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On this day: July 9

POSTED: 03:31 PM PDT Jun 28, 2012 UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Jul 08, 2012

A president dies, new nations are born, the All-Star Game goes indoors and a jam band performs for the last time, all on this day in history.

OTD July 9 - Lituya Bay — 18 / 33

United States Geological Survey

1958: Lituya Bay in southeastern Alaska is hit by a megatsunami. The wave is recorded at 1,720 feet high, the largest in recorded history. In this photo, the areas of destroyed forest along the shorelines are recognizable as the light areas rimming the bay.

OTD July 9 - Declaration of Independence

OTD July 9 - Zachary Taylor

OTD July 9 - 14th amendment

OTD July 9 - doughnuts

OTD July 9 - Wimbledon

OTD July 9 - Alexander Graham Bell

OTD July 9 - corncob pipe

OTD July 9 - Australia

OTD July 9 - 1918 train wreck

OTD July 9 - Johnny Weissmuller

OTD July 9 - Donald Rumsfeld

OTD July 9 - Richard Roundtree

OTD July 9 - Bon Scott

OTD July 9 - Queen Elizabeth

OTD July 9 - OJ Simpson

OTD July 9 - Tom Hanks

OTD July 9 - Bandstand

OTD July 9 - Lituya Bay

OTD July 9 - Johnny Cash

OTD July 9 - Bob Dylan

OTD July 9 - Andy Warhol

OTD July 9 - Courtney Love

OTD July 9 - Astrodome

OTD July 9 - Jack White

OTD July 9 - Fred Savage

OTD July 9 - Tron

OTD July 9 - Joe Namath MNF

OTD July 9 - Jerry Garcia

OTD July 9 - Holyfield-Tyson II

OTD July 9 - American Pie

OTD July 9 - Pirates of the Caribbean

OTD July 9 - Danny Way

OTD July 9 - South Sudan

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