July 9: Independence Day in Argentina (1816)

Emblem of the African Union

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-meter freestyle in 58.6 seconds, breaking a world swimming record and the "minute barrier."
1942 - Anne Frank's family went into hiding in the "Secret Annex" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
2002 - The African Union was established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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