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
- 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.
- 1572 –Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom for their beliefs in the Dutch town of Gorkum.
- 1745 –War of the Austrian Succession: French victory in the Battle of Melle allows them to capture Ghent in the days after.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1850 –The Persian prophet Báb is executed in Tabriz, Persia.
- 1877 –The inaugural Wimbledon Championships opens.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1962 –The Starfish Prime high-altitude nuclear test is conducted by the United States of America.
- 1972 –The Troubles: In Belfast, British Army snipers shoot five civilians dead in the Springhill Massacre.
- 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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