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Events on the 9th of July in history

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09 Jul 0455 The Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
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09 Jul 0491 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.
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09 Jul 0660 Battle of Hwangsanbeol: Korean forces under general Kim Yu-shin defeat the army of Baekje at Nonsan (South Korea).
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09 Jul 0711 Berbers under Tarik-ibn Ziyad occupies North Spain
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09 Jul 0869 A magnitude 8.6Ms earthquake and subsequent tsunami strikes the area around Sendai in the northern part of Honshu, Japan.
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09 Jul 1357 Emperor Charles IV assists in laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.
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09 Jul 1371 Pope Gregory XI names Arnold II of Horne as Bishop of Utrecht
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09 Jul 1386 Battle at Sempach: Swiss beat Duke Leopold III of Austria
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09 Jul 1386 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.
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09 Jul 1401 Mongol monarch Timur Lenk destroys Baghdad
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09 Jul 1517 Gelderse crowd robber murders population of Asperen
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09 Jul 1536 French navigator Jacques Cartier returns to Saint-Malo from Canada
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09 Jul 1540 King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
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09 Jul 1553 Battle at Sievershausen Solingen: van Saksen beats Alcibiades
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09 Jul 1572 19 Catholic priests hanged in Gorcum
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09 Jul 1572 Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom for their beliefs in the Dutch town of Gorkum.
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09 Jul 1595 Johannes Kepler inscribes geometric solid construction of universe
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09 Jul 1609 Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemian protestants freedom of religion
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09 Jul 1672 Prince Willem III inaugurated as Viceroy of Holland / Zealand
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09 Jul 1686 Germany, Sweden and Spain signs anti-French League of Augsburg
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09 Jul 1701 War of the Spanish Succession: Austrians defeat France in the Battle of Carpi.
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09 Jul 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies "Elisabeth" battles with HMS Lion
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09 Jul 1745 War of the Austrian Succession: French victory in the Battle of Melle allows them to capture Ghent in the days after.
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09 Jul 1755 Battle at Duquesne (Pittsburgh): French troops beat British
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09 Jul 1755 British General E Braddock mortally wounded during French and Indian War
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09 Jul 1755 French and Indian War: Braddock Expedition – British troops and colonial militiamen are ambushed and suffer a devastating defeat by French and Native American forces.
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09 Jul 1766 English Premier Rockingham resigns
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09 Jul 1776 George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out loud to members of the Continental Army in New York, New York, for the first time.
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09 Jul 1780 Denmark declares neutrality
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09 Jul 1789 In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
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09 Jul 1790 Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund – in the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian fleet.
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09 Jul 1793 The Act Against Slavery is passed in Upper Canada and the importation of slaves into Lower Canada is prohibited.
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09 Jul 1795 James Swan pays off the $2,024,899 US national debt
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09 Jul 1800 Mt Vernon Gardens becomes site of 1st summer theater in US
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09 Jul 1807 The Treaties of Tilsit are signed by Napoleon I of France and Alexander I of Russia.
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09 Jul 1810 Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire.
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09 Jul 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.
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09 Jul 1815 1st natural gas well in US is discovered
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09 Jul 1815 King Louis XVIII leaves Ghent for France
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09 Jul 1815 Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord becomes the first Prime Minister of France.
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09 Jul 1816 Argentina declares independence from Spain.
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09 Jul 1821 Four hundred seventy prominent Cypriots including Archbishop Kyprianos are executed in response to Cypriot aid to the Greek War of Independence
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09 Jul 1835 St. Etienne-Lyons railway opens in France
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09 Jul 1842 Notary Stamp Law passes
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09 Jul 1846 Captain Montgomery claims Yerba Buena (San Francisco) for US
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09 Jul 1850 U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies; Vice President Millard Fillmore, becomes President upon Taylor's death.
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09 Jul 1850 Persian prophet Báb is executed in Tabriz, Persia.
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09 Jul 1852 Fire destroys 1,100 construction sites in Montreal Canada and no one die
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09 Jul 1853 Adm Perry and US Navy visit Japan
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09 Jul 1862 Gen John Hunt Morgan captures Tompkinsville, Kentucky
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09 Jul 1863 Union troops enter Port Hudson
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09 Jul 1863 American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends.
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09 Jul 1864 Battle of Monocacy, MD US1959 CS400
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09 Jul 1868 1st black cabinet member in SC (Francis L Cardozo - Secretary of state)
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09 Jul 1868 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.
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09 Jul 1869 Concord pipe, made from small corn kernels, invented
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09 Jul 1872 Doughnut cutter patents by John Blondel, Thomaston, Maine
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09 Jul 1875 Outbreak of the Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
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09 Jul 1876 Black landowner murdered in Hamburg, South Carolina
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09 Jul 1877 1st Wimbledon tennis championship is held
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09 Jul 1877 The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.
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09 Jul 1878 An improved corncob pipe patents by Henry Tibbe, Washington, Missouri
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09 Jul 1891 Irene Coit is 1st woman admitted to Yale University
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09 Jul 1893 Dr Daniel Hale Williams performs 1st successful open heart surgery without anesthesia
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09 Jul 1896 William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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09 Jul 1900 Australia accepts its constitution
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09 Jul 1900 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom gives Royal Assent to an Act creating Australia thus uniting separate colonies on the continent under one federal government.
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09 Jul 1900 Boxer Rebellion: The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
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09 Jul 1903 Future Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin is exiled to Siberia for three years.
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09 Jul 1904 10th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 303 at Glen View Club, Illinois
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09 Jul 1908 CHU (Christian Historic Union) Dutch political party forms
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09 Jul 1910 Walter Brookins becomes 1st to pilot an airplane to 1 mile altitude
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09 Jul 1914 1st US duplicate auction bridge championship held, Lake Placid, New York
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09 Jul 1915 Germany surrenders South West Africa to Union of South Africa
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09 Jul 1916 1st cargo submarine to cross Atlantic arrives in US from Germany
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09 Jul 1917 British warship "Vanguard" explodes at Scapa Flow killing 804
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09 Jul 1918 101 killed and 171 injured in worst US train wreck, Nashville, Tennessee
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09 Jul 1918 Congress creates Distinguished Service Medal
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09 Jul 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.
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09 Jul 1922 Johnny Weissmuller swims 1st 100 m free style under 1 minute
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09 Jul 1922 Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
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09 Jul 1926 Chiang Kai-shek appointed to national-revolutionary Supreme Commander
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09 Jul 1926 Coup under General Sinel de Cordes in Portugal
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09 Jul 1927 Atty William T Francis named Minister to Liberia
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09 Jul 1932 Washington Redskins (then Boston Braves) forms
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09 Jul 1932 The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution.
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09 Jul 1933 Frankford Yellowjackets sold, rechristened Philadelphia Eagles
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09 Jul 1940 German Evangelist Church protests against euthanasia pogroms
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09 Jul 1940 RAF bombs Germany
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09 Jul 1942 Anne Frank, 13, goes into hiding with her family and 4 other Jews
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09 Jul 1943 5th day of battle at Kursk: Germans occupy Verchopenje
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09 Jul 1943 British air raid sinks U-435
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09 Jul 1943 World War II: Operation Husky – Allied forces perform an amphibious invasion of Sicily.
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09 Jul 1944 In World War II, US troops secure Saipan as Japan fell
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09 Jul 1944 U-740 sinks
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09 Jul 1944 World War II: Battle of Normandy – British and Canadian forces capture Caen, France.
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09 Jul 1944 World War II: Battle of Saipan – American forces take Saipan in the Mariana Islands.
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09 Jul 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 a defensive position, thus ending the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive.
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09 Jul 1946 13th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 12-0 at Fenway Park, Boston
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09 Jul 1947 Spain votes for Franco monarchy
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09 Jul 1948 Satchel Paige, 42, debuts in majors pitching 2 scoreless inn for Cleveland
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09 Jul 1950 13.15" (33.40 cm) of rainfall, York, Nebraska (state 24-hour record)
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09 Jul 1951 President Truman asked Congress to formally end state of war with Germany
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09 Jul 1953 1st helicopter passenger service (NYC)
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09 Jul 1953 Phillies Robin Roberts ends streak of 28 consecutive complete games
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09 Jul 1955 "Rock Around Clock" hits #1 on Top 100 chart
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09 Jul 1955 1st black executive on White House staff (E Frederic Morrow)
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09 Jul 1955 Strike in Belgium for 5 day work week
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09 Jul 1955 The Russell–Einstein Manifesto is released by Bertrand Russell in London, England, United Kingdom.
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09 Jul 1957 Discovery of element 102 (Nobelium) announced
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09 Jul 1958 Giant splash caused by fall of 90 million tons of rock and ice into Lituya Bay, Alaska washes 1,800 feet up the mountain
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09 Jul 1958 Lituya Bay is hit by a megatsunami. The wave is recorded at 30 to 91 meters high, the largest in recorded history.
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09 Jul 1959 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Open
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09 Jul 1959 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Hoosier Celebrity Golf Tournament
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09 Jul 1961 Turkish voters approve the Turkish Constitution of 1961 in a referendum.
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09 Jul 1962 The Starfish Prime high-altitude nuclear test is conducted by the United States.
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09 Jul 1962 Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans exhibition opens at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles.
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09 Jul 1963 34th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland
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09 Jul 1963 Crusher Lisowski beats Verne Gagne in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ
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09 Jul 1963 Federation of Malaysia forms
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09 Jul 1965 94th British Golf Open: Peter Thomson shoots a 285 at Royal Birkdale
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09 Jul 1965 Senators Frank Howard ties record with 7 strikeouts in DH
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09 Jul 1966 95th British Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots 282 at Muirfield Gullane
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09 Jul 1967 13th LPGA Championship won by Kathy Whitworth
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09 Jul 1967 WRET TV channel 36 in Charlotte, NC (NBC / CBS) begins broadcasting
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09 Jul 1968 15.68" (39.83 cm) of rainfall, Columbus, Miss (state 24-hour record)
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09 Jul 1968 39th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 1-0 at Astrodome, Houston
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09 Jul 1968 All star MVP: Willie Mays (SF Giants)
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09 Jul 1970 In Atlanta, Chief-No-ka-homa is joined by cousin Chief Round-the-Horn
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09 Jul 1971 Henry Kissinger visits China PR
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09 Jul 1972 1st tour of Paul McCartney andWings (France)
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09 Jul 1972 86th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: S Smith beats I Nastase (46 63 63 46 75)
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09 Jul 1972 Kathy Ahern wins LPGA George Washington Golf Classic
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09 Jul 1972 The Troubles: In Belfast, British Army snipers shoot five civilians dead in the Springhill Massacre.
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09 Jul 1973 9th Maccabiah games opens in Tel Aviv, Israel
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09 Jul 1976 England all out for 71 vs. WI at Old Trafford, Holding 14 5-7-17-5
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09 Jul 1976 Houston Astro Larry Dierker no-hits Montreal Expos, 6-0
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09 Jul 1976 Uganda asks UN to condemn Israeli hostage rescue raid on Entebbe
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09 Jul 1977 106th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 268 at Turnberry Scotland
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09 Jul 1978 "Hello, Dolly!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 152 performances
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09 Jul 1978 American Nazi Party, holds a rally at Marquette Park, Chicago
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09 Jul 1978 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Wheeling Golf Classic
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09 Jul 1978 Nearly 100,000 demonstrators march on Washington DC for ERA
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09 Jul 1979 Dr Walter Massey named Director of Argonne National Lab
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09 Jul 1979 Voyager 2 flies past Jupiter
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09 Jul 1979 A car bomb destroys a Renault motor car owned by the famed "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld at their home in France. A note purportedly from ODESSA claims responsibility.
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09 Jul 1980 7 die in a stampede to see Pope in Brazil
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09 Jul 1980 Dutch war criminal Pieter Menten sentenced to 10 years
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09 Jul 1981 Jacksons begin a 36-city tour
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09 Jul 1981 Donkey Kong, a video game created by Nintendo, is released. The game marks the debut of Nintendo's future mascot, Mario.
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09 Jul 1982 Botham scores 208 in 225 balls, England vs. India at The Oval
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09 Jul 1982 Margaret Thatcher begins her 2nd term as British Prime Minister
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09 Jul 1982 Pan Am Boeing 727 crashes in Kenner La, killing 153
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09 Jul 1984 12th minster of York destroyed in lightening storm
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09 Jul 1984 Yvonne Ryding, of Sweden, crowned 33rd Miss Universe
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09 Jul 1986 Padres trade pitcher Tim Stoddard to Yankees for pitcher Ed Whitson
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09 Jul 1986 The Parliament of New Zealand passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
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09 Jul 1987 1 million South Koreans demonstrate against Chun Doo Hwan regime
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09 Jul 1987 Colonel Oliver North admits to shredding Iran-Contra evidence
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09 Jul 1988 "Facts of Life, " Lisa Whelchel weds Steve Cauble
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09 Jul 1988 Chris Speier hits for the cycle and Ernest Riles hits 10,000th Giant HR
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09 Jul 1988 Jessye Norman begins recording Bizets "Carmen"
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09 Jul 1988 Nolan Ryan is 7th to win 100 game on 2 teams, as Astro beat Mets 6-3
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09 Jul 1989 103rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: B Becker beats Stefan Edberg (60 76 64)
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09 Jul 1989 96th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: S Graf beats M Navratilova (62 67 61)
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09 Jul 1989 Penny Hammel wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
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09 Jul 1990 104th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats B Becker (62 62 36 36 64)
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09 Jul 1991 "Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater NYC for 7 performances
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09 Jul 1991 62nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-2 at SkyDome, Toronto
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09 Jul 1991 All star MVP: Cal Ripken Jr (Baltimore Orioles)
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09 Jul 1991 South Africa readmitted to Olympics
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09 Jul 1992 Space Shuttle STS 50 (Columbia 13) lands
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09 Jul 1993 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.
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09 Jul 1994 11,000th HR in New York Yankees history (Matt Nokes)
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09 Jul 1994 Soyuz TM-19 lands
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09 Jul 1995 109th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats B Becker (67 62 64 62)
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09 Jul 1995 Kathryn Marshall wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
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09 Jul 1996 67th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia
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09 Jul 1996 All star MVP: Mike Piazza (LA Dodgers)
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09 Jul 1996 US Senate approves 90 cent raise to $4.25 minimum wage
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09 Jul 1999 Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.
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09 Jul 2011 South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan.
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