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 190th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 175 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 26, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,752,019,200 seconds 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 ‘hectaenneacontagon’ day.
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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 223 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 4,583 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 9 Historical Events
- 455 –Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
- 1357 –Emperor Charles IV assists in laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.
- 1790 –Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund – in the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian fleet.
- 1810 –Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire.
- 1815 –Talleyrand becomes the first Prime Minister of France.
- 1821 –470 prominent Cypriots including Archbishop Kyprianos are executed in response to Cypriot aid to the Greek War of Independence
- 1922 –Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
- 1944 –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 defensive position, thus ending the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive.
- 1982 –Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana killing all 145 people on board and eight others on the ground.
- 2011 –South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan.
Who were born on July 9?
- 1775 –Matthew Lewis, English novelist (d. 1818)
- 1834 –Jan Neruda, Czech poet (d. 1891)
- 1858 –Franz Boas, German anthropologist (d. 1942)
- 1927 –Red Kelly, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1927 –Susan Cabot, American actress (d. 1986)
- 1935 –Wim Duisenberg, Dutch economist and politician (d. 2005)
- 1943 –John Casper, American astronaut
- 1959 –Kevin Nash, American pro wrestler
- 1984 –Gianni Fabiano, Italian footballer
- 1985 –Paweł Korzeniowski, Polish swimmer
Who died on July 9?
- 1797 –Edmund Burke, British philosopher and statesman (b. 1729)
- 1850 –Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States (b. 1784)
- 1903 –Alphonse Francois Renard, Belgian geologist (b. 1842)
- 1932 –King C. Gillette, American inventor (b. 1855)
- 1972 –Robert Weede, American baritone (b. 1903)
- 1977 –Alice Paul, American suffragist figure (b. 1885)
- 1983 –Keith Wickenden, British politician (b. 1932)
- 1996 –Melvin Belli, American attorney (b. 1907)
- 2002 –Laurence Janifer, American writer (b. 1933)
- 2008 –Séamus Brennan, Irish politician (b. 1948)
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