WikiPedia:Selected anniversaries/July 9
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July 9: Independence Day in Argentina (1816)
- 1900 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom gave royal assent to an act creating the Commonwealth of Australia, thus uniting separate colonies on the continent under one federal government.
- 1922 - Johnny Weissmuller swam the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds, breaking a world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
- 1942 - Holocaust: Anne Frank's family went into hiding in an attic above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
- 2002 - The African Union was established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
