Today in History, English
Today in History, English


IDTimeCategoryEvent
77916July 9Event1864 – Thomas Briggs, was murdered, the first killing on a British train
77917July 9Event1868 – The 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.
77918July 9Event1875 – Outbreak of the Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
77919July 9Event1877 – The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.
77920July 9Event1896 – William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
77921July 9Event1900 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom gives Royal Assent to an Act creating Australia thus uniting separate colonies on the continent under one federal government.
77922July 9Event1900 – Boxer Rebellion: The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
77923July 9Event1903 – Future Soviet leader Joseph Stalin is exiled to Siberia for three years.
77924July 9Event1918 – 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.
77925July 9Event1922 – Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
77926July 9Event1932 – The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution.
77927July 9Event1937 – The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
77928July 9Event1943 – World War II: Operation Husky: Allied forces perform an amphibious invasion of Sicily.
77929July 9Event1944 – World War II: Battle of Normandy: British and Canadian forces capture Caen, France.
77930July 9Event1944 – World War II: Battle of Saipan: American forces take Saipan in the Mariana Islands.
77931July 9Event1944 – 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 a defensive position, thus ending the Vyborg–Petrozavo
77932July 9Event1955 – The Russell–Einstein Manifesto is released by Bertrand Russell in London, England, United Kingdom.
77933July 9Event1958 – Lituya Bay is hit by a megatsunami. The wave is recorded at 30 to 91 meters high, the largest in recorded history.
77934July 9Event1961 – Turkish voters approve the Turkish Constitution of 1961 in a referendum.
77935July 9Event1962 – The Starfish Prime high-altitude nuclear test is conducted by the United States.
77936July 9Event1962 – Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans exhibition opens at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles.
77937July 9Event1972 – The Troubles: In Belfast, British Army snipers shoot five civilians dead in the Springhill Massacre.
77938July 9Event1979 – A car bomb destroys a Renault motor car owned by the famed "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld at their home in France. A note purportedly from ODESSA claims responsibility.
77939July 9Event1981 – Donkey Kong, a video game created by Nintendo, is released. The game marks the debut of Nintendo's future mascot, Mario.
77940July 9Event1982 – Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana killing all 145 people on board and eight others on the ground.
77911July 9Event1816 – Argentina declares independence from Spain.
77912July 9Event1821 – Four hundred seventy prominent Cypriots including Archbishop Kyprianos are executed in response to Cypriot aid to the Greek War of Independence
77913July 9Event1850 – U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies Vice President Millard Fillmore, becomes President upon Taylor's death.
77914July 9Event1850 – Persian prophet Báb is executed in Tabriz, Persia.
77915July 9Event1863 – American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends.

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