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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_9" title="July 9">July 9</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/551" title="551">551</a> – An estimated 30,000 people died when <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/551_Beirut_earthquake" title="551 Beirut earthquake">a massive earthquake</a></b> struck the Roman province of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenice_(Roman_province)" title="Phoenice (Roman province)">Phoenice</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1745" title="1745">1745</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Austrian_Succession" title="War of the Austrian Succession">War of the Austrian Succession</a>: French victory at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Melle" title="Battle of Melle">Battle of Melle</a></b> enabled their subsequent capture of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghent" title="Ghent">Ghent</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_Netherlands" title="Austrian Netherlands">Austrian Netherlands</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1868" title="1868">1868</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution">Fourteenth Amendment</a></b> to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States" title="Constitution of the United States">United States Constitution</a>, including the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_Clause" title="Citizenship Clause">Citizenship Clause</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Protection_Clause" title="Equal Protection Clause">Equal Protection Clause</a>, was ratified by the minimum required twenty-eight states.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981">1981</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a> released the arcade game, which featured the debut of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario" title="Mario">Mario</a></b>, one of the most famous characters in video-game history.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008" title="2008">2008</a> – Under the belief that Israel and the United States were planning to attack <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_program_of_Iran" title="Nuclear program of Iran">its nuclear program</a>, Iran conducted the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Prophet_III" title="Great Prophet III">Great <span class="nowrap">Prophet III</span></a></b> missile test and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_simulation" title="Military simulation">war games</a> exercise.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasius_I_Dicorus" title="Anastasius I Dicorus">Anastasius I Dicorus</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 518); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes_Sosa" title="Mercedes Sosa">Mercedes Sosa</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1935); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetolik_Draga%C4%8Devac" title="Svetolik Dragačevac">Svetolik Dragačevac</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1942); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshi_Seeger" title="Toshi Seeger">Toshi Seeger</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2013)</p>