What are the important events that happened on July 9? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 9: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 9 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.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 26, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 477,912 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaenneacontahenagon’ day.
Cancer is the zodiac 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.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,218 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 9 Historical Events
- 1540 –King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
- 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
- 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.
- 1932 –The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution
- 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.
- 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.
- 1962 –The Starfish Prime high-altitude nuclear test is conducted by the United States of America.
- 1986 –The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
Who were born on July 9?
- 1511 –Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, wife of Christian III of Denmark (d. 1571)
- 1930 –Roy McLean, South African cricketer (d. 2007)
- 1932 –Donald Rumsfeld, 13th and 21st United States Secretary of Defense
- 1935 –Michael Williams, English actor (d. 2001)
- 1936 –Richard Wilson, Scottish actor and director
- 1942 –Edy Williams, American actress
- 1959 –Clive Stafford Smith, British lawyer
- 1975 –Shelton Benjamin, American pro wrestler
- 1984 –Gianni Fabiano, Italian footballer
- 1991 –Mitchel Musso, American actor
Who died on July 9?
- 1386 –Duke Leopold III of Austria (b. 1351)
- 1742 –John Oldmixon, English historian (b. 1673)
- 1756 –Pieter Langendijk, Dutch dramatist and poet (b. 1683); other date proposed is July 18 (see)
- 1852 –Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American politician (b. 1794)
- 1856 –Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist (b. 1776)
- 1882 –Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean war hero(b. 1848)
- 1979 –Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and author (b. 1899)
- 1985 –Jimmy Kinnon, Scottish-born American founder of Narcotics Anonymous (b. 1911)
- 2005 –Kevin Hagen, American actor (b. 1928)
- 2007 –Charles Lane, American actor (b. 1905)
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