What Happened On July 9

What Happened On Jul 9 Events

1755 Jul 9 Battle Of The Monongahela
The Battle of the Monongahela took place on 9 July 1755 in the vicinity of present-day Braddock, Pennsylvania, ten miles upstream from Pittsburgh during the French and Indian War. A Briti...
1789 Jul 9
to 1791 Sep 30
 National Constituent Assembly formed
The National Constituent Assembly (French: Assemblée nationale constituante) was formed from the National Assembly on 9 July 1789, during the first stages of the French Revolution. After ...
1805 Jul 9 Jozsef Szen Is Born
József Szén (9 July 1805, Pest, Hungary – 13 January 1857) was a Hungarian chess master. He obtained a law degree and later became the municipal archivist for the city of Pest. He ofte...
1811 Jul 9 David Thompson's Party Camps On The Snake River
George Vancouver explored Puget Sound in 1792. Vancouver claimed it for Great Britain on 4 June 1792, naming it for one of his officers, Lieutenant Peter Puget. Alexander Mackenzie was th...
1846 Jul 9 John Drake Sloat's Forces Raise An American Flag In Yerba Buena
Commodore John Drake Sloat, upon hearing of imminent war and the revolt in Sonoma, ordered his naval and marine forces to occupy Yerba Buena (present-day San Francisco) on July 7 and rais...
1855 Jul 9 Rowfant Railway Station Is Opened
Rowfant was a railway station on the Three Bridges to Tunbridge Wells Central Line which closed in 1967, a casualty of the Beeching Axe. The route of the railway line cut a path throug...
1861 Jul 9 Rose O'Neale Greenhow Passes Secret Messages for Confederacy
Espionage during the Civil War The Greenhows had eight children: First came Florence, Gertrude and Leila. Then came four children who would never make it through infancy, Alice Rose, R...
1864 Jul 9 Battle of Monocacy - "The Battle that Saved Washington"
Description: After marching north through the Shenandoah Valley from Lynchburg, the Confederate army of Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early side-stepped the Federal garrison at Harpers Ferry and cros...
1877 Jul 9 Bell Telephone Company Organized
The Bell Telephone Company, a common law joint stock company, was organized on July 9, 1877 by Alexander Graham Bell's father-in-law Gardiner Greene Hubbard, who also helped organize a si...
1914 Jul 9 Babe Ruth sold to the Boston Red Sox
On July 7, 1914, Dunn offered to trade Ruth, along with Ernie Shore and Ben Egan, to Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics. Dunn asked $10,000 ($212,027 in current dollar terms) for t...
1914 Jul 9 "Laughing Gas" (film) is Released
Laughing Gas is a 1914 film starring Charlie Chaplin. It is also known as "Busy Little Dentist", "Down and Out", "Laffing Gas", "The Dentist", and "Tuning His Ivories". Although only a...
1915 Jul 9 German Southwest Africa Surrenders to British-Boer Forces
British-Boer Forces, 20,000 General Louis Botha, Commander-in-Chief General Lukin General Myburgh General Mackenzie General Smuts Colonel Van der Venter German Forces, 10,000 Go...
1917 Jul 9 Destruction of HMS Vanguard
The eighth HMS Vanguard was the victim of an internal explosion. Her magazine was detonated by unstable cordite and within seconds the battleship was annihilated together with all but th...
1918 Jul 9 Great Train Wreck of 1918
Because somebody blundered, at least 121 persons were killed and fifty-seven injured shortly after 7 o'clock on Tuesday morning, when Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway passenger ...
1938 Jul 9 Ronald Reagan Appears as Pat Dunn in "Cowboy from Brooklyn"
Cowboy from Brooklyn is a 1938 American film. Ronald Reagan starred in the film. Plot Singer Elly Jordan, a Brooklyn man who is terrified of animals, ends up broke along with his...
1943 Jul 9 Allied Invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky) Begins
The Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, was a major World War II campaign, in which the Allies took Sicily from the Axis (Italy and Nazi Germany). It was a large scale a...
1957 Jul 9 The first official Quarry Men performance
The first "official" public, albeit unsuccessful, performance by The Quarry Men - they failed to impress when they auditioned before the promoter Carroll Levis who was looking for new tal...
1962 Jul 9 Andy Warhol's first one-man art exhibition
His first one-man art-gallery exhibition as a fine artist was on July 9, 1962, in the Ferus Gallery of Los Angeles. The exhibition marked the West Coast debut of pop art. Andy Warhol's fi...
1964 Jul 9 United Airlines Flight 823 Crashes, Killing 39
A United Air Lines Viscount turbo-prop with 39 aboard crashed and burned at 6:15 p.m. Thursday in the East Tennessee foothills of the Smokies near here. There apparently were no survivors...
1982 Jul 9 153 Dead in Pan Am Flight 759 Crash
Pan Am Flight 759, operated by a Boeing 727-235, N4737 Clipper Defiance, was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Miami to Las Vegas, with an en route stop at New Orleans. On July ...
1982 Jul 9 Tron is released
Tron is a 1982 science fiction film by Disney. It stars Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn (and his program counterpart inside the electronic world, Clu), Bruce Boxleitner as Tron and his User A...
1991 Jul 9 Mitchel Musso Is Born
Mitchel Tate Musso (born July 9, 1991) is an American actor and musician. Musso is perhaps best known for his role as Oliver Oken in the Emmy Award-nominated Disney Channel sitcom, Hannah...
2002 Jul 9 President George W. Bush Awards Nelson Mandela Presidential Medal of Freedom
On July 9 2002 U.S. President George W. Bush presented Nelson Mandela with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the East Room of the White House. 'Shortly after he arrived on South Af...
2002 Jul 9 Red Hot Chili Peppers release By the Way
By the Way is the eighth studio album by American alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on July 9, 2002, on Warner Bros. Records. It sold over 282,000 copies in the first ...
2003 Jul 9 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl released
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a 2003 adventure film, based on the the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney theme parks. The story follows pirate Captain Jac...
2004 Jul 9 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy released
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy is a 2004 comedy film written by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. The film is a tongue-in-cheek take on the culture of the 1970s, particularly the then-n...
2004 Jul 9 Boston Red Sox defeat Texas Rangers, 7-0
At least the large bobblehead doll of Pedro Martinez, positioned in the far end of the Red Sox dugout, got a glimpse of 27-year-old Bronson Arroyo's terrific, eight-inning three-hitter. M...
2005 Jul 9 Baltimore Orioles defeat Boston Red Sox, 9-1
BALTIMORE -- They say it's impossible for a slumping slugger to hit a five-run homer, but yesterday the Red Sox were done in by a six-run catch in a 9-1 whipping by the Orioles. Come a...
2006 Jul 9 Chicago White Sox defeat Boston Red Sox, 6-5
CHICAGO -- If this was supposed to be a bad moon rising on the Red Sox as the first half of the season came to a close, the tangerine-colored full moon that rose over U.S. Cellular Field ...
2006 Jul 9 Entourage Season 3 Episode 5 - Crash and Burn
Vince and Ari must negotiate with both Warner Bros. and the director of Medellín in order to avoid scheduling conflicts with Aquaman 2. Turtle makes an appointment with Ari after rapper S...
2006 Jul 9 Italy Defeats France to Win the FIFA World Cup Final
The 2006 FIFA World Cup Final was a football match that took place on 9 July 2006 at the Olympiastadion, Berlin to determine the winner of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Italy beat France on pe...
2008 Jul 9 Boston Red Sox defeat Minnesota Twins, 18-5
Over the press box public address system came the words, "That's a triple play. For now." But not for long. With Jason Varitek waving his arms wildly at first base to indicate that center...
2008 Jul 9 Toronto Blue Jays defeat Baltimore Orioles, 9-8
Toronto - It's one of baseball's irritating mysteries. When one component is going well for a team, inevitably it seems another goes south. Right now, the Orioles' hitting has been up ...
2009 Jul 9 Kansas City Royals defeat Boston Red Sox, 8-6
It’s hardly the end of the world when on a crisp July night with a Northern California feel, the Red Sox lose sole possession of first place in the American League East for the first time...
2009 Jul 9 Los Angeles Dodgers defeat New York Mets, 11-2
If things continue like this, it may be more relevant for the Mets to look over their shoulders than ahead to the Phillies. So, for the record, the Mets' lead over the last-place National...
2009 Jul 9 New York Yankees defeat Minnesota Twins, 6-4
The Yankees are the hottest team in baseball, so hot that even their missteps don't trip them up these days. Case in point: it never seemed to make sense pulling Alfredo Aceves out of the...
2009 Jul 9 Protesters Gather in Tehran to Commemorate the 10th Anniversary of a Student Uprising
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iranian pro-government Basij militia members dispersed crowds of protesters in Tehran Thursday -- sometimes with force -- according to a journalist on the scene. ...
2009 Jul 9 St. Louis Cardinals defeat Milwaukee Brewers, 5-1
The Milwaukee Brewers, who have been looking for help for their starting rotation, might have found it Thursday afternoon. Ladies and gentlemen, we re-introduce Manny Parra, back from ...
2010 Jul 9 Atlanta Braves defeat New York Mets, 4-2
On a night when the home team was baffled again by Met-killer Bronson Arroyo, there was one point of intrigue: more and more it seems that newcomer Josh Thole will play a significant role...
2010 Jul 9 Boston Red Sox defeat Toronto Blue Jays, 14-3
TORONTO — Before the question was even finished, Kevin Youkilis tried to deflect it. The Red Sox first baseman had just finished saying how little he knew about Jacoby Ellsbury’s decis...
2010 Jul 9 Chicago White Sox defeat Kansas City Royals, 8-2
The Cliff Lee sweepstakes are over, with the one-time Cy Young winner heading to Texas from Seattle -- and White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen couldn't be happier. For one thing, it means ...
2010 Jul 9 First Oil Rig Exits Gulf in Wake of Drilling Ban
Diamond Offshore announced Friday that its Ocean Endeavor drilling rig will leave the Gulf of Mexico and move to Egyptian waters immediately — making it the first to abandon the United St...
2010 Jul 9 Los Angeles Dodgers defeat Chicago Cubs, 9-7
LOS ANGELES -- Ted Lilly didn't do much for his trade value Friday night, and a rare seven-run output by the lineup couldn't do enough to help Lilly and the Cubs' win total. Lilly, who...
2010 Jul 9 Milwaukee Brewers defeat Pittsburgh Pirates, 5-4
Maybe the day off worked. Ryan Braun has been mired in a slump that he has been unfamiliar with because, quite frankly, the guy has been so good for most of his life, he usually has sn...
2010 Jul 9 New York Yankees defeat Seattle Mariners, 6-1
SEATTLE - Who needs Cliff Lee? Stung by the disappointment of not acquiring the 2008 Cy Young winner Friday, the Yankees took out their frustrations on his former team Friday night. ...
2010 Jul 9 Rod Blagojevich T-Shirts Created By Illinois GOP
The Illinois Republican Party announced yesterday in a message to its email list that the state party "has launched a full line of shirts, hats, mugs and other memorabilia which feature a...
2011 Jul 9 Former Motörhead guitarist Michael "Würzel" Burston dies
On 9 July 2011, Tim Butcher — longtime bass technician of Motörhead leader Lemmy — reported that Würzel had died. The cause of death was ventricular fibrillation triggered by cardiomyopat...