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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1810 –Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire.
- 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.
- 1850 –U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies and Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th President of the United States.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1922 –Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
- 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.
- 1972 –The Troubles: In Belfast, British Army snipers shoot five civilians dead in the Springhill Massacre.
- 1982 –Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana killing all 145 people on board and eight others on the ground.
- 1999 –Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.
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