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.
- 869 –A magnitude 8.6Ms earthquake and subsequent tsunami strikes the area around Sendai in the northern part of Honshu, Japan.
- 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.
- 1701 –War of the Spanish Succession: Austrians defeat France in the Battle of Carpi.
- 1789 –In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
- 1793 –The Act Against Slavery is passed in Upper Canada and the importation of slaves into Lower Canada is prohibited.
- 1810 –Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire.
- 1850 –The Persian prophet Báb is executed in Tabriz, Persia.
- 1863 –American Civil War: the Siege of Port Hudson ends.
- 1877 –The inaugural Wimbledon Championships opens.
- 1900 –Boxer Rebellion: The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
- 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'.
- 1944 –World War II: Battle of Saipan – American forces take Saipan in the Mariana Islands.
- 1944 –World War II: Battle of Tali-Ihantala – Finland wins the Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in northern Europe. The Red Army withdraws its troops from Ihantala and digs into defensive position, thus ending the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive.
- 1961 –Turkish voters approve the Turkish Constitution of 1961 in a referendum.
- 1962 –Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans exhibition opens at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles.
- 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.
- 1986 –The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
- 2011 –South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan.
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