General Events and Observations of July 9

518: Anastasius I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 430)
1228: Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
1386: Leopold III of Austria (b. 1351)
1553: Maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521)
1654: Ferdinand IV of Germany (b. 1633)
1706: Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, French Canadian sailor and explorer (b. 1661)
1737: Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1671)
1742: John Oldmixon, English historian (b. 1673)
1746: Philip V of Spain (b. 1683)
1747: Giovanni Bononcini, Italian composer (b. 1670)
1766: Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (b. 1720)
1795: Henry Seymour Conway, British general and statesman (b. 1721)
1797: Edmund Burke, British philosopher and statesman (b. 1729)
1850: Báb, Persian founder of the Bábi Faith (b. 1819)
1850: Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States (b. 1784)
1852: Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American politician (b. 1794)
1855: Lord Raglan Commander of the British forces during the Crimean War
1856: Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist (b. 1776)
1856: James Strang, Mormon splinter group leader (b. 1813)
1880: Paul Broca, French physician and anatomist (b. 1824)
1882: Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean war hero
1903: Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist (b. 1842)
1927: John Drew Jr., American actor (b. 1853)
1932: King C. Gillette, American inventor (b. 1885)
1937: Oliver Law, first African-American commander of U.S. troops (b. 1899)
1938: Benjamin Cardozo, American jurist (b. 1870)
1947: Lucjan Zeligowski, Polish general (b. 1865)
1949: Fritz Bennicke Hart, English-born Australian composer (b. 1874)
1951: Harry Heilmann, American Baseball player (b. 1894)
1955: Don Beauman, British racing driver (b. 1928)
1967: Eugen Fischer, Nazi physician (b. 1874)
1972: Robert Weede, American baritone (b. 1903)
1974: Earl Warren, 14th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1891)
1979: Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and author (b. 1899)
1980: Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet and lyricist (b. 1913)
1985: Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1896)
1985: Jimmy Kinnon, Scottish founder of Narcotics Anonymous (b. 1911)
1992: Eric Sevareid, American reporter (b. 1912)
1994: Bill Mosienko, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)
1996: Melvin Belli, American attorney (b. 1907)
1999: Robert de Cotret, Canadian politician (b. 1944)
2000: Doug Fisher, English actor (b. 1941)
2002: Laurence Janifer, American writer (b. 1933)
2002: Rod Steiger, American actor (b. 1925)
2004: Chuck Cadman, Canadian politician (b. 1948)
2004: Isabel Sanford, American actress (b. 1917)
2004: Paul Klebnikov, American journalist (b. 1963)
2005: Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914)
2005: Yevgenij Grishin, Russian speed skater (b. 1931)
2006: Milan Williams, American musician (The Commodores) (b. 1948)
2007: Charles Lane, American actor (b. 1905)

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