July 9

July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining.

Events

• 455 - Avitus proclaimed Roman emperor
• 1816 - Argentina declares independence from Spain.
• 1896 - William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of gold speech.
• 1937 - Oliver Law, first African American commander of American troops, killed in battle during the Spanish Civil War.
• 1942 - Holocaust: Anne Frank's family goes into hiding in an attic above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.

Births

• 1764 - Ann Radcliffe, writer (+ 1823)
• 1819 - Elias Howe[?], inventor of the sewing machine (+ 1867)
• 1900 - Ida Ehre[?], actress (+ 1989)
• 1901 - Dame Barbara Cartland, romance novelist, step-grandmother of Princess Diana (+ 2000)
• 1916 - Edward Heath, politician
• 1925 - Peter Ludwig[?], entrepreneur and art collector (+ 1996)
• 1927 - Susan Cabot[?], actress
• 1927 - Ed Ames[?], actor
• 1929 - King Hassan II of Morocco[?], (+ 1999)
• 1937 - David Hockney, artist (Pop art)
• 1938 - Brian Dennehy[?], actor
• 1942 - Richard Roundtree[?], actor
• 1946 - Bon Scott[?], singer: AC/DC
• 1947 - O. J. Simpson, football player, actor
• 1952 - John Tesh[?], composer
• 1955 - Jimmy Smits[?], actor
• 1956 - Tom Hanks, actor
• 1965 - Frank Bello[?], bassist in the Anthrax rock band
• 1965 - Courtney Love, musician
• 1976 - Fred Savage, actor

Deaths

• 1797 - Edmund Burke, British philosopher and statesman
• 1850 - Mírzá 'Alí-Muhammad also known as the Báb founder of the Babi Faith
• 1856 - Amedeo Avogadro, chemist
• 1974 - Earl Warren, former governor of California, former Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
• 1979 - Cornelia Otis Skinner[?], actress, author
• 1992 - Eric Sevareid[?], reporter
• 1996 - Melvin Belli[?], attorney
• 2002 - Rod Steiger, actor

Holidays and observances

• Argentina - Independence Day
• Palau - Constitution Day[?]
• Bahá'í Faith[?]:Holy Day - Martyrdom of the Báb

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