November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common November 2007 is the eleventh month of that year It began on a Thursday and 30 days later ended on a Friday PortalCurrent events News collections and sources See WikipediaNews collections and sources. November 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September November 9, 2003 November 2003 - please do not remove or delink the the date header November 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - November 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - November 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 52 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery. Events By Place Europe November 9 — Hispano-Visigothic king Egica accuses the Jews of aiding the Muslims Egica, Ergica, or Egicca (c 610 &ndash 702 was the Visigoth King of Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula) from 687 until The Visigoths (Visigothi, Wisigothi, Vesi, Visi, Wesi, or Wisi were one of two main branches of the Goths, an East Hispania was the name given by the Romans to the whole of the Iberian Peninsula (modern Portugal, Spain, Andorra, Gibraltar PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion As a social-economic system slavery is a legal institution under which a Person (called "a slave" is compelled to work for another
- 1282 - Pope Martin IV excommunicates King Peter III of Aragon. Pope Martin IV (between 1210 and 1220 &ndash March 28, 1285) born Simon de Brion, held the Papacy from February 21, 1281 Peter the Great ( Catalan: Pere el Gran, Spanish: Pedro el Grande; 1239 &ndash 2 November 1285) was the King of Aragon
- 1313 - Louis the Bavarian defeats his cousin Frederick I of Austria at the Battle of Gamelsdorf. Louis IV ( 1 April[[ 282]] &ndash 11 October 1347) called the Bavarian, of the house of Wittelsbach, was the Duke of Bavaria The Battle of Gammelsdorf (Schlacht von Gammelsdorf was fought on November 9, 1313 between Bavaria and Austria.
- 1330 - Battle of Posada, Wallachian Voievode Basarab I defeats the Hungarian army in an ambush
- 1492 - Peace of Etaples between Henry VII and Charles VIII. The Battle of Posada (November 9 1330 &ndash November 12 1330 was fought between Basarab I of Wallachia and Charles I Robert of Hungary. Basarab I was an early ruler of the Principality of Wallachia from perhaps as early as 1310 until 1352 Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic The Peace of Etaples was signed in Étaples (northern France between the kings Charles VIII Valois of France and Henry VII Tudor of England Charles VIII, called the Affable (l'Affable 30 June 1470 &ndash 7 April 1498 was King of France from 1483 to his death
- 1494 - Family de' Medici become rulers of Florence. Florence ( Italian: Firenze Florentia and Fiorenza) is the Capital City of the Italian region of Tuscany
- 1620 - Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Pilgrims, or Pilgrim Fathers (or Pilgrim Mothers) is a name commonly applied to the early settlers of the Plymouth Colony in present-day Plymouth The Mayflower was the famous Ship that transported the English Separatists better known as the Pilgrims, from Southampton, England Cape Cod (or simply the Cape to most New Englanders is a Peninsula nearly coextensive with Barnstable County Massachusetts and forming the easternmost The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
- 1688 - The Glorious Revolution: William of Orange captures Exeter. The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England (VII of Scotland in 1688 by a union William III or William of Orange (14 November 1650 &ndash 8 March 1702 He is informally known in Northern Ireland and Scotland as "King Billy" Exeter ( (IPA ˈeksɪtər is a city, district and County town of Devon, England.
- 1697 - Pope Innocent XII founds the city of Cervia. Pope Innocent XII ( March 13, 1615 &ndash September 27, 1700) born Antonio Pignatelli was Pope from 1691 to 1700 Cervia is a town and Comune ( Municipality) in the Province of Ravenna ( Emilia-Romagna) in Italy.
- 1729 - Spain, France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Seville. Year 1729 ( MDCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands The Treaty of Seville was signed on November 9 1729 between Great Britain, France, and Spain, concluding the Anglo-Spanish War
- 1764 - Mary Campbell, a captive of the Lenape during the French and Indian War, is turned over to forces commanded by Colonel Henry Bouquet. Year 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Mary Campbell was an American colonial Settler, taken captive as a child by Native Americans during the French and Indian War The shannon (later named Delaware Indians by Europeans were in the 17th century organized bands of Native American peoples with shared cultural and linguistic The French and Indian War (1754&ndash1763 was the North American chapter of the Seven Years' War. Henry Bouquet (1719 &ndash September 2, 1765) was a prominent British Army officer in the French and Indian War and Pontiac's War
- 1799 - Napoleon Bonaparte leads the Coup d'état of 18 Brumaire ending the Directory government, and becoming one of its three Consuls (Consulate Government). Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. 18 Brumaire, the coup of 18 Brumaire or sometimes simply Brumaire refers to the Coup d'état by which General Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew The Executive Directory ( Directoire exécutif) was a body of 5 single-male Directors that held executive power in France following The Consulate was the government of France between the fall of the Directory in the coup of 18 Brumaire in 1799 until the start of the
- 1848 - Robert Blum, a German revolutionary, is executed in Vienna. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Robert Blum ( 10 November 1807 - 9 November 1848) was a German politician and member of the National Assembly of 1848 Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria.
- 1851 - Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America. Calvin Fairbank ( November 3, 1816 - October 12, 1898) was an American abolitionist minister who spent more than 17 years in prison Jeffersonville (ˈdʒɛfɚsənˌvɪl is a city in Clark County, Indiana, along the Ohio River. As a social-economic system slavery is a legal institution under which a Person (called "a slave" is compelled to work for another
- 1861 - The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College, University of Toronto. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In accordance with the Manual of Style (see) Canadian English is used throughout this article (see Canadian_English#Spelling) Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Use these when the article is good enough to warrant images --> University College University of Toronto (abbreviated as UC) is one of the constituent colleges
- 1862 - American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23 1824 September 13 1881 was an American soldier railroad executive inventor industrialist and politician from Rhode Island, The Army of the Potomac was the major Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. George Brinton McClellan ( December 3 1826 October 29 1885) was a major general during the American Civil War.
- 1867 - Tokugawa Shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the, and the, was a feudal regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the Shoguns of For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The, also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution, or Renewal, was a chain of events that led to enormous changes in Japan 's political and social structure
- 1872 - The Great Boston Fire of 1872. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The Great Boston Fire of 1872 was Boston 's largest urban fire and still one of the most costly fire-related property losses in American history
- 1887 - The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Pearl Harbor is a Harbor on the Island of O{{okina}}ahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu.
- 1888 - Jack the Ripper kills Mary Jane Kelly, his last known victim. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Jack the Ripper is an alias given to an unidentified Serial killer active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area and adjacent districts of London Mary Jane Kelly (c 1863 &ndash 9 November 1888 also known as Marie Jeanette Kelly Fair Emma Ginger and Black Mary is widely believed to be the fifth and final victim of the
- 1906 - Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Theodore Roosevelt (ˈroʊzəvɛlt October 27 1858 January 6 1919 also known as T The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal is a man-made Canal in Panama which joins the
- 1907 - The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Cullinan diamond is the largest rough gem-quality Diamond ever found at 3106
- 1917 - Joseph Stalin enters the provisional government of the USSR. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
- 1918 - Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Kaiser is the German title meaning " Emperor " with Kaiserin being the female equivalent " Empress " Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. A republic is a State or Country that is not led by a hereditary Monarch, but in which the people (or at least a part of its people have impact on its
- 1921 - Albert Einstein is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work with the photoelectric effect. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Albert Einstein ( German: ˈalbɐt ˈaɪ̯nʃtaɪ̯n; English: ˈælbɝt ˈaɪnstaɪn (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955 was a German -born theoretical The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Introduction When a Metallic surface is exposed to Electromagnetic radiation above a certain threshold Frequency, the light is absorbed and Electrons
- 1923 - In Munich, Germany, police and government troops crush the Beer Hall Putsch in Bavaria. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. The Beer Hall Putsch (also known as the Munich Putsch) was a failed Coup d'état that occurred between the evening of Thursday November 8 Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 The failed coup is the work of the Nazis. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German
- 1932 - Riots between conservative and socialist supporters in Switzerland kill 12 and injure 60. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation
- 1935 - The Congress of Industrial Organizations is founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey by eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Congress of Industrial Organizations, or CIO, proposed by John L A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming The American Federation of Labor (AFL was one of the first federations of labor unions in the United States
- 1937 - Japanese troops take control of Shanghai, China. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Shanghai ( 上[[wikt 海|海]] is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest urban areas in the world with over 20 million
- 1938 - Kristallnacht, Nazi Germany's first large-scale physical act of anti-Jewish violence, begins. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kristallnacht ( literally "Crystal night" or the Night of Broken Glass was a Pogrom in Nazi Germany on November 9–10 1938 Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers
- 1953 - Cambodia becomes independent from France. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Kingdom of Cambodia ( formerly known as Kampuchea (, transliterated: Preăh Réachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchea) is a country in South East This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
- 1960 - Robert McNamara is named president of Ford Motor Co., the first non-Ford to serve in that post. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Strange McNamara (born June 9 1916 in Oakland, California) is an American business executive and former United States Secretary of Defense Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following A month later, he quit to join the newly-elected John F. Kennedy administration. John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of
- 1963 - At Miike coal mine, Miike, Japan, an explosion kills 458, and hospitalises 839 with carbon monoxide poisoning. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Miike coal mine, also known as the Mitsui Miike Coal Mine was a Coal mine located in the area of Ōmuta, Fukuoka and Arao, Kumamoto was a district located in Fukuoka, Japan. It was dissolved on January 29, 2007 when the town of Takata merged with the towns of For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Carbon monoxide poisoning occurs after the inhalation of Carbon monoxide gas Also, in Japan, a three-train disaster occurs in Yokohama, kills more than 160 people. is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture, located in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshū and is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area
- 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. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A power outage (also known as power cut, power failure, power loss, or blackout) is the loss of the Electricity supply to an The Northeast Blackout of 1965 was a significant disruption in the supply of electricity on November 9, 1965, affecting Ontario, Canada
- 1965 - Catholic Worker member Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building. The Catholic Worker is a monthly Newspaper published by the Catholic Worker Movement community in New York City. Roger Allen LaPorte (1943 – November 9 1965) is best known as a protester of the Vietnam War who set himself on fire in front of the United The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Fire is the heat and light energy released during a Chemical reaction, in particular a combustion reaction. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security
- 1965 - Northeast Blackout of 1965, The power lines from Niagara Falls to New York City were operating near their maximum capacity. The Northeast Blackout of 1965 was a significant disruption in the supply of electricity on November 9, 1965, affecting Ontario, Canada At about 5:15 a transmission line relay failed.
- 1967 - Apollo program: NASA launches the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft atop the first Saturn V rocket from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program The Saturn V (pronounced 'Saturn Five' popularly known as the Moon Rocket was a multistage liquid-fuel expendable Rocket used by NASA 's Cape Canaveral from the Spanish Cabo Cañaveral, is a headland in Brevard County Florida, United States, near the center of that
- 1967 - First issue of Rolling Stone Magazine is published. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published
- 1970 - Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes 6 to 3 against hearing a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of Institutions used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience politics economics and society War is an international relations Dispute, characterized by organized Violence between National Military units
- 1971 - John List, an accountant from Westfield, New Jersey murders his mother, wife and three children. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. John Emil List ( September 17 1925 - March 21 2008) was an American convicted Mass murderer On November 9 An accountant is a practitioner of Accountancy, which is the measurement disclosure or provision of assurance about financial information that helps managers investors Westfield is a town in Union County, New Jersey, United States. He then hides under a new identity for 18 years.
- 1985 - Garry Kasparov 22, of the Soviet Union becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating Anatoly Karpov, also of the Soviet Union. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Garry Kasparov (Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров) (born as Garry Kimovich Weinstein on April 13 1963 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 See also Development of the World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the Board game Chess Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Анатолий Евгеньевич Карпов born May 23, 1951) is a Russian Chess grandmaster
- 1989 - Cold War: Fall of the Berlin Wall. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the The Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer was a physical barrier separating West Berlin from the German Democratic Republic (GDR ( East Germany) including Communist-controlled East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall allowing its citizens to travel to West Germany. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state It has been suggested to create a new article named Checkpoint (security and that this article should be a sub-article to the new article West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( People start demolishing the Berlin Wall.
- 1990 - New democratic constitution is issued in Nepal. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Nepal (नेपाल) is a Landlocked country in South Asia.
- 1990 - Mary Robinson is elected Ireland's first female President and the first from the Labour Party. Mary Therese Winifred Robinson (Máire Mhic Róibín born 21 May 1944 was the first female President of Ireland, serving from 1990 to 1997 and the United Nations Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. The President of Ireland (Uachtarán na hÉireann n̪ˠə ˈheːɾʲən̪ˠ is the Head of state of Ireland. The Labour Party (Páirtí an Lucht Oibre is a Democratic socialist and Social democratic Political party in the Republic of Ireland.
- 1993 - Stari most, the "old bridge" in Bosnian Mostar built in 1566, collapses after several days of bombing. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Stari Most ( English translation "The Old Bridge" is a 16th century Turkish Bridge in the city of Mostar, Bosnia and Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan Demographics 1971 Croats - 37782 (396% Bosniaks ( ie Bosnian Muslims - 33645 (36
- 1994 - The chemical element Darmstadtium is discovered. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) A chemical element is a type of Atom that is distinguished by its Atomic number; that is by the number of Protons in its nucleus. Darmstadtium (dɑrmˈʃtætiəm formerly known as Ununnilium is a Chemical element with the symbol Ds and Atomic number 110
- 1998 - Brokerage houses are ordered to pay 1. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) 03 billion USD to cheated NASDAQ investors to compensate for their price-fixing. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been The NASDAQ (acronym of National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is an American Stock exchange. Price fixing is an agreement between business competitors to sell the same product or service at the same price This is the largest civil settlement in United States history. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
- 1998 - Capital punishment in the United Kingdom, already abolished for murder, is completely abolished for all remaining capital offences. Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries
- 1999 - TAESA Flight 725, crashes a few minutes after leaving the Uruapan airport en-route to Mexico City. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) TAESA (Transportes Aéreos Ejecutivos SA was a discount Airline based in Mexico and owned by Alberto Abed Schekaiban. Uruapan is a city and municipality in the west-central part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico 18 people were killed in the accident.
- 2003 - A suicide-terrorist attack in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, kills 17 people. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Riyadh ( الرياض Ar-Riyāḍ) is the Capital of Saudi Arabia and its largest city
- 2005 - The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Venus Express is the first Venus exploration mission of the European Space Agency. The European Space Agency ( ESA) established in 1975 is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 17 member The Baikonur Cosmodrome ( Kazakh: Байқоңыр ғарыш айлағы, Bayqoñır ğarış aylağı; Russian: Космодром Kazakhstan, also Kazakstan ( Қазақстан, Qazaqstan, qɑzɑqˈstɑn Казахстан, Kazakhstán,) officially the
- 2005 - Suicide bombers attacked three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing at least 60 people. The 2005 Amman bombings were a series of coordinated bomb attacks on three Hotels in Amman, Jordan, on November 9, 2005. Amman (ɑˈmɑːn sometimes spelled Ammann ( Arabic عمان ʿAmmān) is the Capital city of the Hashemite Kingdom
Births
- 1389 - Isabella of Valois, queen consort of England (d. Isabella of Valois ( 9 November, 1389 – 13 September, 1409) was a Princess of France, daughter of King Charles VI 1409)
- 1414 - Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg (d. 1486)
- 1522 - Martin Chemnitz, German theologian (d. Martin Chemnitz ( November 9 1522 &ndash April 8 1586) was an eminent second-generation Lutheran theologian, reformer 1586)
- 1664 - Henry Wharton, English writer (d. Henry Wharton ( 9 November 1664 - 5 March 1695) English writer was descended from Thomas 2nd Baron Wharton (1520-1572 1695)
- 1717 - Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologist (d. Year 1717 ( MDCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Johann Joachim Winckelmann ( December 9, 1717 - June 8, 1768) a German Art historian and Archaeologist, 1768)
- 1721 - Mark Akenside, English poet and physician (d. Year 1768 ( MDCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1721 ( MDCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Mark Akenside (November 9 1721 &ndash June 23 1770 was an English Poet and Physician. 1770)
- 1731 - Benjamin Banneker, American scientist (d. Year 1770 ( MDCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Friday Year 1731 ( MDCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Benjamin Banneker ( November 9, 1731 &ndash October 9, 1806) was a free African American Astronomer, Mathematician 1806)
- 1732 - Julie de Lespinasse, French aristocrat, hostess and writer (d. Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1732 ( MDCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse ( November 9, 1732 &ndash May 23, 1776) was a French Author. 1776)
- 1802 - Elijah P. Lovejoy, American abolitionist (d. Year 1776 ( MDCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Elijah Parish Lovejoy ( November 9 1802 &ndash November 7 1837) was an American Presbyterian minister, 1837)
- 1810 - Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon (d. Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Bernhard Rudolf Konrad von Langenbeck ( 9 November 1810 &ndash 29 September 1887) was a German surgeon known as the developer 1887)
- 1818 (N. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common S. ) - Ivan Turgenev, Russian writer (d. Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev ( ɪˈvan sʲɪrˈgʲeɪvʲɪtɕ turˈgʲenʲɪf ( &ndash) was a Russian novelist and playwright 1883)
- 1825 - A.P. Hill, American Confederate general (d. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Ambrose Powell Hill (November 9 1825 &ndash April 2 1865 was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. 1865)
- 1832 - Émile Gaboriau, French writer (d. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Émile Gaboriau ( November 9, 1832 - September 28, 1873) was a French Writer, novelist and journalist and a pioneer of 1873)
- 1840 - Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, French Canadian lawyer (d. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Sir Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, PC ( 9 November, 1840 &ndash 13 June, 1898) born in Sainte-Thérèse Quebec, was a 1898)
- 1841 - King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (d. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link 1910)
- 1853 - Stanford White, American architect (d. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Stanford White ( November 9, 1853 – June 25, 1906) was an American Architect and partner in the architectural firm of 1906)
- 1869 - Marie Dressler, Canadian actress (d. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Marie Dressler ( November 9, 1868 – July 28, 1934) was an Academy Award -winning Canadian actress 1934)
- 1872 - Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian writer and poet (d. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Bohdan Lepky, pen name Marko Murava (Богдан Лепкий November 9 1872 Krehulets, Husiatyn district Ukraine &ndash July 1941)
- 1873 - Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist (d. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Otfrid Foerster (b 9 November 1873 in Breslau, Silesia; d 15 June 1941, also in Breslau was a German Neurologist 1941)
- 1874 - Albert Francis Blakeslee, American botanist (d. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Albert Francis Blakeslee ( 9 November 1874 &ndash 16 November 1954) was an American botanist. 1954)
- 1877 - Enrico De Nicola, Italian politician (d. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Enrico Roberto De Nicola ( November 9, 1877 – October 1, 1959) was an Italian Jurist, Journalist, 1959)
- 1877 - Allama Iqbal, British Indian poet and politician (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1938)
- 1879 - Milan Šufflay, Croatian politician (d. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Milan Šufflay ( November 9, 1879 - February 19, 1931) was a Croatian Historian and Politician. 1931)
- 1880 - Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect, designer of the red telephone box (d. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, OM, FRIBA ( November 9 1880 – February 8 1960) was an English Architect The red telephone box, a public telephone kiosk designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, is a familiar sight on the streets of the United Kingdom, Malta 1960)
- 1883 - Edna May Oliver, American actress (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Edna May Oliver ( November 9, 1883 – November 9, 1942) was an Oscar -nominated American film actress 1942)
- 1885 (N. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common S. ) - Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian writer (d. Velimir Khlebnikov (Russian Велими́р Хле́бников first name also spelled Velemir last name also spelled Chlebnikov Hlebnikov Xlebnikov pseudonym of Viktor 1922)
- 1885 - Hermann Weyl, German mathematician (d. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl ( 9 November 1885 – 8 December 1955) was a German Mathematician. 1955)
- 1885 - Theodor Kaluza, German scientist (d. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Theodor Franz Eduard Kaluza ( November 9, 1885 &ndash January 19, 1954) was a German Mathematician and Physicist 1954)
- 1885 - Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor (d. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Aureliano Pertile ( November 9, 1885, Montagnana - January 11, 1952, Milan) was an Italian Tenor, one of the finest 1952)
- 1886 - S. O. Davies, Welsh politician (d. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Stephen Owen Davies (c 9 November 1886 &ndash 25 February 1972) was a Welsh politician and a member of the British House of 1972)
- 1886 - Ed Wynn, American actor (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ed Wynn ( November 9 1886 - June 19 1966) was a popular American Comedian and Actor noted for both his Perfect 1966)
- 1889 - Jean Monnet, French internationalist (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet ( November 9, 1888 &ndash March 16, 1979) is regarded by many as a chief architect of European Unity 1979)
- 1890 - George Regas, Greek actor (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common George Regas ( November 9 1890 - December 13 1940) was a Greek Actor. 1940)
- 1895 - Mae Marsh, American actress (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Mae Marsh (born Mary Wayne Marsh, November 9, 1894 in Madrid New Mexico, died February 13, 1968 in Hermosa Beach 1968)
- 1897 - Harvey Hendrick, American baseball player (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Harvey "Gink" Hendrick ( November 9, 1897 - October 29, 1941) was an American major league Baseball 1941)
- 1897 - Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ronald George Wreyford Norrish ( November 9, 1897 &ndash June 7, 1978) was a British Chemist. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1978)
- 1902 - Anthony Asquith, British film director (d. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Honourable Anthony Asquith ( November 9, 1902 – February 20, 1968) was a respected English Film director. 1968)
- 1904 - Viktor Brack, Nazi physician (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Viktor Brack ( November 9, 1904 - June 2, 1948) was the organiser of the Euthanasia Programme Operation T4 where the Nazi state systematically 1948)
- 1905 - Erika Mann, German writer (d. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Erika Julia Hedwig Mann ( November 9, 1905 &ndash August 27, 1969) was the eldest daughter of novelist Thomas Mann and Katia 1969)
- 1906 - Arthur Rudolph, German rocket engineer (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Arthur Louis Hugo Rudolph (November 9 1906 – January 1 1996 was a rocket engineer for Nazi Germany who helped develop and produce the V-2 rocket. 1996)
- 1911 - Tabish Dehlvi, Pakistani poet (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Masood-ul-Hasan Tabish Dehlvi, TI, ( Urdu: تابش دہلوی was a renowned poet of Urdu. 2004)
- 1913 - Hedy Lamarr, Austrian actress and inventor (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Hedy Lamarr ( November 9, 1913 – January 19, 2000) was an Austrian born American actress 2000)
- 1915 - André François, French cartoonist (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year André François (born André Farkas; November 9, 1915 &ndash April 11, 2005) was a French cartoonist 2005)
- 1915 - Sargent Shriver, American politician
- 1918 - Choi Hong Hi, Founder of Taekwon-Do (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Sargent Shriver Jr (born November 9 1915 is an American Democratic Politician and Activist. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Choi Hong Hi ( 최홍희; 崔泓熙; 9 November 1918–15 June 2002 also known as General Choi, was a South Korean army General 2002)
- 1918 - Spiro Agnew, 39th Vice President of the United States (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Spiro Theodore Agnew ( November 9, 1918 September 17, 1996) was the thirty-ninth Vice President of the United States (and the first The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death 1996)
- 1918 - Thomas Ferebee, Enola Gay bombardier over Hiroshima (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Thomas Ferebee ( November 9, 1918 &ndash March 16, 2000) was the bombardier aboard the B-29 Superfortress, Enola WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Bombardier Inc (bɔ̃baʁdje is a Canadian conglomerate, founded by Joseph-Armand Bombardier as L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée in 1942 The Japanese city of ( is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshū, the largest of Japan 's 2000)
- 1920 - Byron de la Beckwith, American assassin, white supremacist (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Byron De La Beckwith ( November 9 1920, Colusa California – January 21 2001, Jackson Mississippi) was an American 2001)
- 1921 - Viktor Chukarin, Soviet gymnast (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Viktor Ivanovich Chukarin ( Russian:Виктор Иванович Чукарин (born November 9, 1921 &ndash died August 25, 1984 1984)
- 1921 - Pierrette Alarie, Canadian soprano
- 1922 - Raymond Devos, French humorist (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Pierrette Alarie (born November 9, 1921, Montréal Québec) is a French-Canadian Coloratura Soprano. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Raymond Devos ( November 9 1922, Mouscron, Belgium - June 15 2006, Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, Yvelines 2006)
- 1922 - Imre Lakatos, Hungarian philosopher (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Imre Lakatos ( November 9, 1922 – February 2, 1974) was a Philosopher of mathematics and science, 1974)
- 1923 - Alice Coachman, American athlete
- 1923 - Dorothy Dandridge, American actress (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alice Marie Coachman (born November 9, 1923 in Albany Georgia) is an American former athlete. Dorothy Jean Dandridge ( November 9, 1922 &ndash September 8, 1965) was an American Actress and Popular singer 1965)
- 1924 - Robert Frank, Swiss Photographer
- 1925 - Sir Alistair Horne, British historian
- 1926 - Dominguín, Spanish bullfighter (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Frank (born November 9, 1924) born in Zürich, Switzerland, is an important figure in American Photography Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Alistair Allan Horne (born November 9, 1925) is a British Historian of modern France. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Luis Miguel González Lucas ( November 9, 1926 - May 8, 1996) was a famous bullfighter from Spain, better known as 1996)
- 1928 - Anne Sexton, American poet (d. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Anne Sexton ( November 9, 1928, Newton Massachusetts — October 4, 1974, Weston Massachusetts) born Anne Gray 1974)
- 1929 - Marc Favreau, French Canadian humourist (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marc Favreau, OC, CQ, (born November 9, 1929 in Montreal, Quebec and died December 2005)
- 1929 - Imre Kertész, Hungarian writer, Nobel laureate
- 1931 - Whitey Herzog, American baseball player
- 1934 - Ingvar Carlsson, Swedish politician
- 1934 - Carl Sagan, American astronomer and writer (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Imre Kertész (imrɛ ˈkɛrteːs (born November 9, 1929, Budapest) is a Hungarian Jewish author Holocaust The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dorrel Norman Elvert "Whitey" Herzog (born November 9 1931) is a former Major League Baseball Outfielder, scout, Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ingvar Carlsson (born 9 November 1934) is a Swedish politician former Prime Minister of Sweden (1986 – 1991 1994 – 1996 and leader Carl Edward Sagan ( November 9 1934 &ndash December 20 1996) was an American Astronomer, astrochemist, author 1996)
- 1935 - Bob Gibson, American baseball player
- 1936 - Daniel Robert Graham, American politician
- 1936 - Mikhail Tal, Latvian chess player (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pack Robert "Bob" Gibson (born November 9, 1935 in Omaha Nebraska) is a former right-handed Baseball Pitcher for the Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Daniel Robert "Bob" Graham (born November 9, 1936) is an American politician Mikhail Tal (Mihails Tāls Михаил Нехемьевич Таль Mikhail Nekhemievich Tal, mʲixa'iɫ̺ n̻ʲɛ'xɛmjɛvʲiʨ t̺al̻ sometimes transliterated Mihails 1992)
- 1936 - Teddy Infuhr, American former child actor (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Teddy Infuhr (born Theodore Edward Infuhr on November 9, 1936 &ndash died May 12, 2007) was an American Child actor. 2007)
- 1937 - Roger McGough, English poet
- 1937 - Clyde Wells, Canadian politician
- 1938 - Ti-Grace Atkinson, American feminist author
- 1939 - Paul Cameron, American psychologist
- 1941 - Tom Fogerty, American musician (Creedence Clearwater Revival) (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roger Joseph McGough CBE (born 9 November 1937) is a well-known English Performance poet. Clyde Kirby Wells (born November 9, 1937) is Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ti-Grace Atkinson (born 9 November 1938, Baton Rouge Louisiana as Grace Atkinson) is an American Feminist Author Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Drummond Cameron (born November 9, 1939) is an American Psychologist and Sex researcher. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tom Fogerty ( November 9, 1941, in Berkeley California – September 6, 1990, in Scottsdale Arizona) was a musician Creedence Clearwater Revival (often abbreviated CCR) was an American Rock and roll band who gained popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s with 1990)
- 1942 - Tom Weiskopf, American golfer
- 1944 - Phil May, English singer (The Pretty Things)
- 1947 - Robert David Hall, American actor
- 1948 - Michel Pagliaro, Quebec singer
- 1948 - Bille August, Danish film and television director
- 1948 - Henrik S. Järrel, Swedish politician
- 1951 - Lou Ferrigno, American bodybuilder
- 1951 - Bill Mantlo, American comic book writer
- 1952 - Sherrod Brown, American politician, junior senator of Ohio
- 1953 - Gaétan Hart, Canadian boxer
- 1954 - Dennis Stratton, British musician, (Iron Maiden, Praying Mantis)
- 1954 - Sue Upton, English actress and dancer
- 1955 - Bob Nault, French Canadian politician
- 1955 - Karen Dotrice, British actress
- 1955 - Fernando Meirelles, Brazilian film director
- 1959 - Thomas Quasthoff, German singer
- 1959 - Tony Slattery, British actor
- 1959 - Nick Hamilton, American wrestling referee
- 1959 - Sito Pons, Spanish motorbike racer
- 1961 - Jill Dando, British television presenter (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Amateur wins (1 1963 Western Amateur Professional wins (28 PGA Tour wins (16 1968 (2 Andy Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Phil May is an English vocalist. He is perhaps best known for being the lead singer of the band, The Pretty Things, of whom he was a founding The Pretty Things are a Rock and roll band from London. They pioneered a raw approach to Rhythm and blues that influenced a number of key Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert David Hall (born November 9, 1947) is an American Actor, best known for his role as Coroner Dr Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michel Pagliaro (born November 9, 1948 in Montreal) often credited as simply Pagliaro, is a rock Singer, Songwriter Bille August (born November 9, 1948) is a Danish Film and Television director. Henrik Stefan Järrel (born November 9, 1948, in Stockholm) is a member of the Riksdag (as a Moderate) a Swedish Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Louis Jude Ferrigno (born November 9 1951 is an American bodybuilder and Actor. Bill Mantlo (born November 9, 1951) is an American Comic-book Writer, primarily at Marvel Comics, and an Attorney Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sherrod Campbell Brown (born November 9 1952) is the junior United States Senator from the state of Ohio, and a member Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gaétan Hart (born November 9, 1953 in Buckingham Quebec) is a former lightweight/welterweight boxer from Canada, who was a three time boxing Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Dennis Stratton (b November 9, 1954 in Canning Town, East London, England) is a guitar player who is best known For other uses see Iron maiden. Praying Mantis are an English rock band Though very much a part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM scene they pursued a musical direction more melodic Sue Upton (born November 9, 1954 at Chadwell Heath, London) is an English comic actress and dancer best known for her many appearances Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Robert Daniel "Bob" Nault, PC (born November 9, 1955) is a former Canadian politician Karen Dotrice (born 9 November 1955 is a British actress known primarily for her role as Jane Banks in Walt Disney 's feature film adaptation Fernando Meirelles (born November 9, 1955 in São Paulo, Brazil) is an Academy Award -nominated Film director. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thomas Quasthoff (born in Hildesheim, Germany, November 9, 1959) is a German Bass-baritone generally regarded as one of Anthony Declan James Slattery (born 9 November 1959) is an English Actor. Joseph Nicholas Patrick Hamilton Jr (born on November 9, 1959 in Lakeland Florida) better known by his ring name Nick Patrick, is a Alfonso "Sito" Pons Ezquerra (born November 1959 in Barcelona, Spain) is a former Grand Prix Motorcycle road racer. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jill Wendy Dando ( 9 November 1961 &ndash 26 April 1999) was an English journalist and television presenter who worked 1999)
- 1963 - Fulvio Fantoni, Italian bridge player
- 1964 - Robert Duncan McNeill, American actor
- 1965 - Bryn Terfel, Welsh baritone
- 1965 - Teryl Rothery, Canadian actress
- 1967 - Ricky Otto, English footballer
- 1968 - Nazzareno Carusi, Italian pianist
- 1969 - Allison Wolfe, American musician (Bratmobile, Cold Cold Hearts, Partyline)
- 1964 - Sandy Denton, American musician ("Pepa" of Salt-N-Pepa)
- 1970 - Chris Jericho, Canadian wrestler and musician (Fozzy)
- 1970 - Susan Tedeschi, American musician
- 1970 - Guido Görtzen, Dutch volleyball player
- 1970 - Scarface, American rapper
- 1970 - Domino (Hip Hop Producer), American Hip Hop Producer
- 1971 - David Duval, American golfer
- 1971 - Melinda Kinnaman, Swedish actress
- 1971 - Big Punisher, real name Christopher Rios, American rapper (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fulvio Fantoni (born November 9, 1963 in Grosseto) is an Italian bridge international Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Robert Duncan McNeill (born November 9, 1964 in Raleigh North Carolina) is an American Actor, producer, Movie Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Bryn Terfel Jones CBE (brɨn ˈtɛrvɛl born November 9, 1965) is a Welsh Bass-baritone opera and concert singer Teryl Rothery (born November 9, 1962 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian actress. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Ricky Otto (born 9 November 1967 in the London Borough of Hackney) is a former footballer. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nazzareno Carusi (born November 9, 1968) is an Italian pianist Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Allison Wolfe is a Washington DC -based singer and performer Background Born an identical twin in Memphis Tennessee on November 9, Bratmobile was an American punk band Growing from the Northwest and Washington DC underground and influenced by Indie pop in the United States as well as Britpop Cold Cold Hearts was a Punk rock band formed in Washington DC Partyline is a Washington DC -based Punk rock band consisting of singer/songwriter Allison Wolfe ( Bratmobile, Cold Cold Hearts, Sandra "Pepa" Denton (born November 9, 1969 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican American Rap / Hip-hop Salt-n-Pepa is a Grammy -Award Winning American hip hop group from Queens New York that came into the music scene in 1985 and went on to Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9 1970 better known by his Ring name Chris Jericho, is an American-born Canadian Television and stage Fozzy is an American heavy metal band originally from San Antonio, Texas but now Susan Tedeschi (pronounced te-DES-ki ( November 9, 1970 in Boston Massachusetts) is an American Blues and soul artist Guido Görtzen (born November 9, 1970 in Heerlen, Limburg) is a Volleyball player from the Netherlands, Brad Jordan, better known by his Stage name Scarface (and formerly Akshen) is an American Rapper originally known for his work Not to be confused with Domino (rapper, a different American rapper Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Background and career Amateur career Duval was born in Jacksonville, Florida. Melinda Kinnaman (born November 9, 1971) is a Swedish actress Christopher Lee Rios ( November 9, 1971 - February 7, 2000) better known as Big Punisher or Big Pun, was a Puerto 2000)
- 1972 - Eric Dane, American actor
- 1972 - Doug Russell, American radio personality
- 1972 - Corin Tucker, American musician (Sleater-Kinney)
- 1973 - Alyson Court, Canadian actress
- 1973 - Nick Lachey, American singer
- 1973 - Gabrielle Miller, Canadian actress
- 1973 - Zisis Vryzas, Greek footballer
- 1974 - Alessandro Del Piero, Italian footballer
- 1974 - Joe C., American rapper (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eric William Dane (born November 9, 1972) is an American Actor, most recently known for his role as Dr Doug Russell is the host of The Doug Russell Show weekday mornings from 5a-9a CDT on WSSP-AM in Milwaukee Corin Lisa Tucker (born November 9 1972) is a singer and guitarist best known for her work with rock band Sleater-Kinney. Sleater-Kinney was an American Indie rock band that existed from 1995 to 2006 Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Alyson Court (born November 9, 1973) is a Canadian actress who first appeared in the 1985 children's film Sesame Street Presents Nicholas Scott Lachey (ləˈʃeɪ phonetically "la-SHAY" (born November 9 1973 is an American pop Singer and Actor who rose to Gabrielle Miller (born November 9, 1973 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian actress Zisis Vryzas (Ζήσης Βρύζας is a former football player Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Alessandro Del Piero, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI (born November 9 1974 in Conegliano Veneto) is an Italian World Cup -winning footballer Joseph Calleja (born November 9, 1974 in Taylor, Michigan – died November 16, 2000 in Taylor, Michigan 2000)
- 1974 - Uncle Kracker, American singer and rapper
- 1978 - Steven Lopez, American taekwondo martial artist
- 1978 - Todd Self, American baseball player
- 1978 - Sisqó, American singer (Dru Hill)
- 1979 - Adam Dunn, American baseball player
- 1979 - Caroline Flack, British television presenter
- 1979 - Martin Taylor, English footballer
- 1980 - James Harper, English footballer
- 1980 - Dominique Maltais, Quebec snowboarder
- 1980 - Vanessa Minillo, Phillipino television personality
- 1981 - Scottie Thompson, American actress
- 1984 - Delta Goodrem, Australian singer
- 1984 - Joel Zumaya, American baseball player
- 1988 - Nikki Blonsky, American actress
- 1986 - Jessica Archibald
Deaths
- 959 - Constantine VII, Byzantine Emperor (b. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Matthew Shafer (born June 6 1974 Mount Clemens Michigan) better known by his Stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American rock, Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Steven López (born November 9, 1978) is a 2000 and 2004 Olympic gold medalist in Taekwondo at the Olympic Games. Todd Douglas Self (born November 9, 1978 in Shreveport Louisiana) is a Major League First baseman / Outfielder who is currently a free Mark Althavan Andrews (born November 9 1978 in Baltimore Maryland) better known by his Stage name Sisqó, is a Grammy Award -nominated Dru Hill is an American singing group most popular during the late 1990s whose repertoire included R&B, soul, and Gospel music Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Adam Troy Dunn (born November 9, 1979 in Houston Texas) and nicknamed the "Big Donkey" is a Major League Baseball Outfielder Caroline Louise Flack (born 9 November 1979) is a British Television presenter. Martin Taylor (born November 9, 1979 in Ashington, Northumberland) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) James Alan John Harper (born 9 November 1980 in Chelmsford, Essex, England) is a professional footballer playing in central Dominique Maltais (born November 9, 1980 in Charlevoix, Quebec) is a Canadian Snowboarder. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Vanessa Joy Minnillo (born November 9, 1980) is an American television personality. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Scottie Thompson (born Susan Scott Thompson on November 9 1981 is a Film, Television and stage Actress. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Delta Lea Goodrem (born 9 November 1984 is a multi ARIA Award winning Australian Singer-songwriter, Pianist and Logie Award winning Joel Martin Zumaya (born November 9, 1984 in Chula Vista, California) is a Major League Baseball closer for the Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Nikki Blonsky (born November 9, 1988) is an American actress and singer. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) This article is about the year 959 For the automobile see Porsche 959. Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos or Porphyrogenitus, "the Purple-born" ( Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Ζ΄ Πορφυρογέννητος This is a list of the Emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire, commonly known as the Byzantine Empire by modern historians 905)
- 1187 - Emperor Gaozong of China (b. This article is about the year AD 905 For other uses of the term see 905 (disambiguation. Biography Gaozong was the 5th son of Emperor Huizong and the younger half-brother of Emperor Qinzong. 1107)
- 1208 - Sancha of Castile, wife of Alfonso II of Aragon (b. Infanta Sancha of Castile ( September 21 1154 or 1155 &ndash November 9 1208, Sijena) was the only child of King Alfonso Alfonso II (Aragon or Alfons I (Provence and Barcelona ( Huesca, 1157 &ndash Perpignan, 1196 called the Chaste or the Troubadour 1155)
- 1504 - King Ferdinand II of Aragon (b. Ferdinand II of Aragon the Catholic (Fernando II de Aragón y V de Castilla "el Católico" Ferran II d'Aragó "el Catòlic" Ferrando II d'Aragón 1452)
- 1623 - William Camden, English historian (b. William Camden ( 2 May 1551 &ndash 9 November 1623) was an English Antiquarian and historian 1551)
- 1641 - Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand, Governor of the Netherlands and Bishop of Toledo
- 1699 - Hortense Mancini, mistress of Charles II, King of England (b. Hortense Mancini Duchesse Mazarin (1646 Rome &ndash November 9, 1699, Chelsea) was the favourite niece of Cardinal Mazarin 1646)
- 1766 - Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (b. Year 1766 ( MDCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Unico Willem van Wassenaer, Count of the Empire, ( November 2 1692, Delden &ndash November 9 1692)
- 1770 - John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician
- 1778 - Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian artist (b. Year 1770 ( MDCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Friday General Sir John Campbell 4th Duke of Argyll KT PC (c 1693 &ndash 9 November, 1770) was a Scottish Whig Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or 1720)
- 1809 - Paul Sandby, English cartographer (b. Year 1720 ( MDCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Paul Sandby (1731 (baptised - 9 November 1809) was an English Map -maker turned landscape painter in Watercolours who 1725)
- 1848 - Robert Blum, German politician (b. Year 1725 ( MDCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Robert Blum ( 10 November 1807 - 9 November 1848) was a German politician and member of the National Assembly of 1848 1810)
- 1881 - Edwin Drake, Father of the oil industry, drilled the first oil well. Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Edwin Laurentine Drake ( March 29, 1819 &ndash November 9, 1880) also known as Colonel Drake, was an American
- 1888 - Mary Jane Kelly, last known Jack the Ripper victim. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Mary Jane Kelly (c 1863 &ndash 9 November 1888 also known as Marie Jeanette Kelly Fair Emma Ginger and Black Mary is widely believed to be the fifth and final victim of the Jack the Ripper is an alias given to an unidentified Serial killer active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area and adjacent districts of London
- 1911 - Howard Pyle, American author (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Howard Pyle ( March 5, 1853 – November 9, 1911) was an American Illustrator and writer primarily of books for young audiences 1853)
- 1918 - Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet (b. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Guillaume Apollinaire (in French ɡijom apɔliˈnɛʁ ( August 26, 1880 &ndash November 9, 1918) was a French Poet 1880)
- 1919 - Eduard Müller, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Eduard Müller ( November 12, 1848 in Nidau - November 9, 1919) was a Swiss Politician, Mayor of Berne The Swiss Federal Council (Schweizerischer Bundesrat Conseil fédéral suisse Consiglio federale svizzero Cussegl federal 1848)
- 1924 - Henry Cabot Lodge, American Senator (b. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924 a US politician in the early twentieth century A senate is a Deliberative body, often the Upper house or chamber of a Legislature or Parliament. 1850)
- 1937 - Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Ramsay MacDonald ( 12 October 1866 &ndash 9 November 1937) was a British politician and twice Prime Minister of the United The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1866)
- 1938 - Vasily Blyukher, Soviet military commander (b. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Vasily Konstantinovich Blyukher (also spelled Blücher Blukher Bliukher etc (Васи́лий Константи́нович Блю́хер ( - November 9, 1938 1889)
- 1940 - Stephen Peter Alencastre, Portuguese Catholic prelate (b. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bishop Stephen Peter Alencastre, SSCC ( November 3, 1876 &mdash November 9, 1940) was the fifth and last Vicar apostolic of 1876)
- 1940 - Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Arthur Neville Chamberlain (18 March 1869 &ndash 9 November 1940 was a British Conservative Politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1869)
- 1942 - Edna May Oliver, American actress (b. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edna May Oliver ( November 9, 1883 – November 9, 1942) was an Oscar -nominated American film actress 1883)
- 1944 - Frank Marshall, American chess player (b. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frank James Marshall ( August 10 1877 &ndash November 9 1944) was the U 1877)
- 1951 - Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-born composer (b. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Sigmund Romberg, born Zsigmond Romberg ( July 29, 1887, Nagykanizsa − November 9, 1951 1887)
- 1952 - Chaim Weizmann, 1st President of Israel (b. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chaim Azriel Weizmann ( Hebrew: חיים עזריאל ויצמן – November 27, 1874 &ndash November 9, 1952) was a Zionist The President of the State of Israel (נשיא המדינה Nesi HaMedina, lit 1874)
- 1952 - Philip Murray, 1st president of the United Steelworkers and longest-serving president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (b. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Philip Murray ( May 25, 1886 &ndash November 9, 1952) was a Steelworker and an American labor leader Template talkInfobox Union for usage --> The United Steel Paper and Forestry Rubber Manufacturing Energy Allied Industrial The Congress of Industrial Organizations, or CIO, proposed by John L 1886)
- 1953 - Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and author (b. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953 was a Welsh poet who wrote exclusively in English 1914)
- 1953 - Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, first King of Saudi Arabia (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year King Saud King Faisal Mohammed King Khaled Nasr Saad The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi 1880)
- 1957 - Peter O'Connor, Irish athlete (b. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Peter O'Connor ( October 24, 1872 - November 9, 1957) was an Irish athlete who set a long-standing world record for the long jump and won 1872)
- 1968 - Jan Johansson, Swedish jazz pianist (b. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jan Johansson ( September 16, 1931 &ndash November 9, 1968) was a Swedish Jazz Pianist 1931)
- 1970 - Charles de Gaulle, President of France (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle ( ( 22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French General and statesman who led the Free French The President of the French Republic (Président de la République française colloquially referred to in English as the President of France, is France 's elected 1890)
- 1971 - Maude Fealy, American actor (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Maude Fealy ( March 4, 1881 - November 9, 1971) was an American stage and Film Actor. 1881)
- 1977 - Fred Haney, American baseball player (b. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Fred Girard Haney ( April 25, 1898 – November 9, 1977) was an American Third baseman, manager, coach 1898)
- 1980 - Victor Sen Yung, American actor (b. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Victor Sen Yung ( 揚[[wikt 森|森]] Pinyin: Yáng Sēn (born October 18, 1915 in San Francisco California – died November 1915)
- 1988 - Father David Bauer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) 1924)
- 1988 - John N. Mitchell, United States Attorney General (b. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Newton Mitchell (September 1913 &ndash November 9, 1988) was the first United States Attorney General ever to be convicted of illegal activities and The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice (see) concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement 1913)
- 1991 - Yves Montand, French actor (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Yves Montand (iv mɔ̃ˈtɑ̃ in French ( 13 October 1921 &ndash 9 November 1991) was an Italian -born French 1921)
- 1997 - Helenio Herrera, French football player and coach (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Helenio Herrera (17 April 1910 in Buenos Aires – 9 November 1997 in Venice) was a French - Argentine football player and manager 1910)
- 1998 - Ursula Reit, German actress (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Ursula Reit ( 5 March 1914 &ndash 9 November 1998) was a German actress who is perhaps best known for her role as Mrs 1914)
- 2000 - Hugh Paddick, British actor (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Hugh William Paddick ( 22 August 1915 &ndash 9 November 2000) was an English actor whose most notable role was in the 1960s 1915)
- 2001 - Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and museum curator (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Niels Windekilde Jannasch OC, (1924 - 2001 was a mariner marine historian and the founding director of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. 1924)
- 2002 - William Schutz, American psychologist (b. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. William C Schutz ( 1925 - November 9, 2002) was a psychologist at the Esalen Institute ( Big Sur, California) 1925)
- 2002 - Merlin Santana, American actor (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Merlin Santana ( March 14, 1976 - November 9, 2002) was an American Television and Film actor of Dominican 1976)
- 2003 - Art Carney, American actor (b. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Arthur William Matthew “Art” Carney ( November 4, 1918 – November 9, 2003) was an Academy Award - and Emmy Award -winning 1918)
- 2003 - Gordon Onslow Ford, English painter (b. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Gordon Onslow Ford ( December 26, 1912 &ndash November 9, 2003) was the last surviving member of the 1930s Paris surrealist group surrounding 1912)
- 2003 - Binod Bihari Verma, Indian Maithili literateur (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Binod Bihari Verma (1937 - 2003 was a Maithili littérateur by soul medical doctor by profession and a defence officer by career Maithili (मैथिली Maithilī) is a language spoken in the eastern part of India, mainly in the Indian state of Bihar 1937)
- 2004 - Iris Chang, Asian author (b. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Iris Shun-Ru Chang ( March 28, 1968 &ndash November 9, 2004) was an American Historian and Journalist. 1968)
- 2005 - K. R. Narayanan, President of India (b. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kocheril Raman Narayanan ( Malayalam: കോച്ചേരില് രാമന് നാരായണന് 27 October 1920 &mdash The President of India or Rashtrapati ( Hindi: राष्ट्रपति a Sanskrit Neologism, lit 1921)
- 2006 - Ed Bradley, American journalist (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Edward Rudolph Bradley Jr ( June 22, 1941 – November 9, 2006) was an American Journalist, best known for 26 years 1941)
- 2006 - Markus Wolf, East German Intelligence Director (b. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Markus Johannes "Mischa" Wolf ( January 19, 1923 – November 9, 2006) was head of the General Reconnaissance Administration 1923)
Holidays and observances
- Roman Catholicism - Dedication of the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, Cathedral of the Pope (memorial feast day)
- Cambodia - Independence Day (1953)
- Pakistan - Allama Iqbal Day (1877)
- Germany - November 9th is often called Germany's Schicksalstag (day of fate) due to the events of 1848, 1918, 1923, 1938, and 1989. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints The Basilica of St John Lateran ( Italian: Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano) is the Cathedral of the church of Rome and the official This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and The Kingdom of Cambodia ( formerly known as Kampuchea (, transliterated: Preăh Réachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchea) is a country in South East An Independence Day is an annual celebration commemorating the Anniversary of a Nation 's assumption of independent Statehood, usually after ceasing Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Schicksalstag (literally day of fate) is a label often used for 9 November due to the special importance of this day in German history. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar)
- Europe - Inventor's Day - in honor of Hedy Lamarr's birthday
- United States - World Freedom Day, to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989
- United Kingdom - 313 day
- International - Diwali
- Bolivia - Dia de los ñatitas
- Lawrence, finance great born Melbourne
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