About July 9
July 9, 2025 is the 190th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 175 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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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 223 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On July 9
- 455 –Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 –The Persian prophet Báb is executed in Tabriz, Persia.
- 1922 –Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
- 1943 –World War II: Operation Husky – Allied forces perform an amphibious invasion of Sicily.
- 1955 –The Russell-Einstein Manifesto is released by Bertrand Russell in London.
- 1962 –The Starfish Prime high-altitude nuclear test is conducted by the United States of America.
- 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 New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
- 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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