July 9
July 9th is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining.
Events:
- 1816 - Argentina declares independence from Spain.
- 1896 - William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of gold speech.
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
- 1964 - Courtney Love, rock and roll musician
- 1965 - Frank Bello, bassist in the Anthrax rock band
- 1976 - Fred Savage, actor
Deaths:
- 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
Holidays and Observances:
See Also:
July 8 - July 10 - June 9 - August 9 -- listing of all days
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