About July 9
July 9, 2024 is the 191st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 175 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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Cancer is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 204 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On July 9
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1821 –470 prominent Cypriots including Archbishop Kyprianos are executed in response to Cypriot aid to the Greek War of Independence
- 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.
- 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.
- 1943 –World War II: Operation Husky – Allied forces perform an amphibious invasion of Sicily.
- 1944 –World War II: Battle of Saipan – American forces take Saipan in the Mariana Islands.
- 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.
- 1986 –The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
- 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.
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