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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

July 9 - The Day in History

July 9 : General Interest
1877: Wimbledon tournament begins

On July 9, 1877, the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club begins its first lawn tennis tournament at Wimbledon, then an outer-suburb of London... read more


American Revolution
1777 : New York elects its first governor
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-york-elects-its-first-governor

Automotive
2006 : World's largest parade of Fiat cars
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/worlds-largest-parade-of-fiat-cars

Civil War
1864 : Rebels strike Yankees at the Battle of Monocacy
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-monocacy-maryland

Cold War
1960 : Khrushchev and Eisenhower trade threats over Cuba
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/khrushchev-and-eisenhower-trade-threats-over-cuba

Crime
1996 : A family is brutally attacked on a walk in England
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-family-is-brutally-attacked-on-a-walk-in-england

Disaster
1918 : Trains collide outside Nashville
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/trains-collide-outside-nashville

General Interest
1850 : President Taylor dies of cholera
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-taylor-dies-of-cholera
1947 : First female army officer
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-female-army-officer
1993 : Romanov remains identified
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/romanov-remains-identified

Hollywood
2008 : MTV's The Real World leaves Hollywood
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mtvs-the-real-world-leaves-hollywood

Literary
1918 : Faulkner joins the Royal Air Force
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/faulkner-joins-the-royal-air-force

Music
1962 : Bob Dylan records "Blowin' In The Wind"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bob-dylan-records-quotblowin-in-the-windquot

Old West
1846 : U.S. takes San Francisco
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-takes-san-francisco

Presidential
1850 : President Zachary Taylor dies unexpectedly
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-zachary-taylor-dies-unexpectedly

Sports
1948 : Satchel Paige makes debut with Cleveland Indians
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/satchel-paige-makes-debut-with-cleveland-indians

Vietnam War
1966 : Soviets protest U.S. bombing of Haiphong
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-protest-us-bombing-of-haiphong
1971 : United States turns over responsibility for the DMZ
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/united-states-turns-over-responsibility-for-the-dmz

World War I
1915 : Germans surrender Southwest Africa to Union of South Africa
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-surrender-southwest-africa-to-union-of-south-africa

World War II
1941 : Enigma key broken
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/enigma-key-broken


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