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"