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9 July in internet history

Things that can be dated to 9 July: the day something was posted, a record that changed hands, an event research has pinned to a date. Every entry links to where it was read.

What is dated to this day9 July

  1. It has been watched more than half a million times. United Breaks Guitars Wikipedia — United Breaks Guitars

  2. The photographs are uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. The monkey selfie Wikipedia — Monkey selfie copyright dispute

Also around this weekWithin three days

These did not happen on 9 July. They are shown because the day itself is thin, and each one carries its own date.

  1. The song is posted to YouTube. United Breaks Guitars Wikipedia — United Breaks Guitars

  2. The game is released in the United States, Australia and New Zealand. Pokémon Go Wikipedia — Pokémon Go

  3. Matthias Fritsch films a parade on Rosenthaler Straße in Berlin. Techno Viking Wikipedia — Technoviking

  4. It becomes the first song by a female K-pop group to top Spotify’s daily chart in the United States. Golden Wikipedia — Golden (Huntrix song)

  5. See You Again overtook Gangnam Style, ending a reign of nearly five years — and then held the title for about 25 days, the shortest of the modern era. Variety

  6. It loses the most-viewed record to See You Again by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth. Gangnam Style Wikipedia — Gangnam Style

  7. Two streams are taken down by a copyright claim that YouTube later calls abusive. They return two days later. Lofi Girl Wikipedia — Lofi Girl

  8. The convention opens. During it the organisers ask attendees for 17,000 dollars by ten at night, saying the hotel will otherwise close the event. DashCon Wikipedia — DashCon

  9. About 21 million people in the United States use it in one day, passing Candy Crush Saga’s peak. Pokémon Go Wikipedia — Pokémon Go

  10. Videos under the hashtag have been viewed more than a billion times. Grimace Shake Wikipedia — Grimace Shake

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