What Happened In July 2009 In History

Historical Events for July, 2009

• 5th » The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered, consisting of more than 1,500 items, Staffordshire Hoard called is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, in Staffordshire, England.
• 31st » Three members of the popular South Korean group TVXQ, (Kim Jaejoong, Kim Junsu, and Park Yoochun), filed lawsuit against their Korean management S.M. Entertainment.

Famous Deaths for July 2009

• 1st » Alexis Argüello, Nicaraguan boxer and politician (b. 1952)
• 1st » Karl Malden, American actor and singer (b. 1912)
• 1st » Onni Palaste, Finnish soldier and author (b. 1917)
• 1st » Mollie Sugden, English actress (b. 1922)
• 3rd » John Keel, American journalist and author (b. 1930)
• 4th » Jim Chapin, American drummer (b. 1919)
• 4th » Brenda Joyce (actress) called Brenda Joyce, American actress (b. 1917)
• 4th » Allen Klein, American businessman and talent agent, founded ABKCO Records (b. 1931)
• 4th » Drake Levin, American guitarist (Paul Revere & the Raiders) (b. 1946)
• 4th » Steve McNair, American football player (b. 1973)
• 4th » Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish author and actor (b. 1935)
• 4th » Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard, Congolese poet and politician (b. 1938)
• 6th » Vasily Aksyonov, Russian author and academic (b. 1932)
• 6th » Johnny Collins, English singer (b. 1938)
• 6th » Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1916)
• 8th » Midnight (musician) named Midnight, American singer-songwriter (Crimson Glory) (b. 1962)
• 11th » Reg Fleming, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1936)
• 11th » Arturo Gatti, Italian-Canadian boxer (b. 1972)
• 11th » Go Mi-young, South Korean mountaineer (b. 1967)
• 11th » Ji Xianlin, Chinese linguist and paleographer (b. 1911)
• 13th » Dash Snow, American photographer and painter (b. 1981)
• 14th » Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Polish actor (b. 1934)
• 15th » Natalya Estemirova, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1958)
• 17th » Walter Cronkite, American journalist and actor (b. 1916)
• 17th » Leszek Kołakowski, Polish historian and philosopher (b. 1927)
• 18th » Henry Allingham, English soldier (b. 1896)
• 18th » Jill Balcon, English actress (b. 1925)
• 19th » Frank McCourt, American author and educator (b. 1930)
• 19th » Henry Surtees, English race car driver (b. 1991)
• 20th » Ria Brieffies, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots) (b. 1957)
• 20th » Mark Rosenzweig, American psychologist and academic (b. 1922)
• 21st » Les Lye, Canadian actor (b. 1924)
• 22nd » Richard M. Givan, American lawyer and judge (b. 1921)
• 22nd » Peter Krieg, German director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1947)
• 23rd » E. Lynn Harris, American author (b. 1955)
• 23rd » Talis Kitsing, Estonian kick-boxer, trainer, and politician (b. 1976)
• 25th » Yasmin Ahmad, Malaysian actress, director, and screenwriter (b. 1958)
• 25th » Alexis Cohen, American singer (b. 1984)
• 25th » Vernon Forrest, American boxer (b. 1971)
• 25th » Stanley Middleton, English author (b. 1919)
• 25th » Harry Patch, English soldier (b. 1898)
• 26th » Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1919)
• 26th » Marcey Jacobson, American-Mexican photographer (b. 1911)
• 28th » Reverend Ike, American minister (b. 1935)
• 28th » Jim Johnson (American football) known as Jim Johnson, American football player and coach (b. 1941)
• 29th » Gayatri Devi, English-Indian wife of Man Singh II (b. 1919)
• 30th » Peter Zadek, German director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 31st » Bobby Robson, English footballer and manager (b. 1933)
• 31st » Harry Alan Towers, English-Canadian screenwriter and producer (b. 1920)

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