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This day in history: 9 July

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Key facts

383 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 9 July.
Entries come from Wikipedia’s day pages and are ordered by page views.
2025: Earth completes its shortest recorded day due to a slight acceleration in rotation, with July 9 lasting approximately 1.3 to 1.6 milliseconds less than 24 hours.

Holidays and observances

Arbor Day (Cambodia)

Christian Feast Day: Amandina of Schakkebroek (one of Martyrs of Southern Hunan)

Christian Feast Day: Blessed Giovanna Scopelli

Christian Feast Day: Blessed Marija Petković

Christian Feast Day: Everilda

Christian Feast Day: Gregorio Grassi (one of Martyrs of Shanxi)

Christian Feast Day: July 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian Feast Day: Martyr Saints of China

Christian Feast Day: Martyrs of Gorkum

Christian Feast Day: Our Lady of Itatí

Christian Feast Day: Our Lady of Peace, Octave of the Visitation

Christian Feast Day: Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá

Events

2025Earth completes its shortest recorded day due to a slight acceleration in rotation, with July 9 lasting approximately 1.3 to 1.6 milliseconds less than 24 hours.

2011A rally takes place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to call for fairer elections in the country.

2011South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan.

2006Italy win their fourth World Cup title, defeating France 5–3 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time.

2006One hundred and twenty-five people are killed when S7 Airlines Flight 778, an Airbus A310 passenger jet, veers off the runway while landing in wet conditions at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia.

2004The Senate Report on Iraqi WMD Intelligence is released by the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, casting doubt on the rationale for the Iraq War.

2002The African Union is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, replacing the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The organization's first chairman is Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa.

1999Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.

1997An explosion aboard a Brazilian airline TAM Fokker 100 launches engineer Fernando Caldeira de Moura Campos into a 2,400 meters free fall.

1995The Navaly church bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force killing 125 Tamil civilian refugees.

1993The Parliament of Canada passes the Nunavut Act leading to the 1999 creation of Nunavut, dividing the Northwest Territories into arctic (Inuit) and sub-arctic (Dene) lands based on a plebiscite.

1986The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.

1982Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana, killing all 145 people on board and eight others on the ground.

1979A car bomb destroys a Renault motor car owned by "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld outside their home in France in an unsuccessful assassination attempt.

1977The Pinochet dictatorship in Chile organises the youth event of Acto de Chacarillas, a ritualised act reminiscent of Francoist Spain.

1962Starfish Prime tests the effects of a nuclear explosion at orbital altitudes.

1961Greece becomes the first member state to join the European Economic Community by signing the Athens Agreement, which is later suspended in 1967 during the Greek junta.

1958A 7.8 Mw strike-slip earthquake in Alaska causes a landslide that produces a megatsunami. The runup from the waves reached 525 m (1,722 ft) on the rim of Lituya Bay; five people were killed.

1956The 7.7 Mw Amorgos earthquake shakes the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shaking and the destructive tsunami that followed left fifty-three people dead. A damaging M7.2 aftersho

1955The Russell–Einstein Manifesto calls for a reduction of the risk of nuclear warfare.

1944World War II: American forces take Saipan, bringing the Japanese archipelago within range of B-29 raids, and causing the downfall of the Tojo government.

1944World War II: Continuation War: 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 a defensive position, thus ending the Vyborg–Petrozav

1943World War II: The Allied invasion of Sicily begins, leading to the downfall of Mussolini and forcing Hitler to break off the Battle of Kursk.

1937The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.

1932The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution.

1926Chiang Kai-shek accepts the post of commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army, marking the beginning of the Northern Expedition to unite China under the rule of the Nationalist government.

1922Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds, breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.

1918In 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.

1900The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.

1900The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.

1896William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

1893Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.

1877The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.

1875The Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule begins, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.

1868The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.

1863American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends in a Union victory and, along with the fall of Vicksburg five days earlier, gives the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.

1850Persian prophet Báb is executed in Tabriz, Persia.

1850U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies after eating raw fruit and iced milk; he is succeeded in office by Vice President Millard Fillmore.

1821Four hundred and seventy prominent Cypriots including Archbishop Kyprianos are executed in response to Cypriot aid to the Greek War of Independence.

1816Argentina declares independence from Spain.

Born on this day

2003Conor Bradley, Northern Irish footballer

1999Claire Corlett, American voice actress

1993DeAndre Yedlin, American footballer

1993Mitch Larkin, Australian swimmer

1991Mitchel Musso, American actor and singer

1990Earl Bamber, New Zealand race car driver

1990Fábio, Brazilian footballer

1990Rafael, Brazilian footballer

1988Raul Rusescu, Romanian footballer

1987Gert Jõeäär, Estonian cyclist

1987Rebecca Sugar, American animator, composer, and screenwriter

1986Kiely Williams, American singer-songwriter and dancer

1986Sébastien Bassong, Cameroonian footballer

1986Simon Dumont, American skier

1985Ashley Young, English footballer

1985Paweł Korzeniowski, Polish swimmer

1984Ave Pajo, Estonian footballer

1984Chris Campoli, Canadian ice hockey player

1984Gianni Fabiano, Italian footballer

1984Jacob Hoggard, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1984LA Tenorio, Filipino basketball player

1984Piia Suomalainen, Finnish tennis player

1982Alecko Eskandarian, American soccer player and manager

1982Sakon Yamamoto, Japanese race car driver

1981Junauda Petrus, American author and performance artist

1981Lee Chun-soo, South Korean footballer

1979Gary Chaw, Malaysian Chinese singer-songwriter

1978Kara Goucher, American runner

1978Nuno Santos, Portuguese footballer

1977Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, American journalist

1976Fred Savage, American actor, director, and producer

1976Radike Samo, Fijian-Australian rugby player

1976Thomas Cichon, Polish-German footballer and manager

1975Craig Quinnell, Welsh rugby player

1975Isaac Brock, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1975Jack White, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1975Robert Koenig, American director, producer, and screenwriter

1975Shelton Benjamin, American wrestler

1974Gary Kelly, Irish footballer

1974Ian Bradshaw, Barbadian cricketer

Died on this day

2025Glen Michael, British television presenter and entertainer (born 1926)

2025Ian Blair, British police officer (born 1953)

2024Diana Hill, New Zealand biochemist (born 1943)

2024Jerzy Stuhr, Polish actor (born 1947)

2024Jim Inhofe, American politician (born 1934)

2024Joe Bonsall, American country/gospel singer (born 1948)

2024Maxine Singer, American biologist (born 1931)

2022John Gwynne, English reporter and commentator (born 1945)

2019Fernando de la Rúa, 43rd President of Argentina (born 1937)

2019Freddie Jones, English actor (born 1927)

2019Rip Torn, American actor (born 1931)

2019Ross Perot, American businessman and politician (born 1930)

2019William E. Dannemeyer, American politician (born 1929)

2015Christian Audigier, French fashion designer (born 1958)

2015Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian economist and politician, Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1940)

2014David Azrieli, Polish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1922)

2014Eileen Ford, American businesswoman, co-founded Ford Models (born 1922)

2014John Spinks, English guitarist and songwriter (born 1953)

2014Lorenzo Álvarez Florentín, Paraguayan violinist and composer (born 1926)

2013Andrew Nori, Solomon lawyer and politician (born 1952)

2013Barbara Robinson, American author and poet (born 1927)

2013Kiril of Varna, Bulgarian metropolitan (born 1954)

2013Markus Büchel, Liechtensteiner politician, 9th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (born 1959)

2013Toshi Seeger, American activist, co-founded the Clearwater Festival (born 1922)

2012Chick King, American baseball player (born 1930)

2012Eugênio Sales, Brazilian cardinal (born 1920)

2012Shin Jae-chul, South Korean-American martial artist (born 1936)

2012Terepai Maoate, Cook Islander physician and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (born 1934)

2011Don Ackerman, American basketball player (born 1930)

2011Facundo Cabral, Argentine singer-songwriter (born 1937)

Quote of the day

“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”

Marcus Aurelius

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