Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana, killing all 145 people on board and eight others on the ground. Date: July 9, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 9 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand. Date: July 9, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 9 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Parliament of Canada passes the Nunavut Act leading to the 1999 creation of Nunavut, dividing the Northwest Territories into arctic (Inuit) and sub-arctic (Dene) lands based on a plebiscite. Date: July 9, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 9 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This…
The Navaly church bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force killing 125 Tamil civilian refugees. Date: July 9, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 9 📅 Events on this day in 1995 📅 On This Day (Today)
An explosion aboard a Brazilian airline TAM Fokker 100 launches engineer Fernando Caldeira de Moura Campos into a 2,400 meters free fall. Date: July 9, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 9 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran. Date: July 9, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 9 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
The African Union is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, replacing the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The organization's first chairman is Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa. Date: July 9, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 9 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Senate Report on Iraqi WMD Intelligence is released by the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, casting doubt on the rationale for the Iraq War. Date: July 9, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 9 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
Italy win their fourth World Cup title, defeating France 5–3 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time. Date: July 9, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 9 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today)
One hundred and twenty-five people are killed when S7 Airlines Flight 778, an Airbus A310 passenger jet, veers off the runway while landing in wet conditions at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia. Date: July 9, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 9 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On…