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On This Day · The 190th day of the year

July 9

1475 years on from 551 Beirut earthquake, July 9 is a date with an anniversary worth pausing on. Most of the weight falls in the 19th century, where politics and nation-building recur.

♋ZodiacCancer ◈BirthstoneRuby ❀Birth flowerLarkspur

Cancer is the sign for July 9 — read more on the Cancer page, or see July's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on July 9?

July 9 is the 190th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 551 and 2006. Famous people born on July 9 include Tom Hanks, Willi Stoph and Mervyn Peake.

Released on July 9

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Movie Superman

2024

  • Game Once Human

2021

  • TV The aquatope on white sand
  • TV The Patrick Star Show

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 551

    551 Beirut earthquake

  2. 1763

    Mozart family grand tour

  3. 1811

    David Thompson (explorer)

  4. 1850

    Zachary Taylor

  5. 1868

    Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

  6. 1877

    1877 Wimbledon Championship

  7. 1896

    William Jennings Bryan

  8. 1943

    World War II

  9. 1962

    Starfish Prime

  10. 2006

    Italy national football team

Famous birthday twins

Born on July 9

Tom Hanks

b. 1956

Willi Stoph

b. 1914

Mervyn Peake

b. 1911

Ashley Young

b. 1985

Kathleen Booth

b. 1922

Piia Suomalainen

b. 1984

Lindsey Graham

b. 1955

O. J. Simpson

b. 1947

Deaths

  • 2024Maxine Singer
  • 2024Jerzy Stuhr
  • 2015Saud bin Faisal Al Saud
  • 1856Amedeo Avogadro
  • 1850Zachary Taylor
  • 1706Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville

Holidays & observances

  • —Arbor Day (Cambodia)
  • —Christian Feast Day: Agilulfus of Cologne
  • —Christian Feast Day: Amandina of Schakkebroek (one of Martyrs of Southern Hunan)
  • —Christian Feast Day: Blessed Marija Petković
  • —Christian Feast Day: Everilda
  • —Christian Feast Day: Gregorio Grassi (one of Martyrs of Shanxi)
  • —Christian Feast Day: Martyr Saints of China
  • —Christian Feast Day: Martyrs of Gorkum

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