October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in Leap years). There are 83 days remaining. A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing an extra day or month in order to keep the calendar year in sync with an astronomical or seasonal year. ...

October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ... October 2 is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. ... October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in Leap years). ... October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in Leap years). ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ... October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in Leap years). ... October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in Leap years). ... October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). ... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ... October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in Leap years). ... October 19 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ... October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 69 days remaining. ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 67 days remaining. ... October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. ... October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 63 days remaining. ... October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 62 days remaining. ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Events

• 1000 - Leif Ericson discovers Vinland, becoming the first known European to set foot in North America.
• 1238 - James I of Aragon conquered Valencia and founded the Kingdom of Valencia.
• 1446 - The Hangul alphabet is created in Korea.
• 1514 - marriage of Louis XII of France and Mary Tudor
• 1582 - Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
• 1635 - Founder of Rhode Island Roger Williams is banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident after he spoke out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away Native American land.
• 1701 - The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.
• 1771 - The Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sinks near the coast of Finland.
• 1776 - Father Francisco Palou founds Mission San Francisco de Asis in what is now San Francisco, California.
• 1812 - War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships; the HMS Detroit and the HMS Caledonia.
• 1820 - Guayaquil declared independence from Spain.
• 1831 - Capo d'Istria was assassinated.
• 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Tom's Brook - Union cavalrymen in the Shenandoah Valley defeat Confederate forces at Tom's Brook, Virginia.
• 1871 - The Great Chicago Fire is brought under control.
• 1874 - General Postal Union was created as a result of the Treaty of Berne.
• 1888 - The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public.
• 1914 - World War I: Siege of Antwerp - Antwerp, Belgium falls to German troops.
• 1919 - Black Sox scandal: The Cincinnati Reds "win" the World Series.
• 1936 - Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to transmit electricity from the Colorado River 266 miles to Los Angeles, California.
• 1940 - World War II: Battle of Britain - During a nighttime air raid by the German Luftwaffe, St. Paul's Cathedral is pierced by a bomb.
• 1942 - Statute of Westminster Adoption Act formalizes Australian autonomy.
• 1944 - World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Union Premier Joseph Stalin begin a nine-day conference in Moscow to discuss the future of Europe.
• 1957 - Neil H. McElroy was sworn in as the 6th Secretary of Defense of United States.
• 1962 - Uganda becomes a republic.
• 1963 - In northeast Italy, over 2,000 people are killed when a large landslide behind the Vajont Dam causes a giant wave of water to overtop it.
• 1967 - A day after being caught, Che Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
• 1969 - In Chicago, Illinois, the United States National Guard is called in for crowd control as demonstrations continue in connection to the trial of the "Chicago Eight" (trial started on September 24).
• 1969 - Students from the University of the Philippines formed the first Upsilonian Congress and established the Upsiloan Alpha Beta Grand Fraternity in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.
• 1970 - The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.
• 1986 - United States District Court Judge Harry E. Claiborne becomes the fifth federal official to be removed from office through impeachment.
• 1989 - An official news agency in the Soviet Union reports the landing of a UFO in Voronezh.
• 1989 - In Leipzig, East Germany, 70,000 protesters demand the legalization of opposition groups and democratic reforms.
• 1991 - Ecuador becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
• 1992 - A 13 kilogram (est.) meteorite lands in the driveway of the Knapp residence in Peekskill, New York, destroying the family's 1980 Chevrolet Malibu.
• 1995 - An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.
• 2002 - After losing a massive amount of ground during the summer of 2002, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 7,286.27, its lowest level in five years. The NASDAQ also hit a six-year low of 1,114.11.
• 2004 - Jo Brauner resign as the anchor of German Tagesschau news show after 30 years.
• 2004 - Democratic elections held for the first time in Afghanistan.
• 2004 - The tri-annual federal election is held in Australia and Liberal Party of Australia leader, John Howard, wins a fourth term as Prime Minister in a landslide victory over opponent, Mark Latham of the Australian Labor Party.
• 2005 - China's State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping officially announced the new accurate height of Everest is 8848.43 m.

// Events World Population 300 million. ... A statue of Leifur hinn heppni Eiríksson in front of Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavik Leifur Eiríksson (old Icelandic: Leifr Eiríksson) was an Icelandic explorer who was the first European to discover North America - more specifically, the region that would become Newfoundland and, by later extension, Canada. ... Vinland (pronounced Winland) was the name given to part of North America by the Icelandic Norseman Leif Eiríksson, about year 1000. ... World map showing location of Europe When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere, bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west... // Events In the Iberian peninsula, James I of Aragon captures the city of Valencia September 28 from the Moors; the Moors retreat to Granada. ... James I of Aragon (Catalan: Jaume I) (Montpellier February 2, 1208 - July 27, 1276), surnamed the Conqueror, was the king of Aragon, count of Barcelona and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276. ... The Hemispheric at the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències by Santiago Calatrava, Valencia, Spain. ... History of Spain Series Prehistoric Spain Roman Spain Medieval Spain Age of Reconquest Age of Expansion Age of Enlightenment Reaction and Revolution First Spanish Republic The Restoration Second Spanish Republic Spanish Civil War The Dictatorship Modern Spain Topics Economic History Military History Social History The Aragonese Empire was the regime... Events Mehmed II Sultan of the Ottoman Empire is forced to abdicate in favor of his father Murad II by the Janissaries. ... Hangul (한글) is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the Hanja system borrowed from China. ... Korea (Hangul: 한국, Hanguk, used by South Korea; ì¡°ì„ , Joseon, used by North Korea) refers to South Korea (Republic of Korea) and North Korea (Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) together, which were a unified country until 1945. ... Events March - Louis XII of France makes peace with Emperor Maximilian. ... Louis XII Louis XII the Father of the People (French: Louis XII le Père du Peuple) (June 27, 1462 - January 1, 1515) was King of France from 1498-January 1, 1515. ... This article is about Mary Tudor, queen consort of France. ... Events January 15 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland February 24 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Gregorian calendar is the calendar widely used in the Western world. ... Events February 10 - The Académie française in Paris is expanded to become a national academy for the artistic elite. ... State nickname: The Ocean State, Little Rhody Other U.S. States Capital Providence Largest city Providence Governor Donald Carcieri (R) Senators Jack Reed (D) Lincoln Chafee (R) Official languages None Area 4,005 km² (50th)  - Land 2,709 km²  - Water 1,296 km² (32. ... Roger Williams (December 21, 1603 – April 1, 1684) was an Anglo-American theologian, a notable proponent of the separation of Church and State, an advocate for fair dealings with Native Americans, founder of the City of Providence, Rhode Island and a co-founder of Rhode Island. ... The Massachusetts Bay Colony (sometimes called by the name Massachusetts Bay Company, for the institution that founded it) was the direct predecessor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay and then the state of Massachusetts. ... A Sioux in traditional dress including war bonnet, circa 1908. ... Events January 18 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia. ... For other uses, see Yale (disambiguation). ... Old Saybrook is a town located in Middlesex County, Connecticut. ... 1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Vrouw Maria (Lady Mary) was a Dutch wooden two-masted merchant ship which sank in October 9th 1771 and is located in the outer archipelago of the municipality of Nauvo, Finland. ... This article is about the year 1776. ... Mission Basilica San Francisco de Asís Mission Basilica San Francisco de Asís, also known as Mission Dolores, was founded on October 9, 1776. ... The downtown San Francisco skyline, looking east from the central part of the city. ... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The War of 1812 was a conflict fought on land in North America and at sea around the world between the United States and United Kingdom from 1812 to 1815. ... Lake Erie, looking southward from a high rural bluff near Leamington, Ontario Lake Erie is one of the five large freshwater Great Lakes in North America, the worlds largest such lakes. ... Painting of HMS Detroit by E.A Hodgkinson During the War of 1812, the British Royal Navy had two small vessels named HMS Detroit on Lake Erie, both named after the nearby Fort Detroit. ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Secondary office of the Ecuadorian central bank (Banco Central del Ecuador or BCE) in Guayaquil (December 8, 2004) Santiago de Guayaquil, or just Guayaquil, is the most populous city in Ecuador, as well as that nations main sea port. ... 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... John Capodistria John Capodistria (in Greek Ioannis Kapodistrias or Ιωάννης Καποδίστριας, and in Italian Giovanni Capo dIstria, Count Capo dIstria) (February 11, 1776 - October 9, 1831) was a Greek-born diplomat of the Russian Empire and later first head of state of independent Greece. ... Jack Ruby murdered the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, in a very public manner. ... 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The American Civil War was fought in North America from 1861 until 1865 between the United States of America – forces coming mostly from the 23 northern states of the Union – and the newly-formed Confederate States of America, which consisted of 11 southern states that had declared their secession. ... ... Canoeing on the Shenandoah River near Winchester, Virginia. ... Motto: Deo Vindice (Latin: Under God our Vindicator) Anthem: God Save the South (unofficial) Dixie (popular) Capital Montgomery, Alabama February 4, 1861–May 29, 1861 Richmond, Virginia May 29, 1861–April 9, 1865 Danville, Virginia April 3–April 10, 1865 Largest city New Orleans February 4, 1861 until captured May... Toms Brook is a town located in Shenandoah County, Virginia. ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Artists rendering of the fire, by John R Chapin. ... 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Universal Postal Union (UPU) is a international organization that coordinates postal policies between member nations, and hence the world-wide postal system. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Washington Monument The Washington Monument usually refers to the large white-colored obelisk in the center of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built as a memorial to George Washington, the first President of the United States and the leader of the revolutionary Continental Army, which won independence from... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ... The Siege of Antwerp was an engagement of the Germans and the Belgians during World War I. The German army invaded Belgium on the morning of August 4, 1914, two days after the decision of the Belgian government not to allow German troops unhindered passage to France. ... For other uses, see Antwerp (disambiguation). ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... ... The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. ... In baseball, the World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada, played in October after the end of the regular season between the pennant winner of the American League and the pennant winner of the National League. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Hoover Dam Hoover Dam 1931-1935 US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation Hoover Dam (36°0′56″ N 114°44′16″ W) is a concrete gravity-arch dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between Arizona and Nevada. ... Electricity is the term the early scientists used when they were actually referring to charge. Present usage of the term electricity has become confused. ... Colorado River in the Grand Canyon from Desert View The Colorado River is a river in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately 1,450 mi (2,333 km) long, draining a part of the arid regions on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. ... The City of Los Angeles (from Spanish Los Ángeles , meaning the angels), also known as L.A., is the second-largest city in the United States in terms of population, as well as one of the worlds most important economic, cultural, and entertainment centers. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the... A major campaign of World War II, the Battle of Britain is the name for the attempt by Germanys Luftwaffe to gain air superiority of British airspace and destroy the Royal Air Force (RAF). ... The   Luftwaffe[?] (German: air force, IPA: [luftvafÉ™]) is the commonly used term for the German air force. ... St Pauls Cathedral is a cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London in London, and the seat of the Bishop of London. ... This article is about the year. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the... The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, FRS PC (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ...   Joseph Stalin[?] (Russian, in full: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин (Josef Vissarionovich Stalin), real name: Иосиф Виссарионович Джугашвили (Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvilli), Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვილი (Ioseb Jughashvili); December 6 (OS)/December 18 (NS), 1878 – March 5, 1953) was the leader of the Soviet Union from mid-1920s to his death in 1953 and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA:   listen?) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ... World map showing location of Europe When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Neil Hosler McElroy (30 October 1904 - 30 November 1972) was United States Secretary of Defense from 1957 to 1959 under President Eisenhower. ... The United States Secretary of Defense is the head of the United States Department of Defense, concerned with the armed services and The Secretary is appointed by the President with the approval of the Senate, and is a member of the Cabinet. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Vajont Dam is a dam completed in 1961 under Mount Toc, 100 km north of Venice, Italy. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Che Guevara (Havana - March 5, 1960) Dr. Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna (June 14, 1928 – October 9, 1967), commonly known as Che Guevara or el Che, was an Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary and Cuban guerrilla leader. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Chicago, colloquially known as the Second City and the Windy City, is the third-largest city in population in the United States and the largest inland city in the country. ... The United States National Guard is a significant component of the United States armed forces military reserve. ... The Chicago Seven The Chicago Seven were seven (originally eight) defendants charged with conspiracy, inciting to riot, and other charges related to violent protests that took place in Chicago, Illinois on the occasion of the 1968 Democratic National Convention. ... September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Insurrection and War, 1967-75 By the mid-1960s, Norodom Sihanouks delicate balancing act was beginning to go awry. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Harry E. Claiborne (July 2, 1917–January 19, 2004) was a United States Federal Court Judge who was impeached for tax evasion. ... Depiction of the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, then President of the United States, in 1868. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A UFO -- fact or fiction? A UFO or unidentified flying object in the original, literal sense is any airborne object or optical phenomenon, detected visually or by radar, whose nature is not readily known. ... Voronezh (Воро́неж) is a large city in the south of Central Russia, not far from Ukraine. ... Map of Germany showing Leipzig   Leipzig? [ˈlaiptsɪç] (Polish; Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the federal state (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. ... The German Democratic Republic (GDR) (German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik), also commonly known as East Germany, was a communist state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the former Soviet occupation zone of Germany. ... The Elections and Parties Series Democracy Representative democracy History of democracy Referenda Liberal democracy Representation Voting Voting systems Ideology Elections Elections by country Elections by calendar Politics Politics by country Political campaigns Political science Political philosophy Related topics Political parties Parties by country Parties by name Parties by ideology Ideologies... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, sometimes called the Berne Union or Berne Convention, adopted at Berne in 1886, first established the recognition of copyrights between sovereign nations. ... For copyright issues in relation to Wikipedia itself, see Wikipedia:Copyrights. ... A treaty is a binding agreement under international law concluded by subjects of international law, namely states and international organizations. ... 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The international prototype, made of platinum-iridium, which is kept at the BIPM under conditions specified by the 1st CGPM in 1889. ... Bacubirito in Culiacan, Mexico is the second largest meteorite in the Americas, and fifth largest in the world A meteorite is a small extraterrestrial body that reaches the Earths surface. ... Peekskill is a city located in Westchester County, New York. ... Chevrolet Malibu The Chevrolet Malibu (named for Malibu, California) is a midsize car produced and sold in the United States by General Motors. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Amtrak is the trademark name of the intercity passenger train system created on May 1, 1971 in the United States. ... Sunset Limited (eastbound) at the Houston train station. ... The 1995 Palo Verde derailment happened on October 9, 1995, an Amtrak Sunset Limited train derailed near Palo Verde, Arizona. ... This article is about Sabotage sabotage can also refer to: an early Black Sabbath album (Sabotage), the Alfred Hitchcock films (Sabotage or Saboteur), a Beastie Boys song, or a type of shock site. ... The Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, located in Wintersburg, Arizona, about 50 miles (80 km) west of central Phoenix, is currently the largest nuclear generation facility in the United States, producing over 30,000 gigawatts of electricity anually to serve approximately 4 million people. ... State nickname: The Grand Canyon State, The Copper State Other U.S. States Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Governor Janet Napolitano (D) Senators John McCain (R) Jon Kyl (R) Official languages English Only State Area 295,254 km² (6th)  - Land 294,312 km²  - Water 942 km² (0. ... 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is one of several stock market indices created by Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company founder Charles Dow. ... NASDAQ MarketSite (Times Square, New York City) at night NASDAQ (originally an acronym for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is a U.S. electronic stock exchange. ... 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Tagesschau (view of the Day) is a news show which is broadcast several times every day on German language television stations. ... 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The word federal in a general sense refers to the nature of an agreement between or among two or more states, nations, or other groups to merge into a union in which control of common affairs is held by a central authority created by and with the consent of the... The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian liberal conservative political party. ... John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939), Australian politician and 25th Prime Minister of Australia, came to office on 11 March 1996 and gained re-election in 1998, 2001 and 2004. ... A prime minister may be either: the chief or leading member of the cabinet of the top-level government in a country having a parliamentary system of government; or the official, in countries with a semi-presidential system of government, appointed to manage the civil service and execute the directives... Mark Latham Mark William Latham (born February 28, 1961) is a former Australian politician who served as leader of the federal parliamentary Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition from December 2003 to January 2005. ... The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Everest entry redirects here. ...

Births

• 1201 - Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (d. 1274)
• 1261 - King Dinis of Portugal (d. 1325)
• 1581 - Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician (d. 1638)
• 1585 - Heinrich Schütz, German composer (d. 1672)
• 1586 - Archduke Leopold V of Austria, regent of Tyrol (d. 1632)
• 1757 - King Charles X of France (d. 1836)
• 1796 - Joseph Bonomi the Younger, English Egyptologist (d. 1878)
• 1835 - Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (d. 1921)
• 1840 - Simeon Solomon, British artist (d. 1905)
• 1852 - Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
• 1859 - Alfred Dreyfus, French military officer (d. 1935)
• 1873 - Karl Schwarzschild, German physicist and astronomer (d. 1916)
• 1873 - Charles Walgreen, American entrepreneur (d. 1939)
• 1879 - Max von Laue, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1960)
• 1886 - Rube Marquard, baseball player (d. 1980)
• 1888 - Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin, Russian politician (d. 1938)
• 1890 - Aimee Semple McPherson, American evangelist (d. 1944)
• 1892 - Ivo Andrić, Croatian writer (d. 1975)
• 1892 - Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet (d. 1941)
• 1900 - Alastair Sim, Scottish actor (d. 1976)
• 1907 - Quintin Hogg, British politician (d. 2001)
• 1908 - Jacques Tati, French filmmaker (d. 1982)
• 1909 - Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 2000)
• 1911 - Joe Rosenthal, American photographer
• 1915 - Clifford M. Hardin, United States Secretary of Agriculture
• 1920 - Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author (d. 1976)
• 1923 - Fyvush Finkel, American actor
• 1928 - Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer
• 1936 - Brian Blessed, English actor
• 1938 - Heinz Fischer, Austrian politician
• 1940 - John Lennon, British musician and songwriter (The Beatles) (d. 1980)
• 1941 - Trent Lott, American politician
• 1944 - John Entwistle, British musician (The Who) (d. 2002)
• 1944 - Nona Hendryx, American singer (LaBelle)
• 1944 - Peter Tosh, Jamaican musician (d. 1987)
• 1946 - Tansu Çiller, Turkish prime minister
• 1948 - Jackson Browne, American musician
• 1952 - Sharon Osbourne, English music manager and wife of Ozzy Osbourne
• 1953 - Tony Shalhoub, American actor
• 1954 - Scott Bakula, American television actor
• 1958 - Michael Pare, American actor
• 1969 - P.J. Harvey, English musician
• 1969 - Amy Grissom, American artist and social worker
• 1970 - Kenny Anderson, American basketball player
• 1970 - Savannah, American actress (d. 1994)
• 1970 - Annika Sörenstam, Swedish golfer
• 1971 - Michael Manna, American professional wrestler
• 1971 - Simon Atlee, British Photographer, most notable person killed in the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake (d. 2004)
• 1973 - Steven Burns, actor and musician
• 1975 - Sean Lennon, English musician
• 1978 - Nicky Byrne, Irish musician (Westlife)
• 1978 - Juan Dixon, American basketball player
• 1981 - Darius Miles, American basketball player
• 1986 - Laure Manaudou, French swimmer

// Events The town of Riga was chartered as a city. ... Robert de Sorbon (October 9, 1201 – August 15, 1274) was a French theologian. ... Events May 7 - In France the Second Council of Lyons opens to consider the condition of the Holy Land and to agree to a union with the Byzantine church. ... Events July 25 - Constantinople re-captured by Nicaean forces under the command of Michael VIII Palaeologus, Byzantine Empire re-formed August 29 - Urban IV becomes Pope, the last man to do so without being a Cardinal first Bela IV of Hungary repels Tatar invasion Charles of Anjou given rule of... Dinis of Portugal (in archaic Portuguese Diniz; in English Denis), the Farmer (Port. ... Events Muhammed Tughlaq succeeds his father Ghiyas al-Din Tughlaq as Sultan of Delhi. ... Events January 16 - English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism April 4 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. July 26 - The Northern Netherlands proclaim their independence from Spain in the Oath of Abjuration. ... Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac (October 9, 1581 - February 26, 1638) was a French mathematician born in Bourg-en-Bresse. ... Events March 29 - Swedish colonists establish first settlement in Delaware, called New Sweden. ... 1585 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. ... Heinrich Schütz Heinrich Schütz (October 9, 1585 – November 6, 1672) was a German composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and is often considered to be one of the most important composers of the 17th century along with Claudio Monteverdi. ... Events England, France, Munster and Cologne invade the United Provinces, therefore this name is know as ´het rampjaar´ (the disaster year) in the Netherlands. ... 1586 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... Archduke Leopold V (Graz, October 9, 1586 – September 13, 1632 in Schwaz, Tirol) was the son of Archduke Charles II, the brother of Emperor Ferdinand II, father of Ferdinand Charles of the Tyrol, Bishop of Passau and Strasbourg (until 1625) and Regent of Tyrol. ... See also: 1632 (novel) Events February 22 - Galileos Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published July 23 - 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe November 8 - Wladyslaw IV Waza elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after Zygmunt III Waza death November 16 - Battle of Lützen... 1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Charles X, King of France and of Navarre (October 9, 1757 – November 6, 1836) was born at the Palace of Versailles. ... 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ... Joseph Bonomi the Younger (9 October 1796 – 3 March 1878) was an English sculptor, artist, egyptologist and museum curator. ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (IPA: [ʃaʁl. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (1863) by Simeon Solomon. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Hermann Emil Fischer (October 9, 1852 - July 15, 1919) was a German chemist and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1902. ... Sir Edward Appletons medal Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Alfred Dreyfus in an army uniform, wearing a mustache. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Karl Schwarzschild (October 9, 1873 - May 11, 1916) was a noted German Jewish physicist and astronomer, father of astrophysicist Martin Schwarzschild. ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Charles Rudolph Walgreen (1873–1939) was a United States drugstore businessman. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Max von Laue (October 9, 1879 - April 24, 1960) was a German physicist, who studied under Max Planck. ... Sir Edward Appletons medal Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... Rube Marquard of the New York Giants at the West Side Grounds in 1909. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin (Russian: Николай Иванович Бухарин), (October 9 (September 27 Old Style) 1888 - March 13, 1938) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and then a Soviet politician, and intellectual. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944) Aimee Semple McPherson (October 9, 1890–September 27, 1944), also known as Sister Aimee or simply Sister, was an evangelist and media sensation in the 1920s and 1930s, founder of the Foursquare Gospel Church. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Ivo Andrić. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (Russian: Марина Ивановна Цвѣтаева) (October 9, 1892 – August 31, 1941) was a Russian poet and writer. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Alastair Sim Alastair Sim (October 9, 1900 – August 19, 1976) was a Scottish character actor, whose comic appearance ensured him success in a string of classic British films. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Memorial To Quintin Hogg Portland Place London Quintin Hogg (1845- 17 January 1903) was an English merchant, known for his philanthropic activities. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jacques Tati (October 9, 1908–November 5, 1982) was a French filmmaker. ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Frederick Donald Coggan, Baron Coggan (December 23, 1909 - May 17, 2000) was the 101st Archbishop of Canterbury from 1974 to 1980. ... Arms of the see of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior clergyman of the established Church of England and symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima Joe Rosenthal (born October 9, 1911) was a American photographer, who received the Pulitzer Prize for his World War II iconic portrait of American troops raising the flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Clifford Morris Hardin (born October 9, 1915) served as United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1969 to 1971. ... The United States Secretary of Agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture concerned with land and food as well as agriculture and rural development. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Jens Bjørneboe (October 9, 1920–May 9, 1976) was a Norwegian painter, dramatist, essayist and novelist. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Fyvush Finkel (born October 9, 1923) is an American actor. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Einojuhani Rautavaara (born October 9, 1928) is a Finnish composer of classical music, probably the best known Finnish composer of his generation. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Blessed (centre) as Exeter in Henry V Brian Blessed (born October 9, 1936) is a respected English actor. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Heinz Fischer (born 9 October 1938) is the federal president of Austria. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Lennon in the autumn of 1968 John Winston Ono Lennon, (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), was best known as a singer, songwriter, poet and guitarist for The Beatles. ... The Beatles were a British pop and rock group from Liverpool. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Chester Trent Lott Jr. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Alec Entwistle (October 9, 1944 – June 27, 2002) was the bass guitar player for The Who. ... The Who is a British rock band. ... 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nona Hendryx (born October 9, 1944) is a vocalist known for her work as a solo artist as well as one-third of the trio LaBelle. ... LaBelle was an American disco group, melding dance music with funk and glam rock, resulting in such memorable songs as Lady Marmalade. The group was led by Patti LaBelle (born May 24, 1944), who later had a successful solo career. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Peter Tosh (October 9, 1944 – September 11, 1987) was a pioneer reggae musician. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Tansu Çiller (born 9 October 1946) is an economist and politician in Turkey. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jackson Browne Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an influential American singer-songwriter. ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sharon Osbourne Sharon Osbourne (b. ... Ozzy Osbourne John Michael Osbourne (born December 3, 1948, in Aston, West Midlands, United Kingdom), better known as Ozzy Osbourne, was the lead singer of the rock band Black Sabbath and later a popular solo artist and reality television star. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Tony Shalhoub stars as Adrian Monk on USA Networks Monk. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Scott Bakula as Captain Jonathan Archer Scott Stewart Bakula (born on October 9, 1954) is an American television actor most famous for his lead role in the television series Quantum Leap. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Michael Paré (born October 9, 1958 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Polly Jean Harvey, born October 9, 1969 in Weymouth, Dorset is a British singer and songwriter. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Kenneth Anderson (born 9th October 1970, Queens, New York) is a left-handed point guard currently playing in the NBA. Selected by the New Jersey Nets with the second pick in the 1991 NBA Draft out of Georgia Tech, he was the youngest player in the league, at that time. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Shannon Wilsey, usually known as simply Savannah, (born October 9, 1970 - died July 11, 1994) was an American actress, starring in more than 100 pornographic films during her career. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Annika Sörenstam Annika Sörenstam   listen? is a professional golfer from Sweden. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Michael Manna aka Steven (Stevie) Richards is an American professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the SmackDown! brand. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Simon Atlee (October 9, 1971 – December 26, 2004) was a British fashion photographer and the boyfriend of the supermodel Petra Nemcova whom he frequently photographed. ... The December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami hits Thailand The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) on December 26, 2004. ... 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... External links Steves Web Page - Burns official website Snopes. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Sean Lennon Sean Taro Ono Lennon (aka Sean Ono Lennon, born October 9, 1975) is the son of musicians and peace activists John Lennon and Yoko Ono. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Nicholas Bernard Adam James Byrne, known as Nicky Byrne, member of famous Irish pop band Westlife, was born October 9, 1978 in the Irish capital Dublin. ... Westlife are an Irish boy band. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Juan Dixon (born October 9, 1978 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a professional basketball player currently with the [[NBA]s Portland Trail Blazers. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Darius LaVar Miles (born October 9, 1981 in Belleville, Illinois) is an American basketball player for the NBAs Portland Trail Blazers. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Laure Manaudou in 2005 Laure Manaudou (born October 9, 1986 in Villeurbanne) is a French swimmer. ...

Deaths

• 1047 - Pope Clement II (b. 1005)
• 1253 - Robert Grosseteste, English statesman and bishop
• 1555 - Justus Jonas, German protestant reformer (b. 1493)
• 1562 - Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist (b. 1523)
• 1569 - Vladimir of Staritsa, Russian prince (b. 1533)
• 1597 - Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (b. 1537)
• 1691 - William Sacheverell, English statesman (b. 1638)
• 1709 - Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, English mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1640)
• 1729 - Richard Blackmore, English physician and writer (b. 1654)
• 1793 - Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French missionary (b. 1718)
• 1806 - Benjamin Banneker, American astronomer (b. 1731)
• 1831 - John Capodistria, Governor of Greece (b. 1776)
• 1924 - Valery Bryusov, Russian writer and critic (b. 1873)
• 1934 - King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (assassinated) (b. 1888)
• 1934 - Louis Barthou, Prime Minister of France (assassinated) (b. 1862)
• 1941 - Helen Morgan, American singer and actress (b. 1900)
• 1943 - Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1955 - Theodor Cardinal Innitzer, Archbishop of Vienna (b. 1875)
• 1956 - Marie Doro, American actress (b. 1882)
• 1958 - Pope Pius XII (b. 1876)
• 1962 - Milan Vidmar, Slovenian electrical engineer and chess player (b. 1885)
• 1967 - Che Guevara, Argentine revolutionary and guerilla leader (executed) (b. 1928)
• 1972 - Miriam Hopkins, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1974 - Oskar Schindler, German businessman (b. 1908)
• 1978 - Jacques Brel, Belgian musician (b. 1929)
• 1987 - Clare Boothe Luce, American diplomat (b. 1903)
• 1987 - Guru Gopinath, Indian classical dancer (b. 1908)
• 1989 - Penny Lernoux, American journalist and author (b. 1940)
• 1990 - Géza Ottlik hungarian writer (b. 1912)
• 1995 - Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1903)
• 1996 - Walter Kerr, American theater critic (b. 1913)
• 2000 - David Dukes, American actor (b. 1945)
• 2001 - Dagmar, American television personality (b. 1921)

Events William the Conqueror, with assistance from King Henry I of France, secured control of Normandy by defeating the rebel Norman barons at Caen the Battle of Val-ès-Dunes Births Deaths October 9 - Pope Clement II Categories: 1047 ... Clement II, né Suidger of Morsleben (born Hornburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, 1005 - died October 9, 1047), pope (December 25, 1046 - October 9, 1047), son of Count Konrad of Morsleben and Hornburg and his wife Amulrad. ... Events Malcolm II succeeds Kenneth III as king of Scotland. ... For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century. ... Robert Grosseteste (c. ... Events Russia breaks 60 year old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland February 2 - Diet of Augsburg begins February 4 - John Rogers becomes first Protestant martyr in England February 9 - Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake May 23 - Paul IV becomes Pope. ... Justus Jonas (5 June 1493 - 9 October 1555) was a German Protestant reformer. ... Events January 4 - Christopher Columbus leaves the New World. ... Events Earliest English slave-trading expedition under John Hawkins. ... Gabriele Falloppio Gabriele Falloppio (1523- October 9, 1562), often known by his Latin name Fallopius, was one of the most important anatomists and physicians of the sixteenth century; he was born at Modena, Italy in 1523; he died October 9, 1562 at Padua. ... Events April - Battle of Villalar - Forces loyal to Emperor Charles V defeat the Comuneros, a league of urban bourgeois rebelling against Charles in Spain. ... Events January 11 - First recorded lottery in England. ... Vladimir Andreyevich (1533 - October 9, 1569) was the last appanage Russian prince. ... Events January 25 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boleyn, his second Queen consort. ... Events 17 January - A court case in Guildford recorded evidence that a certain plot of land was used for playing “kreckett” (i. ... Ashikaga Yoshiaki (足利 義昭 Ashikaga Yoshiaki, December 5, 1537–October 9, 1597) was the 15th, and last, shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate in Japan who reigned from 1568 to 1573. ... Events January 6 - Alessandro de Medici assassinated August 25 - The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, was formed. ... Events March 5 - French troops under Marshal Louis-Francois de Boufflers besiege the Spanish-held town of Mons March 29 - Siege of Mons ends to the city’s surrender October 3 - Treaty of Limerick which guaranteed civil rights to catholics was signed. ... William Sacheverell (1638 - October 9, 1691), was an English statesman. ... Events March 29 - Swedish colonists establish first settlement in Delaware, called New Sweden. ... // Events January 12 - Two-month freezing period begins in France - The coast of the Atlantic and Seine River freeze, crops fail and at least 24. ... Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine Barbara Villiers (November 1640 - October 9, 1709), Duchess of Cleveland, was one of the most notorious of Charles IIs mistresses. ... Charles II (29 May 1630–6 February 1685) was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 30 January 1649 (retrospectively de jure) or 29 May 1660 (de facto) until his death. ... Events December 1 - Portugal regains its independence from Spain and João IV of Portugal becomes king. ... Events July 30 - Baltimore, Maryland is founded. ... Sir Richard Blackmore (c. ... Events April 5 - Signing of the Treaty of Westminster, ending the First Anglo-Dutch War. ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (1718 - 1793), a French Jesuit missionary, was born at Toulon in February 1718. ... // Events July 21 - Treaty of Passarowitz signed November 22 - Off the coast of Virginia, English pirate Edward Teach (best known as Blackbeard) is killed in battle when a British boarding party cornered and then shot and stabbed him more than 25 times. ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Benjamin Banneker, originally Banna Ka, or Bannakay (November 9, 1731 – October 9, 1806) was an African-American astronomer, clockmaker, and publisher, and was instrumental in surveying the District of Columbia. ... Events 10 Downing Street becomes the official residence of the United Kingdoms Prime Minister when Robert Walpole moves in. ... 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... John Capodistria John Capodistria (in Greek Ioannis Kapodistrias or Ιωάννης Καποδίστριας, and in Italian Giovanni Capo dIstria, Count Capo dIstria) (February 11, 1776 - October 9, 1831) was a Greek-born diplomat of the Russian Empire and later first head of state of independent Greece. ... This article is about the year 1776. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov (1873–1924) was a Russian born poet, novelist and critic who lived and died in Moscow. ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Aleksandar I KaraÄ‘orÄ‘ević King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (Serbian Kralj Aleksandar I KaraÄ‘orÄ‘ević, in Cyrillic Краљ Александар I Карађорђевић) (Cetinje, Montenegro, 16 December 1888 – Marseille, France, 9 October 1934) of the Royal House of KaraÄ‘orÄ‘ević was the first king of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1921–34) and... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... French politician Louis Barthou Jean Louis Barthou (August 25, 1862 – October 9, 1934) was a French politician of the Third Republic. ... The Prime Minister of France (Premier ministre de la France) is the functional head of the Cabinet of France. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Helen Morgan was an born 2 August 1900 in rural Danville, Illinois. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Pieter Zeeman (May 25, 1865 – October 9, 1943) (pronounced zāmän) was a physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Hendrik Lorentz for his discovery of the Zeeman effect. ... Sir Edward Appletons medal Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Theodor Cardinal Innitzer (born December 25, 1875 in Neugeschrei near Weipert, Northern Bohemia; died October 9, 1955 in Vienna) was Archbishop of Vienna and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Marie Doro Marie Doro (May 25, 1882 - October 9, 1956) was a popular film actress of the early silent film era of the 1910s through the early 1920s. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pope Pius XII (Latin: ), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (March 2, 1876 – October 9, 1958), reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from March 2, 1939 to 1958. ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Milan Vidmar (June 22, 1885 – October 9, 1962) was a Slovene electrical engineer, chess player, chess theorist, philosopher and writer, born in Ljubljana, Austria-Hungary (now Slovenia). ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Che Guevara (Havana - March 5, 1960) Dr. Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna (June 14, 1928 – October 9, 1967), commonly known as Che Guevara or el Che, was an Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary and Cuban guerrilla leader. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Miriam Hopkins in the title role of Becky Sharp (1935) Miriam Hopkins (October 18, 1902–October 9, 1972) was an American actress. ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Oskar Schindler Oskar Schindler (April 28, 1908 – October 9, 1974) was an Austrian businessman famous for his efforts to save his Jewish workers from the Holocaust. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Jacques Brel (April 8, 1929 – October 9, 1978) was a Belgian French-speaking author-composer, considered by many a poet as well, for the strong power of expression in his lyrics. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Clare Boothe Luce Clare Boothe Luce (April 10, 1903 – October 9, 1987) was an American editor, playwright, social activist, politician, journalist, and diplomat. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Penny Lernoux (born January 6, 1940; died October 9, 1989) was a US journalist and writer. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1912 was a leap year starting on Monday. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Right Honourable Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT,1 PC (2 July 1903–9 October 1995), 14th Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963, was a British politician, and served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for a year from October 1963 to October... In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Walter Kerr (July 8, 1913 – October 9, 1996) was an American writer and Broadway theater critic. ... Link title1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... This article is about David Dukes, the character actor. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Dagmar (November 29, 1921 – October 9, 2001) was a buxom television personality. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Holidays

• Hangul Day - South Korea: celebrating the invention of Hangul, the native Korean phonetic alphabet.
• Leif Erikson Day - United States: celebrating the first European landing in North America

Hangul Day —also called Hangul Proclamation Day or Korean Alphabet Day—is an observance on October 9 in South Korea to remember the creation of Hangul, their native alphabet, proclaimed by the publication of Hunmin Jeongeum on this day in 1446. ... Hangul (한글) is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the Hanja system borrowed from China. ... Leif Erikson Day is a U.S. federal observance occurring on October 9. ... World map showing location of Europe When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere, bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west...

External links

• BBC: On This Day

October 8 - October 10 - September 9 - November 9 - more historical anniversaries October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... Condensed list of historical anniversaries. ...