July 9th
Today in America's Present Past
1755 | Seven Year War: British General Edward Braddock was mortally wounded during the Battle of Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania).
1776 | War of Independence: The Declaration of Independence is read to George Washington's troops in New York.
1766 | Inventor Jacob Perkins was born.
1795 | James Swan pays off the $2,024,899 the federal national debt.
1800 | Mt Vernon Gardens, New York, becomes the site of the first summer theater in the US.
1802 | Inventor Thomas Davenport was born.
1819 | Inventor Elias Howe was born.
1843 | Painter Washington Allston died.
1846 | Captain John B. Montgomery claims Yerba Buena (San Francisco) for the US.
1850 | POTUS: President Zachary Taylor died.
1850 | POTUS: President Millard Fillmore is sworn in.
1856 | Entrepreneur Daniel Guggenheim was born.
1856 | Cleric James Strang died.
1862 | Civil War: Battle of Tompkinsville, Kentucky.
1868 | The Fourteenth Amendment is ratified.
1919 | Civil Rights: “Red Summer race riots” in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
1923 | SCOTUS: Justice William R. Day died.
1932 | Entrepreneur King C. Gillette died.
1938 | Actor Brian Dennehy was born.
1938 | Jurist Benjamin N. Cardozo died.
1947 | Football Pro O.J. Simpson was born.
1956 | Actor Tom Hanks was born.
1957 | Actress Kelly McGillis was born.
1961 | Author and ex-Soviet spy Whittaker Chambers died.
1967 | Civil Rights: The Long, hot summer of riots continues in Kansas City, Missouri.
1971 | National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger secretly visits the People's Republic of China to negotiate a detente.
1974 | SCOTUS: Chief Justice Earl Warren died.
1975 | Musician Jack White was born in Detroit, Michigan.
1976 | Actor Fred Savage was born.
1977 | Activist Alice Paul died.
1995 | Jerry Garcia's final concert with The Grateful Dead takes place at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois.
2002 | Actor Rod Steiger died.
2019 | Entrepreneur Ross Perot died.
2020 | SCOTUS: Court decided McGirt v. Oklahoma.