July 9th 2013 - This Date in History.

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455 – The Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
491 – Odoacer makes a night assault with his Heruli guardsmen, engaging Theoderic the Great in Ad Pinetam. Both sides suffer heavy losses, but in the end Theodoric forces Odoacer back into Ravenna.
869 – A magnitude 8.6Ms earthquake and subsequent tsunami strikes the area around Sendai in the northern part of Honshu, Japan.
1357 – Emperor Charles IV assists in laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.
1386 – The Old Swiss Confederacy makes great strides in establishing control over its territory by soundly defeating the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Sempach.
1540 – King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
1572 – Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom for their beliefs in the Dutch town of Gorkum.
1701 – War of the Spanish Succession: Austrians defeat France in the Battle of Carpi.
1745 – War of the Austrian Succession: French victory in the Battle of Melle allows them to capture Ghent in the days after.
1755 – French and Indian War: Braddock Expedition – British troops and colonial militiamen are ambushed and suffer a devastating defeat by French and Native American forces.
1776 – George Washington ordered the Declaration of Independence to be read out loud to members of the Continental Army in New York, New York, for the first time.
1789 – In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
1790 – Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund – in the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian fleet.
1793 – The Act Against Slavery is passed in Upper Canada and the importation of slaves into Lower Canada is prohibited.
1807 – The Treaties of Tilsit are signed by Napoleon I of France and Alexander I of Russia.
1810 – Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire.
1811 – The explorer David Thompson posts a sign at the confluence of the Columbia and Snake Rivers (in modern Washington state, US), claiming the land for the United Kingdom.
1815 – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord becomes the first Prime Minister of France.
1816 – Argentina declares independence from Spain.
1821 – 470 prominent Cypriots including Archbishop Kyprianos are executed in response to Cypriot aid to the Greek War of Independence
1850 – The U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies and Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th President of the United States
1850 – The Persian prophet Báb is executed in Tabriz, Persia.
1863 – American Civil War: the Siege of Port Hudson ends.
1868 – The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
1875 – Outbreak of the Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans
1877 – The inaugural Wimbledon Championships opens.
1896 – William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
1900 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom gives Royal Assent to an Act creating Australia thus uniting separate colonies on the continent under one federal government.
1900 – Boxer Rebellion: The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
1918 – Great Train Wreck of 1918: in Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history.
1922 – Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
1932 – The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution
1943 – World War II: Operation Husky – Allied forces perform an amphibious invasion of Sicily.
1944 – World War II: Battle of Normandy – British and Canadian forces capture Caen, France.
1944 – World War II: Battle of Saipan – American forces take Saipan in the Mariana Islands.
1944 – World War II: Battle of Tali-Ihantala – Finland wins the Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in northern Europe. The Red Army withdraws its troops from Ihantala and digs into a defensive position, thus ending the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive.
1955 – The Russell–Einstein Manifesto is released by Bertrand Russell in London, England, United Kingdom.
1958 – Lituya Bay is hit by a megatsunami. The wave is recorded at 524 meters high, the largest in recorded history.
1961 – Turkish voters approve the Turkish Constitution of 1961 in a referendum.
1962 – The Starfish Prime high-altitude nuclear test is conducted by the United States.
1962 – Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans exhibition opens at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles.
1972 – The Troubles: In Belfast, British Army snipers shoot five civilians dead in the Springhill Massacre.
1979 – A car bomb destroys a Renault motor car owned by the famed "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld at their home in France. A note purportedly from ODESSA claims responsibility.
1981 – Donkey Kong, a video game created by Nintendo, is released. The game marks the debut of Nintendo's future mascot, Mario.
1982 – Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana killing all 145 people on board and eight others on the ground.
1986 – The Parliament of New Zealand passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
1995 – The Navaly church bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force killing 125 Tamil civilian refugees.
1999 – Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.
2006 – At least 122 people are killed after a Sibir Airlines Airbus A310 passenger jet, carrying 200 passengers veers off the runway while landing in wet conditions at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia.
2008 – Iran conducts the Great Prophet III missile test and war games exercise.
2011 – South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan.

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1960 ROGER GETS THE RIDE OF HIS LIFE
Niagara Falls Ontario - Roger Woodward survives 162 foot plunge over the Horseshoe Falls because he is wearing a lifejacket; his first word when rescued is 'gosh'; the 7-year-old is the first person to go over the Falls by accident and live.

1874
Pembina Manitoba - First North West Mounted Police (NWMP) force of 318 men heads west from Fort Dufferin to the American whisky post called Fort Whoop Up at the junction of the Oldman and St. Mary rivers near present-day Lethbridge, Alberta; abandoned with the arrived of the police, Fort Whoop-Up will serve as an outpost for the force; forerunners of RCMP.

1923
Calgary Alberta -
Guy Weadick holds first Chuckwagon Race at the Stampede, persuading 6 local ranchers to risk their wagons and horses in what will be billed as 'the half mile of hell'. Here's an early Stampede poster from 1912, showing founders Pat Burns, George Lane, A. E. Cross and A. J. McLean.
1995 South Pacific - French commandos board the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior II in the South Pacific; the ship is protesting continued French nuclear testing.
1991 Ottawa Ontario - Joe Clark 1939- says he will release the federal position on unity by September; cites divisions over issues between English and French ministers.
1991 St. Lazare Manitoba - 400 residents of St. Lazare flee homes when train carrying highly corrosive acetic anhydride derails; emergency evacuation ends after six days.
1991 Toronto Ontario - Brian Mulroney 1939- meets US President Bush at the SkyDome for talks on common approach to aid for Soviet Union; American League beat National League 4-2 in the first All-Star game held in Toronto.
1991 Montreal Quebec - International Human Rights Federation releases report citing human rights violations in the Oka crisis of 1990; Amnesty International report also cites mistreatment of natives by Quebec Police.
1988 Lisbon Portugal - Bryan Adams holds concert before record 30,000 person crowd in Lisbon; joined by British singer Bonnie Tyler singing 'Straight From the Heart' and No Way to Treat a Lady,' two of her hits which he had written.
1984 Ottawa Ontario - John Napier Turner 1929- calls federal general election for September 4, saying Canadians needed a 'renewal of confidence and certainty in this country.'
1976 Montreal Quebec - Houston Astros pitcher Larry Dierker hurls a no-hitter, fanning eight and walking four as the Astros beat the Montreal Expos 6-0.
1975 Teheran Iran - Canada and Iran sign trade agreements worth up to $2 billion.
1974 New York City - Springhill, Nova Scotia's Anne Murray has a #1 Billboard hit with 'He Thinks I Still Care.'
1969 Ottawa Ontario - Parliament passes the Official Languages Act, making English and French the official languages of federal administration in Canada.
1955 Stratford Ontario - Festival Singers of Toronto gave their first concert, at the Stratford Festival; formed in 1954 by Elmer Iseler, the choir turn professional in 1968, as the Festival Singers of Canada.
1947 London England - Buckingham Palace announces the engagement of Princess Elizabeth to Royal Navy Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, a member of the Greek royal family.
1944 Caen France - Canadians and British capture Caen after massive bombardment by 467 planes from Bomber Command; urban area north of Orne River secured by nightfall by two British Divisions and the 3rd Canadian; the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders and the Sherbrooke Fusilier tanks are the first into the ruined city, although the famous Abbaye-aux-Hommes, 1000 years old, is untouched; 1,194 Canadian casualties, 334 are fatal.
1920 Quebec Quebec - Louis-Alexandre Taschereau sworn in as Liberal Premier of Quebec.
1904 Peterborough Ontario - Opening of giant hydraulic liftlock on the Trent-Severn Waterway; steamboat Stoney Lake first through lock from Rice Lake up the Otonabee River to the Kawartha Lakes.
1886 Ottawa Ontario - Crown grants general amnesty to those involved in Northwest Rebellion of 1885; except for murderers.
1847 Ottawa Ontario - Joseph-Bruno Guigues 1805-1874 appointed first Roman Catholic Bishop of Bytown.
1843 Montreal Quebec - Launch of the Prince Albert; first iron steamship built in Canada.
1837 Mackenzie River NWT - Thomas Simpson 1808-1840 reaches Mackenzie River with Peter Dease.
1827 Guelph Ontario - Group of 150 destitute and homeless settlers arrived in Ontario via New York; after emigrating from England to Venezuela where they found the climate, soil and political conditions inhospitable.
1811 Washington State - North West Company trader David Thompson raises the Union Jack at the junction of the Snake River and the Columbia, and claims the area for Britain; territory stays British until the Oregon Treaty of 1846 awards it to the United States.
1793 Niagara-on-the-Lake - Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe passes Act Against Slavery, banning the further import of slaves into Upper Canada, and limiting the contract of those remaining; Act declares that slaves' children should be free at age 25; all slaves entering the province from this date were henceforth automatically free.
1793 Quebec Quebec - Importation of slaves into Lower Canada prohibited; bill to abolish slavery failed until 1804.
1793 Montreal Quebec - Jacob Mountain 1749-1825 appointed first Anglican Bishop of Canada.
1755 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania - Daniel de Beaujeu 1711-1755 kills 600 of 1200 British regulars under General Edward Braddock in an ambush at Fort Duquesne; both Braddock and de Beaujeu mortally wounded in the Battle of the Monongahela, near present-day Pittsburgh. One survivor was an aide to Braddock - Col. George Washington - who wrote to his brother, 'But by the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability or expectation; for I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, although death was leveling my companions on every side of me!'.
1749 Halifax Nova Scotia - Edward Cornwallis c1713-1753 founds new settlement of Halifax founded as naval settlement to counter Louisbourg.
1615 Huronia Ontario - Samuel de Champlain c1570-1635 travels up Ottawa River to Lake Nipissing, and down French River into Lake Huron; explores and maps; first discovered by Etienne Brulé and father Caron.

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