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 190^th 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.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 26, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,200,320 minutes 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 ‘hectaenneacontagon’ 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 223 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 4,583 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

July 9 Historical Events

• 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.
• 1790 –
  Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund – in the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian fleet.
• 1810 –
  Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire.
• 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.
• 1944 –
  World War II: Battle of Normandy – British and Canadian forces capture Caen, France.
• 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.
• 1999 –
  Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.
• 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.

Who were born on July 9?

• 1848 –
  Robert I, Duke of Parma, Italian nobleman (d. 1907)
• 1879 –
  Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer (d. 1936)
• 1889 –
  Leo Dandurand, American-born Canadian hockey executive (d. 1964)
• 1908 –
  Allama Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani scholar, orator and philosopher (d. 1973)
• 1915 –
  David Diamond, American composer (d. 2005)
• 1943 –
  Soledad Miranda, Spanish actress (d. 1970)
• 1955 –
  Steve Coppell, English footballer and manager
• 1978 –
  Mark Medlock, German singer
• 1981 –
  Kimveer Gill, Canadian spree shooter (Dawson College shooting) (d. 2006)
• 1984 –
  Jacob Hoggard, Canadian singer (Hedley)

Who died on July 9?

• 1654 –
  Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (b. 1633)
• 1938 –
  Benjamin Cardozo, American jurist (b. 1870)
• 1951 –
  Harry Heilmann, American baseball player (b. 1894)
• 1967 –
  Eugen Fischer, German physician (b. 1874)
• 1986 –
  Nicholas VI, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 1915)
• 1996 –
  Melvin Belli, American attorney (b. 1907)
• 1998 –
  The Great Person’s Birthday
• 2004 –
  Paul Klebnikov, American journalist (b. 1963)
• 2005 –
  Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914)
• 2011 –
  Facundo Cabral, Argentine musician (b. 1937)