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Jacob Smith July 9,1995 Time- 11:06 a.m. Weight- 9lbs. 1 1/2oz. Washington County Hospital On July 9, 1777, Brigadier Gen. George Clinton is elected as the first governer of independent New York. He would go on to become the longest-serving governer in the U.S. He even served as Vice President under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.

On July 9, 1846, the U.S. takes San Francisco. The city started as a small settlement taken by an American naval captain. It was created by the Spanish.

On July 9, 1850, President Zachary Taylor died. The cause was a brief illness that his physician concluded was cholera. Some historians still dispute the cause of his death. On July 9, 1864, Confederate General Jubal Early destroyed a Union force during the Civil War. He was heading towards the Union capital, Washington, to help Robert E. Lee. Lee's had been driven into trenches by Ulysses S. Grant.

On July 9, 1872, a sea captain patents the doughnut cutter. His invention was a favorite among bakers. It was efficient, fast, and gave the dough its ring shape.

On July 9, 1877, the All Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club begins its first lawn tennis tournament. This tournament took place at Wimbledon which was a suburb of London. There were twenty-one amateurs that competed.

On July 9, 1887, the first paper napkins were introduced by John Dickenson. They were for a dinner held for paper manufacturers. The dinner took place at Castle Hotel in Hastings, England.

On July 9, 1918, William Faulkner joined the Royal Air Force. He never saw combat in WW1, because it ended before he was done training. He wrote books such as __Soldiers' Pay__, __The Sound and the Fury__, and others.

On July 9, 1918, two trains collide outside Nashville, TN. The death toll was 101 people killed in the accident. The story was mainly ignored by the national press. On July 9, 1941, British cryptologists cracked the secret code known as the Enigma used by the Germans. This code was used to direct ground-to-air operations. Enigma was the Germans' most sophisticated coding machine.

On July 9, 1947, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower appoints the first female army officer. Her name was Florence Blanchfield, and she was promoted to lieutenant colonel. She was the first woman to hold permanent military rank.

On July 9, 1956, Tom Hanks is born in Concord, California. He began his television career in 1980. He also won the Best Actor Oscar twice.media type="youtube" key="JdsMqRaz2WY" height="332" width="433"

On July 9, 1960, President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev traded verbal threats. This exchange involved the future of Cuba. Cuba then became a dangerous focus in the Cold War in the years that followed.

On July 9, 1968, the "Portable Beam Generator" was invented. It's also known as the hand-held laser ray gun. It was invented by Frederick R. Schollhammer.

On July 9, 1972, NASA space probe, Voyager 2, passed by the planet Jupiter. It passed within 350,000 miles within the cloud tops making it the closest approach.It even discovered the Great Red Spot was a giant storm. On July 9, 1993, British forensic scientists identify the remains of Russia's last czar. Nicholas II, Czarina Alexandra, and three of their daughters were identified using mitochondria DNA fingerprinting on their bones. Their bones were found in a mass grave near Yekaterinburg.

__**Additional Facts**__
 * The president in 1995 was Bill Clinton, and the vice president was Al Gore. Clinton was the third-youngest president to enter office. Clinton was known as the first Baby Boomer president.
 * The population in 1995: 5,733,896,731 people
 * The winner of the World Series was the Atlanta Braves. The opposing team was Cleveland. The score was 4-2.
 * The winner of the Super Bowl was the Dallas Cowboys. They beat the Pittsburgh Steelers to become champs. The score was 27-17.