Vero - Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 9

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  Charles Bridge
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  Bertrand Russell
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  National Constituent Assembly
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  Great train wreck of 1918
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  Thabo Mbeki
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  Johnny Weissmuller
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  William Jennings Bryan
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  Donkey Kong arcade cabinet
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  Donkey Kong cabinet
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  Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900
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  Sherman tank and crew in Sicily
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  Wolfgang and Maria Anna Mozart
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  Millard Fillmore

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Blurb	Reason
Independence Day in Argentina (1816) and South Sudan (2011)	Argentina and S Sudan both have majority unsourced sections
455 – Roman military commander Avitus was proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.	unreferenced section
869 – An earthquake and subsequent tsunami struck the area around Sendai, Japan, leaving sand deposits up to Template:Convert inland.	Uncertain date: July 9th vs 13th
1357 – The foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague was laid by [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Template:Nowrap, Holy Roman Emperor]].	refimprove section, date not cited
1572 – Nineteen Catholic friars and clerics were hanged in Gorkum during the 16th-century religious wars in the Low Countries.	single source section
1701 – The Battle of Carpi, the first battle of the War of the Spanish Succession, took place near Legnago, Italy.	single source section
1755 – French and Indian War: The defeat in the Battle of the Monongahela brought an end to Britain's attempt to capture the strategically important Ohio Country.	refimprove section
1789 – French Revolution: The National Constituent Assembly was formed from the National Assembly, and began to function as a governing body and a drafter for a new constitution.	refimprove section
1815 – Talleyrand, whose name has become a synonym for crafty, cynical diplomacy, assumed his role as the first prime minister of France.	refimprove section
1816 – The Congress of Tucumán declared the independence of Argentina, then known as the United Provinces of South America, from Spain.	needs more footnotes
1900 – Queen Victoria gave her royal assent to an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, ratifying the Constitution of Australia.	refimprove section
1918 – In one of the deadliest rail accidents in United States history, two passenger trains collided head-on in Nashville, Tennessee, killing 101 people and injuring 171.	needs more footnotes
1922 – Johnny Weissmuller swam the 100-meter freestyle in 58.6 seconds, breaking a world swimming record and the "minute barrier."	refimprove section
1943 – World War II: The Allies began their invasion of Sicily, a large scale amphibious and airborne operation, followed by six weeks of land combat.	external links
1999 – Six days of student protests began after Iranian police attacked a University of Tehran dormitory following a peaceful student demonstration against the closure of the reformist newspaper Salam.	refimprove
2002 – The African Union was formed as a successor to the amalgamated African Economic Community and the Organization of African Unity, with President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki as its first chairman.	unreferenced section
Clarence Campbell |b|1905	lead too short
Margie Gillis |b|1953|	Unreferenced sections

Eligible

• 1640 – The Virginia Governor's Council made John Punch the first legally recognized slave in England's North American colonies.
• 1745 – War of the Austrian Succession: French victory at the Battle of Melle enabled their subsequent capture of Ghent from the Austrian Netherlands.
• 1790 – Russo-Swedish War: During the Battle of Svensksund in the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Navy captured a third of the Russian fleet.
• 1811 – British explorer David Thompson posted a notice at the confluence of the Columbia and Snake Rivers (in modern Washington state, U.S.), claiming the area for Great Britain.
• 1850 – Following Zachary Taylor's death, Millard Fillmore (pictured) became president of the United States, the last member of the Whig Party to hold that office.
• 1868 – The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, including the Citizenship Clause and the Equal Protection Clause, was ratified by the minimum required twenty-eight states.
• 1877 – The inaugural Wimbledon Championship, the world's oldest tennis tournament, began in London.
• 1896 – Politician William Jennings Bryan made his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism, considered one of the greatest political speeches in American history.
• 1937 – Nitrate film being stored in a 20th Century Fox facility spontaneously combusted, destroying more than 40,000 reels of negatives and film prints.
• 1943 – World War II: The Battle of Saipan concluded after a mass Japanese suicide attack was repelled by American forces.
• 1955 – Albert Einstein, Bertrand Russell (pictured) and nine other preeminent intellectuals and scientists issued the Russell–Einstein Manifesto, calling for a conference to assess the dangers posed by weapons of mass destruction.
• 1958 – An earthquake struck Lituya Bay, Alaska; the subsequent megatsunami, the largest in modern times, reached an elevation of 1,720 ft (524 m).
• 1962 – The United States conducted the Starfish Prime high-altitude nuclear test, the largest nuclear explosion in outer space.
• 1962 – In a seminal moment for pop art, Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans exhibition opened at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles.
• 1982 – A British man named Michael Fagan broke into Buckingham Palace and entered Queen Elizabeth II's bedroom when she was asleep.
• 1995 – Sri Lankan civil war: After advising civilians to take shelter in places of worship, the Sri Lanka Air Force bombed a church in Navaly, killing at least 147 people.
• Born/died this day: | Anastasius I Dicorus |d|518| Ariwara no Narihira |d|880|Jan van Eyck |d|1441| Sebald Heyden |d|1561| Ann Radcliffe |b|1764| Anna Morandi Manzolini |d|1774| Edmund Burke |d|1797| Elias Howe |b|1819| John Archibald Wheeler |b|1911| Mercedes Sosa |b|1935|Svetolik Dragačevac|d|1942| Tom Hanks |b|1956| Enoch Godongwana |b|1957| Shelton Benjamin |b|1975| mxmtoon|b|2000| Toshi Seeger|d|2013| Ross Perot|d|2019| Ian Blair |d|2025|

Notes

• Björn Borg appears on July 5, so Wimbledon should not appear in the same year
• Sedan (nuclear test) appears on July 6, so Starfish Prime should not appear in the same year
• Battle of Carillon appears on July 8, so Battle of the Monongahela should not appear in the same year

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• 551 – An estimated 30,000 people died when a massive earthquake struck the Roman province of Phoenice.
• 1763 – The Mozart family grand tour began, presenting child prodigies Maria Anna and Wolfgang in Western Europe.
• 1981 – Nintendo released the arcade game Donkey Kong, which featured the debut of Mario, one of the most famous characters in video-game history.
• 2006 – Italy won their fourth World Cup title, defeating France 5–3 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time (players pictured).
• 2008 – Under the belief that Israel and the United States were planning to attack its nuclear program, Iran conducted the [[Great Prophet III|Great Template:Nowrap]] missile test and war games exercise.