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 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.
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, 486,672 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 ‘hectaenneacontagon’ day.
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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.
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July 9 Historical Events
- 455 –Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
- 1357 –Emperor Charles IV assists in laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.
- 1572 –Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom for their beliefs in the Dutch town of Gorkum.
- 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.
- 1816 –Argentina declares independence from Spain.
- 1850 –The Persian prophet Báb is executed in Tabriz, Persia.
- 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.
- 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.
Who were born on July 9?
- 1908 –Allama Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani scholar, orator and philosopher (d. 1973)
- 1929 –Jesse McReynolds, American singer and mandolinist
- 1959 –Clive Stafford Smith, British lawyer
- 1965 –Frank Bello, American bassist (Anthrax)
- 1967 –Gunnar Axén, Swedish politician
- 1968 –Lars Gyllenhaal, Swedish historian
- 1979 –Ella Koon, Hong Kong singer and actress
- 1979 –Suzanne Stokes, American model
- 1985 –Paweł Korzeniowski, Polish swimmer
- 1986 –Simon Dumont, American freestyle skier
Who died on July 9?
- 1386 –Duke Leopold III of Austria (b. 1351)
- 1737 –Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1671)
- 1766 –Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (b. 1720)
- 1850 –Báb, Persian founder of Bábism (b. 1819)
- 1947 –Lucjan Żeligowski, Polish general (b. 1865)
- 1972 –Robert Weede, American baritone (b. 1903)
- 1985 –Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1896)
- 2000 –Doug Fisher, English actor (b. 1941)
- 2004 –Riley Dobi Noel, American convicted murderer (b. 1972)
- 2005 –Chuck Cadman, Canadian politician (b. 1948)
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