Independence
Day
Argentina : July 9 1816
South Sudan : July 9 2011
July
9
International Small Arms Destruction Day
Argentina
Declaration of Independence, from Spain
in 1816
Events
455
– Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed
Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
491 – Odoacer makes a night assault with
his Heruli guardsmen, engaging Theodoric
the Great in Ad Pinetam. Both sides suffer
heavy losses, but in the end Theodoric forces
Odoacer back into Ravenna.
869 – A magnitude 8.6Ms earthquake and subsequent
tsunami strikes the area around Sendai in
the northern part of Honshu, Japan.
1357 – Emperor Charles IV assists in laying
the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in
Prague.
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.
1540 – King Henry VIII of England annuls
his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of
Cleves.
1572 – Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom
for their beliefs in the Dutch town of Gorkum.
1701 – War of the Spanish Succession: Austrians
defeat France in the Battle of Carpi.
1745 – War of the Austrian Succession: French
victory in the Battle of Melle allows them
to capture Ghent in the days after.
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.
1776 – George Washington ordered the Declaration
of Independence to be read out loud to members
of the Continental Army in New York City
for the first time.
1789 – In Versailles, the National Assembly
reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent
Assembly and begins preparations for a French
constitution.
1790 – Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle
of Svensksund – in the Baltic Sea, the Swedish
Navy captures one third of the Russian fleet.
1793 – The Act Against Slavery is passed
in Upper Canada and the importation of slaves
into Lower Canada is prohibited.
1807 – The Treaties of Tilsit are signed
by Napoleon I of France and Alexander I
of Russia.
1810 – Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland
as part of the First French Empire.
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.
1815 – Talleyrand becomes the first Prime
Minister of France.
1816 – Argentina declares independence from
Spain.
1821 – 470 prominent Cypriots including
Archbishop Kyprianos are executed in response
to Cypriot aid to the Greek War of Independence
1850 – U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies
and Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th President
of the United States.
1850 – The Persian prophet Báb is executed
in Tabriz, Persia.
1863 – American Civil War: the Siege of
Port Hudson ends.
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.
1875 – Outbreak of the Herzegovina Uprising
against Ottoman rule, which would last until
1878 and have far-reaching implications
throughout the Balkans
1877 – The inaugural Wimbledon Championships
opens.
1900 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
gives royal assent to an Act creating the
Commonwealth of Australia thus uniting separate
colonies on the continent under one federal
government.
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.
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.
1922 – Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100
meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking
the world swimming record and the 'minute
barrier'.
1932 – The state of São Paulo revolts against
the Brazilian Federal Government, starting
the Constitutionalist Revolution
1943 – World War II: Operation Husky – Allied
forces perform an amphibious invasion of
Sicily.
1944 – World War II: Battle of Normandy
– British and Canadian forces capture Caen,
France.
1944 – World War II: Battle of Saipan –
American forces take Saipan in the Mariana
Islands.
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 defensive position,
thus ending the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive.
1955 – The Russell-Einstein Manifesto is
released by Bertrand Russell in London.
1958 – Lituya Bay is hit by a mega-tsunami.
The wave is recorded at 524 meters high,
the largest in recorded history.
1961 – Turkish voters approve the Turkish
Constitution of 1961 in a referendum.
1962 – The Starfish Prime high-altitude
nuclear test is conducted by the United
States of America.
1962 – Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans
exhibition opens at the Ferus Gallery in
Los Angeles.
1972 – The Troubles: In Belfast, British
Army snipers shoot five civilians dead in
the Springhill Massacre.
1979 – A car bomb destroys a Renault motor
car owned by famed "Nazi hunters"
Serge and Beate Klarsfeld at their home
in France. A note purportedly from ODESSA
claims responsibility.
1982 – Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner,
Louisiana killing all 145 people on board
and eight others on the ground.
1986 – The Parliament of New Zealand passes
the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising
homosexuality in New Zealand.
1995 – The Navaly church bombing is carried
out by the Sri Lankan Air Force killing
125 Tamil civilian refugees.
1999 – Days of student protests begin after
Iranian police and hardliners attack a student
dormitory at the University of Tehran.
2006 – At least 122 people are killed after
a Sibir Airlines Airbus A310 passenger jet,
carrying 200 passengers veers off the runway
while landing in wet conditions at Irkutsk
Airport in Siberia.
2011 – South Sudan gains independence and
secedes from Sudan.
Holidays
and observances
Caprotinia
(Roman Empire)
Christian Feast Day:
Agilulfus of Cologne
Everilda
Bl Marija Petković
Martyr Saints of China
Martyrs of Gorkum
Our Lady of Peace, Octave of the Visitation
Veronica Giuliani
July 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Constitution Day (Australia)
Constitution Day (Palau)
Constitutionalist Revolution Day (São Paulo)
Independence Day, celebrates the declaration
of independence of the United Provinces
of South America by the Congress of Tucumán
in 1816. (Argentina)
Independence Day (South Sudan)
Martyrdom of the Báb (Bahá'í Faith)
Nunavut Day (Nunavut)
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