July 9
Events
- 1793 - Act Against Slavery passed in Upper Canada and importation of slaves into Lower Canada is prohibited.
- 1900 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom gives royal assent to an act creating the Commonwealth of Australia thus uniting separate colonies on the continent under one federal government.
- 1955 - The Russell-Einstein Manifesto was released by Bertrand Russell in London.
Births
- 1819 - Elias Howe, American inventor (d. 1867)
- 1938 - Brian Dennehy, American actor
- 2005 - Tai Shan, giant panda born at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.
Deaths
- 1856 - Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist (b. 1776)
- 1880 - Paul Pierre Broca, French physician and anatomist (b. 1824)
- 1974 - Earl Warren, Governor of California and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (b. 1891)
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