Login
Login

July 9

{{pp-move}}

{{pp-pc}}

{{calendar}}

{{This date in recent years}}

{{Day}}

Events

=Pre-1600=

  • 118 – Hadrian, who became emperor a year previously on Trajan's death, makes his entry into Rome.{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1989|page=228|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}
  • 381 – The end of the First Council of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople by the Roman emperor Theodosius I.{{cite book |last1=Heather |first1=P. J. |last2=Matthews |first2=John |title=Goths in the Fourth Century |url=https://archive.org/details/gothsfourthcentu00heat |url-access=limited |location=Liverpool |publisher=Liverpool University Press |year=1991 |isbn=0-85323-426-4 |page=[https://archive.org/details/gothsfourthcentu00heat/page/n150 136] }}
  • 491 – 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.
  • 551 – A major earthquake strikes Beirut, triggering a devastating tsunami that affects the coastal towns of Byzantine Phoenicia, causing thousands of deaths.{{cite journal|last=Elias|first=A.|author2=Tapponnier P.|author3=Singh S.C.|author4=King G.C.P.|author5=Briais A.|author6=Daëron M.|author7=Carton H.|author8=Sursock A.|author9=Jacques E.|author10=Jomaa R.|author11=Klinger Y.|year=2007|title=Active thrusting offshore Mount Lebanon: Source of the tsunamigenic A.D. 551 Beirut-Tripoli earthquake|journal=Geology|volume=35|issue=8|pages=755–758|doi=10.1130/G23631A.1|url=http://www.ipgp.fr/~klinger/page_web/biblio/publication/elias%20et%20al%20final%20proof.pdf|access-date=2 March 2011|bibcode=2007Geo....35..755E|archive-date=12 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312125200/http://www.ipgp.fr/~klinger/page_web/biblio/publication/elias%20et%20al%20final%20proof.pdf|url-status=dead}}
  • 660 – Korean forces under general Kim Yu-sin of Silla defeat the army of Baekje in the Battle of Hwangsanbeol.
  • 869 – The 8.4–9.0 {{M|w}}Sanriku earthquake strikes the area around Sendai in northern Honshu, Japan. Inundation from the tsunami extended several kilometers inland.
  • 969 – 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.{{cite book | chapter = The Ismāʿīlī Daʿwa and the Fāṭimid caliphate | first = Paul E. | last = Walker | title = Cambridge History of Egypt, Volume One: Islamic Egypt, 640–1517 | publisher = Cambridge University Press | editor-last = Petry | editor-first = Carl F. | location = Cambridge | year = 1998 | isbn = 978-0-521-47137-4 | pages = 120–150 | chapter-url = {{Google Books|y3FtXpB_tqMC|page=120|plainurl=y}} }}
  • 1357 – Emperor Charles IV assists in laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.
  • 1386 – The Old Swiss Confederacy makes great strides in establishing control over its territory by soundly defeating the Duchy of Austria in the Battle of Sempach.
  • 1401 – Timur attacks the Jalairid Sultanate and destroys Baghdad.
  • 1540 – King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
  • 1572 – Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom for their beliefs, in the Dutch town of Gorkum.

=1601–1900=

=1901–present=

Births

=Pre-1600=

=1601–1900=

=1901–present=

  • 1901 – Barbara Cartland, English author (died 2000)
  • 1902 – Peter Acland, English soldier (died 1993)
  • 1905 – Clarence Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (died 1984)
  • 1907 – Eddie Dean, American singer-songwriter (died 1999)
  • 1908 – Allamah Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani philosopher and scholar (died 1973)
  • 1908 – Minor White, American photographer, critic, and educator (died 1976)
  • 1909 – Basil Wolverton, American author and illustrator (died 1978)
  • 1910 – Govan Mbeki, South African anti-apartheid and ANC leader and activist (died 2001)
  • 1911 – Mervyn Peake, English author and illustrator (died 1968)
  • 1911 – John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist and author (died 2008)
  • 1914 – Willi Stoph, German engineer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of East Germany (died 1999)
  • 1914 – Mac Wilson, Australian rules footballer (died 2017)
  • 1915 – David Diamond, American composer and educator (died 2005)
  • 1915 – Lee Embree, American sergeant and photographer (died 2008)
  • 1916 – Dean Goffin, New Zealand composer (died 1984)
  • 1916 – Edward Heath, English colonel and politician; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1970-74 (died 2005)
  • 1917 – Krystyna Dańko, Polish orphan, survivor of Holocaust (died 2019)
  • 1918 – Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Dutch mathematician and academic (died 2012)
  • 1918 – Jarl Wahlström, Finnish 12th General of The Salvation Army (died 1999)
  • 1921 – David C. Jones, American general (died 2013)
  • 1922 – Kathleen Booth, British computer scientist and mathematician (died 2022){{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2022/10/25/kathleen-booth-computer-pioneer-who-made-major-breakthrough/ |url-access=subscription |title=Kathleen Booth, computer pioneer who made a major breakthrough in programming – obituary |work=The Telegraph |date=25 October 2022 |access-date=30 October 2022}}
  • 1922 – Angelines Fernández, Spanish-Mexican actress (died 1994)
  • 1922 – Jim Pollard, American basketball player and coach (died 1993){{cite web |title=Jim Pollard|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/jim-pollard/ |publisher=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=7 February 2020}}
  • 1924 – Pierre Cochereau, French organist and composer (died 1984)
  • 1925 – Guru Dutt, Indian actor, director, and producer (died 1964)
  • 1925 – Charles E. Wicks, American engineer, author, and academic (died 2010)
  • 1925 – Ronald I. Spiers, American ambassador (died 2021)
  • 1926 – Murphy Anderson, American illustrator (died 2015)
  • 1926 – Ben Roy Mottelson, American-Danish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2022)
  • 1926 – Pedro Dellacha, Argentine football defender and coach (died 2010)
  • 1926 – Mathilde Krim, Italian-American medical researcher and health educator (died 2018)
  • 1927 – Ed Ames, American singer and actor (died 2023)
  • 1927 – Red Kelly, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician (died 2019)
  • 1928 – Federico Bahamontes, Spanish cyclist (died 2023)
  • 1928 – Vince Edwards, American actor, singer, and director (died 1996)
  • 1929 – Lee Hazlewood, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2007)
  • 1929 – Jesse McReynolds, American singer and mandolin player (died 2023)
  • 1929 – Chi Haotian, Chinese general
  • 1929 – Hassan II of Morocco (died 1999)
  • 1930 – K. Balachander, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)
  • 1930 – Buddy Bregman, American composer and conductor (died 2017)
  • 1930 – Janice Lourie, American computer scientist and graphic artist
  • 1930 – Elsa Lystad, Norwegian actress (died 2023)
  • 1930 – Patricia Newcomb, American publicist
  • 1930 – Roy McLean, South African cricketer and rugby player (died 2007)
  • 1931 – Haynes Johnson, American journalist and author (died 2013)
  • 1931 – Sylvia Bacon, American judge (died 2023)
  • 1932 – Donald Rumsfeld, American captain and politician, 13th United States Secretary of Defense (died 2021)
  • 1932 – Amitzur Shapira, Israeli sprinter and long jumper (died 1972)
  • 1933 – Oliver Sacks, English-American neurologist, author, and academic (died 2015)
  • 1934 – Michael Graves, American architect, designed the Portland Building and the Humana Building (died 2015)
  • 1935 – Wim Duisenberg, Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Finance (died 2005)
  • 1935 – Mercedes Sosa, Argentine singer and activist (died 2009)
  • 1935 – Michael Williams, English actor (died 2001)
  • 1936 – June Jordan, American poet and educator (died 2002)
  • 1936 – David Zinman, American violinist and conductor
  • 1937 – David Hockney, English painter and photographer
  • 1938 – Brian Dennehy, American actor (died 2020){{cite web |title=Versatile US actor Brian Dennehy dies at 81 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52314289 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=17 April 2020 |date=16 April 2020}}
  • 1938 – Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (died 1985)
  • 1940 – David B. Frohnmayer, American lawyer and politician, 12th Oregon Attorney General (died 2015)
  • 1940 – Eugene Victor Wolfenstein, American psychoanalyst and theorist (died 2010)
  • 1941 – Mac MacLeod, English musician (died 2020)
  • 1942 – David Chidgey, Baron Chidgey, English engineer and politician (died 2022)
  • 1942 – Richard Roundtree, American actor (died 2023)
  • 1943 – John Casper, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
  • 1944 – Judith M. Brown, Indian-English historian and academic
  • 1944 – John Cunniff, American ice hockey player and coach (died 2002)
  • 1944 – Tabassum, Indian actress and talk show host (died 2022){{cite magazine |last1=Sharma |first1=Devesh |title=FAREWELL, TABASSUM |magazine=Filmfare |date=December 2022 |pages=114–115 |volume=71 |issn=0971-7277 |url=https://www.magzter.com/stories/celebrity/Filmfare/FAREWELL-TABASSUM |access-date=13 January 2023 |via=Magzter}}
  • 1945 – Dean Koontz, American author and screenwriter
  • 1945 – Root Boy Slim, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1993)
  • 1946 – Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter (died 1980)
  • 1947 – Haruomi Hosono, Japanese singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
  • 1947 – Mitch Mitchell, English drummer (died 2008)
  • 1947 – O. J. Simpson, American football player and actor (died 2024){{Cite web |date=2024-04-11 |title=O.J. Simpson dies of cancer at 76, family says |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39920478/oj-simpson-dies-cancer-age-76-family-says |access-date=2024-04-11 |publisher=ESPN}}
  • 1947 – Patrick Wormald, English historian (died 2004)
  • 1948 – Hassan Wirajuda, Indonesian lawyer and politician, 15th Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • 1949 – Raoul Cédras, Haitian military officer and politician{{cite book|title=The African Guardian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kC4uAQAAIAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Guardian Magazines|page=11}}
  • 1950 – Amal ibn Idris al-Alami, Moroccan physician and neurosurgeon
  • 1950 – Adriano Panatta, Italian tennis player and sailor
  • 1950 – Viktor Yanukovych, Ukrainian engineer and politician, 4th President of Ukraine
  • 1950 – Moisés Canelo, Honduran singer-songwriter (died 2024)[https://www.laprensa.hn/honduras/muere-cantautor-hondureno-moises-canelo-BE21431044 Muere el cantautor hondureño Moisés Canelo a los 74 años]
  • 1951 – Chris Cooper, American actor
  • 1951 – Māris Gailis, Latvian politician, businessman, and former Prime Minister of Latvia
  • 1952 – John Tesh, American pianist, composer, and radio and television host
  • 1953 – Margie Gillis, Canadian dancer and choreographer
  • 1953 – Thomas Ligotti, American author
  • 1954 – Théophile Abega, Cameroonian footballer and politician (died 2012)
  • 1954 – Kevin O'Leary, Canadian journalist and businessman
  • 1955 – Steve Coppell, English footballer and manager
  • 1955 – Lindsey Graham, American lawyer and politician
  • 1955 – Jimmy Smits, American actor and producer
  • 1955 – Willie Wilson, American baseball player and manager
  • 1956 – Tom Hanks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1956 – Michael Lederer, American author, poet, and playwright
  • 1957 – Marc Almond, English singer-songwriter
  • 1957 – Tim Kring, American screenwriter and producer
  • 1957 – Kelly McGillis, American actress
  • 1957 – Paul Merton, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
  • 1958 – Abdul Latiff Ahmad, Malaysian politician
  • 1958 – Jacob Joseph, Malaysian football coach
  • 1959 – Jim Kerr, Scottish singer-songwriter and keyboard player
  • 1959 – Kevin Nash, American professional wrestler and actor{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wTfWE28MKsAC&q=kevin+nash+July+9,+1959+wrestling|title=Wrestling's Greatest Heroes and Villains|access-date=January 14, 2022|isbn=9780823934928|last1=Hofstede|first1=David|date=1999|publisher=ECW Press }}
  • 1959 – Clive Stafford Smith, English lawyer and author
  • 1960 – Yūko Asano, Japanese actress and singer
  • 1960 – Wally Fullerton Smith, Australian rugby league player
  • 1960 – Eduardo Montes-Bradley, Argentine journalist, photographer, and author
  • 1963 – Klaus Theiss, German footballer
  • 1964 – Courtney Love, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
  • 1964 – Gianluca Vialli, Italian footballer and coach (died 2023){{cite web |title=Vialli |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/l/l93592.html |website=bdfutbol.com |access-date=6 January 2023}}
  • 1965 – Frank Bello, American bass player
  • 1965 – Thomas Jahn, German director and screenwriter
  • 1965 – Jason Rhoades, American sculptor (died 2006)
  • 1966 – Pamela Adlon, American actress and voice artist
  • 1966 – Zheng Cao, Chinese-American soprano and actress (died 2013)
  • 1966 – Gary Glasberg, American television writer and producer (died 2016)
  • 1966 – Marco Pennette, American screenwriter and producer
  • 1967 – Gunnar Axén, Swedish politician
  • 1967 – Yordan Letchkov, Bulgarian footballer
  • 1967 – Mark Stoops, American football player and coach
  • 1967 – Julie Thomas, Welsh lawn bowler{{cite web |title=Lawn Bowls {{!}} Athlete Profile: Julie THOMAS – Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/lawn-bowls/athlete-profile-n6028265-julie-thomas.htm |website=results.gc2018.com |access-date=29 October 2020 |archive-date=19 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519014403/https://results.gc2018.com/en/lawn-bowls/athlete-profile-n6028265-julie-thomas.htm |url-status=dead }}
  • 1968 – Paolo Di Canio, Italian footballer and manager
  • 1969 – Nicklas Barker, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1969 – Jason Kearton, Australian footballer and coach
  • 1970 – Trent Green, American football player and sportscaster
  • 1970 – Masami Tsuda, Japanese author and illustrator
  • 1971 – Marc Andreessen, American software developer, co-founded Netscape
  • 1972 – Ara Babajian, American drummer and songwriter
  • 1973 – Kelly Holcomb, American football player and sportscaster
  • 1974 – Siân Berry, English environmentalist and politician
  • 1974 – Ian Bradshaw, Barbadian cricketer
  • 1974 – Gary Kelly, Irish footballer
  • 1974 – Kārlis Skrastiņš, Latvian ice hockey player (died 2011){{cite news |title=A plane crash killed 43 people including all but one of players & coaches of Yaroslavl Lokomotiv |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120968050/a-plane-crash-killed-43-people/ |access-date=16 March 2023 |work=The Daily Herald-Tribune |date=8 September 2011 |page=16 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • 1974 – Nikola Šarčević, Swedish singer-songwriter and bass player
  • 1975 – Shelton Benjamin, American wrestler{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/17174137|title=WWE Profile – Shelton Benjamin|date=July 29, 2016|publisher=ESPN|access-date=July 18, 2020}}
  • 1975 – Isaac Brock, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1975 – Robert Koenig, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1975 – Craig Quinnell, Welsh rugby player
  • 1975 – Jack White, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1976 – Thomas Cichon, Polish-German footballer and manager
  • 1976 – Fred Savage, American actor, director, and producer
  • 1976 – Radike Samo, Fijian-Australian rugby player
  • 1978 – Kara Goucher, American runner
  • 1978 – Nuno Santos, Portuguese footballer
  • 1979 – Gary Chaw, Malaysian Chinese singer-songwriter
  • 1981 – Lee Chun-soo, South Korean footballer
  • 1981 – Junauda Petrus, American author and performance artist{{cite web |url=https://www.startribune.com/a-love-letter-with-a-difference/559572362/ |title=Minnesota artist's novel about queer black teens is one of fall's hottest books: After puppets and poetry, theater and film, artist Junauda Petrus is releasing her first young adult novel about two queer, black teenagers. |author=Jenna Ross |newspaper=Star Tribune |date=September 16, 2019 |access-date=June 29, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://chpinthestacks.tumblr.com/post/137261147267/in-the-stacks-with-junauda-petrus-earth-wind |title=In the Stacks with Junauda Perus: Earth, Wind, & Fire |publisher=Coffee House Press |date=January 8, 2016 |access-date=July 9, 2020}}
  • 1982 – Alecko Eskandarian, American soccer player and manager
  • 1982 – Sakon Yamamoto, Japanese race car driver
  • 1984 – Chris Campoli, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1984 – Gianni Fabiano, Italian footballer
  • 1984 – Jacob Hoggard, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1984 – Ave Pajo, Estonian footballer
  • 1984 – Piia Suomalainen, Finnish tennis player
  • 1984 – LA Tenorio, Filipino basketball player
  • 1985 – Paweł Korzeniowski, Polish swimmer
  • 1985 – Ashley Young, English footballer
  • 1986 – Sébastien Bassong, Cameroonian footballer
  • 1986 – Simon Dumont, American skier
  • 1986 – Kiely Williams, American singer-songwriter and dancer
  • 1987 – Gert Jõeäär, Estonian cyclist
  • 1987 – Rebecca Sugar, American animator, composer, and screenwriter
  • 1988 – Raul Rusescu, Romanian footballer
  • 1990 – Earl Bamber, New Zealand race car driver
  • 1990 – Fábio, Brazilian footballer
  • 1990 – Rafael, Brazilian footballer
  • 1991 – Mitchel Musso, American actor and singer{{cite news |last1=Hogan |first1=Kate |title=Hannah Montana's Mitchel Musso Has One Lovable Beast |url=https://people.com/pets/hannah-montanas-mitchel-musso-has-one-lovable-beast/ |access-date=24 August 2018 |work=People}}
  • 1993 – Mitch Larkin, Australian swimmer
  • 1993 – DeAndre Yedlin, American footballer
  • 1999 – Claire Corlett, American voice actress{{Cite web|url=http://www.clairecorlett.com/|title=Home Page: Claire Margaret Corlett|website=Ian Corlett|access-date=September 26, 2017|archive-date=January 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124051604/http://www.clairecorlett.com/|url-status=dead}}
  • 2003 – Conor Bradley, Northern Irish footballer{{cite web |title=Conor Bradley |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/68582/Conor-Bradley/overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=26 October 2023}}

Deaths

=Pre-1600=

=1601–1900=

=1901–present=

  • 1903 – Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist and photographer (born 1842)
  • 1927 – John Drew, Jr., American actor (born 1853)
  • 1932 – King Camp Gillette, American businessman, founded the Gillette Company (born 1855)
  • 1935 – Daniel Edward Howard, 16th president of Liberia (born 1861){{cite book |last1=Dunn|first1= Elwood D.|last2=Beyan|first2=Amos J.|last3=Burrowes|first3=Carl Patrick|date=2000|title=Historical Dictionary of Liberia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qt0_RrW8ghkC|location=Lanham, Maryland|publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=9781461659310|pages=167–168}}
  • 1937 – Oliver Law, American commander (born 1899)
  • 1938 – Benjamin N. Cardozo, American lawyer and jurist (born 1870)
  • 1947 – Lucjan Żeligowski, Polish-Lithuanian general and politician (born 1865)
  • 1949 – Fritz Hart, English-Australian composer and conductor (born 1874)
  • 1951 – Harry Heilmann, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1894)
  • 1955 – Don Beauman, English race car driver (born 1928)
  • 1955 – Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 (born 1881){{citation |url=https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/h/huerta_adolfo.htm|title=Adolfo de la Huerta|access-date=May 28, 2019|publisher=Biografias y Vidas|language=es}}
  • 1959 – Ferenc Talányi, Slovene journalist and painter (born 1883)
  • 1962 – Georges Bataille, French philosopher, novelist, and poet (born 1897){{cite journal |last1=Pecora |first1=Vincent P. |title=Bataille, Georges Albert Maurice Victor (1897–1962) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM362-1|isbn=9781135000356 }}
  • 1961 – Whittaker Chambers, American spy and witness in Hiss case{{cite web |title=About |url=https://whittakerchambers.org/about |publisher=Whittaker Chambers |access-date=2018-10-01}}{{cite magazine|title=Death of the Witness |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,897803,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930065101/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,897803,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |magazine=Time |date= July 21, 1961 |access-date=2008-06-20 }}{{cite news |title=Chambers Is Dead; Hiss Case Witness; Whittaker Chambers, Hiss Accuser, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/07/12/archives/chambers-is-dead-hiss-case-witness-whittaker-chambers-hiss-accuser.html |work=The New York Times |date=July 11, 1961 |access-date=2008-03-17 }}(born 1901)
  • 1967 – Eugen Fischer, German physician and academic (born 1874)
  • 1967 – Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani dentist and politician (born 1893)
  • 1970 – Sigrid Holmquist, Swedish actress (born 1899)
  • 1971 – Karl Ast, Estonian author and politician (born 1886)
  • 1972 – Robert Weede, American opera singer (born 1903)
  • 1974 – Earl Warren, American jurist and politician, 14th Chief Justice of the United States (born 1891)
  • 1977 – Alice Paul, American activist (born 1885){{cite book|editor-first=Kathlyn|editor-last=Gay|title=American Dissidents: An Encyclopedia of Activists, Subversives and Prisoners of Conscience|location=Santa Barbara|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2012|isbn=978-1-59884-764-2|page=481}}
  • 1979 – Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and author (born 1899)
  • 1980 – Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer (born 1913)
  • 1984 – Edna Ernestine Kramer, American mathematician (born 1902){{cite book | last1=Grinstein | first1=Louise S. | last2=Campbell | first2=Paul J. | title=Women of Mathematics : a Biobibliographic Sourcebook | place=New York | publisher=Greenwood Press | year=1987 | isbn=978-0-3132-4849-8 | page=[https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/114 114] | url=https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/114 }}
  • 1985 – Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (born 1896)
  • 1985 – Jimmy Kinnon, Scottish-American activist, founded Narcotics Anonymous (born 1911)
  • 1986 – Patriarch Nicholas VI of Alexandria (born 1915)
  • 1992 – Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer (born 1946)
  • 1992 – Eric Sevareid, American journalist (born 1912)
  • 1993 – Metin Altıok, Turkish poet and educator (born 1940)
  • 1994 – Bill Mosienko, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1921)
  • 1996 – Melvin Belli, American lawyer (born 1907)
  • 1999 – Robert de Cotret, Canadian politician, 56th Secretary of State for Canada (born 1944)
  • 2000 – Doug Fisher, English actor (born 1941)
  • 2002 – Mayo Kaan, American bodybuilder (born 1914)
  • 2002 – Rod Steiger, American actor (born 1925)
  • 2004 – Paul Klebnikov, American journalist and historian (born 1963)
  • 2004 – Isabel Sanford, American actress (born 1917)
  • 2005 – Chuck Cadman, Canadian engineer and politician (born 1948)
  • 2005 – Yevgeny Grishin, Russian speed skater (born 1931)
  • 2005 – Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1914)
  • 2006 – Milan Williams, American keyboard player and producer (born 1948)
  • 2007 – Charles Lane, American actor (born 1905)
  • 2008 – Séamus Brennan, Irish accountant and politician, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (born 1948)
  • 2010 – Jessica Anderson, Australian author and playwright (born 1916)
  • 2011 – Don Ackerman, American basketball player (born 1930)
  • 2011 – Facundo Cabral, Argentine singer-songwriter (born 1937)
  • 2012 – Shin Jae-chul, South Korean-American martial artist (born 1936)
  • 2012 – Chick King, American baseball player (born 1930)
  • 2012 – Terepai Maoate, Cook Islander physician and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (born 1934)
  • 2012 – Eugênio Sales, Brazilian cardinal (born 1920)
  • 2013 – Markus Büchel, Liechtensteiner politician, 9th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (born 1959)
  • 2013 – Andrew Nori, Solomon lawyer and politician (born 1952)
  • 2013 – Kiril of Varna, Bulgarian metropolitan (born 1954)
  • 2013 – Barbara Robinson, American author and poet (born 1927)
  • 2013 – Toshi Seeger, American activist, co-founded the Clearwater Festival (born 1922)
  • 2014 – Lorenzo Álvarez Florentín, Paraguayan violinist and composer (born 1926)
  • 2014 – David Azrieli, Polish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1922)
  • 2014 – Eileen Ford, American businesswoman, co-founded Ford Models (born 1922)
  • 2014 – John Spinks, English guitarist and songwriter (born 1953)
  • 2015 – Christian Audigier, French fashion designer (born 1958)
  • 2015 – Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian economist and politician, Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1940)
  • 2019 – William E. Dannemeyer, American politician (born 1929){{cite news|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2019/07/09/obit-rep-william-dannemeyer-a-face-of-orange-county-conservatism-in-the-age-of-reagan/|title=Obit: Rep. William Dannemeyer, a face of Orange County conservatism in the age of Reagan|newspaper=Orange County Register|last1=Mouchard|first1=Andre|last2=Staggs|first2=Brooke|date=July 9, 2019}}
  • 2019 – Ross Perot, American businessman and politician (born 1930){{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48927718|title=Ross Perot, billionaire and ex-presidential candidate, dies at 89|date=9 July 2019|accessdate=14 January 2024|publisher=BBC}}
  • 2019 – Fernando de la Rúa, 43rd President of Argentina (born 1937){{Cite web|url=https://www.clarin.com/politica/murio-fernando-rua-militancia-poder-breve-conflictiva-gestion_0_DPpgwnnJ_.html|title=Murió Fernando de la Rúa: de la militancia al poder, con una breve y conflictiva gestión|first=Redacción|last=Clarín|date=9 July 2019|website=Clarín|accessdate=14 January 2024}}
  • 2019 – Rip Torn, American actor (born 1931){{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/rip-torn-dead-larry-sanders-887059/|title=Rip Torn, Artie the Producer on 'The Larry Sanders Show,' Dies at 88|first=Mike|last=Barnes|website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=9 July 2019|accessdate=14 January 2024}}
  • 2019 – Freddie Jones, English actor (born 1927){{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48940202 |title=Freddie Jones: Tributes paid to Emmerdale and Elephant Man star |date=July 10, 2019 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=July 9, 2020}}
  • 2022 – John Gwynne, English reporter and commentator (born 1945){{Cite web |title=John Gwynne: Former Sky Sports commentator dies aged 77 |url=https://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/12648617/john-gwynne-former-sky-sports-commentator-dies-aged-77 |access-date=2024-02-22 |publisher=Sky Sports}}
  • 2024 – Joe Bonsall, American country/gospel singer (born 1948){{Cite news |last=Friskics-Warren |first=Bill |date=2024-07-10 |title=Joe Bonsall, Tenor Voice of the Oak Ridge Boys, Dies at 76 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/10/arts/music/joe-bonsall-dead.html |access-date=2024-07-11 |work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331}}
  • 2024 – Diana Hill, New Zealand biochemist (born 1943){{Cite web |title=Diana HILL Obituary (2024) – The New Zealand Herald |url=https://notices.nzherald.co.nz/nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/name/diana-hill-obituary?id=55526878 |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Legacy.com}}
  • 2024 – Jim Inhofe, American politician (born 1934){{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Mariam |last2=Chile |first2=Patricio |date=July 9, 2024 |title=Jim Inhofe, former US senator from Oklahoma, dies at 89 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jim-inhofe-former-us-senator-oklahoma-dies-89/story?id=111778168 |access-date=July 11, 2024 |publisher=ABC News|location=United States}}
  • 2024 – Maxine Singer, American biologist (born 1931){{Cite news |last=Gellene |first=Denise |date=2024-07-10 |title=Maxine Singer, Guiding Force at the Dawn of Biotechnology, Dies at 93 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/10/science/maxine-singer-dead.html |access-date=2024-07-11 |work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331}}
  • 2024 - Jerzy Stuhr, Polish actor{{Cite web |date=2024-07-09 |title=Nie żyje Jerzy Stuhr. Od lat zmagał się z chorobą |url=https://www.gazetaprawna.pl/wiadomosci/kraj/artykuly/9542258,jerzy-stuhr-nie-zyje-od-lat-walczyl-z-ciezka-choroba.html |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=www.gazetaprawna.pl |language=pl}}

Holidays and observances

Places

References

{{reflist}}

=Bibliography=

  • {{cite journal |last=Cañada Juste |first=Alberto |title=Un milenario navarro: Ramiro Garcés, rey de Viguera |journal=Príncipe de Viana |volume=42 |year=1982 |pages=21–37}}

External links

{{commons}}

  • {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/9 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
  • {{NYT On this day|month=07|day=09}}
  • {{cite news |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/july/9 |title=Historical Events on July 9 |newspaper=OnThisDay.com}}

{{months}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:July 09}}

Category:Days of July