July 9
People born on this day are Cancer.
- 1979
A car bomb destroys a Renault motor car owned by "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld outside their home in France in an unsuccessful assassination attempt.
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Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana, killing all 145 people on board and eight others on the ground.
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The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
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The Parliament of Canada passes the Nunavut Act leading to the 1999 creation of Nunavut, dividing the Northwest Territories into arctic (Inuit) and sub-arctic (Dene) lands based on a plebiscite.
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An explosion aboard a Brazilian airline TAM Fokker 100 launches engineer Fernando Caldeira de Moura Campos into a 2,400 meters free fall.
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The African Union is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, replacing the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The organization's first chairman is Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa.
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The Senate Report on Iraqi WMD Intelligence is released by the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, casting doubt on the rationale for the Iraq War.
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One hundred and twenty-five people are killed when S7 Airlines Flight 778, an Airbus A310 passenger jet, veers off the runway while landing in wet conditions at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia.
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Italy win their fourth World Cup title, defeating France 5–3 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time.
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South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan.
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A rally takes place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to call for fairer elections in the country.
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Earth completes its shortest recorded day due to a slight acceleration in rotation, with July 9 lasting approximately 1.3 to 1.6 milliseconds less than 24 hours.
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2003Conor Bradley, Northern Irish footballer
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1999Claire Corlett, American voice actress
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1993Mitch Larkin, Australian swimmer
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1993DeAndre Yedlin, American footballer
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1991Mitchel Musso, American actor and singer
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1990Earl Bamber, New Zealand race car driver
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1990Fábio, Brazilian footballer
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1990Rafael, Brazilian footballer
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1988Raul Rusescu, Romanian footballer
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1987Gert Jõeäär, Estonian cyclist
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1987Rebecca Sugar, American animator, composer, and screenwriter
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1986Sébastien Bassong, Cameroonian footballer
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