History for July 9 - On-This-Day.com
Dean Koontz 1945 - Author, O.J. Simpson 1947 - Football player, actor, John Tesh 1952 - Musician, television personality
Tom Hanks 1956 - Actor, Kelly McGillis 1957 - Actress, Fred Savage 1976 - Actor ("The Wonder Years")
1776 - The American Declaration of Independence was read aloud to Gen. George Washington's troops in New York.
1868 - The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. The amendment was designed to grant citizenship to and protect the civil liberties of recently freed slaves. It did this by prohibiting states from denying or abridging the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, depriving any person of his life, liberty, or property without due process of law, or denying to any person within their jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
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