Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
July 9
| 118 | Hadrian, Rome's new emperor, makes his entry into the city. | |
| 455 | Avitus, the Roman military commander in Gaul, becomes Emperor of the West. | |
| 1553 | Maurice of Saxony is mortally wounded at Sievershausen, Germany, while defeating Albert of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. | |
| 1609 | Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemia freedom of worship. | |
| 1755 | General Edward Braddock is killed by French and Indian troops. | |
| 1789 | In Versailles, the French National Assembly declares itself the Constituent Assembly and begins to prepare a French constitution. | |
| 1790 | The Swedish navy captures one third of the Russian fleet at the Battle of Svensksund in the Baltic Sea. | |
| 1850 | U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies in office at the age of 65. He is succeeded by Millard Fillmore. | |
| 1861 | Confederate cavalry led by John Morgan captures Tompkinsville, Kentucky. | |
| 1900 | The Commonwealth of Australia is established by an act of British Parliament, uniting the separate colonies under a federal government. | |
| 1942 | Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the attic above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse. | |
| 1943 | American and British forces make an amphibious landing on Sicily. | |
| 1971 | The United States turns over complete responsibility of the Demilitarized Zone to South Vietnamese units. | |
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Born on July 9 |
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| 1764 | Ann Radcliffe, English novelist. | |
| 1819 | Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine. | |
| 1858 | Franz Boas, anthropologist. | |
| 1887 | Samuel Eliot Morison, biographer and historian. | |
| 1894 | Dorothy Thompson, journalist, writer and radio commentator. | |
| 1908 | Minor White, abstract photographer. | |
| 1926 | Mathilde Krim, geneticist, founder of the AIDS foundation. | |
| 1933 | Oliver Sachs, neurologist and author (Awakenings). | |
| 1936 | June Jordan, poet and author. | |
| 1937 | David Hockney, painter. | |
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