📰 TODAY IN HISTORY 📆 July 9 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📜 Events 🌉 1357 — Emperor Charles IV lays the foundation stone of the historic Charles Bridge in Prague, today one of the greatest symbols of the Czech Republic. 👑 1762 — Catherine the Great ascends the throne of Russia after deposing her husband, Peter III, in a coup d'état. 🇦🇷 1816 — Argentina officially declares its independence from Spain. 🎉 ❤️ 1893 — Daniel Hale Williams performs, in the United States, one of the first successful open-heart surgeries in medical history. ⚔️ 1932 — The Constitutionalist Revolution begins, as São Paulo rises against the Federal Government demanding a new Constitution. 🪖 1943 — The Allies begin the invasion of Sicily in World War II, a campaign that would contribute to the fall of Benito Mussolini. 🌍 2011 — South Sudan achieves independence, becoming the world's youngest country. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⭐ Births 👨‍⚕️ 1878 — Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and scientist, discoverer of Chagas disease. 📚 1929 — Elon Lages Lima, Brazilian mathematician. 🎤 1935 — Mercedes Sosa, Argentine singer. 🎬 1956 — Tom Hanks, American actor. 🩰 1956 — Ana Botafogo, Brazilian ballerina. 🥁 1960 — Charles Gavin, Brazilian musician. 🎸 1964 — Courtney Love, American singer, songwriter and actress. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🕊️ Deaths 🎨 1441 — Jan van Eyck, one of the greatest painters of the Northern Renaissance. 🧪 1856 — Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist who gave his name to Avogadro's constant. 🎼 1980 — Vinícius de Moraes, poet, composer and one of the creators of Bossa Nova. 🎙️ 2011 — Facundo Cabral, Argentine singer and composer. ✝️ 2012 — Dom Eugênio Sales, Brazilian cardinal. 💼 2019 — Ross Perot, American businessman and politician. ⚽ 2023 — Luis Suárez Miramontes, former Spanish footballer and winner of the 1960 Ballon d'Or. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📍 Holidays and Commemorative Dates 🇧🇷 Brazil 🪖 Day of the Constitutionalist Soldier. 🎗️ Oncologist Day. 🏛️ Magna Date of the State of São Paulo (state holiday in memory of the 1932 Constitutionalist Revolution). 🏙️ Municipal holiday in: • Boa Vista (RR) • Glória do Goitá and Cabo de Santo Agostinho (PE) • Junqueiro (AL) • Fátima do Sul (MS) • Uauá (BA) • Corumbá de Goiás (GO) • Fontoura Xavier and Paraí (RS) 🌎 International 🕊️ International Day for Disarmament. 🇦🇷 Argentina Independence Day. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📖 "Knowing history is understanding the present and building a better future." 🌍✨$XRP ‌$SHIB ‌

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⚪ XRP XRP holds steady near $1.09, staying resilient in a risk-off market. Watch $1.15 as the key level for a breakout! 💧🚀 #XRP #Ripple #CryptoTrading $XRP