On This Day in History — September 9

• 2015 — Elizabeth II became the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.
• 2012 — The Indian space agency puts into orbit its heaviest foreign satellite yet, in a streak of 21 consecutive successful PLSV launches.
• 2012 — A wave of attacks kill more than 100 people and injure 350 others across Iraq.
• 2009 — The Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.
• 2002 — The Rafiganj train wreck happened in Bihar, India.
• 2001 — Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.

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Notable Births on September 9

• 1997 — Billy Bainbridge, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 — Clinton Gutherson, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 — Cameron Cullen, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 — Crazy Mary Dobson, American wrestler
• 1993 — Ryōhei Katō, Japanese gymnast
• 1993 — Sharon van Rouwendaal, Dutch swimmer

Notable Deaths on September 9

• 2015 — Annemarie Bostroem, German poet, playwright, and songwriter (b. 1922)
• 2015 — Einar H. Ingman Jr., American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1929)
• 2015 — K. Kunaratnam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (b. 1934)
• 2014 — Montserrat Abelló i Soler, Spanish poet and translator (b. 1918)
• 2014 — Firoza Begum, Bangladeshi singer (b. 1930)
• 2013 — Sunila Abeysekera, Sri Lankan scholar and activist (b. 1952)

Sports on September 9

• MLB: Texas Rangers @ Seattle Mariners — 01:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Toronto Blue Jays @ Athletics — 01:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Washington Nationals @ San Diego Padres — 01:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: St. Louis Cardinals @ San Francisco Giants — 01:45 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Cincinnati Reds @ Los Angeles Dodgers — 02:10 UTC Scheduled
• UEFA Champions League: Feyenoord Rotterdam @ Barcelona — 16:45 UTC Scheduled

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Public Holidays on September 10

• 🌍 Geneva Prayday (Switzerland)

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On This Day in History — September 10

• 2017 — Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean. Irma resulted in at least 134 deaths and over $62 billion (2017 USD) in damage.
• 2008 — The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.
• 2007 — Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.
• 2002 — Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, joins the United Nations.
• 2001 — Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.
• 2000 — Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.

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Notable Births on September 10

• 1998 — Anna Blinkova, Russian tennis player
• 1997 — Brooke Henderson, Canadian golfer
• 1992 — Ricky Ledo, American basketball player
• 1992 — Ayub Masika, Kenyan footballer
• 1992 — Tobu, Latvian music producer
• 1991 — Boadu Maxwell Acosty, Ghanaian footballer

Notable Deaths on September 10

• 2015 — Norman Farberow, American psychologist and academic (b. 1918)
• 2015 — Adrian Frutiger, Swiss typeface designer (b. 1928)
• 2015 — Antoine Lahad, Lebanese general (b. 1927)
• 2014 — Emilio Botín, Spanish banker and businessman (b. 1934)
• 2014 — Richard Kiel, American actor (b. 1939)
• 2014 — Edward Nelson, American mathematician and academic (b. 1932)

Sports on September 10

• MLS: New England Revolution @ New York City FC — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NFL: New England Patriots @ Seattle Seahawks — 00:20 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: Colorado Rapids @ Austin FC — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: Inter Miami CF @ Chicago Fire FC — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: Real Salt Lake @ Houston Dynamo FC — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: FC Dallas @ Minnesota United FC — 00:30 UTC Scheduled

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