What happened on July 9 ?

1249 - Emperor Kameyama of Japan (d. 1305)

1577 - Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English Jamestown colonist (d. 1618)

1578 - Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1637)

1654 - Emperor Reigen of Japan (d. 1732)

1686 - Philip Livingston, American politician (d. 1749)

1689 - Alexis Piron, French writer (d. 1773)

1721 - Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet (d. 1781)

1753 - William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1825)

1764 - Ann Radcliffe, English writer (d. 1823)

1775 - Matthew Lewis, English novelist (d. 1818)

1800 - Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician (d. 1885)

1808 - Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (d. 1887)

1819 - Elias Howe, American inventor (d. 1867)

1836 - Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1908)

1848 - Robert I, Duke of Parma, last ruling Duke of Parma (d. 1907)

1858 - Franz Boas, German anthropologist (d. 1942)

1879 - Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer (d. 1936)

1879 - Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician (d. 1934)

1893 - George Geary, English cricketer (d. 1981)

1894 - Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)

1901 - Dame Barbara Cartland, English novelist (d. 2000)

1908 - Paul Brown, American football coach (d. 1991)

1911 - Mervyn Peake, British writer and illustrator (d. 1968)

1911 - John A. Wheeler, American physicist

1915 - David Diamond, American composer (d. 2005)

1916 - Sir Dean Goffin, New Zealand composer (d. 1984)

1916 - Sir Edward Heath, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2005)

1918 - Jarl Wahlström, the 12th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1999)

1926 - Ben Roy Mottelson, American-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1927 - Ed Ames, American singer and actor

1927 - Susan Cabot, American actress (d. 1986)

1929 - King Hassan II of Morocco, (d. 1999)

1929 - Jesse McReynolds, American singer and mandolinist

1932 - Donald Rumsfeld, 12th & 20th United States Secretary of Defense

1935 - Wim Duisenberg, Dutch economist and politician (d. 2005)

1936 - June Jordan, American writer and teacher (d. 2002)

1937 - David Hockney, English artist

1938 - Brian Dennehy, American actor

1942 - Richard Roundtree, American actor

1942 - Edy Williams, American actress

1943 - John Casper, astronaut

1945 - Dean R. Koontz, American author

1946 - Bon Scott, Australian singer (AC/DC) (d. 1980)

1947 - Mitch Mitchell, drummer in The Jimi Hendrix Experience

1947 - O. J. Simpson, American football player and actor

1950 - Viktor Yanukovych, Prime Minister of Ukraine

1952 - John Tesh, American composer

1955 - Fred Norris, American radio personality

1955 - Jimmy Smits, American actor

1955 - Willie Wilson, American baseball player, 1982 AL Batting Champ

1956 - Marc Almond, British singer

1956 - Tom Hanks, American actor

1957 - Kelly McGillis, American actress

1959 - Kevin Nash, American professional wrestler

1964 - Courtney Love, American musician

1965 - Frank Bello, American musician (Anthrax)

1965 - David O'Hara Scottish/Irish actor

1965 - Marc Mero, American professional wrestler

1968 - Paolo Di Canio, Italian football (soccer) player

1970 - Trent Green, American football player

1971 - Marc Andreessen, American software developer

1973 - Kelly Holcomb, American football player

1974 - Nikola Sarcevic, Swedish bassist and singer (Millencolin)

1975 - Jack White, American musician (The White Stripes)

1976 - Shelton Benjamin, American professional wrestler

1976 - Fred Savage, American actor

1976 - Jochem Uytdehaage, Dutch speed skater

1978 - Linda Park, Korean-born actress

1979 - Ella Koon, Hong Kong singer-actress

1991 - Mitchel Musso, American actor

2005 - Tai Shan, giant panda born at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.