July 9 Holidays

Argentina Independence Day marks July 9, 1816, when the Congress of Tucumán declared Argentina’s independence from Spain — completing the revolution that José de San Martín and Manuel Belgrano had fought to achieve. National Sugar Cookie Day celebrates the buttery, flat, lightly sweetened cookie that Lutheran German settlers brought to Pennsylvania in the 1700s under the name “Nazareth sugar cookie” — later simplified into the cut-out cookie decorated for every holiday. Fashion Day was established to celebrate fashion as both an industry and an art form — the global fashion industry employs more than 300 million people and generates approximately $2.5 trillion in annual revenue. Martyrdom of the Bab is a Baha’i holy day commemorating the execution of Siyyid Ali-Muhammad, known as the Bab, on July 9, 1850, in Tabriz, Iran — the prophet-founder who heralded the coming of Baha’u’llah. A declaration, a sugar cookie, a seam allowance, and a martyrdom.