Daily Calendar for Friday, July 9, 2021

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Henry VIII of England annulled his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves – 1540
Samuel Latham Mitchill became the first agriculture college professor in the United States when he was appointed by Columbia College in New York City. – 1792
First natural gas well discovered near what is now Charleston, West Virginia – 1815
Argentina declared independence from Spain – 1816
The U.S. Congress ratified the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, granting citizenship to all those born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves – 1868
John F. Blondel received a patent for a doughnut cutter – 1872
Henry Tibbe patented an improved corn cob pipe – 1878
In his Wright biplane, aviator Walter Brookins flew higher than a mile – 1910
New York Mayor LaGuardia read the comics over the radio during a newspaper strike – 1945
At age seven, Roger Woodward became the first person to fall accidentally over the Niagara River’s Horseshoe Falls and live – 1960
Canada’s Official Languages Act adopted – 1969
Clarence M. Kelley, is sworn in as director of the FBI – 1973
Jim Purol set a Guinness World Record for Most Seats Sat in 48 Hours by sitting in 39,250 seats – 2008

43 degrees F, Williamstown, Massachusetts – 1816
Tucson, Arizona, hit 102 degrees F in its 33rd consecutive day with temperatures above 100 – 1987
96 degrees F, Glennallen, Alaska – 2009