Born on July 9
July 9 birthdays & history
If you were born on July 9, you share a birthday with Tom Hanks, Viktor Yanukovych and Pyotr Kapitsa. July 9 babies are Cancer, with ruby as their birthstone and the larkspur as their birth flower. July 9 is the 191st day of the year in leap years (190th in other years).
Famous people born on July 9
- 1956Tom Hanks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1950Viktor Yanukovych, Ukrainian engineer and politician, 4th President of Ukraine
- 1894Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1964Courtney Love, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
- 1926Ben Roy Mottelson, American-Danish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1985Ashley Young, English footballer
- 1858Franz Boas, German-American anthropologist and linguist
- 1834Jan Neruda, Czech journalist and poet
- 1937David Hockney, English painter and photographer
- 1947O. J. Simpson, American football player and actor
What happened on July 9
- 1763The Mozart family grand tour began, presenting the child prodigies Maria Anna and Wolfgang Amadeus across Western Europe.
- 1811British 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.
- 1815Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord becomes the first Prime Minister of France.
- 1816Argentina declares independence from Spain.
- 1877The inaugural Wimbledon Championship, the world's oldest tennis tournament, began in London.
- 1893Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.
- 1896Politician William Jennings Bryan made his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism, considered one of the greatest political speeches in American history.
- 1900The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.
- 1922Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds, breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
- 1962In a seminal moment for pop art, Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans exhibition opened at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles.
- 1981Nintendo released the arcade game Donkey Kong, which featured the debut of Mario, one of the most famous characters in video-game history.
- 1986The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
Also observed on July 9
- Arbor Day (Cambodia)
- Constitution Day (Australia)
- Constitution Day (Palau)
- Constitutionalist Revolution Day (São Paulo)
- Day of the Employees of the Diplomatic Service (Azerbaijan)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of South Sudan from Sudan in 2011.
Questions, answered
What star sign is July 9?
People born on July 9 are Cancer. Their birthstone is ruby and their birth flower is the larkspur.
Which famous people were born on July 9?
Tom Hanks (1956), Viktor Yanukovych (1950), Pyotr Kapitsa (1894), Courtney Love (1964), Ben Roy Mottelson (1926), Ashley Young (1985) were all born on July 9.
What happened on July 9 in history?
Among other things: in 1962, In a seminal moment for pop art, Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans exhibition opened at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles; in 1981, Nintendo released the arcade game Donkey Kong, which featured the debut of Mario, one of the most famous characters in video-game history; in 1986, The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
Can I get a newspaper front page from July 9?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any July 9 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “July 9”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.