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July 9, 2006 Italy wins the World Cup 5-3 vs. France July 9, 2001 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Finals, Leos Friedl and Daniela Hantuchova beat Mike Bryan and Liezel Huber July 9, 2000 Wimbledon Men's Finals, Pete Sampras beat Pat Rafter July 9, 2000 Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Julie Halard-Decugis and Ai Sugiyama beat Venus Williams and Serena Williams July 9, 2000 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Finals, Donald Johnson and Kimberly Po beat Lleyton Hewitt and Kim Clijster July 9, 1997 Baseball's triple A Anerican Association (formed in 1902) votes to disband July 9, 1997 Mike Tyson is banned from boxing, for biting Holyfield's ear July 9, 1996 67th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Veterans Stadium, Phila July 9, 1996 All star MVP: Mike Piazza, Los Angeles Dodgers July 9, 1996 U.S. Senate approves 90 cents raise to $4.25 minimum wage July 9, 1995 "Play's the Thing" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 75 performances July 9, 1995 109th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats B Becker (67 62 64 62) July 9, 1995 Jack Nicklaus wins Golf's British Open, 4th to win all 4 majors July 9, 1995 Kathryn Marshall wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic July 9, 1995 U.S. international postage rates rise to 60 cents per ounce July 9, 1994 11,000th HR in New York Yankees history, Matt Nokes July 9, 1994 Sonia O'Sullivan runs world record 2k (5:25.36) July 9, 1994 Soyuz TM-19 lands July 9, 1992 Kim Basinger gets 1,959th star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame July 9, 1992 Space Shuttle STS 50 (Columbia 13) lands July 9, 1991 "Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 7 performances July 9, 1991 62nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-2 at SkyDome, Toronto July 9, 1991 All star MVP: Cal Ripken, Jr. for the Baltimore Orioles July 9, 1991 South Africa readmitted to Olympics July 9, 1990 104th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats B Becker (62 62 36 36 64) July 9, 1990 Richard Hadlee takes 5-53 to end his Test Cricket career with 431 wkts July 9, 1989 103rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: B Becker beats Stefan Edberg (60 76 64) July 9, 1989 96th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: S Graf beats M Navratilova (62 67 61) July 9, 1989 Penny Hammel wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic July 9, 1988 "Facts of Life," Lisa Whelchel weds Steve Cauble July 9, 1988 Chris Speier hits for the cycle and Ernest Riles hits 10,000th Giant HR July 9, 1988 Jessye Norman begins recording Bizets "Carmen" July 9, 1988 Nolan Ryan is 7th to win 100 game on 2 teams, as Astro beat Mets 6-3 July 9, 1987 1 million South Koreans demonstrate against Chun Doo Hwan regime July 9, 1987 Oliver North admits to shredding Iran-Contra evidence July 9, 1986 Atlanta's Dale Murphy doesn't play ending consecutive streak at 740 July 9, 1986 Padres trade pitcher Tim Stoddard to Yankees for pitcher Ed Whitson July 9, 1985 South Africa police arrested Dutch ANC'er Klaas de Jong July 9, 1984 12th minster of York destroyed in lightening storm July 9, 1984 Yvonne Ryding, of Sweden, crowned 33rd Miss Universe July 9, 1982 Botham scores 208 in 225 balls, England vs. India at The Oval July 9, 1982 Margaret Thatcher begins her 2nd term as British prime minster July 9, 1982 Pan Am Boeing 727 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana, killing 153 July 9, 1981 Jacksons begin a 36-city tour July 9, 1980 7 die in a stampede to see Pope in Brazil July 9, 1980 Dutch war criminal Pieter Menten sentenced to 10 years July 9, 1980 Walt Disney's "Fox and The Hound," released July 9, 1979 Dr. Walter Massey named director of Argonne national Lab July 9, 1979 Voyager 2 flies past Jupiter July 9, 1978 "Hello, Dolly!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 152 performances July 9, 1978 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Wheeling Golf Classic July 9, 1978 Nearly 100,000 demonstrators march on Washington D.C. for ERA July 9, 1977 106th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 268 at Turnberry Scotland July 9, 1976 England all out for 71 vs. WI at Old Trafford, Holding 14 5-7-17-5 July 9, 1976 Houston Astro Larry Dierker no-hits Montreal Expos, 6-0 July 9, 1976 Uganda asks United Nations to condemn Israeli hostage rescue raid on Entebbe July 9, 1974 Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canadian parliamentary election July 9, 1973 9th Maccabiah games opens in Tel Aviv, Israel July 9, 1972 1st tour of Paul McCartney and Wings, France July 9, 1972 86th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: S Smith beats I Nastase (46 63 63 46 75) July 9, 1972 Kathy Ahern wins LPGA George Washington Golf Classic July 9, 1972 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test July 9, 1971 Henry Kissinger visits China PR July 9, 1970 In Atlanta, Chief-No-ka-homa is joined by cousin Chief Round-the-Horn July 9, 1969 Tom Seaver's no-hit bid against Cubs ends with 1 out in 9th July 9, 1968 15.68" (39.83 cm) of rainfall, Columbus, Miss (state 24-hour record) July 9, 1968 39th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 1-0 at Astrodome, Houston July 9, 1968 All star MVP: Willie Mays for the San Francisco Giants July 9, 1967 13th LPGA Championship won by Kathy Whitworth July 9, 1967 WRET TV channel 36 in Charlotte, North Carolina (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting July 9, 1966 95th British Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots 282 at Muirfield Gullane July 9, 1965 94th British Golf Open: Peter Thomson shoots a 285 at Royal Birkdale July 9, 1965 John Edrich completes 310* vs. NZ in 532 minutes, 52 fours 5 sixes July 9, 1965 Senators Frank Howard ties record with 7 strikeouts in DH July 9, 1963 34th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland July 9, 1963 All star MVP: Willie Mays for the San Francisco Giants July 9, 1963 Crusher Lisowski beats Verne Gagne in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ July 9, 1963 Federation of Malaysia forms July 9, 1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island July 9, 1959 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Open July 9, 1959 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Hoosier Celebrity Golf Tournament July 9, 1958 Giant splash caused by fall of 90 million tons of rock and ice into Lituya Bay, Alaska washes 1,800 feet up the mountain July 9, 1957 Discovery of element 102 (Nobelium) announced July 9, 1956 Dick Clark's 1st appearance as host of American Bandstand July 9, 1955 "Rock Around Clock" hits #1 on Top 100 chart July 9, 1955 1st black executive on White House staff, E. Frederic Morrow July 9, 1955 Bill Haley and Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" tops billboards chart July 9, 1955 Strike in Belgium for 5 day work week July 9, 1953 1st helicopter passenger service, New York City July 9, 1953 Phillies Robin Roberts ends streak of 28 consecutive complete games July 9, 1951 President Truman asked Congress to formally end state of war with Germany July 9, 1950 13.15" (33.40 cm) of rainfall, York, Nebraska (state 24-hour record) July 9, 1949 Benjamin Britten's Jump Symphony, premieres July 9, 1948 Satchel Paige, 42, debuts in majors pitching 2 scoreless inn for Cleveland July 9, 1947 Britain's Princess Elizabeth and Lt Philip Mountbatten's engagement July 9, 1947 Spain votes for Franco monarchy July 9, 1946 13th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 12-0 at Fenway Park, Boston July 9, 1944 In World War II, U.S. troops secure Saipan as Japan fell July 9, 1944 World's largest circus tent catches fire at Ringling Brother's - Barnum and Bailey 2nd performance, 168 die (Hartford Conn) July 9, 1943 5th day of battle at Kursk: Germans occupy Verchopenje July 9, 1943 British air raid sinks U-435 July 9, 1942 Anne Frank, 13, goes into hiding with her family and 4 other Jews July 9, 1940 8th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-0 at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis July 9, 1940 German Evangelist Church protests against euthanasia pogroms July 9, 1940 RAF bombs Germany July 9, 1934 SS-Reichs Fuhrer Himmler takes command of German Concentration Camps July 9, 1933 Frankford Yellowjackets sold, rechristened Philadelphia Eagles July 9, 1932 Washington Redskins, then Boston Braves, forms July 9, 1932 Yanks' Ben Chapman hits 2 inside-the-park HRs, tying record July 9, 1927 William T. Francis named minister to Liberia July 9, 1926 Chiang Kai-shek appointed to national-revolutionary supreme commander July 9, 1926 Coup under Gen Sinel de Cordes in Portugal July 9, 1922 Johnny Weissmuller swims 1st 100 m free style under 1 minute July 9, 1918 101 killed and 171 injured in worst U.S. train wreck, Nashville, Tennessee July 9, 1918 Congress creates Distinguished Service Medal July 9, 1917 British warship "Vanguard" explodes at Scapa Flow killing 804 July 9, 1916 1st cargo submarine to cross Atlantic arrives in U.S. from Germany July 9, 1915 Germany surrenders South West Africa to Union of South Africa July 9, 1914 1st U.S. duplicate auction bridge championship held, Lake Placid, New York July 9, 1910 Walter Brookins becomes 1st to pilot an airplane to 1 mile altitude July 9, 1908 CHU (Christian Historic Union) Dutch political party forms July 9, 1904 10th U.S. Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 303 at Glen View Club IL July 9, 1900 Australia accepts its constitution July 9, 1893 Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performs 1st successful open heart surgery without anesthesia July 9, 1891 Irene Coit is 1st woman admitted to Yale University July 9, 1878 An improved corncob pipe patents by Henry Tibbe, Washington, Mo July 9, 1877 1st Wimbledon tennis championship is held July 9, 1876 Black landowner murdered in Hamburg, South Carolina July 9, 1869 Concord pipe, made from small corn kernels, invented July 9, 1868 1st black cabinet member in South Carolina (Francis L Cardozo-sect of state) July 9, 1864 Battle of Monocacy, MD US1959 CS400 July 9, 1863 Union troops enter Port Hudson July 9, 1862 Gen John Hunt Morgan captures Tompkinsville, Kentucky July 9, 1860 Temperature hits 115 degrees F in Ft. Scott and 112 degrees F in Topeka Kansas July 9, 1853 Adm Perry and U.S. Navy visit Japan July 9, 1852 Fire destroys 1,100 construction sites in Montreal Canada and no one die July 9, 1846 Capt Montgomery claims Yerba Buena, San Francisco, for U.S. July 9, 1842 Notary Stamp Law passes July 9, 1835 St. Etienne-Lyons railway opens in France July 9, 1816 Argentina declares independence from Spain July 9, 1815 1st natural gas well in U.S. is discovered July 9, 1815 King Louis XVIII leaves Ghent for France July 9, 1800 Mt. Vernon Gardens becomes site of 1st summer theater in U.S. July 9, 1795 James Swan pays off the $2,024,899 U.S. national debt July 9, 1780 Denmark declares neutrality July 9, 1776 Declaration of Independence is read to George Washington's troops, New York July 9, 1766 English premier Rockingham resigns July 9, 1755 Battle at Duquesne (Pittsburgh): French troops beat British July 9, 1755 Brit Gen E Braddock mortally wounded during French and Indian War July 9, 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies "Elisabeth" battles with HMS Lion July 9, 1686 Germany, Sweden and Spain signs anti-French League of Augsburg July 9, 1672 Prince Willem III inaugurated as viceroy of Holland/Zealand July 9, 1609 Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemian protestants freedom of religion July 9, 1595 Johannes Kepler inscribes geometric solid construction of universe July 9, 1572 19 Catholic priests hanged in Gorcum July 9, 1553 Battle at Sievershausen Solingen: van Saksen beats Alcibiades July 9, 1540 England's King Henry VIII 6-mo marriage to Anne of Cleves annulled July 9, 1536 French navigator Jacques Cartier returns to Saint-Malo from Canada July 9, 1517 Gelderse crowd robber murders population of Asperen July 9, 1401 Mongol monarch Timur Lenk destroys Baghdad July 9, 1386 Battle at Sempach: Swiss beat duke Leopold III of Austria July 9, 1371 Pope Gregory XI names Arnold II of Horne as bishop of Utrecht July 9, 711 Berbers under Tarik-ibn Ziyad occupies North Spain |