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July 9, 2026
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Today in History
1912 Woolwich Foot Tunnel under the Thames river in England opens
1918 Cecil Chubb gives the prehistoric monument Stonehenge to the British nation
1919 B C Hilliam's musical "Buddies" premieres in NYC
1949 US President Harry Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents
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1758 Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, French classical cellist and composer, born in Lauzerte, France (d. 1811)
1794 Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (Grand Kremlin Palace), born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1881)
1800 Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian general and fieldmarshal, born in Parchim, Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1891)
1907 Giovanni Salviucci, Italian composer, born in Rome, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1937)
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“Loving thoughts and actions are clearly beneficial for our physical and mental health.”
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