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On July 9, 1996, a sunquake was produced by an X2.6 class solar flare and its corresponding coronal mass ejection.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_(natural_phenomenon)#Sunquake



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Nunavut Day is a public holiday in the Canadian territory of Nunavut.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43806926/nunavut-day/



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The 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami occurred on July 9, 1958
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t36956786/lituya-bay/

Amorgos tsunami of 09 July 1956
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43816096/amorgos-tsunami-of-09-july-1956/

The 869 Jogan Sanriku earthquake and tsunami struck the northern part of Honshu on 9 July 869 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t41656339/july-13-869-jogan-earthquake/



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The Longitude Act was passed on the 9th July 1714
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude_Act

The construction of the MERLIN telescope started on 9 July 1976, and was completed by 8 October 1976.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MERLIN#MTLRI

The Russell-Einstein Manifesto was issued in London on July 9, 1955 in the midst of the Cold War.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49926874/russell-einstein-manifesto/



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Starfish Prime was a high-altitude nuclear test conducted by the United States of America on July 9, 1962
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43815865/starfish-prime-high-altitude-nuclear-test/

Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Jupiter on July 9, 1979
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_2#Encounter_with_Jupiter

Voyager 2 passed Io on July 9, 1979 at a distance of 1,130,000 km 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration_of_Io#Voyager_era:_1979.E2.80.931995

The first launch of the Angara-1.2PP rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on July 9, 2014.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angara-1.2pp



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Christopher Joseph "Gus" Loria (born July 9, 1960) is a medically retired NASA astronaut. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Loria

John Howard Casper (born July 9, 1943) is an American astronaut. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Casper

Gerhard Kramm (born July 9, 1946 in Cologne, Germany) is an American Research Associate Professor
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49926907/gerhard-kramm/

Benjamin Roy Mottelson (born July 9, 1926) is an American-born Danish nuclear physicist. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Roy_Mottelson

John Archibald Wheeler (July 9, 1911 - April 13, 2008) was an American theoretical physicist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t16654064/john-a-wheeler/

James B. Pollack (July 9, 1938 - June 13, 1994) was an American astrophysicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B._Pollack

Sir George Howard Darwin (9 July 1845 - 7 December 1912) was an English astronomer and mathematician.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Darwin

Olin Jeuck Eggen (July 9, 1919 - October 2, 1998) was an American astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olin_J._Eggen

Spiridon Gopcevic (July 9, 1855 - 1928) was a Serbian-Austrian astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiridon_Gop%C4%8Devi%C4%87



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Oh Pioneer is the seventh studio album by Northern Irish recording artist Duke Special. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ig6YZGnj4Y
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_Pioneer

The first known fossil Deinocheirus remains were found on 9 July 1965.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinocheirus



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NGC 6215 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 9th July 1836. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58020384/ngc-6215/

NGC 6446 was discovered by Albert Marth on the 9th July 1864
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t63563595/ngc-6446/

NGC 6447 was discovered by Albert Marth on the 9th July 1864
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t63563594/ngc-6447/

NGC 6574 was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth on the 9th July 1863.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58020380/ngc-6574/

NGC 6615 was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth on the 9th July 1863.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58020374/ngc-6615/

NGC 6635 was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth on the 9th July 1863.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58020363/ngc-6635/

NGC 6712 was probably discovered by French astronomer Guillaume Le Gentil on July 9, 1749 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57842210/ngc-6712/

NGC 6854 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 9th July 1834. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58020357/ngc-6854/

NGC 6862 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 9th July 1834. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58020346/ngc-6862/



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Asteroid (199) Byblis was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on July 9, 1879 in Clinton, New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/199_Byblis

Asteroid (145) Adeona occulted a star on July 9, 2002
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/145_Adeona



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Meteorites

The Bald Mountain (L4 chondrite) meteorite fell in North Carolina, USA, on the 9th July 1929.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43806730/bald-mountain-meteorite/

The Bukhara (CV3 chondrite) meteorite fell in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, on the 9th July 2001.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t54286268/bukhara-meteorite/

The Dunhua (Stone) meteorite fell in Jilin, China, on the 9th July 1976.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43806740/dunhua-meteorite/



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