History for July 9

History for July 9 - On-This-Day.com
Elias Howe 1819, Richard Roundtree 1942 - Actor, O.J. Simpson 1947 - Football player, actor


Tom Hanks 1956 - Actor, Kelly McGillis 1957 - Actress, Fred Savage 1976 - Actor ("The Wonder Years")

1755 - General Edward Braddock was mortally wounded when French and Indian troops ambushed his force of British regulars and colonial militia. He died on July 13.


1776 - The American Declaration of Independence was read aloud to Gen. George Washington's troops in New York.


1816 - Argentina declared independence from Spain.


1868 - The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. The amendment was designed to grant citizenship to and protect the civil liberties of recently freed slaves. It did this by prohibiting states from denying or abridging the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, depriving any person of his life, liberty, or property without due process of law, or denying to any person within their jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.


1943 - American and British forces made an amphibious landing on Sicily.


1947 - The engagement of Britain's Princess Elizabeth to Lt. Philip Mountbatten was announced.


2005 - Danny Way, a daredevil skateboarder, rolled down a large ramp and jumped across the Great Wall of China. He was the first person to clear the wall without motorized aid.


2015 - The South Carolina House of Representatives approved taking down the Confederate flag from the Capitol grounds. The flag was removed the next day and taken to a state military museum.