This Day In History: July 9

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Also on This Day in History July | 9

Discover what happened on July 9 with HISTORY's summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.

Supreme Court rules in McGirt v. Oklahoma

Native American History

Catherine the Great assumes power

European History

This Day in History Video: What Happened on July 9

Bob Dylan records “Blowin’ In The Wind”

Art, Literature and Film History

Romanov remains identified using DNA

United States turns over responsibility for the DMZ

President Zachary Taylor dies unexpectedly

U.S. Presidents

U.S. takes San Francisco from Mexico

William Faulkner joins the Royal Air Force

Art, Literature and Film History

A spiteful son kills four in a fit of rage

A family is brutally attacked on a walk in England

Soviet Premier Khrushchev and President Eisenhower trade threats over Cuba

Germans surrender Southwest Africa to Union of South Africa