July 9

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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.

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
5 External links

Events

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 annuls 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 annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French 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.
1875 - The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
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.
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 - South Africa is reintroduced into the Olympic movement after 30 years of exclusion.
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 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 killed after a Sibir Airlines Airbus A310 passenger jet, carrying 200 passengers on board veers off the runway while landing at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia in wet conditions.

Births

1511 - Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1571)
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)
1786 - Sophie Hélène Béatrix, Princess of France (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)
1836 - Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1908)
1836 - Camille de Renesse, Belgian count (d. 1904)
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)
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)
1901 - Dame Barbara Cartland, English novelist (d. 2000)
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, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2005)
1918 - Jarl Wahlström, the 12th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1999)
1925 - Guru Dutt, legendary Bollywood director, producer and actor
1926 - Ben Roy Mottelson, American-born physicist, Nobel Prize 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, director and singer (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 & 21st United States Secretary of Defense
1935 - Wim Duisenberg, Dutch economist and politician (d. 2005)
1935 - Michael Williams, English actor (d. 2001)
1936 - Floyd Abrams, First Amendment attorney and advocate
1936 - June Jordan, American poet, writer and teacher (d. 2002)
1936 - Andre Pronovost, French Canadian ice hockey player
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
1945 - Root Boy Slim, American entertainer (d. 1993)
1946 - Natasha Pyne, English actress
1946 - Bon Scott, Australian singer (AC/DC) (d. 1980)
1947 - Haruomi Hosono, Japanese musician
1947 - Mitch Mitchell, English drummer (Jimi Hendrix Experience)
1947 - O.J. Simpson, American football player and actor
1948 - Hassan Wirajuda, Indonesian current foreign minister
1950 - Viktor Yanukovych, Prime Minister of Ukraine
1951 - Chris Cooper, American actor
1952 - John Tesh, American composer
1953 - Thomas Ligotti, American author
1953 - Margie Gillis, Canadian dancer and choreographer
1955 - Fred Norris, American radio personality
1955 - Jimmy Smits, American actor
1955 - Willie Wilson, American baseball player
1955 - Steve Coppell, English football player and manager
1956 - Marc Almond, British singer
1956 - Tom Hanks, American actor
1957 - Kelly McGillis, American actress
1957 - Tim Kring, American writer and producer
1957 - Paul Merton, British comedian
1959 - Jim Kerr, Scottish singer (Simple Minds)
1959 - Kevin Nash, American professional wrestler
1959 - Clive Stafford Smith, British human-rights lawyer
1960 - Marc Mero, American professional wrestler
1964 - Courtney Love, American musician
1964 - Gianluca Vialli, Italian football player
1965 - Frank Bello, American musician (Anthrax)
1965 - David O'Hara, Irish-Scottish actor
1965 - Jason Rhoades, American installation artist (d. 2006)
1967 - Gunnar Axén, Swedish politician
1968 - Paolo Di Canio, Italian football player
1968 - Lars Gyllenhaal, Swedish author
1969 - Jason Kearton, Australian former footballer
1969 - Mark Lui, Hong Kong composer and producer
1970 - Trent Green, American footballer
1970 - Masami Tsuda, Japanese manga author
1971 - Marc Andreessen, American software developer
1971 - Dani Behr, Model & TV Presenter
1973 - Kelly Holcomb, American football player
1974 - Nikola Sarcevic, Swedish bassist and singer (Millencolin)
1974 - Sian Berry, British politician
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
1977 - Isaac Brock, American musician
1978 - Linda Park, Korean-born actress
1978 - Mark Medlock, German singer
1979 - Ella Koon, Hong Kong singer and actress
1979 - Suzanne Stokes American model, (Playmate of the Month February 2000)
1981 - Kimveer Gill, Canadian spree shooter (Dawson College shooting) (d. 2006)
1982 - Ashly DelGrosso, American ballroom dancer
1982 - Alecko Eskandarian, Armenian-American footballer
1982 - Maggie Ma, Canadian actress
1982 - Sakon Yamamoto, Japanese race-car driver
1983 - Lucia Micarelli, American musician
1984 - Jacob Hoggard, singer of Canadian band Hedley (band)
1985 - Paweł Korzeniowski, Polish swimmer
1985 - Ashley Young, English footballer
1986 - Kiely Williams, American singer and actress
1986 - Dominic Cervi, American footballer
1991 - Spencer Elden, Baby/Model on Nirvana (band)'s Nevermind album
1991 - Mitchel Musso, American actor
1995 - Georgie Henley, English actress