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 191^st 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, 28,674,720 minutes 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.

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.

July 9 Historical Events

• 869 –
  A magnitude 8.6Ms earthquake and subsequent tsunami strikes the area around Sendai in the northern part of Honshu, Japan.
• 1540 –
  King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
• 1789 –
  In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
• 1790 –
  Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund – in the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian fleet.
• 1811 –
  Explorer David Thompson posts a sign at the confluence of the Columbia and Snake Rivers (in modern Washington state, US), claiming the land for the United Kingdom.
• 1816 –
  Argentina declares independence from Spain.
• 1821 –
  470 prominent Cypriots including Archbishop Kyprianos are executed in response to Cypriot aid to the Greek War of Independence
• 1918 –
  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.
• 1944 –
  World War II: Battle of Saipan – American forces take Saipan in the Mariana Islands.
• 1962 –
  The Starfish Prime high-altitude nuclear test is conducted by the United States of America.

Who were born on July 9?

• 1836 –
  Camille of Renesse-Breidbach, Belgian nobleman and entrepreneur (d. 1904)
• 1887 –
  James Ormsbee Chapin, American painter and illustrator (d. 1975)
• 1929 –
  Lee Hazlewood, American country singer, songwriter and producer (d. 2007)
• 1970 –
  Masami Tsuda, Japanese manga author
• 1973 –
  Kelly Holcomb, American football player
• 1974 –
  Gary Kelly, Irish football player
• 1975 –
  Isaac Brock, American singer and musician (Modest Mouse, Ugly Casanova)
• 1975 –
  Shelton Benjamin, American pro wrestler
• 1982 –
  Toby Kebbell, English actor
• 1984 –
  Jacob Hoggard, Canadian singer (Hedley)

Who died on July 9?

• 1228 –
  Stephen Langton, English clergyman, Archbishop of Canterbury (b.c. 1150)
• 1654 –
  Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (b. 1633)
• 1882 –
  Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean war hero(b. 1848)
• 1927 –
  John Drew Jr., American actor (b. 1853)
• 1955 –
  Don Beauman, British racing driver (b. 1928)
• 1994 –
  Bill Mosienko, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)
• 2002 –
  Rod Steiger, American actor (b. 1925)
• 2005 –
  Kevin Hagen, American actor (b. 1928)
• 2006 –
  Milan Williams, American keyboardist (The Commodores) (b. 1948)
• 2010 –
  Jessica Anderson, Australian novelist (b. 1916)