Tuesday 9th of July 1540

49-year-old King of England Henry VIII of England divorces his fourth wife Anna von Kleve in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Henry claimed she was so unattractive he could barely sleep with her. They had been married for 6 months only.

Tuesday 9th of July 1850

12th President of the United States Zachary Taylor dies of cholera morbus at the age of 66 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.

On 4 July 4 Taylor reportedly consumed copious amounts of raw fruit and iced milk while attending holiday celebrations during a fund-raising event at the Washington Monument.

Friday 9th of July 1875

Victim of George Joseph Smith aka The Brides in the Bath Murderer Beatrice Constance Annie Mundy aka Bessie is born in Warminster, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.

Mundy was baptised in Christ Church on this day.

Tuesday 9th of July 1918

101 die in train No. 1 and No. 4 collision in Dutchman's Curve, Nashville, Tennessee, United States.

171 more were injured in what was to be 'The Great Train Wreck of 1918'. The cause of the accident was due to serious errors by the crew of train No. 4 and tower operators, all of whom failed to properly account for the presence of the train No. 1 on the line.

Saturday 9th of July 1927

Actress Susan Cabot is born as Harriet Shapiro in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Tuesday 9th of July 1929

Singer-songwriter Lee Barton Hazlewood is born in Mannford, Oklahoma, United States.

Friday 9th of July 1937

Painter David Hockney is born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

Tuesday 9th of July 1946

Musician Bon Ronald Belford Scott known from AC/DC is born in Fyfe Jamieson Maternity Hospital, Forfar, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Wednesday 9th of July 1952

160 Soviet soldiers die in Blue Express train derailment in Rzepin, Województwo Lubuskie, Poland.

The incident was not confirmed by official Polish or Soviet sources but was reported by Western press agencies.

Monday 9th of July 1956

Actor Tom Thomas Jeffrey Hanks is born in Concord, California, United States.

Monday 9th of July 1962

Serial killer Peter Hößl aka Der Wochenendmörder is sentenced to 15 years for three murders committed in 1956, 1959 and 1960 in München, Bayern, Germany.

Monday 9th of July 1962

Writer and philosopher Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille dies of cerebral arteriosclerosis at the age of 65 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

Monday 9th of July 1962

The 'Campbell's Soup Cans' exhibition by 34-year-old Pop artist Andy Warhol aka The Pope of Pop opens in Ferus Gallery, 723 North La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, United States.

Five of Warhol's canvases sold for $100 each, but director Irving Blum bought them back to keep the set intact.

Friday 9th of July 1965

Installation artist Jason Rhoades is born in Newcastle, California, United States.

Sunday 9th of July 1967

20-year-old Mary Terese Fleszar is beaten and stabbed to death by serial killer John Norman Collins aka The Ypsilanti Killer in Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States.

Fleszar's nude body was found by two 15-year-old boys on an abandoned farm at Superior Township on 7 August. Fleszar had been stabbed approximately 30 times in the chest and abdomen with a knife or other sharp object, her feet had been severed just above the ankle, the thumb and sections of the fingers of one hand were missing and one forearm had been severed from her body (these severed appendages were never found).

Friday 9th of July 1971

24-year-old Member of Zentralrat der Umherschweifenden Haschrebellen and Bewegung 2. Juni Georg von Rauch is sentenced for assaulting a journalist from Quick magazine in Schwurgericht I, Turmstraße 91, Berlin, Moabit, Berlin, Germany.

Upon sentencing von Rauch changed places with RAF collegue Thomas Weissbecker, left the courtroom and went in the underground.

Friday 9th of July 1982

153 die in Pan American Boeing 727-235 Flight 759 crash in New Orleans, Kenner, Louisiana, United States.

There were also eight fatalities on the ground.

Friday 9th of July 1982

34-year-old Intruder Michael Fagan breaks into the bedroom of Queen Elizabeth in Buckingham Palace, London, Westminster, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Fagan wandered the palace corridors for several minutes before reaching the section where the royal apartments were located. In an anteroom Fagan broke a glass ashtray, cutting his hand. He was still carrying a fragment of the glass when he entered the Queen's bedroom. The Queen woke when he disturbed a curtain and initial reports said Fagan sat on the edge of her bed. Fagan then asked for some cigarettes which were brought by a maid who had been cleaning a neighbouring room. Duty footman Paul Whybrew, who had been walking the Queen's dogs then appeared followed by two policemen on palace duty who removed Fagan.

Tuesday 9th of July 1985

Cop killer Henry Martinez Porter is executed by lethal injection at the age of 44 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Porter's last meal request was for steak, refried beans, tossed salad, jalapenos, tortillas, chocolate cake and iced tea.

Wednesday 9th of July 1986

Physicist and research manager Karl Heinz Beckurtz and his driver Eckhard Groppler die in a roadside bomb-attack by die Rote Armee Fraktion, Kommando Mara Cagol at the age of 56 in Tölzer Straße, Straßlach, Oberbayern, Germany.

Saturday 9th of July 1988

28-year-old Anna Marie Steffen is strangled by serial killer Arthur Shawcross aka The Genesee River Killer in Rochester, New York, United States.

Steffen's body was found on 11 September.

Friday 9th of July 1999

Boring moments during a party in Antwerpen, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Belgium.

Friday 9th of July 1999

Creative moments at a party in Antwerpen, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Belgium.

Tuesday 9th of July 2002

Actor Rod Rodney Stephen Steiger dies of pneumonia and kidney failure as a result of complications from surgery for a gall bladder tumor at the age of 77 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Wednesday 9th of July 2003

Triple murderer Christopher Black is executed by lethal injection at the age of 44 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Black's final meal request was for one steak (medium well), fried chicken (wings and thighs), French fries, mushroom gravy, mixed steamed vegetables, chocolate fudge cake, peach cobbler, sweet tea, bread, and chef salad with Italian dressing.

Friday 9th of July 2004

Triple murderer Riley Dobi Noel is executed by lethal injection at the age of 32 in Cummins Unit, Varner, Arkansas, United States.

Sunday 9th of July 2006

124 die in Sibir S7 Airlines Airbus A310-324 Flight 778 crash on landing in Irkutsk International Airport, Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.

There were 79 survivors.