Year 1875
Bombay Stock Exchange, the country’s first stock exchange, was established.
JULY 9
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9 July: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 9 July.
Year 1877
The inaugural Wimbledon Championships began.
Year 1893
The first successful open-heartsurgery took place on Chicago’s South Side by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams. The patient was James Cornish, a young man with a knife wound to the chest from a barroom brawl.
Year 1951
India’s first Five Year Plan was published.
Year 1969
Tiger was declared the national animal of India.
Year 1995
The Navaly church bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force killing 125 Tamil civilian refugees.
Year 1999
Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.
Year 2002
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.
Year 2006
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.
Year 2011
South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan.
Born 1903
Ghulam Ahmad Parwez, a pioneer of Quranist doctrine from pre-Independence India and later Pakistan.
Born 1925
Guru Dutt, an Indian film director, producer, and actor.
Born 1930
Kailasam Balachander, an Indian filmmaker and playwright.
Born 1938
Sanjeev Kumar, an Indian film actor.
Born 1944
Judith M. Brown, Indian-English historian and academic
Born 1956
Tom Hanks, an American actor, and filmmaker.
Born 1970
Anuradha Sriram, an Indian Carnatic and playback singer.
Died 1856
Amedeo Avogadro, an Italian scientist.
Died 1932
King Camp Gillette, an American businessman. He invented a best-selling version of the safety razor.
Died 1997
C. Ramaswamy Mudaliar, also known simply as C. Ramaswamy, was an Indian businessman, and politician.
Died 2005
Rafiq Zakaria, an Indian politician and Islamic religious cleric.
Died 2020
Ranjan Ghoshal, an Indian theatre director, and musician.