| General Information for July 9th 2016 |
| There are 5 public holidays today. |
| Day 191 of 2016 |
| 175 days left in 2016 |
| Week 27 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 1991 - South Africa is re-admitted into the Olympic movement after being excluded for 30 years. |
| 1980 - A London Underground train sitting at Holborn station is hit by the following train, but nobody except the driver is badly injured. |
| 1937 - British painter David Hockney is born. |
| 1867 - An expedition led by ED Young sets out to search (unsuccessfully) for the Scottish missionary and explorer Dr David Livingstone. |