On This Day — November 9

🕰️ Notable Events on November 9

• 2012 — A train carrying liquid fuel crashes and bursts into flames in northern Myanmar, killing 27 people and injuring 80 others. Wikipedia ↗
• 2012 — At least 27 people are killed and dozens are wounded in conflicts between inmates and guards at Welikada prison in Colombo. Wikipedia ↗
• 2007 — The German Bundestag passes the controversial data retention bill mandating storage of citizens' telecommunications traffic data for six months without probable cause. Wikipedia ↗
• 2005 — The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Wikipedia ↗
• 2005 — Suicide bombers attack three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing at least 60 people. Wikipedia ↗
• 1998 — A US federal judge, in the largest civil settlement in United States history, orders 37 US brokerage houses to pay 1.03 billion United States dollars to cheated NASDAQ investors to compensate for price fixing. Wikipedia ↗
• 1998 — Capital punishment in the United Kingdom, already abolished for murder, is completely abolished for all remaining capital offences. Wikipedia ↗
• 1994 — The chemical element darmstadtium is discovered. Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — Stari Most, the "old bridge" in the Bosnian city of Mostar, built in 1566, collapses after several days of bombing by Croat forces during the Croat-Bosniak War. Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Fall of the Berlin Wall. East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall, allowing its citizens to travel to West Berlin. Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating fellow Soviet Anatoly Karpov. Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Nuclear false alarm: The NORAD computers and the Alternate National Military Command Center in Fort Ritchie, Maryland detected purported massive Soviet nuclear strike. After reviewing the raw data from satellites and checking the early-warning radars, the alert is cancelled. Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes 6-3 against hearing a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war. Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Apollo program: NASA launches the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft atop the first Saturn V rocket from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — The first issue of Rolling Stone magazine is published. Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours in the Northeast blackout of 1965. Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — A Catholic Worker Movement member, Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building. Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — At Miike coal mine, Miike, Japan, an explosion kills 458, and hospitalises 839 with carbon monoxide poisoning. Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Robert McNamara is named president of Ford Motor Company, the first non-Ford to serve in that post. A month later, he resigned to join the administration of newly elected John F. Kennedy. Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Cambodia gains independence from France. Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Warsaw is awarded the Virtuti Militari. Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — The Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath dies from gunshot wounds by Herschel Grynszpan, an act which the Nazis used as an excuse to instigate the 1938 national pogrom, also known as Kristallnacht. Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai. Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — The Congress of Industrial Organizations is founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey, by eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor. Wikipedia ↗
• 1923 — In Munich, Germany, police and government troops crush the Beer Hall Putsch in Bavaria. The failed coup is the work of the Nazis. Wikipedia ↗
• 1918 — Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic. Wikipedia ↗
• 1914 — SMS Emden is sunk by HMAS Sydney in the Battle of Cocos. Wikipedia ↗
• 1913 — The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the lakes, destroys 19 ships and kills more than 250 people. Wikipedia ↗
• 1907 — The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday. Wikipedia ↗
• 1906 — Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal. Wikipedia ↗
• 1887 — The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Wikipedia ↗
• 1883 — The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded. Wikipedia ↗
• 1872 — The Great Boston Fire of 1872. Wikipedia ↗
• 1867 — Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration. Wikipedia ↗
• 1862 — American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed. Wikipedia ↗
• 1861 — The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College, Toronto. Wikipedia ↗
• 1851 — Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape. Wikipedia ↗
• 1799 — Napoleon Bonaparte leads the Coup of 18 Brumaire ending the Directory government, and becoming First Consul of the successor (Consulate Government). Wikipedia ↗
• 1791 — Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen. Wikipedia ↗
• 1780 — American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Fishdam Ford a force of British and Loyalist troops fail in a surprise attack against the South Carolina Patriot militia under Brigadier General Thomas Sumter. Wikipedia ↗
• 1729 — Spain, France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Seville. Wikipedia ↗
• 1720 — The synagogue of Judah HeHasid is burned down by Arab creditors, leading to the expulsion of the Ashkenazim from Jerusalem. Wikipedia ↗
• 1697 — Pope Innocent XII founds the city of Cervia. Wikipedia ↗
• 1688 — Glorious Revolution: William of Orange captures Exeter. Wikipedia ↗
• 1620 — Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Wikipedia ↗
• 1520 — More than 50 people are sentenced and executed in the Stockholm Bloodbath Wikipedia ↗
• 1456 — Ulrich II, Count of Celje, last ruler of the County of Cilli, is assassinated in Belgrade. Wikipedia ↗
• 1330 — At the Battle of Posada, Basarab I of Wallachia defeats the Hungarian army of Charles I Robert. Wikipedia ↗
• 1313 — Louis the Bavarian defeats his cousin Frederick I of Austria at the Battle of Gammelsdorf. Wikipedia ↗
• 694 — At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery. Wikipedia ↗

🎂 Notable Births on November 9

• 1997 — Matthew Fisher, English cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Hodgy Beats, American rapper and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Nosa Igiebor, Nigerian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Baptiste Giabiconi, French model and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Nikki Blonsky, American actress, singer, and dancer Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Josip Čorić, Croatian-Bosnian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Cadeyrn Neville, Australian rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Analeigh Tipton, American model, actress, and figure skater Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Cheyenne Tozzi, Australian model and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Raul Must, Estonian badminton player Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Carl Gunnarsson, Swedish ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Bakary Soumaré, Malian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Delta Goodrem, Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — French Montana, Moroccan-American rapper Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Seven, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Joel Zumaya, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Rob Elloway, German rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Ted Potter, Jr., American golfer Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Michael Turner, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Boaz Myhill, American-Welsh footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Jana Pittman, Australian hurdler Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Eyedea, American rapper and producer (d. 2010) Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Jobi McAnuff, Jamaican footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — James Harper, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Vanessa Lachey, Filipino-American television host and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Dominique Maltais, Canadian snowboarder Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Dave Bush, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Adam Dunn, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Martin Taylor, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Steven López, American martial artist Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Even Ormestad, Norwegian bass player and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Sisqó, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Chris Morgan, English footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Omar Trujillo, Mexican footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Tochiazuma Daisuke, Japanese sumo wrestler Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Gareth Malone, English singer and conductor Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Mathew Sinclair, New Zealand cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Alessandro Del Piero, Italian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Italian actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Alyson Court, Canadian actress and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Nick Lachey, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Gabrielle Miller, Canadian actress and director Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Zisis Vryzas, Greek footballer and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Eric Dane, American actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Naomi Shindō, Japanese voice actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Corin Tucker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — David Duval, American golfer and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Sabri Lamouchi, French footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Nelson Diebel, American swimmer and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Domino, American DJ and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Guido Görtzen, Dutch volleyball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Bill Guerin, American ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Chris Jericho, American-Canadian wrestler Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Scarface, American rapper and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Susan Tedeschi, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Sandra Denton, Jamaican-American rapper and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Ramona Milano, Canadian actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Roxanne Shanté, American rapper Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Allison Wolfe, American singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Nazzareno Carusi, Italian pianist and educator Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Colin Hay, English political scientist, author, and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Ricky Otto, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Daphne Guinness, English-Irish model and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Andrei Lapushkin, Russian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Bryn Terfel, Welsh opera singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Robert Duncan McNeill, American actor, director, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Jill Dando, English journalist (d. 1999) Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Andreas Brehme, German footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Demetra Plakas, American drummer Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Sarah Franklin, American-English anthropologist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Fernando Meirelles, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Bob Nault, Canadian lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Aed Carabao, Thai singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Gaétan Hart, Canadian boxer Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — Sherrod Brown, American academic and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — Jim Riggleman, American baseball player, coach, and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Lou Ferrigno, American bodybuilder and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Parekura Horomia, New Zealand politician, 40th Minister of Māori Affairs (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Bille August, Danish director, cinematographer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Joe Bouchard, American bass player and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Jane Humphries, English economist, historian, and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Michel Pagliaro, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazilian footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Robert David Hall, American actor, singer, and pianist Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Benny Mardones, American singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Marina Warner, English author and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Moeletsi Mbeki, South African economist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Chitresh Das, Indian dancer and choreographer (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Phil May, English singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Victor Blank, English businessman and philanthropist Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Tom Weiskopf, American golfer and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — David Constant, English cricketer and umpire Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Tom Fogerty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1990) Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — John Singleton, Australian businessman Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — Paul Cameron, American psychologist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham, English academic and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Ti-Grace Atkinson, American author and critic Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Roger McGough, English author, poet, and playwright Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Donald Trelford, English journalist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Clyde Wells, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Newfoundland Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Bob Graham, American lawyer and politician, 38th Governor of Florida Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Mikhail Tal, Latvian-Russian chess player and author (d. 1992) Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Mary Travers, American singer-songwriter (d. 2009) Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Bob Gibson, American baseball player and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — David Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Sunningdale, English businessman and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1934 — Ingvar Carlsson, Swedish economist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Sweden Wikipedia ↗
• 1934 — Ronald Harwood, South African author, playwright, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1934 — Carl Sagan, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist (d. 1996) Wikipedia ↗
• 1933 — Ed Corney, American professional bodybuilder Wikipedia ↗
• 1931 — Whitey Herzog, American baseball player and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1931 — George Witt, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1931 — Valery Shumakov, Russian surgeon and transplantologist (d. 2008) Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Marc Favreau, Canadian actor and poet (d. 2005) Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Imre Kertész, Hungarian author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
• 1928 — Anne Sexton, American poet and academic (d. 1974) Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Vicente Aranda, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Luis Miguel Dominguín, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1996) Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — Alistair Horne, English-American journalist, historian, and author (d. 2017) Wikipedia ↗
• 1924 — Robert Frank, Swiss-American photographer and director Wikipedia ↗
• 1923 — Alice Coachman, American high jumper (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1923 — Elizabeth Hawley, American-Nepali journalist and historian Wikipedia ↗
• 1923 — James Schuyler, American poet and author (d. 1991) Wikipedia ↗
• 1922 — Dorothy Dandridge, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1965) Wikipedia ↗
• 1922 — Raymond Devos, Belgian-French comedian and clown (d. 2006) Wikipedia ↗
• 1922 — Imre Lakatos, Hungarian mathematician, philosopher, and academic (d. 1974) Wikipedia ↗
• 1921 — Pierrette Alarie, Canadian soprano and actress (d. 2011) Wikipedia ↗
• 1921 — Viktor Chukarin, Ukrainian gymnast and coach (d. 1984) Wikipedia ↗
• 1920 — Byron De La Beckwith, American assassin of Medgar Evers (d. 2001) Wikipedia ↗
• 1920 — Philip G. Hodge, American engineer and academic (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1918 — Spiro Agnew, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 39th Vice President of the United States (d. 1996) Wikipedia ↗
• 1918 — Florence Chadwick, American swimmer (d. 1995) Wikipedia ↗
• 1918 — Thomas Ferebee, American colonel (d. 2000) Wikipedia ↗
• 1918 — Choi Hong Hi, South Korean general and martial artist, co-founded taekwondo (d. 2002) Wikipedia ↗
• 1916 — Martha Settle Putney, American lieutenant, historian, and educator (d. 2008) Wikipedia ↗
• 1915 — André François, Romanian-French illustrator, painter, and sculptor (d. 2005) Wikipedia ↗
• 1915 — Sargent Shriver, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st United States Ambassador to France (d. 2011) Wikipedia ↗
• 1914 — Thomas Berry, American priest, historian, and theologian (d. 2009) Wikipedia ↗
• 1914 — Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-American actress and inventor (d. 2000) Wikipedia ↗
• 1913 — Paulene Myers, American actress (d. 1996) Wikipedia ↗
• 1906 — Arthur Rudolph, German scientist and engineer (d. 1996) Wikipedia ↗
• 1905 — Erika Mann, German-Swiss actress and author (d. 1969) Wikipedia ↗
• 1904 — Viktor Brack, German SS officer (d. 1948) Wikipedia ↗
• 1904 — Heiti Talvik, Estonian poet (d. 1947) Wikipedia ↗
• 1902 — Anthony Asquith, English director and screenwriter (d. 1968) Wikipedia ↗
• 1900 — Oskar Loorits, Estonian author and academic (d. 1961) Wikipedia ↗
• 1897 — Harvey Hendrick, American baseball player (d. 1941) Wikipedia ↗
• 1897 — Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978) Wikipedia ↗
• 1894 — Mae Marsh, American actress (d. 1968) Wikipedia ↗
• 1892 — Mabel Normand, American actress (d. 1930) Wikipedia ↗
• 1891 — Louisa E. Rhine, American botanist and parapsychologist (d. 1983) Wikipedia ↗

📅 National Days on November 9 (Calendar.cx)

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