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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.

Events

• 455 – Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
• 1357 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor assists in 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 help the Emperor of Ethiopia defeat Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi who had 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 – 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 and Alexander I.
• 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 – The territory of the District of Columbia south of the Potomac River (39 mi² or about 100 km²) is returned to Virginia through an Act of Congress.
• 1850 – President Zachary Taylor dies and Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th President of the United States.
• 1863 – American Civil War: the Siege of Port Hudson ends.
• 1867 – An unsuccessful expedition led by E.D Young sets out to search for Dr David Livingstone (Scottish missionary and explorer).
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 São 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 – Americans take Saipan.
• 1944 – World War II: Battle of Tali-Ihantala – Finland wins the Battle of Tali-Ihantala, which is to date largest battle of north Europe. Red Army withdraws its troops from Ihantala and digs into defensive position, which ends the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive.
• 1948 – Pakistan issues its first set of Postage stamps, bearing images of the Constituent Assembly, the Jinnah International Airport (Quaid-e-Azam International Airport), and the Shahi Fort.
• 1949 Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) formed and observed this day as "Students Day".
• 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, making it the largest wave in history.
• 1962 – Starfish Prime high-altitude nuclear test conducted by the United States of America.
• 1975 – The National Assembly of Senegal passes a law that paves way for a (albeit highly restricted) multi-party system.
• 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.
• 1984 – York Minster is struck by a lightning bolt and the resulting fire ravages most of the building. However the cathedral valuables are rescued by clergymen and the "Rose Window" is 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 readmitted into the Olympic movement after 30 years of exclusion.
• 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.
• 2002 – The African Union is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The first chairman is Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa.
• 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.

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)
• 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, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2005)
• 1918 – Jarl Wahlström, the 12th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1999)
• 1925 – Guru Dutt, Bollywood director, producer and actor (d. 1964)
• 1925 – Charles E. Wicks, Professor, co-author of Fundamentals of Momentum, Heat, and Mass Transfer
• 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
• 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 – André Pronovost, French Canadian ice hockey player
• 1936 – Richard Wilson, Scottish actor and director
• 1937 – David Hockney, English artist
• 1938 – Sanjeev Kumar, Bollywood film actor (d.1985)
• 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) (d. 2008)
• 1947 – O.J. Simpson, American football player, actor.
• 1948 – Hassan Wirajuda, Indonesian current foreign minister
• 1949 – Jesse Duplantis, Evangelist, Author, and Inspirational Speaker
• 1950 – Viktor Yanukovych, President of Ukraine
• 1951 – Chris Cooper, American actor
• 1952 – John Tesh, American composer
• 1953 – Margie Gillis, Canadian dancer and choreographer
• 1953 – Thomas Ligotti, American author
• 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 – Marc Almond, British singer
• 1956 – Tom Hanks, American actor
• 1957 – Tim Kring, American writer and producer
• 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 wrestler
• 1959 – Clive Stafford Smith, British human-rights lawyer
• 1960 – Marc Mero, American wrestler
• 1964 – Courtney Love, American musician
• 1964 – Gianluca Vialli, Italian football player
• 1965 – Frank Bello, American musician (Anthrax)
• 1965 – Thomas Jahn, German actor and director
• 1965 – David O'Hara, Irish-Scottish actor
• 1965 – Jason Rhoades, American installation artist (d. 2006)
• 1966 – Pamela Adlon, American voice actress
• 1967 – Gunnar Axén, Swedish politician
• 1967 – Mark Stoops, American football coach
• 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
• 1972 – Kamal S. Rathore,Academician,Social worker,Environmentalist, historian, Pharmacist
• 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)
• 1975 – Shelton Benjamin, American wrestler
• 1975 – Isaac Brock, American musician
• 1975 – Craig Quinnell, Welsh rugby player
• 1975 – Jack White, American musician (The White Stripes)
• 1976 – Fred Savage, American actor
• 1976 – Jochem Uytdehaage, Dutch speed skater
• 1978 – Kara Goucher, American Athlete
• 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 – Toby Kebbell, English actor
• 1982 – Maggie Ma, Canadian actress
• 1982 – Sakon Yamamoto, Japanese racing driver
• 1983 – Lucia Micarelli, American musician
• 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
• 1990 – Fábio Pereira da Silva, Brazilian footballer
• 1990 – Rafael Pereira da Silva, Brazilian footballer
• 1991 – Spencer Elden, American model
• 1991 – Mitchel Musso, American actor
• 1995 – Georgie Henley, English actress

Deaths

• 518 – Anastasius I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 430)
• 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)
• 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 – 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
• 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)
• 1852 – Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American politician (b. 1794)
• 1855 – Lord 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 François 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)
• 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)
• 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 – 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 musician (The Commodores) (b. 1948)
• 2007 – Charles Lane, American actor (b. 1905)
• 2008 – Séamus Brennan, Irish politician (b. 1948)

Holidays and observances

• Ásatrú: Day of Remembrance for Unn the Deep-Minded
• Bahá'í Faith: Martyrdom of the Báb
• Argentina: Independence Day
• Nunavut: Nunavut Day
• Palau: Constitution Day
• São Paulo (state): Constitutionalist Revolution Day

• Roman festival Caprotinia, or feasts of Juno Caprotina
• Roman Catholic Church
  • Feast of Our Lady of Peace; Octave of the Visitation
  • Saint Agilulf, bishop of Cologne, martyr
  • Saint Cyril, bishop and companions, martyrs
  • Saint Ephrem the Deacon, confessor, Doctor of the Church
  • Martyrs of Gorkum (d. 1572)
  • Translation of Saint Nicholas, bishop, confessor
  • Saint Sabinus, bishop, martyr
  • Saint Everildis, virgin
  • Saint Veronica de Julianis, virgin
  • Saint Zeno, martyr

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

From Wikiquote

Quotes of the day from previous years:

2004

Why can't you harness Might so that it works for Right? I know it sounds nonsense, but, I mean, you can't just say there is no such thing. The Might is there, in the bad half of people, and you can't neglect it. You can't cut it out but you might be able to direct it, if you see what I mean, so that it was useful instead of bad. ~ T. H. White in The Once and Future King

• selected by Kalki

2005

God never deserted our people. Right through the ages there were Jews. Through the ages they suffered, but it also made us strong. ~ Anne Frank, who went into the infamous attic on 9 July 1942 (Note: Wikipedia's July 9 page earlier claimed that Anne Frank and her family moved to the attic on this date. However, both her diary and the Müller biography state this happened on 6 July 1942.Wikipedia articles for July 9, July 6, and Anne Frank have been updated to reflect this.)

• proposed by MosheZadka

2006

I can get excitement watching rain on a puddle. And then I paint it. Now, I admit, there are not too many people who would find that exciting. But I would. And I want life thrilling and rich. And it is. I make sure it is. ~ David Hockney (born 9 July 1937)

• proposed by InvisibleSun

2007

There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge, and wisdom. Shall we, instead, choose death, because we cannot forget our quarrels? We appeal as human beings to human beings: Remember your humanity, and forget the rest. If you can do so, the way lies open to a new Paradise; if you cannot, there lies before you the risk of universal death. ~ Bertrand Russell (in the Russell-Einstein Manifesto issued on 9 July 1955).

• proposed by Kalki

2008

Nature is busy creating absolutely unique individuals, whereas culture has invented a single mold to which all must conform. It is grotesque. ~ U. G. Krishnamurti

• proposed by Zarbon

2009

As a child I was taught that to tell the truth was often painful. As an adult I have learned that not to tell the truth is more painful, and that the fear of telling the truth — whatever the truth may be — that fear is the most painful sensation of a moral life. ~ June Jordan

• proposed by Kalki

2010

Quotes by people born this day, already used as QOTD:

• Our earth is round, and, among other things, that means that you and I can hold completely different points of view and both be right. The difference of our positions will show stars in your window I cannot even imagine. Your sky may burn with light, while mine, at the same moment, spreads beautiful to darkness. Still we must choose how we separately corner the circling universe of our experience. Once chosen, our cornering will determine the message of any star and darkness we encounter. ~ June Jordan
  • used 7 June 2009, proposed by Kalki

Suggestions

You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold. - William Jennings Bryan delivered the "Cross of Gold" speech this day

• 3 AllanHainey 7 July 2005 13:38 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 21:09, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 23:11, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 05:12, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Any artist will tell you he's really only interested in the stuff he's doing now. He will, always. It's true, and it should be like that. ~ David Hockney

• 3 InvisibleSun 21:21, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 19:51, 8 July 2006 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
• 1 Zarbon 05:12, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

The way we see things is constantly changing. At the moment the way we see things has been left a lot to the camera. That shouldn't necessarily be. ~ David Hockney

• 3 InvisibleSun 21:21, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 19:51, 8 July 2006 (UTC) with a lean toward 3 or even an eventual 4.
• 2 Jeff Q (talk) 20:24, 8 July 2006 (UTC). I'm getting heavy-message indigestion.
• 2 Zarbon 05:12, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

We have to learn to think in a new way. We have to learn to ask ourselves, not what steps can be taken to give military victory to whatever group we prefer, for there no longer are such steps; the question we have to ask ourselves is: what steps can be taken to prevent a military contest of which the issue must be disastrous to all parties? ~ Bertrand Russell (in the Russell-Einstein Manifesto issued on 9 July 1955).

• 3 Kalki 19:51, 8 July 2006 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
• 3 InvisibleSun 23:11, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 05:12, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Food, clothing and shelter- these are the basic needs. Beyond that, if you want anything, it is the beginning of self-deception. ~ U. G. Krishnamurti

• 3 Zarbon 15:24, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 03:51, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 19:48, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

The body is not interested in anything 'you' are interested in; that is the battle that is going on all the time. ~ U. G. Krishnamurti

• 3 because humans abuse and misuse their bodies. Zarbon 15:34, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 03:51, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 19:48, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

As a human body it is an extraordinary piece of creation. But as a human being he is rotten because of the culture. ~ U. G. Krishnamurti

• 3 because the surrounding corrupts. Zarbon 15:34, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
• 1 InvisibleSun 19:48, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Fear is a hammer, and when the people are beaten finally to the conviction that their existence hangs by a frayed thread, they will be led where they need to go. ~ Dean Koontz

• 2 Zarbon 15:40, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 03:51, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 19:48, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

If you have the courage to touch life for the first time, you will never know what hit you. Everything man has thought, felt and experienced is gone, and nothing is put in its place. ~ U. G. Krishnamurti

• 3 Kalki 03:51, 8 July 2008 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
• 2 Zarbon 17:09, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 19:48, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

From StrategyWiki, the free strategy guide and walkthrough wiki

Games released on July 9.

From Wikia Gaming, your source for walkthroughs, games, guides, and more!

Game releases

• 2004
  • Donkey Kong for the Game Boy Advance in Europe
  • Ice Climber for the Game Boy Advance in Europe
  • Medal of Honor: Rising Sun for the PlayStation 2 in Europe (as a Platinum release)
  • Need for Speed: Underground for the PlayStation 2 in Europe (as a Platinum release)
• 2003
  • Charlie's Angels
• 1998
  • Diablo for the PlayStation in Japan

From Familypedia

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.

Events

• 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
• 1357 - Charles IV 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 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, 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, the expedition is 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 killing all 146 people on board and eight others on the ground.
• 1982 - A man breaks into Queen Elizabeth II's bedroom in what became known as the Michael Fagan incident
• 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 Federation of Human Rights 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.
• 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, English Jamestown colonist (d. 1618)
• 1578 - Ferdinand II (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, 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, 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
• 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)
• 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)
• 1936 - Floyd Abrams, First Amendment attorney and advocate
• 1936 - June Jordan, American 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 - Bon Scott, Australian singer (AC/DC) (d. 1980)
• 1947 - Haruomi Hosono, Japanese musician
• 1947 - Mitch Mitchell, English drummer
• 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
• 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 - Mark Lui, Hong Kong composer and producer
• 1970 - Trent Green, American football player
• 1970 - Masami Tsuda, 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)
• 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
• 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
• 1985 - Ashley Young, English football player
• 1986 - Kiely Williams, American singer and actress
• 1991 - Mitchel Musso, American actor
• 1994 - Akiane Kramarik, American painter and poet
• 1995 - Georgie Henley, English actress

Deaths

• 518 - Anastasius I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 430)
• 1228 - Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
• 1386 - Leopold III of Austria (b. 1351)
• 1553 - Maurice (b. 1521)
• 1654 - Ferdinand IV of Germany (b. 1633)
• 1706 - Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, French Canadian sailor and explorer (b. 1661)
• 1737 - Gian Gastone de' Medici (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)
• 1852 - Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American politician (b. 1794)
• 1855 - Lord Raglan Commander of the British forces during the Crimean War
• 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)
• 1882 - Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean war hero
• 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, American Baseball player (b. 1894)
• 1955 - Don Beauman, British racing driver (b. 1928)
• 1967 - Eugen Fischer, Nazi physician (b. 1874)
• 1972 - Robert Weede, American baritone (b. 1903)
• 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 (b. 1896)
• 1985 - Jimmy Kinnon, Scottish founder of Narcotics Anonymous (b. 1911)
• 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)
• 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 - Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914)
• 2006 - Milan Williams, American musician (The Commodores) (b. 1948)
• 2007 - Charles Lane, American actor (b. 1905)

Holidays and observances

• Roman festival - Caprotinia, or feasts of Juno Caprotina.
• Argentina - Independence Day.
• São Paulo - Constitutional Revolution of 1932.
• 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 Le Mans [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]

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day

• On This Day in Canada