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.
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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 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
- 1357 –Emperor Charles IV assists in laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.
- 1701 –War of the Spanish Succession: Austrians defeat France in the Battle of Carpi.
- 1789 –In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
- 1810 –Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire.
- 1815 –Talleyrand becomes the first Prime Minister of France.
- 1850 –U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies and Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th President of the United States.
- 1932 –The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution
- 1944 –World War II: Battle of Normandy – British and Canadian forces capture Caen, France.
- 1955 –The Russell-Einstein Manifesto is released by Bertrand Russell in London.
- 1962 –Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans exhibition opens at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles.
Who were born on July 9?
- 1689 –Alexis Piron, French epigrammatist and dramatist (d. 1773)
- 1808 –Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (d. 1887)
- 1901 –Dame Barbara Cartland, English novelist (d. 2000)
- 1927 –Ed Ames, American singer and actor
- 1935 –Michael Williams, English actor (d. 2001)
- 1946 –Gerhard Kramm American atmospheric scientist
- 1955 –Steve Coppell, English footballer and manager
- 1959 –Clive Stafford Smith, British lawyer
- 1959 –Jim Kerr, Scottish singer (Simple Minds)
- 1993 –Jake Vargas, Filipino actor
Who died on July 9?
- 1228 –Stephen Langton, English clergyman, Archbishop of Canterbury (b.c. 1150)
- 1771 –Michail Baknanas, Greek trader (birth year unknown)
- 1856 –Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist (b. 1776)
- 1856 –James Strang, American religious figure (b. 1813)
- 1903 –Alphonse Francois Renard, Belgian geologist (b. 1842)
- 1932 –King C. Gillette, American inventor (b. 1855)
- 1949 –Fritz Hart, English-born Australian composer (b. 1874)
- 1951 –Harry Heilmann, American baseball player (b. 1894)
- 1977 –Alice Paul, American suffragist figure (b. 1885)
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