July 9
Today is the 190th day of 2021, there are 175 days left in the year.
1540 - England's King Henry VIII had his 6-month-old marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, annulled.
1776 - The Declaration of Independence was read aloud to Gen. George Washington's troops in New York.
1816 - Argentina formally declared independence from Spain.
1850 - Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States, died after only 16 months in office at age 65 due to food-borne illness. Vice President Millard Fillmore assumed the presidency and finished out Taylor's term as the nation's 13th president.
1872 - The doughnut cutter was patented by John F. Blondel of Thomaston, Maine.
1896 - William Jennings Bryan delivered his "cross of gold" speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, in which he denounced supporters of the gold standard. (Bryan would go on to win the party's presidential nomination.)
1900 - The British Parliament proclaimed that as of January 1, 1901, the six Australian colonies would be united as the Commonwealth of Australia.
1918 - The Distinguished Service Cross was established by Congress.
1918 - A trail collision in Nashville, Tennessee killed 101 people.
1937 - A fire at 20th Century Fox's film storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey destroyed most of the studio's collection of silent films.
1943 - During World War II, the Allies launched Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily.
1944 - During World War II, American forces seized Saipan as the last Japanese defenses fell.
1947 - The engagement of Britain's Princess Elizabeth to Lt. Philip Mountbatten was announced.
1974 - Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Earl Warren died in Washington, D.C. at age 83.
1982 - Pam Am Flight 759, a Boeing 727, crashed in Kenner, Louisiana, shortly after takeoff from New Orleans International Airport, killing all 145 people on board and eight people on the ground.
1992 - Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton announced his selection of Tennessee Sen. Al Gore to be his running mate.
1999 - A jury in Los Angeles ordered General Motors Corp. to pay $4.9 billion to six people severely burned when their Chevrolet Malibu exploded in flames in a rear-end collision. (A judge later reduced the punitive damages to $1.09 billion, while letting stand $107 million in compensatory damages; GM settled the lawsuit in July 2003 for an undisclosed amount.)
2004 - A Senate Intelligence Committee report concluded the CIA had provided unfounded assessments of the threat posed by Iraq that the Bush administration relied on to justify going to war.
2010 - The largest U.S.-Russia spy swap since the Cold War was completed on a remote stretch of Vienna airport tarmac as planes from New York and Moscow arrived within minutes of each other with 10 Russian sleeper agents and four prisoners accused by Russia of spying for the West.
2011 - After more than 50 years of struggle and two civil wars that cost millions of lives, South Sudan declares its independence and becomes Africa's 54th nation.
2015 - South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley relegated the Confederate flag to the state's "relic room" after the legislature passed a measure removing the flag from the grounds of the Statehouse in the wake of the slaughter of nine African-Americans at a church Bible study.
2016 - President Barack Obama wrapped up his visit to the NATO summit in Warsaw before heading to Madrid for a visit cut short because of violence back home, where five Dallas police officers had been killed by a sniper and two Black men were dead after being shot by police.
2020 - New York Mayor Bill de Blasio used a roller to help paint “Black Lives Matter” in front of President Donald Trump’s namesake Manhattan tower.
2020 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a New York prosecutor's demands for President Donald Trump's tax records.
Birthdays
20 - Maisie Smith (actress)
26 - Georgie Henley (actress)
30 - Mitchel Musso (actor)
35 - Kiely Williams (singer)
38 - Christina Moussa (TV host)
41 - Megan Parlen (actress)
43 - Linda Park (actress)
45 - Fred Savage (actor)
48 - Enrique Murciano (actor)
50 - Scott Grimes (actor)
55 - Pamela Adlon (actress)
56 - David O'Hara (actor)
57 - Courtney Love (actress/singer)
62 - Kevin Nash (professional wrestler)
64 - Kelly McGillis (actress)
64 - Marc Almond (singer)
65 - Tom Hanks (actor)
66 - Jimmy Smits (actor)
67 - Kevin O'Leary (TV personality)
68 - David Ball (country singer)
69 - John Tesh (musician/TV host)
70 - Chris Cooper (actor)
74 - O.J. Simpson (football player)
76 - Dean Koontz (author)
79 - Richard Roundtree (actor)
94 - Ed Ames (actor/singer)
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Today in Sports History - July 9
1914 - The Boston Red Sox purchase the contract of future Hall of Famer Babe Ruth from the minor league Baltimore Orioles.
1932 - The Boston Braves -- now Washington Football Team (Redskins) -- was formed.
1933 - The NFL's Frankford Yellowjackets are sold and rechristened as the Philadelphia Eagles.
1948 - Negro League star Satchel Paige makes his major league debut for the Cleveland Indians at age 42, pitching two scoreless innings against the St. Louis Cardinals.
1968 - The first All-Star baseball game to be played indoors took place at the Astrodome in Houston.
1968 - Wilt Chamberlain becomes the first reigning NBA MVP to be traded the next season after he is dealt from the Philadelphia 76ers to the Los Angeles Lakers.
1985 - Joe Namath signed a five-year contract to provide commentary for "Monday Night Football" on ABC.
1997 - Boxer Mike Tyson was temporarily banned from the sport and fined $3 million for biting off a piece of Evander Holyfield's ear during their heavyweight bout.
2000 - Pete Sampras won a record 13th Grand Slam singles title after winning Wimbledon.
2002 - The MLB All-Star Game ended in a 7-7 tie after 11 innings after both teams had run out of pitchers.
2006 - Italy defeats France 1-1 (5-3 penalty kicks) to win the World Cup in Berlin.
2011 - Derek Jeter became the first New York Yankee to record 3,000 career hits.
2016 - Serena Williams won her record-tying 22nd Grand Slam title by defeating Angelique Kerber in the Wimbledon final, tying her with Steffi Graf for the most major championships in the Open Era, which began in 1968.
2017 - Thai amateur Atthaya Thitikul becomes the youngest winner in a female professional golf event at 14 years, 4 months and 19 days at the Ladies European Thailand Championship.
2018 - Hedge fund billionaire David Tepper buys the Carolina Panthers for an NFL record $2.275 billion.
Today is the 190th day of 2021, there are 175 days left in the year.
1540 - England's King Henry VIII had his 6-month-old marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, annulled.
1776 - The Declaration of Independence was read aloud to Gen. George Washington's troops in New York.
1816 - Argentina formally declared independence from Spain.
1850 - Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States, died after only 16 months in office at age 65 due to food-borne illness. Vice President Millard Fillmore assumed the presidency and finished out Taylor's term as the nation's 13th president.
1872 - The doughnut cutter was patented by John F. Blondel of Thomaston, Maine.
1896 - William Jennings Bryan delivered his "cross of gold" speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, in which he denounced supporters of the gold standard. (Bryan would go on to win the party's presidential nomination.)
1900 - The British Parliament proclaimed that as of January 1, 1901, the six Australian colonies would be united as the Commonwealth of Australia.
1918 - The Distinguished Service Cross was established by Congress.
1918 - A trail collision in Nashville, Tennessee killed 101 people.
1937 - A fire at 20th Century Fox's film storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey destroyed most of the studio's collection of silent films.
1943 - During World War II, the Allies launched Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily.
1944 - During World War II, American forces seized Saipan as the last Japanese defenses fell.
1947 - The engagement of Britain's Princess Elizabeth to Lt. Philip Mountbatten was announced.
1974 - Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Earl Warren died in Washington, D.C. at age 83.
1982 - Pam Am Flight 759, a Boeing 727, crashed in Kenner, Louisiana, shortly after takeoff from New Orleans International Airport, killing all 145 people on board and eight people on the ground.
1992 - Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton announced his selection of Tennessee Sen. Al Gore to be his running mate.
1999 - A jury in Los Angeles ordered General Motors Corp. to pay $4.9 billion to six people severely burned when their Chevrolet Malibu exploded in flames in a rear-end collision. (A judge later reduced the punitive damages to $1.09 billion, while letting stand $107 million in compensatory damages; GM settled the lawsuit in July 2003 for an undisclosed amount.)
2004 - A Senate Intelligence Committee report concluded the CIA had provided unfounded assessments of the threat posed by Iraq that the Bush administration relied on to justify going to war.
2010 - The largest U.S.-Russia spy swap since the Cold War was completed on a remote stretch of Vienna airport tarmac as planes from New York and Moscow arrived within minutes of each other with 10 Russian sleeper agents and four prisoners accused by Russia of spying for the West.
2011 - After more than 50 years of struggle and two civil wars that cost millions of lives, South Sudan declares its independence and becomes Africa's 54th nation.
2015 - South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley relegated the Confederate flag to the state's "relic room" after the legislature passed a measure removing the flag from the grounds of the Statehouse in the wake of the slaughter of nine African-Americans at a church Bible study.
2016 - President Barack Obama wrapped up his visit to the NATO summit in Warsaw before heading to Madrid for a visit cut short because of violence back home, where five Dallas police officers had been killed by a sniper and two Black men were dead after being shot by police.
2020 - New York Mayor Bill de Blasio used a roller to help paint “Black Lives Matter” in front of President Donald Trump’s namesake Manhattan tower.
2020 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a New York prosecutor's demands for President Donald Trump's tax records.
Birthdays
20 - Maisie Smith (actress)
26 - Georgie Henley (actress)
30 - Mitchel Musso (actor)
35 - Kiely Williams (singer)
38 - Christina Moussa (TV host)
41 - Megan Parlen (actress)
43 - Linda Park (actress)
45 - Fred Savage (actor)
48 - Enrique Murciano (actor)
50 - Scott Grimes (actor)
55 - Pamela Adlon (actress)
56 - David O'Hara (actor)
57 - Courtney Love (actress/singer)
62 - Kevin Nash (professional wrestler)
64 - Kelly McGillis (actress)
64 - Marc Almond (singer)
65 - Tom Hanks (actor)
66 - Jimmy Smits (actor)
67 - Kevin O'Leary (TV personality)
68 - David Ball (country singer)
69 - John Tesh (musician/TV host)
70 - Chris Cooper (actor)
74 - O.J. Simpson (football player)
76 - Dean Koontz (author)
79 - Richard Roundtree (actor)
94 - Ed Ames (actor/singer)
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Today in Sports History - July 9
1914 - The Boston Red Sox purchase the contract of future Hall of Famer Babe Ruth from the minor league Baltimore Orioles.
1932 - The Boston Braves -- now Washington Football Team (Redskins) -- was formed.
1933 - The NFL's Frankford Yellowjackets are sold and rechristened as the Philadelphia Eagles.
1948 - Negro League star Satchel Paige makes his major league debut for the Cleveland Indians at age 42, pitching two scoreless innings against the St. Louis Cardinals.
1968 - The first All-Star baseball game to be played indoors took place at the Astrodome in Houston.
1968 - Wilt Chamberlain becomes the first reigning NBA MVP to be traded the next season after he is dealt from the Philadelphia 76ers to the Los Angeles Lakers.
1985 - Joe Namath signed a five-year contract to provide commentary for "Monday Night Football" on ABC.
1997 - Boxer Mike Tyson was temporarily banned from the sport and fined $3 million for biting off a piece of Evander Holyfield's ear during their heavyweight bout.
2000 - Pete Sampras won a record 13th Grand Slam singles title after winning Wimbledon.
2002 - The MLB All-Star Game ended in a 7-7 tie after 11 innings after both teams had run out of pitchers.
2006 - Italy defeats France 1-1 (5-3 penalty kicks) to win the World Cup in Berlin.
2011 - Derek Jeter became the first New York Yankee to record 3,000 career hits.
2016 - Serena Williams won her record-tying 22nd Grand Slam title by defeating Angelique Kerber in the Wimbledon final, tying her with Steffi Graf for the most major championships in the Open Era, which began in 1968.
2017 - Thai amateur Atthaya Thitikul becomes the youngest winner in a female professional golf event at 14 years, 4 months and 19 days at the Ladies European Thailand Championship.
2018 - Hedge fund billionaire David Tepper buys the Carolina Panthers for an NFL record $2.275 billion.
