What happend on 9th July

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2004

After José Manuel Durão Barroso's appointment to the European Commission, Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio announces that he will invite the second-in-line leader of PSD, Pedro Santana Lopes to form government.

2002

The African Union was established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The first chairman was Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa.

1999

Days of student protests begins after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory of University of Tehran

1997

Mike Tyson's boxing license is suspended for at least a year and he is fined $3 million for biting Evander Holyfield's ear in a televised match.

1995

Musical group The Grateful Dead perform the last concert of their 30-year career at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

1992

Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton announces that Al Gore will be his running mate.

1991

South Africa is reintroduced into the Olympic movement after 30 years of exclusion.

1991

International Human Rights Federation cites human rights violations committed by police and military personnel during Oka crisis in Quebec, Canada.

1989

Two bombs explode in Mecca, killing one pilgrim and wounding 16 others.

1982

A Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana killing all 146 people on board and eight others on the ground.