9th July anniversaries


  • Birth
    • 1858
    • Germany
    • "Birth of Franz Boas, German anthropologist ."
  • event
    • 1540
    • Great Britain
    • Henry VIII divorces Anne of Cleves
    • 1877
    • Great Britain
    • 1st Wimbledon tennis tournament
    • 1918
    • United States
    • "Great train wreck, Nashville, Tennessee: two trains collided, killing 101 people and injuring 171 – the deadliest rail accident in US history."
    • 1938
    • Great Britain
    • 35 million gas masks were issued to Britain’s civilian population in anticipation of World War II.
    • 1984
    • Great Britain
    • "York Minster was struck by lightning, setting fire to the roof and destroying the south transept"
  • Death
    • 1441
    • Netherlands
    • "Death of Jan van Eyck, painter"
    • 1797
    • Great Britain
    • "Death of Edmund Burke, philosopher"
    • 1984
    • United States
    • "Death of Randall Thompson, American composer"

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