1. The first transcontinental telephone line was completed on July 9, 1914 in Utah. The line connected New York City with San Francisco, with the final stretch running from Salt Lake City to San Francisco.

2. On July 9, 1850, the first public school in Utah Territory, the Pioneer School, was established in Salt Lake City. The school was part of Brigham Young's effort to establish education in the region.

3. Utah became the 45th state in the United States on July 9, 1896. The state was originally settled by Mormon pioneers and had been a territory since 1850.

4. July 9, 2002 marked the opening of the Olympic Cauldron Park in Salt Lake City. The park was built to commemorate the 2002 Winter Olympic Games that were held in the city.

5. On July 9, 1870, the first white woman to settle in what is now Salt Lake City, Mary Jane Dilworth, arrived in the area with her two children. They were part of a group of settlers sent by the Mormon Church to establish a community in the region.