9 July--------------------------------1540 King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.//////1755 French and Indian War: Braddock Expedition – British troops and colonial militiamen are ambushed and suffer a devastating defeat by French and Native American forces.//////1776 George Washington ordered the Declaration of Independence to be read out loud to members of the Continental Army in New York, New York, for the first time.//////1811 The 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.//////1850 The U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies and Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th President of the United States//////1896 – William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.//////1900 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom gives Royal Assent to an Act creating Australia thus uniting separate colonies on the continent under one federal government./////1900 Boxer Rebellion: The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.//////1918 Great Train Wreck of 1918: in Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history.
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