July 09

Friday 09, 2004:

After José Manuel Durão Barroso's appointment to the European Commission, Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio announces that he will invite the second-in-line leader of PSD, Pedro Santana Lopes to form government.

Tuesday 09, 2002:

The African Union was established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The first chairman was Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa.

Friday 09, 1999:

Days of student protests begins after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory of University of Tehran

Wednesday 09, 1997:

Mike Tyson's boxing license is suspended for at least a year and he is fined $3 million for biting Evander Holyfield's ear in a televised match.

Sunday 09, 1995:

Musical group The Grateful Dead perform the last concert of their 30-year career at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

Thursday 09, 1992:

Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton announces that Al Gore will be his running mate.

Tuesday 09, 1991:

South Africa is reintroduced into the Olympic movement after 30 years of exclusion.

Sunday 09, 1989:

Two bombs explode in Mecca, killing one pilgrim and wounding 16 others.

Friday 09, 1982:

A Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana killing all 146 people on board and eight others on the ground.

Thursday 09, 1981:

Movement for the Labour Party (LD-MPT) legally recognized.

Monday 09, 1979:

A car bomb destroys a Renault owned by famed "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld at their home in France. A note purportedly from ODESSA claims responsibility.

Wednesday 09, 1975:

The National Assembly of Senegal passes a law that will pave way for a (albeit highly restricted) multi-party system.

Tuesday 09, 1968:

Official opening of Hayward Gallery on London's South Bank.

Saturday 09, 1955:

The Russell-Einstein Manifesto was released by Bertrand Russell in London.

Monday 09, 1945:

A forest fire breaks out in the Tillamook Burn, the third fire in that area since 1933.

Sunday 09, 1944:

Americans take Saipan

Friday 09, 1943:

Allied forces perform an amphibious invasion of Sicily.

Thursday 09, 1942:

Holocaust: Anne Frank's family goes into hiding in an attic above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.

Sunday 09, 1922:

Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking a world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.

Tuesday 09, 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.

Monday 09, 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.

Thursday 09, 1896:

William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of gold speech.

Tuesday 09, 1850:

President Zachary Taylor dies and Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th President of the United States.

Thursday 09, 1846:

By an Act of Congress, the Washington, DC area south of the Potomac River (39 mi² or about 100 km²) is returned to Virginia.

Tuesday 09, 1816:

Argentina declares independence from Spain

Sunday 09, 1815:

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince de Benevente becomes Prime Minister of France

Tuesday 09, 1793:

Act Against Slavery passed in Upper Canada and importation of slaves into Lower Canada is prohibited.

Friday 09, 1790:

In the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian fleet.

Thursday 09, 1789:

In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.

Wednesday 09, 1755:

British troops and colonial militiamen are ambushed and suffer a devastating defeat by French and Native American forces.

Wednesday 09, 1749:

Naval settlement of Halifax, Nova Scotia founded as British answer to Louisbourg.

Wednesday 09, 1541:

Estevão da Gama departs Massawa, leaving behind 400 matchlockmen and 150 slaves under his brother Christovão da Gama, with orders to assist the Emperor of Ethiopia defeat Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi who has invaded his Empire.

Tuesday 09, 1540:

Henry VIII of England annulled his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.

Saturday 09, 1357:

Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor assisted laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague

Friday 09, 455:

Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed emperor of the Western Roman Empire.

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