July 9
July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian
Calendar, with 175 days remaining.
Events
* 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed emperor of the
western Roman Empire.
* 1540 - Henry VIII of England annulled his marriage to his fourth wife,
Anne of Cleves.
* 1749 - Naval settlement of Halifax, Nova Scotia founded as British
answer to Louisbourg.
* 1755 - French and Indian War: Braddock Expedition - British troops and
colonial militiamen are ambushed and suffer a devastating defeat to
French and Indian forces. During the battle, British General Edward
Braddock is mortally wounded. Colonel George Washington survives.
* 1789 - In Versailles, the National Constituent Assembly is formed by
the French National 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 passes in Upper Canada and importation of
slaves into Lower Canada is prohibited.
* 1850 - President Zachary Taylor dies and Millard Fillmore becomes the
13th President of the United States.
* 1896 - William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of gold speech.
* 1900 - 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.
* 1918 - Great Train Wreck of 1918: In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound
local train collides with an outbound express killing 101.
* 1922 - Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6
seconds breaking a world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
* 1942 - Holocaust: Anne Frank's family goes into hiding in an attic
above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
* 1943 - World War II: Operation Husky - Allied forces perform an
amphibious invasion of Sicily.
* 1944 - World War II: British and Canadian forces capture Caen.
* 1945 - A forest fire breaks out in the Tillamook Burn, the third fire
in that area since 1933.
* 1982 - A Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am flight 759 crashes in Kenner,
Louisiana killing all 146 on board and eight on the ground.
* 1991 - International Human Rights Federation cites human rights
violations committed by police and military personnel during Oka crisis
in Quebec.
* 1997 - Mike Tyson's boxing license is suspended for at least a year and
he is fined $3 million for biting Evander Holyfield's ear in a
televised match.
Births
* 1764 - Ann Radcliffe, writer (+ 1823)
* 1856 - Nikola Tesla
* 1819 - Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine (+ 1867)
* 1900 - Ida Ehre, actress (+ 1989)
* 1901 - Dame Barbara Cartland, romance novelist, step-grandmother of
Princess Diana (+ 2000)
* 1908 - Paul Brown
* 1916 - Edward Heath, politician
* 1925 - Peter Ludwig, entrepreneur and art collector (+ 1996)
* 1927 - Susan Cabot, actress
* 1927 - Ed Ames, actor
* 1929 - King Hassan II of Morocco, (+ 1999)
* 1937 - David Hockney, artist (Pop art)
* 1938 - Brian Dennehy, actor
* 1942 - Richard Roundtree, actor
* 1946 - Bon Scott, singer: AC/DC (+ 1980)
* 1947 - O. J. Simpson, football player, actor
* 1952 - John Tesh, composer
* 1956 - Tom Hanks, actor
* 1958 - Jimmy Smits, actor
* 1965 - Frank Bello, bassist in the Anthrax rock band
* 1965 - Courtney Love, musician
* 1976 - Fred Savage, actor
Deaths
* 1797 - Edmund Burke, British philosopher and statesman
* 1850 - M’rz‡ 'Al’-Muhammad, also known as the B‡b, founder of the Babi
Faith
* 1856 - Amedeo Avogadro, chemist
* 1937 - Oliver Law, first African American commander of American troops,
killed in battle during the Spanish Civil War.
* 1974 - Earl Warren, former governor of California, former Chief Justice
of the United States Supreme Court
* 1979 - Cornelia Otis Skinner, actress, author
* 1992 - Eric Sevareid, reporter
* 1996 - Melvin Belli, attorney
* 2002 - Rod Steiger, actor
Holidays and observances
* Argentina - Independence Day
* Palau - Constitution Day
* Bah‡'’ Faith:Holy Day - Martyrdom of the B‡b
