July 9 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1850, U.S. President Zachary Taylor died suddenly of cholera. He was succeeded by Millard Fillmore. In 1868, the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing African-Americans full citizenship and all people in the United States due process under the law. In 1877, the first Wimbledon tennis tournament was contested at the All-England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club. In 1893, Chicago surgeon Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performed the

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