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History Events on July 09

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History Events on July 09

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

#Johnny_Weissmuller

In 1922

A 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.

#Renault

In 1979

The 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 aftershock occurred minutes after the mainshock.

#1956_Amorgos_earthquake

In 1956

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

#William_Jennings_Bryan

In 1896

The Old Swiss Confederacy makes great strides in establishing control over its territory by soundly defeating the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Sempach.

#Old_Swiss_Confederacy

In 1386

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

#Zachary_Taylor

In 1850

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.

#Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

In 1868

The 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.

#Parliament_of_Canada

In 1993

South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan.

#South_Sudan

In 2011

American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.

#American_Civil_War

In 1863

The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.

#Federation_of_Australia

In 1900

Explorer David Thompson posts a sign near what is now Sacajawea State Park in Washington state, claiming the Columbia District for the United Kingdom.

#David_Thompson_(explorer)

In 1811

The military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.

#Avitus

In 455

Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom for their beliefs in the Dutch town of Gorkum.

#Martyrs_of_Gorkum

In 1572

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

#Starfish_Prime

In 1962

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.

#Nashville,_Tennessee

In 1918

A Bourbon force under Nicolas Catinat withdraws from a smaller Habsburg force under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the Battle of Carpi.

#House_of_Bourbon

In 1701

Timur attacks the Jalairid Sultanate and destroys Baghdad.

#Timur

In 1401

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

#São_Paulo_(state)

In 1932

Persian prophet Báb is executed in Tabriz, Persia.

#Báb

In 1850

Odoacer makes a night assault with his Heruli guardsmen, engaging Theoderic the Great in Ad Pinetam. Both sides suffer heavy losses, but in the end Theodoric forces Odoacer back into Ravenna.

#Odoacer

In 491

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

#Cyprus

In 1821

George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island.

#George_Washington

In 1776

The 8.4-9.0 Mw? Sanriku earthquake strikes the area around Sendai in northern Honshu, Japan. Inundation from the tsunami extended several kilometers inland.

#869_Sanriku_earthquake

In 869

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

#Battle_of_Saipan

In 1944

One 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.

#S7_Airlines_Flight_778

In 2006

Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire.

#Kingdom_of_Holland

In 1810

The Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian Baltic fleet.

#Swedish_Navy

In 1790

The Act Against Slavery in Upper Canada bans the importation of slaves and will free those who are born into slavery after the passage of the Act at 25 years of age.

#Act_Against_Slavery

In 1793

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

#New_Zealand_Parliament

In 1986

A major earthquake strikes Beirut, triggering a devastating tsunami that affected the coastal towns of Byzantine Phoenicia, causing thousands of deaths.

#551_Beirut_earthquake

In 551

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

#Navaly_church_bombing

In 1995

Emperor Charles IV assists in laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.

#Charles_IV,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

In 1357

Argentina declares independence from Spain.

#Argentina

In 1816

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

#Pan_Am_Flight_759

In 1982

The 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.

#African_Union

In 2002

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

#Shanxi

In 1900

World 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-Petrozavodsk Offensive.

#Continuation_War

In 1944

Bohemia is granted freedom of religion through the Letter of Majesty by the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II.

#Bohemia

In 1609

World War II: The Allied invasion of Sicily soon causes the downfall of Mussolini and forces Hitler to break off the Battle of Kursk.

#World_War_II

In 1943

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

#Daniel_Hale_Williams

In 1893

The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.

#1877_Wimbledon_Championship

In 1877

The Treaties of Tilsit are signed by Napoleon I of France and Alexander I of Russia.

#Treaties_of_Tilsit

In 1807

In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.

#Versailles,_Yvelines

In 1789

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord becomes the first Prime Minister of France.

#Charles_Maurice_de_Talleyrand-Périgord

In 1815

The Braddock Expedition is soundly defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture Fort Duquesne in what is now downtown Pittsburgh.

#Braddock_Expedition

In 1755

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

In 1999

A 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.

In 1958

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

In 1955

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

In 1937

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

In 1875

French victory in the Battle of Melle allows them to capture Ghent in the days after.

In 1745

King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.

In 1540

The Fatimid general Jawhar leads the Friday prayer in Fustat in the name of Caliph al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, thereby symbolically completing the Fatimid conquest of Egypt.

In 969

Korean forces under general Kim Yu-sin of Silla defeat the army of Baekje in the Battle of Hwangsanbeol.

In 660

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