July 9

July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 175 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

Up to 1900

518 – Anastasius I Dicorus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 430)
1228 – Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1150)
1386 – Leopold III, Duke of Austria (b. 1351)
1553 – Maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521)
1654 – Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (b. 1633)
1677 – Angelus Silesius, German poet (b. 1624)
1706 – Pierre Lemoyne d'Iberville, Canadian captain and explorer (b. 1661)
1737 – Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1671)
1746 – King Philip V of Spain (b. 1683)
1766 – Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (b. 1720)
1797 – Edmund Burke, Irish–English writer, philosopher and politician (b. 1729)
1828 – Gilbert Stuart, American painter (b. 1755)
1850 – The Bab, founder of the Baha'i religion (b. 1819)
1850 – Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States (b. 1784)
1852 – Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1794)
1856 – Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist (b. 1776)
1880 – Paul Broca, French physician and anatomist (b. 1824)

1901 – 2000

1903 – Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist and photographer (b. 1842)
1932 – King C. Gillette, American businessman (b. 1855)
1947 – Lucjan Zeligowski, Polish–Lithuanian general and politician (b. 1865)
1949 – Fritz Hart, English–Australian composer and conductor (b. 1874)
1951 – Harry Heilmann, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1894)
1955 – Don Beaumon, English racing driver (b. 1928)
1955 – Adolfo de la Huerta, President of Mexico (b. 1881)
1962 – Georges Bataille, French philosopher (b. 1897)
1974 – Earl Warren, American jurist (b. 1891)
1977 – Alice Paul, American activist (b. 1885)
1979 – Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and author (b. 1899)
1980 – Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet, playwright and composer (b. 1913)
1985 – Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1896)
1986 – Patriarch Nicholas VI of Alexandria (b. 1915)
1992 – Eric Sevareid, American journalist (b. 1912)

From 2001

2002 – Rod Steiger, American actor (b. 1925)
2004 – Paul Klebnikov, American journalist and historian (b. 1963)
2004 – Jean Lefebvre, French actor (b. 1919)
2004 – Isabel Sanford, American actress (b. 1917)
2005 – Yevgeny Grishin, Russian figure skater (b. 1931)
2011 – Würzel, English guitarist (Motorhead) (b. 1949)
2012 – Terepai Maoate, 6th Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (b. 1934)
2012 – Isuzu Yamada, Japanese actress (b. 1917)
2013 – Markus Büchel, 9th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (b. 1959)
2014 – David Azrieli, Polish–born Canadian–Israeli real estate tycoon, developer, designer, architect and philanthropist (b. 1922)
2014 – Eileen Ford, American executive and businesswoman (b. 1922)
2014 – Luiz Alberto Dias Menezes, Brazilian geologist and mineralogist (b. 1950)
2014 – Don Lenhardt, American baseball player and coach (b. 1922)
2015 – Saud bin Faisal, Saudi royal and politician (b. 1940)
2015 – Christian Audigier, French fashion designer (b. 1958)
2015 – Jim Bede, American aircraft designer (b. 1933)
2015 – Caspar Bowden, British privacy advocate (b. 1961)
2016 – Johnny Barnes, Bermudian entertainer (b. 1923)
2016 – Erny Brenner, Luxembourgish footballer (b. 1931)
2016 – Geneviève Castrée, Canadian musician and comic book artist (b. 1981)
2016 – Vaughn Harper, American DJ (b. 1945)
2016 – Hugo Niebeling, German filmmaker (b. 1931)
2016 – Silvano Piovanelli, Italian cardinal (b. 1924)
2016 – Sydney Schanberg, American journalist (b. 1934)
2017 – Naresh Chandra, Indian politician (b. 1934)
2017 – Ilya Glazunov, Russian painter (b. 1930)
2017 – Anton Nossik, Israeli–Russian journalist and social media activist (b. 1966)
2017 – Paquita Rico, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1929)
2018 – Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, British politician (b. 1919)
2018 – Stefan Demert, Swedish singer–songwriter and musician (b. 1939)
2018 – Hans Günter Winkler, German equestrian (b. 1926)
2019 – Philip Freelon, American architect (b. 1953)
2019 – Ross Perot, American businessman and politician (b. 1930)
2019 – Fernando de la Rúa, President of Argentina (b. 1937)
2019 – Rip Torn, American actor (b. 1931)

Births

1901 – 1950

1901 – Barbara Cartland, British novelist (d. 2000)
1905 – Clarence Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (d. 1984)
1907 – Eddie Dean, American singer–songwriter and actor (d. 1999)
1910 – Govan Mbeki, South African anti–Apartheid activist (d. 2001)
1911 – John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist (d. 2008)
1911 – Mervyn Peake, British writer and illustrator (d. 1968)
1914 – Willi Stoph, East German politician (d. 1999)
1915 – David Diamond, American composer (d. 2005)
1916 – Edward Heath, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2005)
1924 – Leonard Pennario, American classical pianist and composer (d. 2008)
1925 – Guru Dutt, Indian actor, director and producer (d. 1964)
1926 – Ben Roy Mottelson, American–born physicist
1926 – Pedro Dellacha, Argentine footballer (d. 2010)
1927 – Ed Ames, American singer and actor
1927 – Susan Cabot, American actress (d. 1986)
1927 – Red Kelly, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and politician
1928 – Federico Bahamontes, Spanish cyclist
1928 – Vince Edwards, American actor, singer and director (d. 1996)
1929 – Lee Hazlewood, American singer and songwriter (d. 2007)
1929 – King Hassan II of Morocco (d. 1999)
1929 – Isabel Sarli, Argentine actress (d. 2019)
1930 – Yu So–chow, Chinese actress and singer (d. 2017)
1930 – Robert Demarco, Scottish artist
1930 – K. Balachander, Indian actor, director, producer and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1932 – Donald Rumsfeld, American politician (d. 2021)
1932 – Amitzur Shapira, Israeli runner (d. 1972)
1933 – Oliver Sacks, British–American neurologist and writer (d. 2015)
1934 – Michael Graves, American architect (d. 2015)
1935 – Wim Duisenberg, Dutch economist and politician (d. 2005)
1935 – Mercedes Sosa, Argentine singer (d. 2009)
1936 – Richard Wilson, Scottish actor
1936 – David Zinman, American conductor and violinist
1937 – David Hockney, English artist and photographer
1938 – Brian Dennehy, American actor, director and producer
1938 – Sanjeev Kumar, Indian actor (d. 1985)
1940 – Jair da Costa, Brazilian footballer
1940 – David B. Frohnmayer, American attorney and politician (d. 2015)
1942 – Richard Roundtree, American actor
1943 – John Casper, American colonel, pilot and astronaut
1943 – Soledad Miranda, Spanish actress (d. 1970)
1944 – Judith M. Brown, English historian and academic
1944 – John Cunniff, American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2002)
1945 – Dean Koontz, American writer
1945 – Root Boy Slim, American singer–songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
1946 – Natasha Pyne, English actress
1946 – Bon Scott, Scottish–Australian singer–songwriter (d. 1980)
1947 – Haruomi Hosono, Japanese singer–songwriter, bass player and producer
1947 – Mitch Mitchell, English drummer (d. 2008)
1947 – O. J. Simpson, American football player, actor and criminal (d. 2024)
1948 – Hassan Wirajuda, Indonesian politician
1950 – Adriano Panatta, Italian tennis player and sailor
1950 – Viktor Yanukovych, former President of Ukraine

1951 – 1975

1951 – Chris Cooper, American actor
1952 – John Tesh, American pianist, composer and radio host
1955 – Steve Coppell, English football manager
1955 – Lindsey Graham, American colonel, lawyer and politician
1956 – Tom Hanks, American actor
1957 – Marc Almond, English singer–songwriter (Soft Cell)
1957 – Paul Merton, English comedian
1959 – Jim Kerr, Scottish singer (Simple Minds)
1959 – Kevin Nash, American wrestler and actor
1960 – Marc Mero, American wrestler and boxer
1960 – Eduardo Montes–Bradley, Argentine journalist, photographer and author
1962 – Aloyzas Kveinys, Lithuanian chess player (d. 2018)
1964 – Courtney Love, American musician, singer and actress
1964 – Gianluca Vialli, Italian footballer
1966 – Pamela Adlon, American actress
1968 – Paolo Di Canio, Italian footballer
1970 – Masami Tsuda, Japanese author and illustrator
1971 – Marc Andreessen, American software developer
1971 – Scott Grimes, American singer–songwriter and actor
1972 – Ara Babajian, American drummer and songwriter
1974 – Ian Bradshaw, Barbadian cricketer
1975 – Jack White, American singer (The White Stripes)

From 1976

1976 – Fred Savage, American actor
1978 – Linda Park, Korean–American actress
1982 – Alecko Eskandarian, American soccer player and manager
1982 – Maggie Ma, Canadian actress, singer and dancer
1984 – Chris Campoli, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Hanna R. Hall, American actress
1985 – Ashley Young, English footballer
1986 – Sébastien Bassong, Cameroonian footballer
1986 – Kiely Williams, American singer–songwriter, dancer and actress
1987 – Rebecca Sugar, American animator, screenwriter, producer and screenwriter
1987 – Amanda Knox, American murder suspect
1988 – Paul Rusescu, Romanian footballer
1990 – Rafael Pereira da Silva, Brazilian footballer
1991 – Mitchel Musso, American actor and singer
1991 – Kyle Smith, Scottish curler
1993 – Mitch Larkin, Australian swimmer
1993 – DeAndre Yedlin, American soccer player
1993 – Jake Vargas, Filipino actor and singer
1994 – Akiane Kramarik, American poet and artist
1995 – Georgie Henley, English actress
1998 – Robert Capron, American actor
1999 – Claire Corlett, Canadian actress and singer

Deaths

Observances

Independence Day in Argentina and South Sudan
Constitution Day in Australia and Palau