composer
- 1953 Margie Gillis, Canadian dancer and choreographer
- 1953 Thomas Ligotti, American writer
- 1955 Steve Coppell, English footballer and manager
- 1955 Fred Norris, American radio personality
- 1955 Jimmy Smits, American actor
- 1955 Willie Wilson, American baseball player
- 1955 Lindsey Graham, American politician
- 1956 Tom Hanks, American actor
- 1957 Tim Kring, American writer and producer
- 1957 Marc Almond, British singer
- 1957 Kelly McGillis, American actress
- 1957 Paul Merton, British comedian
- 1957 Jim Paxson, American basketball player
- 1959 Jim Kerr, Scottish singer (Simple Minds)
- 1959 Kevin Nash, American pro wrestler
- 1959 Clive Stafford Smith, British lawyer
- 1960 Marc Mero, American pro wrestler
- 1963 Klaus Theiss, German footballer
- 1964 Courtney Love, American singer and guitarist (Hole) and actress
- 1964 Gianluca Vialli, Italian football player and coach
- 1965 Frank Bello, American bassist (Anthrax)
- 1965 Thomas Jahn, German actor and director
- 1965 David O'Hara, Scottish actor
- 1965 Jason Rhoades, American installation artist (d. 2006)
- 1965 Michael Spies, German footballer
- 1966 Pamela Adlon, American voice actress
- 1966 Marco Pennette, American television producer
- 1967 Gunnar Axιn, Swedish politician
- 1967 Mark Stoops, American football coach
- 1968 Paolo Di Canio, Italian football player
- 1968 Lars Gyllenhaal, Swedish historian
- 1969 Jason Kearton, Australian footballer
- 1969 Mark Lui, Hong Kong composer and producer
- 1970 Dani Behr, English model and TV presenter
- 1970 Trent Green, American football player
- 1970 Masami Tsuda, Japanese manga author
- 1971 Marc Andreessen, American software developer
- 1971 Scott Grimes, American voice actor (American Dad!)
- 1973 Kelly Holcomb, American football player
- 1973 Enrique Murciano, American actor
- 1974 Sian Berry, British politician
- 1974 Gary Kelly, Irish football player
- 1974 Nikola Sarcevic, Swedish bassist and singer (Millencolin)
- 1974 Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Japanese actor & singer (SMAP)
- 1975 Shelton Benjamin, American pro wrestler
- 1975 Isaac Brock, American singer and musician (Modest Mouse, Ugly Casanova)
- 1975 Nathaniel Marston, American actor
- 1975 Craig Quinnell, Welsh rugby player
- 1975 Jack White, American vocalist and musician (The White Stripes)
- 1976 Thomas Cichon, German footballer
- 1976 Christos Harisis, Greek basketball player
- 1976 Fred Savage, American actor
- 1976 Jochem Uytdehaage, Dutch speed skater
- 1978 Kara Goucher, American long distance runner
- 1978 Linda Park, American (Korean-born) actress
- 1978 Mark Medlock, German singer
- 1978 Nuno Santos, Portuguese footballer
- 1979 Ella Koon, Hong Kong singer and actress
- 1979 Suzanne Stokes, American model
- 1981 Kimveer Gill, Canadian spree shooter (Dawson College shooting) (d. 2006)
- 1982 Ashly DelGrosso, American ballroom dancer
- 1982 Alecko Eskandarian, American footballer
- 1982 Toby Kebbell, English actor
- 1982 Maggie Ma, Canadian actress
- 1982 Sakon Yamamoto, Japanese racing driver
- 1983 Lucia Micarelli, American violinist (Jethro Tull)
- 1984 Gianni Fabiano, Italian footballer
- 1984 Jacob Hoggard, Canadian singer (Hedley)
- 1985 Paweł Korzeniowski, Polish swimmer
- 1985 Ashley Young, English footballer
- 1986 Dominic Cervi, American footballer
- 1986 Simon Dumont, American freestyle skier
- 1986 Kiely Williams, American singer and actress
- 1991 Spencer Elden, American model
- 1991 Mitchel Musso, American actor
- 1993 Jake Vargas, Filipino actor
- 1995 Georgie Henley, English actress
[edit] Deaths
- 518 Anastasius I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 430)
- 1228 Stephen Langton, English clergyman, Archbishop of Canterbury (b.c. 1150)
- 1386 Duke Leopold III of Austria (b. 1351)
- 1553 Maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521)
- 1654 Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (b. 1633)
- 1706 Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, French-Canadian sailor and explorer (b. 1661)
- 1737 Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1671)
- 1742 John Oldmixon, English historian (b. 1673)
- 1746 King Philip V of Spain (b. 1683)
- 1747 Giovanni Bononcini, Italian composer (b. 1670)
- 1756 Pieter Langendijk, Dutch dramatist and poet (b. 1683); other date proposed is July 18 (see)
- 1766 Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (b. 1720)
- 1771 Michail Baknanas, Greek trader (birth year unknown)
- 1795 Henry Seymour Conway, British general and statesman (b. 1721)
- 1797 Edmund Burke, British philosopher and statesman (b. 1729)
- 1850 Bαb, Persian founder of Bαbism (b. 1819)
- 1850 Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States (b. 1784)
- 1852 Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American politician (b. 1794)
- 1855 FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, British military officer (b. 1788)
- 1856 Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist (b. 1776)
- 1856 James Strang, American religious figure (b. 1813)
- 1880 Paul Broca, French physician and anatomist (b. 1824)
- 1882 Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean war hero(b. 1848)
- 1903 Alphonse Francois Renard, Belgian geologist (b. 1842)
- 1927 John Drew Jr., American actor (b. 1853)
- 1932 King C. Gillette, American inventor (b. 1855)
- 1937 Oliver Law, American military officer (b. 1899)
- 1938 Benjamin Cardozo, American jurist (b. 1870)
- 1947 Lucjan Żeligowski, Polish general (b. 1865)
- 1949 Fritz Hart, English-born Australian composer (b. 1874)
- 1951 Harry Heilmann, American baseball player (b. 1894)
- 1955 Don Beauman, British racing driver (b. 1928)
- 1959 Ferenc Talαnyi, Slovene writer, partisan and painter (b. 1883)
- 1967 Eugen Fischer, German physician (b. 1874)
- 1972 Robert Weede, American baritone (b. 1903)
- 1974 Earl Warren, American jurist (b. 1891)
- 1977 Alice Paul, American suffragist figure (b. 1885)
- 1979 Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and author (b. 1899)
- 1980 Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet and lyricist (b. 1913)
- 1983 Keith Wickenden, British politician (b. 1932)
- 1985 Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1896)
- 1985 Jimmy Kinnon, Scottish-born American founder of Narcotics Anonymous (b. 1911)
- 1986 Nicholas VI, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 1915)
- 1992 Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer (b. 1946)
- 1992 Eric Sevareid, American reporter (b. 1912)
- 1994 Bill Mosienko, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)
- 1996 Melvin Belli, American attorney (b. 1907)
- 1999 Robert de Cotret, Canadian politician (b. 1944)
- 2000 Doug Fisher, English actor (b. 1941)
- 2002 Laurence Janifer, American writer (b. 1933)
- 2002 Mayo Kaan, bodybuilder (b. 1914)
- 2002 Rod Steiger, American actor (b. 1925)
- 2004 Paul Klebnikov, American journalist (b. 1963)
- 2004 Isabel Sanford, American actress (b. 1917)
- 2004 Riley Dobi Noel, American convicted murderer (b. 1972)
- 2005 Chuck Cadman, Canadian politician (b. 1948)
- 2005 Yevgenij Grishin, Russian speed skater (b. 1931)
- 2005 Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914)
- 2005 Kevin Hagen, American actor (b. 1928)
- 2006 Milan Williams, American keyboardist (The Commodores) (b. 1948)
- 2007 Charles Lane, American actor (b. 1905)
- 2008 Sιamus Brennan, Irish politician (b. 1948)
- 2010 Jessica Anderson, Australian novelist (b. 1916)
- 2011 Don Ackerman, American basketball player (b. 1930)
- 2011 Facundo Cabral, Argentine musician (b. 1937)
- 2011 Wόrzel, English musician (b. 1949)
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