November 9
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November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 52 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Events [change]
- 1282 - Pope Martin IV excommunicates King Peter III of Aragon.
- 1492 – Peace of Etaples between Henry VII and Charles VIII.
- 1494 – Family de' Medici become rulers of Florence.
- 1520 - Over 50 people are sentenced and executed in the Stockholm Bloodbath.
- 1620 - Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land at present-day Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
- 1729 – Spain, France & England sign the Treaty of Seville.
- 1799 – Napoleon Bonaparte leads the Coup of 18 Brumaire.
- 1802 - From Callao, Peru, Alexander von Humboldt observes the transit of the planet Mercury.
- 1861 - The first-documented Canadian football match is played at University College, University of Toronto.
- 1872 – The Great Boston Fire of 1872 occurs in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1887 – The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
- 1888 – Jack the Ripper kills Mary Jane Kelly, his last known victim.
- 1906 – Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country (to inspect progress on the Panama Canal).
- 1907 - The Cullinan Diamond is presented to Edward VII of the United Kingdom on his 66th birthday.
- 1913 - The Great Lakes Storm of 1913 occurs, destroying 19 ships and killing over 250 people.
- 1918 – Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.
- 1918 – Kurt Eisner, Provisional National Council Minister-President, declares Bavaria to be a republic.
- 1923 – In Munich, Germany, policeman and troops crush the Beer Hall Putsch coup attempt by the Nazi Party.
- 1937 – Japanese troops take control of Shanghai, China.
- 1938 – Kristallnacht, Nazi Germany's first large-scale act of physical anti-Jewish violence, begins.
- 1953 – Cambodia becomes independent from France.
- 1963 - At Miike Coal Mine in Miike, Japan, an explosion kills 458 people and hospitalises 839 with carbon monoxide poisoning.
- 1965 - A large power blackout affects the Northeastern United States and parts of Southeastern Canada.
- 1967 – NASA launches the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft from Cape Kennedy.
- 1985 – Garry Kasparov of the Soviet Union becomes the youngest world chess champion, defeating Anatoly Karpov, also of the Soviet Union.
- 1989 – Communist-controlled East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall allowing its citizens to freely travel to West Germany.
- 1993 – The Stari most (Old Bridge) in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina collapses in the Balkan War, and becomes a symbol of the conflict.
- 1994 – Discovery of the chemical element Darmstadtium.
- 1997 - BBC News 24, now called the BBC News Channel, goes on transmission.
- 2004 – Mozilla Firefox 1.0 released. This has become one of Microsoft Internet Explorer's biggest competitors.
- 2005 – A suicide bombing in Amman, Jordan, kills at least 60 people.
Births [change]
- 1389 – Isabella of Valois, Queen-consort of England (d. 1409)
- 1414 - Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg (d. 1486)
- 1522 – Martin Chemnitz, German theologian (d. 1586)
- 1664 - Henry Wharton, English writer (d. 1695)
- 1664 - Johann Speth, German organist and composer (d. 1719)
- 1697 - Claudio Casciolini, Italian composer (d. 1760)
- 1719 - Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani, Italian law professor, priest, chess player, composer and theoretician (d. 1796)
- 1721 - Mark Akenside, English poet and physician (d. 1770)
- 1723 - Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Prussian royal and composer (d. 1787)
- 1731 - Benjamin Banneker, African American astronomer (d. 1806)
- 1799 – Gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden (d. 1877)
- 1802 - Elijah P. Lovejoy, American abolitionist (d. 1837)
- 1818 – Ivan Turgenev, Russian writer (d. 1883)
- 1841 – Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (d. 1910)
- 1850 – Louis Lewin, German pharmacologist (d. 1929)
- 1853 - Stanford White, American architect (d. 1906)
- 1855 - Alexandros Zaimis, Greek politician (d. 1936)
- 1862 - Gigo Gabashvili, Georgian painter (d. 1936)
- 1869 - Marie Dressler, Canadian-American actress (d. 1934)
- 1871 - Florence Sabin, American anatomist (d. 1953)
- 1872 - Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian writer and poet (d. 1941)
- 1877 – Enrico de Nicola, 1st President of Italy (d. 1959)
- 1877 – Muhammad Iqbal, national poet of Pakistan (d. 1938)
- 1878 - An Chang-ho, Korean independence activist (d. 1938)
- 1880 - Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect and designer (d. 1960)
- 1882 - Roy E. Ayers, 11th Governor of Montana (d. 1955)
- 1883 – Edna May Oliver, American actress (d. 1942)
- 1883 - Charles Demuth, American painter (d. 1935)
- 1885 – Hermann Weyl, German mathematician (d. 1955)
- 1885 - Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian writer (d. 1922)
- 1886 - Ed Wynn, American actor (d. 1966)
- 1888 - Jean Monnet, French businessman and statesman (d. 1979)
- 1892 - Mabel Normand, American actress (d. 1930)
- 1897 – Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, British chemist (d. 1978)
- 1902 - Anthony Asquith, British film director (d. 1968)
- 1904 - Viktor Brack, German Nazi physician and war criminal (d. 1945)
- 1905 – Erika Mann, German writer (d. 1969)
- 1914 – Hedy Lamarr, Austrian actress (d. 2000)
- 1915 – Sargent Shriver, American politician (d. 2011)
- 1918 – Choi Hong Hi, co-founder of Taekwondo (d. 2002)
- 1918 – Spiro Agnew, 39th Vice President of the United States and 55th Governor of Maryland (d. 1996)
- 1918 - Thomas Ferebee, American Enola Gay bombardier (d. 2000)
- 1920 - Byron De La Beckwith, American assassin and white supremacist (d. 2001)
- 1921 - Viktor Chukarin, Soviet gymnast (d. 1984)
- 1922 - Dorothy Dandridge, American actress and singer (d. 1965)
- 1923 - Alice Coachman, American athlete
- 1923 - James Schuyler, American poet, playwright and novelist (d. 1991)
- 1926 - Dominguin, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1996)
- 1928 - Anne Sexton, American poet (d. 1974)
- 1929 – Imre Kertesz, Hungarian writer
- 1929 - Aleksandra Pakhmutova, Russian composer
- 1931 - Whitey Herzog, American baseball player
- 1934 – Ingvar Carlsson, 29th Prime Minister of Sweden
- 1934 – Carl Sagan, American astronomer (d. 1996)
- 1935 - Bob Gibson, American baseball player
- 1936 – Bob Graham, American politician
- 1936 – Mikhail Tal, Latvian chess player (d. 1992)
- 1936 – Mary Travers, American singer (d. 2009)
- 1937 – Roger McGough, English poet
- 1942 – Tom Weiskopf, American golfer
- 1944 – Herbert Wimmer, German footballer
- 1944 - Phil May, English singer
- 1947 – Robert David Hall, American actor
- 1948 – Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazilian football manager
- 1948 - Robert David Hall, American actor
- 1951 – Lou Ferrigno, American bodybuilder
- 1952 – Jack W. Szostak, British-American molecular biologist
- 1952 - Sherrod Brown, American politician and United States Senator from Ohio
- 1954 – Dennis Stratton, British musician
- 1955 – Karen Dotrice, British actress
- 1959 - Tony Slattery, British actor
- 1959 – Thomas Quasthoff, German operatic baritone
- 1960 – Andreas Brehme, German footballer
- 1961 - Jill Dando, British television presenter (d. 1999)
- 1962 - Sergio Batista, Argentine footballer
- 1965 – Bryn Terfel, Welsh operatic baritone
- 1969 - Pepa, American rapper
- 1970 – Scarface, American rapper
- 1970 - Bill Guerin, American ice hockey player
- 1970 - Chris Jericho, American professional wrestler, actor, radio presenter and rock musician
- 1972 – Eric Dane, American actor
- 1973 – Zisis Vryzas, Greek footballer
- 1973 - Nick Lachey, American singer
- 1974 – Alessandro Del Piero, Italian footballer
- 1974 - Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Italian actress
- 1977 - Omar Trujillo, Mexican footballer
- 1979 – Martin Taylor, English footballer
- 1980 - James Harper, English footballer
- 1981 - Scottie Thompson, American actress
- 1981 - Termanology, American rapper
- 1982 - Jana Pittman, Australian athlete
- 1982 - Boaz Myhill, Welsh footballer
- 1983 - Gabriel Tamas, Romanian footballer
- 1985 - Ku Hye Sun, South Korean actress
- 1985 – Bakary Soumare, Malian footballer
- 1986 - Carl Gunnarsson, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1988 – Nikki Blonsky, American actress
Deaths [change]
- 959 – Constantine VII, Byzantine Emperor (b. 905)
- 1187 – Emperor Gaozong of China (b. 1107)
- 1516 - Ferdinand of Aragon (b. 1452)
- 1581 - Bayinnaung, King of Burma (b. 1516)
- 1641 - Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria, Spanish Governor of the Netherlands and Bishop of Toledo
- 1699 - Hortense Mancini, Italian mistress to Charles II (b. 1646)
- 1766 - Unico Wilhelm von Wassenaer, Dutch composer (b. 1692)
- 1778 – Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian artist (b. 1720)
- 1848 – Robert Blum, German politician and revolutionary (b. 1807)
- 1856 - John M. Clayton, United States Secretary of State (b. 1796)
- 1875 – William Hovell, English explorer of Australia (b. 1786)
- 1888 – Mary Jane Kelly, the fifth murder victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1863)
- 1911 - Howard Pyle, American illustrator and author (b. 1853)
- 1918 – Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet (b. 1880)
- 1924 - Henry Cabot Lodge, American politician (b. 1850)
- 1937 – Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1866)
- 1940 – Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1869)
- 1942 – Edna May Oliver, American actress (b. 1883)
- 1944 - Frank Marshall, American chess player (b. 1877)
- 1952 – Chaim Weizmann, first President of Israel (b. 1874)
- 1952 - Philip Murray, American labor leader (b. 1886)
- 1953 – Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and author (b. 1914)
- 1953 – Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, first King of Saudi Arabia (b. 1880)
- 1962 - Dhondo Keshav Karve, Indian Saint (b. 1858)
- 1970 – Charles de Gaulle, President of France (b. 1890)
- 1980 - Toyen, Czech Surrealist painter (b. 1902)
- 1988 - David Bauer, Canadian ice hockey player and priest (b. 1924)
- 1988 - John N. Mitchell, United States Attorney General (b. 1913)
- 1991 – Yves Montand, French actor (b. 1921)
- 1992 - Charles Fraser-Smith, British inventor (b. 1904)
- 1997 – Carl Gustav Hempel, German philosopher (b. 1905)
- 1997 – Helenio Herrera, Argentine footballer and manager (b. 1910)
- 1998 - Ursula Reit, German actress (b. 1914)
- 2000 - Hugh Paddick, British actor (b. 1916)
- 2001 – Giovanni Leone, Italian politician (b. 1908)
- 2003 – Art Carney, American actor (b. 1918)
- 2004 – Emlyn Hughes, English footballer (b. 1947)
- 2004 – Stieg Larsson, Swedish writer (b. 1954)
- 2005 – K. R. Narayanan, President of India (b. 1920)
- 2006 - Ed Bradley, American journalist (b. 1941)
- 2006 - Markus Wolf, East German intelligence director (b. 1923)
- 2008 - Executions for the Bali bombings:
- Huda bin Abdul Haq, Indonesian terrorist (b. 1960)
- Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Indonesian terrorist (b. 1962)
- Imam Samudra, Indonesian terrorist (b. 1970)
- 2011 - Har Gobind Khorana, Indian-born American biochemist and Nobel Prize winner (b. 1922)
- 2012 - Sergey Nikolsky, Russian mathematician (b. 1905)
