Wednesday July 9, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

is the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are until the end of the year. The day of the week is .

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

869
A magnitude 8.6Ms earthquake and subsequent tsunami strikes the area around Sendai in the northern part of Honshu, Japan.
Explorer David Thompson posts a sign at the confluence of the Columbia and Snake Rivers (in modern Washington state, US), claiming the land for the United Kingdom.
Argentina declares independence from Spain.
American Civil War: the Siege of Port Hudson ends.
Outbreak of the Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans
World War II: Operation Husky – Allied forces perform an amphibious invasion of Sicily.
Lituya Bay is hit by a mega-tsunami. The wave is recorded at 524 meters high, the largest in recorded history.
The Troubles: In Belfast, British Army snipers shoot five civilians dead in the Springhill Massacre.
Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana killing all 145 people on board and eight others on the ground.
At least 122 people are killed after a Sibir Airlines Airbus A310 passenger jet, carrying 200 passengers veers off the runway while landing in wet conditions at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia.

Who were born on ?

Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
Maria Gomes Valentim, Brazilian supercentenarian (d. 2011)
John A. Wheeler, American physicist (d. 2008)
Jarl Wahlström, Finnish 12th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1999)
Vince Edwards, American actor (d. 1996)
Roy McLean, South African cricketer (d. 2007)
Wim Duisenberg, Dutch economist and politician (d. 2005)
André Pronovost, French-Canadian ice hockey player
June Jordan, American poet, writer and teacher (d. 2002)
Shelton Benjamin, American pro wrestler

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