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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 118|118]] &ndash; [[Hadrian]], who became emperor a year previously on Trajan's death, makes his entry into Rome.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1989|page=228|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> 
* [[381]] &ndash; The end of the [[First Council of Constantinople|First Council]] of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople by the Roman emperor [[Theodosius I]].<ref>{{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] }}</ref>
* [[491]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; A [[551 Beirut earthquake|major earthquake]] strikes Beirut, triggering a devastating tsunami that affects the coastal towns of [[Phoenicia under Roman rule|Byzantine Phoenicia]], causing thousands of deaths.<ref name="Elias">{{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}}</ref>
* [[660]] &ndash; Korean forces under general [[Kim Yu-sin]] of Silla defeat the army of [[Baekje]] in the [[Battle of Hwangsanbeol]].
* [[869]] &ndash; The 8.4–9.0 {{M|w}}[[869 Sanriku earthquake|Sanriku earthquake]] strikes the area around [[Sendai]] in northern [[Honshu]], Japan. Inundation from the tsunami extended several kilometers inland.
* [[969]] &ndash; The [[Fatimid]] general [[Jawhar (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]].<ref>{{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}} }}</ref>
*[[1357]] &ndash; [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Charles IV]] assists in laying the [[Cornerstone|foundation stone]] of [[Charles Bridge]] in [[Prague]].
*[[1386]] &ndash; The [[Old Swiss Confederacy]] makes great strides in [[Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy|establishing control over its territory]] by soundly defeating the [[Duchy of Austria]] in the [[Battle of Sempach]].
*[[1401]] &ndash; [[Timur]] attacks the [[Jalairid Sultanate]] and destroys Baghdad.
*[[1540]] &ndash; King [[Henry VIII]] of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, [[Anne of Cleves]].
*[[1572]] &ndash; [[Martyrs of Gorkum|Nineteen Catholics]] suffer martyrdom for their beliefs, in the Dutch town of [[Gorinchem|Gorkum]].

===1601–1900===
*[[1609]] &ndash; [[Bohemia]] is granted [[freedom of religion]] through the [[Letter of Majesty]] by the Holy Roman Emperor, [[Rudolf II]].
*[[1701]] &ndash; A [[House of Bourbon|Bourbon]] force under [[Nicolas Catinat]] withdraws from a smaller [[Habsburg monarchy|Habsburg]] force under [[Prince Eugene of Savoy]] in the [[Battle of Carpi]].
*[[1745]] &ndash; French victory in the [[Battle of Melle]] allows them to capture [[Ghent]] in the days after.
*[[1755]] &ndash; The [[Braddock Expedition]] is [[Battle of the Monongahela|soundly defeated]] by a smaller French and [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] force in its attempt to capture [[Fort Duquesne]] in what is now [[downtown Pittsburgh]].
*[[1762]] &ndash; [[Catherine the Great]] becomes Empress of Russia following the coup against her husband, [[Peter III of Russia|Peter III]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://factsanddetails.com/russia/History/sub9_1b/entry-4938.html|title=CATHERINE THE GREAT {{!}} Facts and Details|last=Hays|first=Jeffrey|website=factsanddetails.com|access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref> 
*[[1763]] &ndash; The [[Mozart family grand tour]] of Europe began, lifting the profile of son [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Wolfgang Amadeus]].<ref>{{cite book|author-link= Stanley Sadie|last= Sadie|first= Stanley|title= Mozart: The Early Years, 1756&ndash;1781|publisher= W.W. Norton & Co|location= New York|year= 2006|isbn= 0-393-06112-4|url= https://archive.org/details/mozartearlyyears00sadi|page=37}}</ref>
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[George Washington]] orders the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]] to be read out to members of the [[Continental Army]] in [[Manhattan]], while thousands of British troops on [[Staten Island]] prepare for the [[Battle of Long Island]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Immerwahr |first1=Daniel |title=Did George Washington Burn New York? |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/03/george-washington-burn-new-york-great-fire-1776/672780/ |access-date=16 February 2023 |magazine=The Atlantic |volume=331 |issue=2 |date=31 January 2023 |page=74|url-access=subscription |issn=1072-7825}}</ref>
*[[1789]] &ndash; In [[Versailles, Yvelines|Versailles]], the [[National Assembly (French Revolution)|National Assembly]] reconstitutes itself as the [[National Constituent Assembly (France)|National Constituent Assembly]] and begins preparations for a [[Constitution of France|French constitution]].
*[[1790]] &ndash; The [[Swedish Navy]] [[Battle of Svensksund|captures one third]] of the [[Russian Navy|Russian Baltic fleet]].
*[[1793]] &ndash; The [[Act Against Slavery]] in [[Upper Canada]] bans the importation of slaves and will free those who are born into slavery after the passage of the Act at 25 years of age.
*[[1795]] &ndash; Financier [[James Swan (financier)|James Swan]] pays off the $2,024,899 US national debt that had been accrued during the [[American Revolution]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofswansis00smal/page/52 |title=A History of Swan's Island, Maine |last=Small |first=Herman Wesley |year=1898 |via=Internet Archive |location=[[Ellsworth, Maine]] |publisher=Hancock County Publishing Co. |page=52 |oclc=1020004}}</ref>
*[[1807]] &ndash; The second [[Treaties of Tilsit|Treaty of Tilsit]] is signed between [[First French Empire|France]] and [[Prussia]], ending the [[War of the Fourth Coalition]].
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Napoleon]] annexes the [[Kingdom of Holland]] as part of the First French Empire.
*[[1811]] &ndash; Explorer [[David Thompson (explorer)|David Thompson]] posts a sign near what is now [[Sacajawea State Park]] in [[Washington (state)|Washington state]], claiming the [[Columbia District]] for the United Kingdom.
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord]] becomes the first [[Prime Minister of France]].
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[Argentina]] [[Argentine Declaration of Independence|declares independence]] from Spain.
*[[1821]] &ndash; Four hundred and seventy prominent [[Cyprus|Cypriots]] including Archbishop [[Kyprianos]] are executed in response to Cypriot aid to the [[Greek War of Independence]].
*[[1850]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Zachary Taylor]] dies after eating raw fruit and iced milk; he is succeeded in office by Vice President [[Millard Fillmore]].
*  1850   &ndash; Persian prophet [[Báb]] is executed in [[Tabriz]], [[Iran|Persia]].
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Siege of Port Hudson]] ends in a [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] victory and, along with the [[Siege of Vicksburg|fall of Vicksburg]] five days earlier, gives the Union complete control of the [[Mississippi River]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Siege of Port Hudson: "Forty Days and Nights in the Wilderness of Death" (Teaching with Historic Places)|url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/the-siege-of-port-hudson-forty-days-and-nights-in-the-wilderness-of-death-teaching-with-historic-places.htm|publisher=National Park Service|date=May 8, 2023|access-date=May 17, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1868]] &ndash; The [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|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.
*[[1875]] &ndash; The [[Herzegovina Uprising (1875–77)|Herzegovina Uprising]] against [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] rule begins, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
*[[1877]] &ndash; The [[1877 Wimbledon Championship|inaugural]] [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon Championships]] begins.
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Daniel Hale Williams]], American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[William Jennings Bryan]] delivers his [[Cross of Gold speech]] advocating [[bimetallism]] at the [[1896 Democratic National Convention]] in [[Chicago]].
*[[1900]] &ndash; The [[Federation of Australia]] is given [[royal assent]].
*  1900   &ndash; The Governor of [[Shanxi]] province in [[North China]] orders the [[Taiyuan massacre|execution]] of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.

===1901–present===
*[[1918]] &ndash; In [[Nashville, Tennessee]], an inbound local train [[Great Train Wreck of 1918|collides with an outbound express]], killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history.
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Johnny Weissmuller]] swims the [[freestyle swimming|100 meters freestyle]] in 58.6 seconds breaking the world [[swimming (sport)|swimming]] record and the 'minute barrier'.
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Chiang Kai-shek]] accepts the post of commander-in-chief of the [[National Revolutionary Army]], marking the beginning of the [[Northern Expedition]] to unite [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|China]] under the rule of the [[Nationalist government]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Wilbur|first=C. Martin|title=The Nationalist Revolution in China, 1923-1928|date=1983|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=[[Cambridge]], England |isbn=9780521318648|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hHrQKIKvZK8C |page=56}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ThUXZA0ehXoC |title=Warlord Politics in China: 1916 – 1928 |last=Hsi-Sheng |first=Ch'I |date=1976 |publisher=Stanford University Press |location=Stanford, California |isbn=9780804766197|page=225}}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; The state of [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]] revolts against the [[Brazil]]ian Federal Government, starting the [[Constitutionalist Revolution]].
*[[1937]] &ndash; The silent film archives of [[Fox Film Corporation]] are destroyed by the [[1937 Fox vault fire]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Allied invasion of Sicily]] begins, leading to the [[25 Luglio|downfall of Mussolini]] and forcing [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] to break off the [[Battle of Kursk]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: American forces [[Battle of Saipan|take Saipan]], bringing the [[Japanese archipelago]] within range of [[Boeing B-29 Superfortress|B-29]] raids, and causing the downfall of the [[Hideki Tojo|Tojo government]].
*  1944   &ndash; World War II: [[Continuation War]]: 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]].
*[[1955]] &ndash; The [[Russell–Einstein Manifesto]] calls for a reduction of the risk of [[nuclear warfare]].
*[[1956]] &ndash; The 7.7 {{M|w}} [[1956 Amorgos earthquake|Amorgos earthquake]] shakes the [[Cyclades]] island group in the [[Aegean Sea]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''). The shaking and the destructive tsunami that followed left fifty-three people dead. A damaging M7.2 aftershock occurred minutes after the mainshock.
*[[1958]] &ndash; A 7.8 {{M|w}} strike-slip [[1958 Lituya Bay, Alaska earthquake and megatsunami|earthquake in Alaska]] causes a [[landslide]] that produces a [[megatsunami]]. The runup from the waves reached {{convert|525|m|abbr=on}} on the rim of [[Lituya Bay]]; five people were killed.
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Greece]] becomes the first member state to join the [[European Economic Community]] by signing the Athens Agreement, which was suspended in 1967 during the [[Greek junta]].<ref>[https://www.cvce.eu/content/publication/1999/1/1/61a2a7a5-39a9-4b06-91f8-69ae77b41515/publishable_en.pdf The accession of Greece ] cvce.eu</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Starfish Prime]] tests the effects of a [[High-altitude nuclear explosion|nuclear test at orbital altitudes]].
*[[1977]] &ndash; The [[Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–1990)|Pinochet dictatorship]] in Chile organises the youth event of [[Acto de Chacarillas]],<ref name="mercurio">{{cite web |url=http://www.scribd.com/doc/20802967/Los-77-de-Chacarillas |title=La Juventud en Chacarillas |work=[[El Mercurio]] |date=July 9, 1977 |accessdate=January 5, 2015}}</ref> a ritualised act reminiscent of [[Francoist Spain]].<ref name=Yanko2015>{{cite journal |last1=González |first1=Yanko |date=2015 |title=El "Golpe Generacional" y la Secretaría Nacional de la Juventud: purga, disciplinamiento y resocialización de las identidades juveniles bajo Pinochet (1973–1980) |journal=[[Atenea]] |volume=512 |issue= 512|pages=10.4067/S0718–04622015000200006 |doi= 10.4067/S0718-04622015000200006|language=es |trans-title=The "Generational Putsch" and the National youth Office: Purge, disciplining and resocialization of youth identities under Pinochet (1973–1980) |doi-access=free }}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; A car bomb destroys a [[Renault]] motor car owned by "[[Nazi hunter]]s" [[Serge Klarsfeld|Serge]] and [[Beate Klarsfeld]] outside their home in France in an unsuccessful assassination attempt.
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Pan Am Flight 759]] crashes in [[Kenner, Louisiana]], killing all 145 people on board and eight others on the ground.
*[[1986]] &ndash; The [[New Zealand Parliament]] passes the [[Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986|Homosexual Law Reform Act]] [[LGBT rights in New Zealand|legalising homosexuality in New Zealand]].
*[[1993]] &ndash; 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 [[1982 Northwest Territories division plebiscite|plebiscite]].
*[[1995]] &ndash; The [[Navaly church bombing]] is carried out by the [[Sri Lanka Air Force]] killing 125 [[Tamil people|Tamil]] civilian refugees.
*[[1997]] &ndash; A [[Fokker 100]] from the Brazilian airline [[LATAM Brasil|TAM]] launches engineer [[LATAM Brasil#Incidents and accidents|Fernando Caldeira de Moura Campos]] into 2,400 meters of free fall after an explosion that depressurized the aircraft.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1997-07-09|title=Acidente com avião da TAM mata um em São Paulo|language=pt|work=Folha de S.Paulo|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fol/geral/ge09071.htm|access-date=2011-07-09}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Iran student protests, July 1999|Days of student protests]] begin after [[Iran]]ian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the [[University of Tehran]].
*[[2002]] &ndash; The [[African Union]] is established in Addis Ababa, [[Ethiopia]], replacing the [[Organisation of African Unity]] (OAU). The organization's first chairman is [[Thabo Mbeki]], President of [[South Africa]].
*[[2004]] &ndash; The [[Senate Report on Iraqi WMD Intelligence]] is released by the [[United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence]], casting doubt on the [[rationale for the Iraq War]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 9, 2004 |title=News Conference on Senate Intelligence Committee Report |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/09/politics/news-conference-on-senate-intelligence-committee-report.html |url-access=subscription |work=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412180850/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/09/politics/news-conference-on-senate-intelligence-committee-report.html |archive-date=April 12, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; One hundred and twenty-five people are killed when [[S7 Airlines Flight 778]], an [[Airbus A310]] passenger jet, veers off the runway while landing in wet conditions at [[International Airport Irkutsk|Irkutsk Airport]] in [[Siberia]].
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[South Sudan]] gains independence and secedes from [[Sudan]].
*  2011   &ndash; [[Bersih 2.0 rally|A rally takes place]] in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to call for fairer elections in the country.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2011-07-09|title=Malaysia: Police fire tear gas at banned rally|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-14076424|access-date=2021-06-28}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1249]] &ndash; [[Emperor Kameyama]] of Japan (d. 1305)
*[[1455]] &ndash; [[Frederick IV of Baden]], Dutch bishop (d. 1517)
*[[1511]] &ndash; [[Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg]], queen consort of Denmark and Norway (d. 1571)<ref>{{cite book|last=Williamson|first=David|title=Debrett's Kings and Queens of Europe|location=Exeter|publisher=Webb & Bower|year=1988|isbn=978-0-86350-194-4|page=106}}</ref>
*[[1526]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth of Austria (1526–1545)|Elizabeth of Austria]], Polish noble (d. 1545)
*[[1577]] &ndash; [[Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr]], English-American soldier and politician, [[List of colonial governors of Virginia|Colonial Governor of Virginia]] (d. 1618)
*[[1578]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor]] (d. 1637)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Frank W. Thackeray|author2=John E. Findling|title=Events That Formed the Modern World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BRl1sWYShpcC&pg=RA1-PA149|date=31 May 2012|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-59884-901-1|page=1}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1654]] &ndash; [[Emperor Reigen]] of Japan (d. 1732)
*[[1686]] &ndash; [[Philip Livingston (1686–1749)|Philip Livingston]], American merchant and politician (d. 1749)
*[[1689]] &ndash; [[Alexis Piron]], French epigrammatist and playwright (d. 1773)
*[[1721]] &ndash; [[Johann Nikolaus Götz]], German poet and author (d. 1781)
*[[1753]] &ndash; [[William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock]], English admiral and politician, 34th [[Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland]] (d. 1825)
*[[1764]] &ndash; [[Ann Radcliffe|Ann Ward]], English author and poet (d. 1823)<ref>{{cite book | last=Miles | first=Robert | title=Ann Radcliffe: The Great Enchantress | location=Manchester | publisher=Manchester University Press | year=1995 | isbn=978-0-7190-3828-0 | page=21}}</ref>
*[[1775]] &ndash; [[Matthew Lewis (writer)|Matthew Lewis]], English author and playwright (d. 1818)
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[Paavo Ruotsalainen]], Finnish farmer and lay preacher (d. 1852)<ref>[https://www.aholansaari.fi/paavo-ruotsalainen/ Paavo Ruotsalainen – Aholansaari] (in Finnish)</ref>
*[[1800]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle]], German physician, pathologist, and anatomist (d. 1885)
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Alexander William Doniphan]], American lawyer and colonel (d. 1887)
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[Elias Howe]], American inventor, invented the [[sewing machine]] (d. 1867)
*[[1825]] &ndash; [[A. C. Gibbs]], American lawyer and politician, 2nd [[Governor of Oregon]] (d. 1886)
*[[1828]] &ndash; [[Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano]], Italian cardinal (d. 1913)
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[Jan Neruda]], Czech journalist and poet (d. 1891)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Camille of Renesse-Breidbach]] (d. 1904)
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Robert I, Duke of Parma]] (d. 1907)
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[William Turner Dannat]], American painter (d. 1929)
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[John Verran]], English-Australian politician, 26th [[Premier of South Australia]] (d. 1932)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Franz Boas]], German-American anthropologist and linguist (d. 1942)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Georges Lecomte]], French author and playwright (d. 1958)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Carlos Chagas]], Brazilian physician and parasitologist (d. 1934)
*  1879   &ndash; [[Ottorino Respighi]], Italian composer and conductor (d. 1936)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[James Ormsbee Chapin]], American-Canadian painter and illustrator (d. 1975)
*  1887   &ndash; [[Saturnino Herrán]], Mexican painter (d. 1918)
*  1887   &ndash; [[Samuel Eliot Morison]], American admiral and historian (d. 1976)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Léo Dandurand]], American-Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and referee (d. 1964)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[George Geary]], English cricketer and coach (d. 1981)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Barbara Cartland]], English author (d. 2000)
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Peter Acland]], English soldier (d. 1993)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Clarence Campbell]], Canadian ice hockey player and referee (d. 1984)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Eddie Dean (singer)|Eddie Dean]], American singer-songwriter (d. 1999)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Allamah Rasheed Turabi]], Pakistani philosopher and scholar (d. 1973)
*  1908   &ndash; [[Minor White]], American photographer, critic, and educator (d. 1976)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Basil Wolverton]], American author and illustrator (d. 1978)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Govan Mbeki]], South African anti-apartheid and [[African National Congress|ANC]] leader and activist (d. 2001)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Mervyn Peake]], English author and illustrator (d. 1968)
*  1911   &ndash; [[John Archibald Wheeler]], American physicist and author (d. 2008)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Willi Stoph]], German engineer and politician, 4th [[Leadership of East Germany|Prime Minister of East Germany]] (d. 1999)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Mac Wilson (footballer, born 1914)|Mac Wilson]], Australian rules footballer (d. 2017)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[David Diamond (composer)|David Diamond]], American composer and educator (d. 2005)
*  1915   &ndash; [[Lee Embree]], American sergeant and photographer (d. 2008)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Dean Goffin]], New Zealand composer (d. 1984)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Edward Heath]], English colonel and politician; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1970-74 (d. 2005)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Krystyna Dańko]], Polish orphan, survivor of Holocaust (d. 2019)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn]], Dutch mathematician and academic (d. 2012)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Jarl Wahlström]], Finnish 12th [[General of The Salvation Army]] (d. 1999)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[David C. Jones]], American general (d. 2013)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Kathleen Booth]], British computer scientist and mathematician (d. 2022)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*  1922   &ndash; [[Angelines Fernández]], Spanish-Mexican actress (d. 1994)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Jim Pollard]], American basketball player and coach (d. 1993)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Pierre Cochereau]], French organist and composer (d. 1984) 
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Guru Dutt]], Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 1964)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Charles E. Wicks]], American engineer, author, and academic (d. 2010)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Ronald I. Spiers]], American ambassador (d. 2021)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Murphy Anderson]], American illustrator (d. 2015)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Ben Roy Mottelson]], American-Danish physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2022)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Pedro Dellacha]], Argentine football defender and coach (d. 2010)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Mathilde Krim]], Italian-American medical researcher and health educator (d. 2018)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Ed Ames]], American singer and actor (d. 2023) 
*  1927   &ndash; [[Red Kelly]], Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician (d. 2019)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Federico Bahamontes]], Spanish cyclist (d. 2023)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Vince Edwards]], American actor, singer, and director (d. 1996)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Lee Hazlewood]], American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2007)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Jesse McReynolds]], American singer and mandolin player (d. 2023) 
*  1929   &ndash; [[Chi Haotian]], Chinese general
*  1929   &ndash; [[Hassan II of Morocco]] (d. 1999)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[K. Balachander]], Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Buddy Bregman]], American composer and conductor (d. 2017)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Janice Lourie]], American computer scientist and graphic artist
*  1930   &ndash; [[Elsa Lystad]], Norwegian actress (d. 2023)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Patricia Newcomb]], American publicist 
*  1930   &ndash; [[Roy McLean]], South African cricketer and rugby player (d. 2007)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Haynes Johnson]], American journalist and author (d. 2013)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Sylvia Bacon]], American judge (d. 2023)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Donald Rumsfeld]], American captain and politician, 13th [[United States Secretary of Defense]] (d. 2021)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Amitzur Shapira]], Israeli sprinter and long jumper (d. 1972)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Oliver Sacks]], English-American neurologist, author, and academic (d. 2015)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Michael Graves]], American architect, designed the [[Portland Building]] and the [[Humana Building]] (d. 2015)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Wim Duisenberg]], Dutch economist and politician, [[Ministry of Finance (Netherlands)|Dutch Minister of Finance]] (d. 2005)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Mercedes Sosa]], Argentine singer and activist (d. 2009)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Michael Williams (actor)|Michael Williams]], English actor (d. 2001)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[June Jordan]], American poet and educator (d. 2002)
*  1936   &ndash; [[David Zinman]], American violinist and conductor
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[David Hockney]], English painter and photographer
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Brian Dennehy]], American actor (d. 2020)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*  1938   &ndash; [[Sanjeev Kumar]], Indian film actor (d. 1985)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[David B. Frohnmayer]], American lawyer and politician, 12th [[Oregon Attorney General]] (d. 2015)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Eugene Victor Wolfenstein]], American psychoanalyst and theorist (d. 2010)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Mac MacLeod]], English musician (d. 2020)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[David Chidgey, Baron Chidgey]], English engineer and politician (d. 2022)
*  1942   &ndash; [[Richard Roundtree]], American actor (d. 2023) 
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[John Casper]], American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Judith M. Brown]], Indian-English historian and academic
*  1944   &ndash; [[John Cunniff]], American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2002)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Tabassum]], Indian actress and talk show host (d. 2022)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Dean Koontz]], American author and screenwriter
*  1945   &ndash; [[Root Boy Slim]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Bon Scott]], Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter (d. 1980)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Haruomi Hosono]], Japanese singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer 
*  1947   &ndash; [[Mitch Mitchell]], English drummer (d. 2008)
*  1947   &ndash; [[O. J. Simpson]], American football player and actor (d. 2024)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*  1947   &ndash; [[Patrick Wormald]], English historian (d. 2004)
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Hassan Wirajuda]], Indonesian lawyer and politician, 15th [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Indonesia)|Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Raoul Cédras]], Haitian military officer and politician<ref>{{cite book|title=The African Guardian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kC4uAQAAIAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Guardian Magazines|page=11}}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Amal ibn Idris al-Alami]], Moroccan physician and neurosurgeon
*  1950   &ndash; [[Adriano Panatta]], Italian tennis player and sailor
*  1950   &ndash; [[Viktor Yanukovych]], Ukrainian engineer and politician, 4th [[President of Ukraine]]
*  1950   &ndash; [[Moisés Canelo]], Honduran singer-songwriter (d. 2024)<ref>[https://www.laprensa.hn/honduras/muere-cantautor-hondureno-moises-canelo-BE21431044 Muere el cantautor hondureño Moisés Canelo a los 74 años]</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Chris Cooper]], American actor
*  1951   &ndash; [[Māris Gailis]], Latvian politician, businessman, and former [[Prime Minister of Latvia]] 
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[John Tesh]], American pianist, composer, and radio and television host
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Margie Gillis]], Canadian dancer and choreographer
*  1953   &ndash; [[Thomas Ligotti]], American author
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Théophile Abega]], Cameroonian footballer and politician (d. 2012)
*  1954   &ndash; [[Kevin O'Leary]], Canadian journalist and businessman
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Steve Coppell]], English footballer and manager
*  1955   &ndash; [[Lindsey Graham]], American lawyer and politician
*  1955   &ndash; [[Jimmy Smits]], American actor and producer
*  1955   &ndash; [[Willie Wilson (baseball)|Willie Wilson]], American baseball player and manager
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Tom Hanks]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1956   &ndash; [[Michael Lederer]], American author, poet, and playwright
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Marc Almond]], English singer-songwriter 
*  1957   &ndash; [[Tim Kring]], American screenwriter and producer
*  1957   &ndash; [[Kelly McGillis]], American actress
*  1957   &ndash; [[Paul Merton]], English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Abdul Latiff Ahmad]], Malaysian politician
*  1958   &ndash; [[Jacob Joseph (Malaysia football coach)|Jacob Joseph]], Malaysian football coach
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Jim Kerr]], Scottish singer-songwriter and keyboard player 
*  1959   &ndash; [[Kevin Nash]], American professional wrestler and actor<ref name="Nash">{{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 }}</ref>
*  1959   &ndash; [[Clive Stafford Smith]], English lawyer and author
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Yūko Asano]], Japanese actress and singer
*  1960   &ndash; [[Wally Fullerton Smith]], Australian rugby league player
*  1960   &ndash; [[Eduardo Montes-Bradley]], Argentine journalist, photographer, and author
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Klaus Theiss]], German footballer
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Courtney Love]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress 
*  1964   &ndash; [[Gianluca Vialli]], Italian footballer and coach (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Vialli |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/l/l93592.html |website=bdfutbol.com |access-date=6 January 2023}}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Frank Bello]], American bass player 
*  1965   &ndash; [[Thomas Jahn]], German director and screenwriter
*  1965   &ndash; [[Jason Rhoades]], American sculptor (d. 2006)
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Pamela Adlon]], American actress and voice artist
*  1966   &ndash; [[Zheng Cao]], Chinese-American soprano and actress (d. 2013)
*  1966   &ndash; [[Gary Glasberg]], American television writer and producer (d. 2016) 
*  1966   &ndash; [[Marco Pennette]], American screenwriter and producer
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Gunnar Axén]], Swedish politician
*  1967   &ndash; [[Yordan Letchkov]], Bulgarian footballer
*  1967   &ndash; [[Mark Stoops]], American football player and coach
*  1967   &ndash; [[Julie Thomas (lawn bowler)|Julie Thomas]], Welsh lawn bowler<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Paolo Di Canio]], Italian footballer and manager
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Nicklas Barker]], Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1969   &ndash; [[Jason Kearton]], Australian footballer and coach
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Trent Green]], American football player and sportscaster
*  1970   &ndash; [[Masami Tsuda]], Japanese author and illustrator
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Marc Andreessen]], American software developer, co-founded [[Netscape]]
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Ara Babajian]], American drummer and songwriter 
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Kelly Holcomb]], American football player and sportscaster
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Siân Berry]], English environmentalist and politician
*  1974   &ndash; [[Ian Bradshaw]], Barbadian cricketer
*  1974   &ndash; [[Gary Kelly (footballer, born 1974)|Gary Kelly]], Irish footballer
*  1974   &ndash; [[Kārlis Skrastiņš]], Latvian ice hockey player (d. 2011)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*  1974   &ndash; [[Nikola Šarčević]], Swedish singer-songwriter and bass player 
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Shelton Benjamin]], American wrestler<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*  1975   &ndash; [[Isaac Brock (musician)|Isaac Brock]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1975   &ndash; [[Robert Koenig (filmmaker)|Robert Koenig]], American director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1975   &ndash; [[Craig Quinnell]], Welsh rugby player
*  1975   &ndash; [[Jack White]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Thomas Cichon]], Polish-German footballer and manager
*  1976   &ndash; [[Fred Savage]], American actor, director, and producer
*  1976   &ndash; [[Radike Samo]], Fijian-Australian rugby player
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Kara Goucher]], American runner
*  1978   &ndash; [[Nuno Santos (footballer, born 1978)|Nuno Santos]], Portuguese footballer
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Gary Chaw]], Malaysian Chinese singer-songwriter 
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Lee Chun-soo]], South Korean footballer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Junauda Petrus]], American author and performance artist<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Alecko Eskandarian]], American soccer player and manager
*  1982   &ndash; [[Sakon Yamamoto]], Japanese race car driver
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Chris Campoli]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1984   &ndash; [[Gianni Fabiano]], Italian footballer
*  1984   &ndash; [[Jacob Hoggard]], Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1984   &ndash; [[Ave Pajo]], Estonian footballer
*  1984   &ndash; [[Piia Suomalainen]], Finnish tennis player
*  1984   &ndash; [[LA Tenorio]], Filipino basketball player  
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Paweł Korzeniowski]], Polish swimmer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Ashley Young]], English footballer
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Sébastien Bassong]], Cameroonian footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Simon Dumont]], American skier
*  1986   &ndash; [[Kiely Williams]], American singer-songwriter and dancer 
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Gert Jõeäär]], Estonian cyclist
*  1987   &ndash; [[Rebecca Sugar]], American animator, composer, and screenwriter
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Raul Rusescu]], Romanian footballer
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Earl Bamber]], New Zealand race car driver
*  1990   &ndash; [[Fábio (footballer, born 1990)|Fábio]], Brazilian footballer
*  1990   &ndash; [[Rafael (footballer, born 1990)|Rafael]], Brazilian footballer
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Mitchel Musso]], American actor and singer<ref>{{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 (magazine)|People]]}}</ref>  
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Mitch Larkin]], Australian swimmer
*  1993   &ndash; [[DeAndre Yedlin]], American footballer
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Claire Corlett]], American voice actress<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Conor Bradley]], Northern Irish&nbsp;footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Conor Bradley |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/68582/Conor-Bradley/overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=26 October 2023}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[230]] &ndash; [[Empress Dowager Bian]], [[Cao Cao]]'s wife (b. 159)
* [[518]] &ndash; [[Anastasius I Dicorus]], Byzantine emperor (b. 430)
* [[715]] &ndash; [[Prince Naga|Naga]], Japanese prince (b.c 637)
* [[880]] &ndash; [[Ariwara no Narihira]], Japanese poet (b. 825)<ref>{{cite book |last         = Fukui|first        = Teisuke|author-link  = Teisuke Fukui|chapter      = Ariwara no Narihira|title        = [[Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten]]|script-title = ja:日本古典文学大辞典|language     = ja|year         = 1983|volume       = 1|location     = Tokyo|publisher    = Iwanami Shoten|oclc         = 11917421|pages= 99–100}}</ref>
* [[981]] &ndash; [[Ramiro Garcés of Viguera|Ramiro Garcés]], king of [[Kingdom of Viguera|Viguera]]{{Sfn|Cañada Juste|1982|p=24}}
*[[1169]] &ndash; [[Guido of Pisa|Guido of Ravenna]], Italian cartographer, entomologist and historian
*[[1228]] &ndash; [[Stephen Langton]], English cardinal and theologian (b. 1150)
*[[1270]] &ndash; [[Stephen I Báncsa|Stephen Báncsa]], Hungarian cardinal (b. c. 1205)
*[[1386]] &ndash; [[Leopold III, Duke of Austria]] (b. 1351)
*[[1441]] &ndash; [[Jan van Eyck]], Dutch painter (b. 1359)
*[[1546]] &ndash; [[Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell]], Scottish statesman (b. c. 1493)
*[[1553]] &ndash; [[Maurice, Elector of Saxony]] (b. 1521)

===1601–1900===
*[[1654]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans]] (b. 1633)
*[[1706]] &ndash; [[Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville]], Canadian captain and explorer (b. 1661)
*[[1737]] &ndash; [[Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany]] (b. 1671)
*[[1742]] &ndash; [[John Oldmixon]], English historian, poet, and playwright (b. 1673)
*[[1746]] &ndash; [[Philip V of Spain]] (b. 1683)
*[[1747]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Bononcini]], Italian cellist and composer (b. 1670)
*[[1766]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Mayhew]], American minister (b. 1720)
*[[1774]] &ndash; [[Anna Morandi Manzolini]], Spanish anatomist (b. 1714)<ref>{{cite book|first=Rebecca|last=Messbarge|title=The Lady Anatomist: The Life and Work of Anna Morandi Manzolini|location=Chicago|publisher=The University of Chicago Press|year=2019|page=168|isbn=978-0-22652-083-4}}</ref>
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[Henry Seymour Conway]], English general and politician, [[Secretary of State for the Northern Department]] (b. 1721)
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[Edmund Burke]], Irish-English philosopher, academic, and politician (b. 1729)
*[[1828]] &ndash; [[Cathinka Buchwieser]], German operatic singer and actress (b. 1789)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Báb]], Persian religious leader, founded [[Bábism]] (b. 1819)
*  1850   &ndash; [[Zachary Taylor]], American general and politician, 12th [[President of the United States]] (b. 1784)
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan]], American lawyer and politician, 2nd [[United States Secretary of the Interior]] (b. 1794)
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Amedeo Avogadro]], Italian chemist and academic (b. 1776)
*  1856   &ndash; [[James Strang]], American religious leader and politician (b. 1813)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Paul Broca]], French physician and anatomist (b. 1824)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Ignacio Carrera Pinto]], Chilean captain (b. 1848)

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Alphonse François Renard]], Belgian geologist and photographer (b. 1842)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[John Drew, Jr.]], American actor (b. 1853)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[King Camp Gillette]], American businessman, founded the [[Gillette Company]] (b. 1855)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Daniel Edward Howard]], 16th president of Liberia (b. 1861)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Oliver Law]], American commander (b. 1899)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Benjamin N. Cardozo]], American lawyer and jurist (b. 1870)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Lucjan Żeligowski]], Polish-Lithuanian general and politician (b. 1865)
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Fritz Hart]], English-Australian composer and conductor (b. 1874)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Harry Heilmann]], American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1894)
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Don Beauman]], English race car driver (b. 1928)
*  1955   &ndash; [[Adolfo de la Huerta]], Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 (b. 1881)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Ferenc Talányi]], Slovene journalist and painter (b. 1883)
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Georges Bataille]], French philosopher, novelist, and poet (b. 1897)<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Whittaker Chambers]], American spy and witness in [[Alger Hiss|Hiss]] case<ref>{{cite web |title=About |url=https://whittakerchambers.org/about |publisher=Whittaker Chambers |access-date=2018-10-01}}</ref><ref name="time obit">{{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 (magazine)|Time]] |date= July 21, 1961 |access-date=2008-06-20 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>(b. 1901)
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Eugen Fischer]], German physician and academic (b. 1874)
*  1967   &ndash; [[Fatima Jinnah]], Pakistani dentist and politician (b. 1893)
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Sigrid Holmquist]], Swedish actress (b. 1899) 
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Karl Ast]], Estonian author and politician (b. 1886)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Robert Weede]], American opera singer (b. 1903)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Earl Warren]], American jurist and politician, 14th [[Chief Justice of the United States]] (b. 1891)
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Alice Paul]], American activist (b. 1885)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Cornelia Otis Skinner]], American actress and author (b. 1899)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Vinicius de Moraes]], Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer (b. 1913)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Edna Kramer|Edna Ernestine Kramer]], American mathematician (b. 1902)<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg]] (b. 1896)
*  1985   &ndash; [[Jimmy Kinnon]], Scottish-American activist, founded [[Narcotics Anonymous]] (b. 1911)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Patriarch Nicholas VI of Alexandria]] (b. 1915)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Kelvin Coe]], Australian ballet dancer (b. 1946)
*  1992   &ndash; [[Eric Sevareid]], American journalist (b. 1912)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Metin Altıok]], Turkish poet and educator (b. 1940)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Bill Mosienko]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Melvin Belli]], American lawyer (b. 1907)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Robert de Cotret]], Canadian politician, 56th [[Secretary of State for Canada]] (b. 1944)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Doug Fisher (actor)|Doug Fisher]], English actor (b. 1941)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Mayo Kaan]], American bodybuilder (b. 1914)
*  2002   &ndash; [[Rod Steiger]], American actor (b. 1925)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Paul Klebnikov]], American journalist and historian (b. 1963)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Isabel Sanford]], American actress (b. 1917)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Chuck Cadman]], Canadian engineer and politician (b. 1948)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Yevgeny Grishin (speed skater)|Yevgeny Grishin]], Russian speed skater (b. 1931)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Alex Shibicky]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Milan Williams]], American keyboard player and producer (b. 1948)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Charles Lane (actor, born 1905)|Charles Lane]], American actor (b. 1905)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Séamus Brennan]], Irish accountant and politician, [[Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport]] (b. 1948)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Jessica Anderson (writer)|Jessica Anderson]], Australian author and playwright (b. 1916)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Don Ackerman]], American basketball player (b. 1930)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Facundo Cabral]], Argentine singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Shin Jae-chul]], South Korean-American martial artist (b. 1936)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Chick King]], American baseball player (b. 1930)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Terepai Maoate]], Cook Islander physician and politician, 6th [[Prime Minister of the Cook Islands]] (b. 1934)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Eugênio Sales]], Brazilian cardinal (b. 1920)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Markus Büchel]], Liechtensteiner politician, 9th [[Prime Minister of Liechtenstein]] (b. 1959)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Andrew Nori]], Solomon lawyer and politician (b. 1952)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Kiril of Varna]], Bulgarian metropolitan (b. 1954)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Barbara Robinson (author)|Barbara Robinson]], American author and poet (b. 1927)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Toshi Seeger]], American activist, co-founded the [[Clearwater Festival]] (b. 1922)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Lorenzo Álvarez Florentín]], Paraguayan violinist and composer (b. 1926)
*  2014   &ndash; [[David Azrieli]], Polish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1922)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Eileen Ford]], American businesswoman, co-founded [[Ford Models]] (b. 1922)
*  2014   &ndash; [[John Spinks (musician)|John Spinks]], English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1953)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Christian Audigier]], French fashion designer (b. 1958)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud]], Saudi Arabian economist and politician, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Saudi Arabia)|Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1940)
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[William E. Dannemeyer]], American politician (b. 1929)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*  2019   &ndash; [[Ross Perot]], American businessman and politician (b. 1930)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*  2019   &ndash; [[Fernando de la Rúa]], 43rd [[President of Argentina]] (b. 1937)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*  2019   &ndash; [[Rip Torn]], American actor (b. 1931)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*  2019   &ndash; [[Freddie Jones]], English actor (b. 1927)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*  [[2022]]  &ndash; [[John Gwynne (commentator)|John Gwynne]], English reporter and commentator (b. 1945)<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Gwynne: Former Sky Sports commentator dies aged 77 |url=https://www.skysports.com/amp/darts/news/12288/12648617/john-gwynne-former-sky-sports-commentator-dies-aged-77 |access-date=2024-02-22 |publisher=Sky Sports}}</ref>
*  [[2024]] &ndash; [[Joe Bonsall]], American country/gospel singer (b. 1948)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*  2024 &ndash; [[Diana Hill (scientist)|Diana Hill]], New Zealand biochemist (b. 1943)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*  2024 &ndash; [[Jim Inhofe]], American politician (b. 1934)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*  2024 &ndash; [[Maxine Singer]], American biologist (b. 1931)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* 2024 - [[Jerzy Stuhr]], Polish actor<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*[[Arbor Day#Cambodia|Arbor Day]] ([[Cambodia]])
*Christian [[Calendar of saints|Feast Day]]:
**[[Agilulfus of Cologne]]
**[[Amandina of Schakkebroek]] (one of [[Martyr Saints of China|Martyrs of Southern Hunan]])
**[[Beatification|Blessed]] [[Marija Petković]]
**[[Everilda]]
**[[Gregorio Grassi]] (one of [[Martyr Saints of China|Martyrs of Shanxi]])
**[[Martyr Saints of China]]
**[[Martyrs of Gorkum]]
**[[Our Lady of Itatí]]
**[[Our Lady of Peace]], Octave of the [[Visitation (Christianity)|Visitation]]
**[[Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá]]
**[[Pauline of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus]]
**[[Stephen Langton]], Archbishop of Canterbury (Anglican commemoration)
**[[Veronica Giuliani]]
**[[July 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Constitution Day (Australia)]]
*[[Constitution Day (Palau)]]<ref>{{cite book |title=The Europa World Year: Kazakhstan – Zimbabwe |date=29 July 2004 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-85743-255-8 |page=3304 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gP_-8rXzQs8C&pg=PA3304}}</ref>
*[[Constitutionalist Revolution]] Day ([[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]])
*[[Day of the Employees of the Diplomatic Service]] ([[Azerbaijan]])
*[[Independence Day (Argentina)|Independence Day]], celebrates the declaration of independence of the [[United Provinces of the River Plate|United Provinces of South America]] by the [[Congress of Tucumán]] in 1816. ([[Argentina]])
*[[Independence Day (South Sudan)|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[South Sudan]] from [[Sudan]] in 2011.
*[[Nunavut Day]] ([[Nunavut]])

==Places==
* [[July 9 Avenue]] (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
* [[Ninth of July Park]] (Tucumán, Argentina)

==References==
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===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==
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* {{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}}

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