Historical
events that took place on the 9th of July
1877: The
1st Wimbledon tennis championship took place
1893: The
1st successful open heart surgery without anaesthesia was performed by Dr.
Daniel Hale
1916: 101
were killed and 171 were injured in worst U.S. train wreck
1944: 168
people were killed after the world's largest circus tent caught fire at
Ringling Brother's - Barnum and Bailey 2nd performance.
1957: The
discovery of the element Nobelium was announced
1963: The Federation of Malaysia was
formed
1982: 153
people were killed after the Pan Am Boeing 727 crashed in Louisiana
1991: South
Africa became permitted again to begin to participate in the Olympic Games
1997: Mike
Tyson was banned from boxing for biting Holyfield's ear
2006: Italy
won the World Cup after defeating France
2011: South
Sudan became a sovereign state
|
|
|
No comments:
Post a Comment