| 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 |
| 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. |
| 1868 - The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified, defining United States citizenship and providing that no State should have the right to curtail the rights of any citizen without due process and equal protection under the law. |
| 1867 - An expedition led by ED Young sets out to search (unsuccessfully) for the Scottish missionary and explorer Dr David Livingstone. |