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October 9 is the 282nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (283rd in Leap Year s). There are 83 days remaining.
Events
- 1000 - Leif Ericson discovers Vinland , becoming the first known Europe an to set foot in North America .
- 1075 - Dmitar Zvonimir was crowned as king of the Croatia .
- 1238 - James I Of Aragon conquered Valencia and founded the Kingdom Of Valencia .
- 1446 - The Hangul alphabet is published in Korea .
- 1514 - marriage of Louis XII Of France and Mary Tudor
- 1582 - Due to the implementation of the Gregorian Calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy , Poland , Portugal and Spain .
- 1604 - Supernova 1604 , the most recent supernova to be observed in the Milky Way .
- 1635 - Founder of Rhode Island Roger Williams is banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident after he spoke out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away Native American land.
- 1701 - The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University ) is chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut .
- 1771 - The Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sinks near the coast of Finland .
- 1776 - Father Francisco Palou founds Mission San Francisco De Asis in what is now San Francisco, California .
- 1799 - Sinking of HMS Lutine with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.
- , American forces capture two British ships; the HMS Detroit and the HMS Caledonia .
- 1820 - Guayaquil declared independence from Spain .
- 1831 - Capo D'Istria was Assassin ated.
- 1845 - The eminent and controversial Anglican , John Henry Newman , was received into the Roman Catholic Church .
- - Union cavalrymen in the Shenandoah Valley defeat Confederate forces at Tom's Brook, Virginia .
- 1871 - The Great Chicago Fire is brought under control.
- 1874 - General Postal Union was created as a result of the Treaty Of Berne .
- 1888 - The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public.
- - Antwerp , Belgium falls to German troops.
- "win" the World Series .
- 1936 - Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam ) begin to transmit Electricity from the Colorado River 266 miles to Los Angeles, California .
- - During a nighttime air raid by the German Luftwaffe , St. Paul's Cathedral is pierced by a bomb.
- 1942 - Statute of Westminster Adoption Act formalizes Australia n autonomy.
- 1957 - Neil H. McElroy was sworn in as the 6th Secretary Of Defense Of United States .
- 1962 - Uganda becomes a republic.
- 1963 - In northeast Italy , over 2,000 people are killed when a large landslide behind the Vajont Dam causes a giant wave of water to overtop it.
- 1967 - A day after being caught, Che Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia .
- 1969 - In Chicago, Illinois , the United States National Guard is called in for crowd control as demonstrations continue in connection to the trial of the " Chicago Eight " (trial started on September 24 ).
- 1970 - The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia .
- n President Chun Doo Hwan during an official visit to Rangoon , Burma . Chun survived but the blast killed 17 of his entourage, including four cabinet ministers, whilst 17 others were injured. Four Burmese officials also died in the blast.
- 1986 - United States District Court Judge Harry E. Claiborne becomes the fifth federal official to be removed from office through Impeachment .
- 1989 - An official news agency in the Soviet Union reports the landing of a UFO in Voronezh .
- 1989 - In Leipzig , East Germany , 70,000 protesters demand the legalization of opposition groups and Democratic reforms.
- 1991 - Ecuador becomes a member of the Berne Convention Copyright Treaty .
- 1992 - A 13 Kilogram (est.) Meteorite lands in the driveway of the Knapp residence in Peekskill, New York , destroying the family's 1980 Chevrolet Malibu .
- 1995 - An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is Derailed by Saboteur s near Palo Verde , Arizona .
- 2001 - Second mailing of Anthrax letters from Trenton , New Jersey in the 2001 Anthrax Attack .
- 2002 - After losing a massive amount of ground during the summer of 2002, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 7,286.27, its lowest level in five years. The NASDAQ also hit a six-year low of 1,114.11.
- 2004 - Democratic elections held for the first time in Afghanistan .
- 2004 - The tri-annual federal election is held in Australia and Liberal Party Of Australia leader, John Howard , wins a fourth term as Prime Minister in a landslide victory over opponent, Mark Latham of the Australian Labor Party .
- 2005 - China's State Bureau Of Surveying And Mapping officially announced the new accurate height of Everest is 8848.43 m.
- 2005 - When Tropical Depression 23 strengthened into Hurricane Vince it made the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season the first season to use the V name.
- 2005 - Smoking is fully banned on the UK rail network.
Births
- 1201 - Robert De Sorbon , French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (d. 1274 )
- 1221 - Salimbene Di Adam , Italian chronicler
- 1261 - King Dinis Of Portugal (d. 1325 )
- 1328 - King Peter I Of Cyprus (d. 1369 )
- 1581 - Claude Gaspard Bachet De Méziriac , French mathematician (d. 1638 )
- 1585 - Heinrich Schütz , German composer (d. 1672 )
- 1586 - Archduke Leopold V Of Austria (d. 1632 )
- 1757 - King Charles X Of France (d. 1836 )
- 1796 - Joseph Bonomi The Younger , English Egyptologist (d. 1878 )
- 1835 - Camille Saint-Saëns , French composer (d. 1921 )
- 1840 - Simeon Solomon , British artist (d. 1905 )
- 1852 - Hermann Emil Fischer , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919 )
- 1859 - Alfred Dreyfus , French military officer (d. 1935 )
- 1873 - Karl Schwarzschild , German physicist and astronomer (d. 1916 )
- 1873 - Charles Walgreen , American entrepreneur (d. 1939 )
- 1873 - Carl Flesch , Hungarian violinist (d. 1944 )
- 1874 - Nicholas Roerich , Russian painter (d. 1947 )
- 1879 - Max Von Laue , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1960 )
- 1886 - Rube Marquard , baseball player (d. 1980 )
- 1888 - Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin , Russian politician (d. 1938 )
- 1890 - Aimee Semple McPherson , American evangelist (d. 1944 )
- 1892 - Ivo Andrić , Serbo-Croatian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975 )
- 1892 - Marina Tsvetaeva , Russian poet (d. 1941 )
- 1893 - Mário De Andrade , Brazilian writer and photographer (d. 1945 )
- 1900 - Alastair Sim , Scottish actor (d. 1976 )
- 1907 - Quintin Hogg , British politician (d. 2001 )
- 1908 - Jacques Tati , French filmmaker (d. 1982 )
- 1909 - Donald Coggan , Archbishop Of Canterbury (d. 2000 )
- 1911 - Joe Rosenthal , American photographer
- 1915 - Clifford M. Hardin , United States Secretary Of Agriculture
- 1920 - Jens Bjørneboe , Norwegian author (d. 1976 )
- 1923 - Fyvush Finkel , American actor
- 1928 - Einojuhani Rautavaara , Finnish composer
- 1933 - Peter Mansfield , British physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine
- 1936 - Brian Blessed , English actor
- 1938 - Heinz Fischer , Austrian politician
- 1940 - John Lennon , British musician and songwriter ( The Beatles ) (d. 1980 )
- 1941 - Trent Lott , American politician
- 1941 - Chucho Valdés , Cuban musician
- 1944 - John Entwistle , British musician ( The Who ) (d. 2002 )
- 1944 - Nona Hendryx , American singer ( LaBelle )
- 1944 - Peter Tosh , Jamaican musician (d. 1987 )
- 1946 - Tansu Çiller , Prime Minister Of Turkey
- 1948 - Jackson Browne , American musician
- 1950 - Jody Williams , American teacher and aid worker, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1952 - Sharon Osbourne , English music manager and wife of Ozzy Osbourne
- 1953 - Tony Shalhoub , American actor
- 1954 - Scott Bakula , American actor
- 1957 - Don Garber , American sports commissioner
- 1958 - Michael Pare , American actor
- 1962 - Jorge Burruchaga , Argentinian footballer
- 1964 - Bobby Flay , American celebrity chef and restauranteur
- 1966 - David Cameron , British politician
- 1967 - Eddie Guerrero , Mexican professional wrestler (d. 2005 )
- 1969 - P.J. Harvey , English musician
- 1970 - Kenny Anderson , American basketball player
- 1970 - Savannah , American actress (d. 1994 )
- 1970 - Annika Sörenstam , Swedish golfer
- 1971 - Simon Atlee , British photographer (d. 2004 )
- 1971 - Michael Manna , American professional wrestler
- 1973 - Steven Burns , American actor and musician
- 1973 - Fabio Lione , Italian musician ( Rhapsody )
- 1975 - Sean Lennon , English musician
- 1978 - Nicky Byrne , Irish musician ( Westlife )
- 1978 - Juan Dixon , American basketball player
- 1979 - Gonzalo Sorondo , Uruguayan footballer
- 1980 - Henrik Zetterberg , Swedish ice hockey player
- 1981 - Zachery Ty Bryan , American actor
- 1981 - Darius Miles , American basketball player
- 1986 - Laure Manaudou , French swimmer
- 1994 - Jodelle Ferland , Canadian child actress
Deaths
- 1047 - Pope Clement II (b. 1005 )
- 1253 - Robert Grosseteste , English statesman and bishop
- 1390 - King John I Of Castile (b. 1358 )
- 1555 - Justus Jonas , German protestant reformer (b. 1493 )
- 1562 - Gabriele Falloppio , Italian anatomist (b. 1523 )
- 1569 - Vladimir Of Staritsa , Russian prince (b. 1533 )
- 1597 - Ashikaga Yoshiaki , Japanese shogun (b. 1537 )
- 1691 - William Sacheverell , English statesman (b. 1638 )
- 1709 - Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess Of Cleveland , English mistress of Charles II Of England (b. 1640 )
- 1729 - Richard Blackmore , English physician and writer (b. 1654 )
- 1793 - Jean Joseph Marie Amiot , French missionary (b. 1718 )
- 1797 - Vilna Gaon , Lithuanian rabbi (b. 1720 )
- 1806 - Benjamin Banneker , American astronomer (b. 1731 )
- 1831 - John Capodistria , Governor of Greece (b. 1776 )
- 1924 - Valery Bryusov , Russian writer and critic (b. 1873 )
- 1934 - King Alexander I Of Yugoslavia (assassinated) (b. 1888 )
- 1934 - Louis Barthou , Prime Minister Of France (assassinated) (b. 1862 )
- 1940 - Wilfred Grenfell , medical missionary to Newfoundland And Labrador (b. 1865 ).
- 1941 - Helen Morgan , American singer and actress (b. 1900 )
- 1943 - Pieter Zeeman , Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865 )
- 1955 - Theodor Cardinal Innitzer , Austrian Catholic archbishop (b. 1875 )
- 1956 - Marie Doro , American actress (b. 1882 )
- 1958 - Pope Pius XII (b. 1876 )
- 1962 - Milan Vidmar , Slovenian electrical engineer and chess player (b. 1885 )
- 1967 - Che Guevara , Argentine revolutionary and guerilla leader (executed) (b. 1928 )
- 1967 - Cyril Norman Hinshelwood , English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897 )
- 1972 - Miriam Hopkins , American actress (b. 1902 )
- 1974 - Oskar Schindler , German businessman (b. 1908 )
- 1978 - Jacques Brel , Belgian musician (b. 1929 )
- 1987 - Guru Gopinath , Indian classical dancer (b. 1908 )
- 1987 - Clare Boothe Luce , American diplomat (b. 1903 )
- 1987 - William Parry Murphy , American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1892 )
- 1989 - Penny Lernoux , American journalist and author (b. 1940 )
- 1995 - Alec Douglas-Home , Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom (b. 1903 )
- 1996 - Walter Kerr , American theater critic (b. 1913 )
- 2000 - David Dukes , American actor (b. 1945 )
- 2000 - Patrick Anthony Porteous , Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1918 )
- 2001 - Dagmar , American television personality (b. 1921 )
- 2005 - Louis Nye , American comedian and actor (b. 1913 )
Holidays
External links
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