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2008-07-09
Births, Deaths and Events in History - 2009-01-6
Births
1249-07-09 - Emperor Kameyama of Japan (d. 1305)
1577-07-09 - Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English Jamestown colonist (d. 1618)
1578-07-09 - Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1637)
1654-07-09 - Emperor Reigen of Japan (d. 1732)
1686-07-09 - Philip Livingston, American politician (d. 1749)
1689-07-09 - Alexis Piron, French writer (d. 1773)
1721-07-09 - Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet (d. 1781)
1753-07-09 - William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1825)
1764-07-09 - Ann Radcliffe, English writer (d. 1823)
1775-07-09 - Matthew Lewis, English novelist (d. 1818)
1786-07-09 - Sophie Hélène Béatrix, Princess of France (d. 1787)
1800-07-09 - Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician (d. 1885)
1808-07-09 - Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (d. 1887)
1819-07-09 - Elias Howe, American inventor (d. 1867)
1828-07-09 - Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian Catholic churchman (d. 1913)
1836-07-09 - Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1908)
1836-07-09 - Camille de Renesse, Belgian count (d. 1904)
1848-07-09 - Robert I, Duke of Parma, last ruling Duke of Parma (d. 1907)
1858-07-09 - Franz Boas, German anthropologist (d. 1942)
1879-07-09 - Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer (d. 1936)
1879-07-09 - Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician (d. 1934)
1893-07-09 - George Geary, English cricketer (d. 1981)
1894-07-09 - Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
1901-07-09 - Dame Barbara Cartland, English novelist (d. 2000)
1908-07-09 - Allama Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani scholar, orator and philosopher (d. 1973)
1908-07-09 - Paul Brown, American football coach (d. 1991)
1911-07-09 - Mervyn Peake, British writer and illustrator (d. 1968)
1911-07-09 - John A. Wheeler, American physicist
1915-07-09 - David Diamond, American composer (d. 2005)
1916-07-09 - Sir Dean Goffin, New Zealand composer (d. 1984)
1916-07-09 - Edward Heath, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2005)
1918-07-09 - Jarl Wahlström, the 12th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1999)
1926-07-09 - Ben Roy Mottelson, American-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1927-07-09 - Ed Ames, American singer and actor
1927-07-09 - Susan Cabot, American actress (d. 1986)
1928-07-09 - Federico Bahamontes, Spanish cyclist
1929-07-09 - King Hassan II of Morocco, (d. 1999)
1929-07-09 - Jesse McReynolds, American singer and mandolinist
1930-07-09 - Buddy Bregman, American musical arranger and conductor
1932-07-09 - Donald Rumsfeld, 12th & 20th United States Secretary of Defense
1935-07-09 - Wim Duisenberg, Dutch economist and politician (d. 2005)
1936-07-09 - Floyd Abrams, First Amendment attorney and advocate
1936-07-09 - June Jordan, American writer and teacher (d. 2002)
1937-07-09 - David Hockney, English artist
1938-07-09 - Brian Dennehy, American actor
1942-07-09 - Richard Roundtree, American actor
1942-07-09 - Edy Williams, American actress
1943-07-09 - John Casper, astronaut
1945-07-09 - Dean R. Koontz, American author
1945-07-09 - Root Boy Slim, American entertainer (d. 1993)
1946-07-09 - Bon Scott, Australian singer (AC/DC) (d. 1980)
1947-07-09 - Haruomi Hosono, Japanese musician
1947-07-09 - Mitch Mitchell, English drummer
1947-07-09 - O.J. Simpson, American football player and actor
1948-07-09 - Hassan Wirajuda, Indonesian current foreign minister
1950-07-09 - Viktor Yanukovych, Prime Minister of Ukraine
1951-07-09 - Chris Cooper, American actor
1952-07-09 - John Tesh, American composer
1953-07-09 - Thomas Ligotti, American author
1955-07-09 - Fred Norris, American radio personality
1955-07-09 - Jimmy Smits, American actor
1955-07-09 - Willie Wilson, American baseball player
1956-07-09 - Marc Almond, British singer
1956-07-09 - Tom Hanks, American actor
1957-07-09 - Kelly McGillis, American actress
1959-07-09 - Jim Kerr, Scottish singer (Simple Minds)
1959-07-09 - Kevin Nash, American professional wrestler
1959-07-09 - Clive Stafford Smith, British human rights lawyer
1964-07-09 - Courtney Love, American musician
1964-07-09 - Gianluca Vialli, Italian football (soccer) player
1965-07-09 - Frank Bello, American musician (Anthrax)
1965-07-09 - Marc Mero, American professional wrestler
1965-07-09 - David O'Hara, Irish-Scottish actor
1968-07-09 - Paolo Di Canio, Italian football (soccer) player
1970-07-09 - Trent Green, American football player
1970-07-09 - Masami Tsuda, manga author
1971-07-09 - Marc Andreessen, American software developer
1973-07-09 - Kelly Holcomb, American football player
1974-07-09 - Nikola Sarcevic, Swedish bassist and singer (Millencolin)
1975-07-09 - Jack White, American musician (The White Stripes}
1976-07-09 - Shelton Benjamin, American professional wrestler
1976-07-09 - Fred Savage, American actor
1976-07-09 - Jochem Uytdehaage, Dutch speed skater
1977-07-09 - Isaac Brock, American musician
1978-07-09 - Linda Park, Korean-born actress
1979-07-09 - Ella Koon, Hong Kong singer and actress
1980-07-09 - Gwendoline Yeo, Singapore actress
1982-07-09 - Sakon Yamamoto, Japanese race car driver
1982-07-09 - Ashly DelGrosso, American ballroom dancer
1982-07-09 - Maggie Ma, Canadian actress
1983-07-09 - Lucia Micarelli, American musician
1984-07-09 - Jacob Hoggard, singer of Canadian band Hedley (band)
1985-07-09 - Ashley Young, English football (soccer) player
1986-07-09 - Kiely Williams, American singer and actress
1991-07-09 - Mitchel Musso, American actor
1995-07-09 - Georgie Henley, English actress
Bizarre
2006-07-09 - National Sugar Cookie Day
2007-07-09 - National Sugar Cookie Day
Deaths
1228-07-09 - Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
1386-07-09 - Leopold III of Austria (b. 1351)
1553-07-09 - Maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521)
1654-07-09 - Ferdinand IV of Germany (b. 1633)
1737-07-09 - Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1671)
1742-07-09 - John Oldmixon, English historian (b. 1673)
1746-07-09 - Philip V of Spain (b. 1683)
1747-07-09 - Giovanni Bononcini, Italian composer (b. 1670)
1766-07-09 - Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (b. 1720)
1795-07-09 - Henry Seymour Conway, British general and statesman (b. 1721)
1797-07-09 - Edmund Burke, British philosopher and statesman (b. 1729)
1850-07-09 - Báb, Persian founder of the Bábi Faith (b. 1819)
1850-07-09 - Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States (b. 1784)
1852-07-09 - Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American politician (b. 1794)
1856-07-09 - Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist (b. 1776)
1856-07-09 - James Strang, Mormon splinter group leader (b. 1813)
1880-07-09 - Paul Broca, French physician and anatomist (b. 1824)
1903-07-09 - Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist (b. 1842)
1927-07-09 - John Drew Jr., American actor (b. 1853)
1932-07-09 - King C. Gillette, American inventor (b. 1885)
1937-07-09 - Oliver Law, first African-American commander of U.S. troops (b. 1899)
1938-07-09 - Benjamin Cardozo, American jurist (b. 1870)
1947-07-09 - Lucjan Żeligowski, Polish general (b. 1865)
1949-07-09 - Fritz Bennicke Hart, English-born Australian composer (b. 1874)
1951-07-09 - Harry Heilmann, baseball player (b. 1894)
1974-07-09 - Earl Warren, 14th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1891)
1979-07-09 - Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and author (b. 1899)
1980-07-09 - Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet and lyricist (b. 1913)
1985-07-09 - Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1896)
1985-07-09 - Jimmy Kinnon, Scottish founder of Narcotics Anonymous (b. 1911)
1992-07-09 - Eric Sevareid, American reporter (b. 1912)
1994-07-09 - Bill Mosienko, professional ice hockey player (b. 1921)
1996-07-09 - Melvin Belli, American attorney (b. 1907)
1999-07-09 - Robert de Cotret, Canadian politician (b. 1944)
2002-07-09 - Laurence Janifer, American writer (b. 1933)
2002-07-09 - Rod Steiger, American actor (b. 1925)
2004-07-09 - Chuck Cadman, Canadian politician (b. 1948)
2004-07-09 - Paul Klebnikov, American journalist (b. 1963)
2004-07-09 - Isabel Sanford, American actress (b. 1917)
2005-07-09 - Yevgenij Grishin, Russian speed skater (b. 1931)
2005-07-09 - Huang Kun, Chinese physicist (b. 1919)
2005-07-09 - Alex Shibicky Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914)
2030-07-09 - Flavius Valerius Severus, deposed Roman Emperor (murder)
1988-07-09 - Pietro I Candiano, Doge of Venice (killed in battle)
Declared
2007-07-09 - Bahá'à Faith - Holy Day: Martyrdom of the Báb.
Events
1995-07-09 - Musical group The Grateful Dead perform the last concert of their 30-year career at Soldier Field, Chicago.
1999-07-09 - Days of student protests begins after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory of University of Tehran.
2002-07-09 - The African Union was established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The first chairman was Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa.
2002-07-09 - Major League Baseball All-Star Game ends in a controversial tie at Miller Park, home of the Milwaukee Brewers, when both teams have exhausted all their pitchers.
2004-07-09 - After José Manuel Durão Barroso's appointment to the European Commission, Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio announces that he will invite the second-in-line leader of PSD, Pedro Santana Lopes to form government.
2006-07-09 - At least 122 people are dead after a Sibir Airlines passenger jet Airbus A-310 with 200 people on board veered off the runway while landing at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia in wet conditions.
2006-07-09 - Italy wins the 2006 FIFA World Cup, defeating France 5-3 on penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw. This is Italy's 4th World Cup win.
2006-07-09 - Roger Federer wins his fourth consecutive Wimbledon tennis championship, beating Rafael Nadal in the final match of the tournament.
2006-07-09 - Zinedine Zidane in his final match, headbutts Marco Materazzi and gets sent off in the final of the FIFA World Cup.
1357-07-09 - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor assists laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.
1540-07-09 - Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
1541-07-09 - EstevĂŁo da Gama departs Massawa, leaving behind 400 matchlock men and 150 slaves under his brother ChristovĂŁo da Gama, with orders to assist the Emperor of Ethiopia defeat Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi who has invaded his Empire.
1789-07-09 - In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
1790-07-09 - Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund -In the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian fleet.
1793-07-09 - Act Against Slavery passed in Upper Canada and importation of slaves into Lower Canada is prohibited.
1810-07-09 - Napoleon officially makes Holland part of his empire.
1815-07-09 - Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-PĂ©rigord, Prince de Benevente becomes Prime Minister of France.
1816-07-09 - Argentina declares independence from Spain.
1846-07-09 - By an Act of Congress, the Washington, DC area south of the Potomac River (39 mi² or about 100 km²) is returned to Virginia.
1850-07-09 - President Zachary Taylor dies and Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th President of the United States.
1863-07-09 - American Civil War: Siege of Port Hudson ends.
1868-07-09 - The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution ratified guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
1887-07-09 - Reportedly paper napkins were used for the first time by John Dickinson (stationery manufacturers) at the company's annual dinner.
1900-07-09 - Queen Victoria gives royal assent to an act creating the Commonwealth of Australia thus uniting separate colonies on the continent under one federal government.
1918-07-09 - 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.
1921-07-09 - Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar delivered his famous speech at Khilafat Conference, Karachi.
1922-07-09 - Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking a world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
1943-07-09 - World War II: Operation Husky - Allied forces perform an amphibious invasion of Sicily.
1944-07-09 - World War II: Battle of Normandy - British and Canadian forces capture Caen, France.
1944-07-09 - World War II: Battle of Saipan - Americans take Saipan.
1948-07-09 - Pakistan issued first set of Postage stamp, having image of Constituent Assembly, Jinnah International Airport (Quaid-e-Azam International Airport), Shahi Fort.
1955-07-09 - The Russell-Einstein Manifesto was released by Bertrand Russell in London.
1975-07-09 - The National Assembly of Senegal passes a law that will pave way for a (albeit highly restricted) multi-party system.
1979-07-09 - A car bomb destroys a Renault owned by famed "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld at their home in France. A note purportedly from ODESSA claims responsibility.
1981-07-09 - Senegalese political parties Party of Independence and Work (PIT) and Democratic League - Movement for the Labour Party (LD-MPT) legally recognized.
1982-07-09 - A Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana killing all 146 people on board and eight others on the ground.
1984-07-09 - York Minster was struck by a lightning bolt, the resulting fire rampaged through most of the building. However the cathedral valuables were rescued by clergymen and the "Rose Window" was not affected.
1986-07-09 - The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
1989-07-09 - Two bombs explode in Mecca, killing one pilgrim and wounding 16 others.
1990-07-09 - Billy Long was born in Kettering, England.
1991-07-09 - International Federation of Human Rights cites human rights violations committed by police and military personnel during Oka crisis in Quebec, Canada.
1991-07-09 - South Africa is reintroduced into the Olympic movement after 30 years of exclusion.
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