Today in News History

On July 9, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 551, A major earthquake strikes Beirut, triggering a devastating tsunami that affects the coastal towns of Byzantine Phoenicia, causing thousands of deaths. In 869, The 8.4-9.0 Mw Sanriku earthquake strikes the area around Sendai in northern Honshu, Japan. Inundation from the tsunami extended several kilometers inland. In 1950, Viktor Yanukovych, Ukrainian engineer and politician, 4th President of Ukraine was born. In 1955, The Russell-Einstein Manifesto calls for a reduction of the risk of nuclear warfare. In 1956, The 7.7 Mw Amorgos earthquake shakes the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shaking and the destructive tsunami that followed left fifty-three people dead. A damaging M7.2 aftershock occurred minutes after the mainshock. In 1958, A 7.8 Mw strike-slip earthquake in Alaska causes a landslide that produces a megatsunami. The runup from the waves reached 525 m (1,722 ft) on the rim of Lituya Bay; five people were killed. In 1979, A car bomb destroys a Renault motor car owned by "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld outside their home in France in an unsuccessful assassination attempt. In 1999, Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran. In 2004, Paul Klebnikov, American journalist and historian (born 1963) passed away. In 2006, One hundred and twenty-five people are killed when S7 Airlines Flight 778, an Airbus A310 passenger jet, veers off the runway while landing in wet conditions at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

Jaw-Dropping Scale of Putin’s Humiliating Crisis Exposed

The Daily Beast

July 9, 2026

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Jaw-Dropping Scale of Putin’s Humiliating Crisis Exposed

Anastasia Barashkova/Pool via ReutersUkrainian drone attacks have plunged Russia into a fuel crisis affecting roughly 50 million people—about 35 percent of the population—on a scale not seen since the final years of the Soviet Union, according to a new Financial Times analysis. Waiting times at gas stations in some regions have stretched to several days. Social media has been filled with footage of fistfights breaking out in lines. One southern region has deployed Cossacks in traditional fur hats to keep order at gas stations. A Siberian governor ordered officials to provide hot meals to people waiting in line. Others have begun selling their spots in the line on social media. Several regional governments have introduced odd-even license plate rationing to manage demand.The pressure has been building since May, when Ukraine significantly stepped up drone strikes against Russian oil infrastructure. Ukraine has now hit Russia’s 10 biggest refineries, including its largest—in the Siberian city of Omsk, roughly 1,500 miles from the front line—in a strike that independent Russian investigative outlet Agentstvo estimates has brought approximately 85 percent of Russia’s refining capacity within drone range.Read more at The Daily Beast.

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