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October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in Leap years ). There are 83 days remaining.
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 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 .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.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 .1963 - Uganda becomes a republic.1963 - In northeast Italy , over 2,000 people are killed when a large landslide behind the Vajont Dam causes a giant wave of water to overtop it. 1967 - A day after being caught, Che Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia .1969 - In Chicago, Illinois , the United States National Guard is called in for crowd control as demonstrations continue in connection to the trial of the "Chicago Eight " (trial started on September 24 ).1970 - The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia .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 .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 .
Births 1261 - King Dinis of Portugal 1585 - Heinrich Schütz , composer1586 - Archduke Leopold V of Austria , Regent of Tyrol 1757 - Charles X of France 1796 - Joseph Bonomi the Younger , Egyptologist (d. 1878 )1835 - Camille Saint-Saëns , French composer (d. 1921 )1859 - Alfred Dreyfus , French military officer (d. 1935 )1873 - Charles Walgreen , entrepreneur (d. 1939 )1886 - Rube Marquard , baseball star (d. 1980 )1888 - Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin , Russian politician1890 - Aimee Semple McPherson , evangelist (d. 1944 )1892 - Ivo Andrić , Croatian writer (d. 1975 )1892 - Marina Tsvetaeva , Russian poet 1900 - Alastair Sim , actor (d. 1976 )1907 - Quintin Hogg , later Lord Hailsham , British politician (d. 2001 )1909 - Jacques Tati , actor (d. 1982 )1909 - Donald Coggan , Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 2000 ) 1911 - Joe Rosenthal , photographer1920 - Jens Bjørneboe , Norwegian author1923 - Fyvush Finkel , actor1928 - Einojuhani Rautavaara , composer1937 - Brian Blessed , actor1938 - Heinz Fischer , Austrian politician1940 - John Lennon , British musician, songwriter (d. 1980 )1941 - Trent Lott , American politician1944 - John Entwistle , British bassist of The Who (d. 2002 )1944 - Peter Tosh , Jamaican reggae musician (d. 1987 ) 1948 - Jackson Browne , musician1952 - Sharon Osbourne , wife of Ozzy Osbourne 1953 - Tony Shalhoub , actor1954 - Scott Bakula , American television actor1962 - Tommy Lee , American drummer1969 - P.J. Harvey , musician1970 - Savannah , pornographic movie actress (d. 1994 )1971 - Michael Manna (Steven Richards), professional wrestler1970 - Annika Sörenstam , Swedish golfer 1973 - Steven Burns , actor/musician1975 - Sean Lennon , musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Deaths 1047 - Pope Clement II 1253 - Robert Grosseteste , English statesman and bishop 1562 - Gabriele Falloppio , Italian anatomist (b. 1523 )1597 - Ashikaga Yoshiaki , Ashikaga shogun (b. 1537 )1793 - Jean Joseph Marie Amiot , French missionary 1806 - Benjamin Banneker , American astronomer 1924 - Valery Bryusov , Russian poet, novelist and critic1934 - King Alexander of Yugoslavia and French foreign minister Louis Barthou 1941 - Helen Morgan , singer, actress1955 - Theodor Cardinal Innitzer , Archbishop of Vienna 1932 -1955 1958 - Pope Pius XII 1962 - Milan Vidmar , Slovene electrical engineer and chess player .1967 - Che Guevara , Argentine revolutionary and guerilla leader - executed.1972 - Miriam Hopkins , actress1974 - Oskar Schindler , businessman1978 - Jacques Brel , Belgian musician 1987 - Clare Boothe Luce , diplomat1991 - Thalmus Rasulala , actor1995 - Alec Douglas-Home , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1996 - Walter Kerr , movie critic2000 - David Dukes , actor2001 - Dagmar , television personality
Holidays
Recorded this date 1897 "Gayest Manhattan"Fred Gaisberg 1906 "Some One Looks Good To Some One" (Weaver)Billy Murray & Ada Jones 1912 "The Funny Little Melody" (w.m. Irving Berlin ) 1912 "Hitchy-Koo" (w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Lewis F. Muir & Maurice Abrahams ) 1914 "Back To The Carolina You Love" (w. Grant Clarke m. Jean Schwartz ) 1919 "I Might Be Your "Once-In-A-While"" (w. Robert B. Smith m. Victor Herbert ) 1922 "Song Of The Volga Boatman" (trad Russ. arr. Koenemann)Feodor Chaliapin with O/George W. Byng 1923 "I'm Sitting Pretty In A Pretty Little City" (w.m. Lou Davis, Henry Santly & Abel Baer) 1924 "Rose Marie" (w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Rudolf Friml ) 1925 "Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue?" (w. Alfred Bryan m. George W. Meyer ) 1929 "I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All?" (w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson ) 1929 "Without A Song" (w. Edward Eliscu & Billy Rose m. Vincent Youmans )Bing Crosby with Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra 1929 "Nobody's Sweetheart Now" (w.m. Elmer Schoebel, Ernie Erdman, Gus Kahn & Billy Meyers)Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra 1929 "Great Day!" (w. Billy Rose & Edward Eliscu m. Vincent Youmans)Bing Crosby , Al Rinker & Harry Barris ) with Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra 1929 "I've Got What It Takes" (Williams, Jenkins)Clarence Williams ' Washboard Band 1930 "Body And Soul " (w. Robert Sour, Edward Heyman & Frank Eyton m. John W. Green)Louis Armstrong 1931 "Mausie" (w. (Eng) Harry Graham m. Paul Abraham) 1931 "Prisoner Of Love" (w. Leo Robin m. Russ Columbo & Clarence Gaskill) 1931 "Goodnight, Sweetheart" (w.m. Ray Noble , James Campbell & Reg Connelly )Russ Columbo with O/Nat Shilkret 1931 "Time On My Hands" (w. Harold Adamson & Mack Gordon) 1931 "This Is The Missus" (w.m. Lew Brown & Ray Henderson ) 1931 "Dreaming Of You" 1931 "Guilty" (w. Gus Kahn m. Richard A. Whiting & Harry Akst) 1931 "The Birthday Of A Kiss" (w.m. John Jacob Loeb , Rudy Vallee & Paul Francis Webster )Pat O'Malley with Jack Hylton & His Orchestra 1931 "Nobody's Sweetheart Now" (w.m. Elmer Schoebel, Ernie Erdman, Gus Kahn & Billy Meyers)Mills Brothers 1931 "Tiger Rag" (w. Harry De Costa m. Edwin B. Edwards, Nick La Rocca , Tony Spargo & Larry Shields) 1933 "The Last Round-Up" (w.m. Billy Hill)Gene Autry 1934 "Isle Of Capri" (w. Jimmy Kennedy m. Will Grosz )Gracie Fields with O/Percival Mackey 1935 "The Piccolino" (w.m. Irving Berlin) 1935 "Dinah" (w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Harry Akst )Ray Noble & his Orchestra 1935 "Bugle Call Rag" (m. Jack Pettis, Billy Meyers & Elmer Schoebel) 1936 "Shoe Shine Boy" (w. Sammy Cahn m. Saul Chaplin ) 1936 "Home To Hawaii" (w.m. Hugh Holm) 1937 "Home Town" (w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Michael Carr ) 1937 "I'm Happy When You're Happy" (Lerner, Goodhart, Hoffman)Ronnie Munro & New Mayfair Dance Orchestra 1939 "The Daughter of Madamoiselle From Armentieres" 1939 "Good Luck Until We Meet Again" 1939 "Love Never Grows Old" 1939 "Bon Voyage, Cherie" (Hill, Noel, Pelosi) 1939 "Run, Rabbit, Run" (w. Noel Gay & Ralph T. Butler m. Noel Gay ) 1939 "Bluebirds In The Moonlight" (w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger )Marion Hutton with Glenn Miller & his Orchestra 1939 "Speaking Of Heaven" (w. Mack Gordon m. James Van Heusen) 1940 "Two Dreams Met" (w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren) 1940 "Along The Santa Fe Trail" (w. Al Dubin & Edwina Coolidge m. Will Grosz)Kate Smith with O/Jack Miller 1940 "Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga" (w. Charles Newman m. James V. Monaco )Joe Loss & his Band 1940 "Never Took A Lesson In My Life" (w.m. Jack Lawrence & Dianne Foore) 1941 "Cielito Lindo" (w.m. Quirino Mendoza y Cortez)Deanna Durbin with O/Victor Young 1941 "La Estrellita" (m. Maurice Ponce) 1941 "A Week-End In Havana" (w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren) 1941 "The Man With The Lollipop Song" (w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren )Carmen Miranda 1941 "Sand In My Shoes" (w. Frank Loesser m. Victor Schertzinger) 1945 "Aren't You Glad You're You?" (w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen )The Pied Pipers 1945 "In The Moon Mist" (w. & adapt. Jack Lawrence) 1945 "In The Middle Of May" (w. Al Stillman m. Fred Ahlert,) 1946 "Goodnight Darling" (Heath)Stanley Black 1946 "Guilty" (w. Gus Kahn m. Richard A. Whiting & Harry Akst)Margaret Whiting with O/Jerry Gray 1946 "Oh, But I Do!" (w. Leo Robin m. Arthur Schwartz) 1946 "I Haven't Got A Worry In The World" (w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers )Hildegarde with O/Percy Faith 1946 "La Vie En Rose" (w. (Eng) Mack David (Fr) Edith Piaf m. Louiguy)Édith Piaf with O/Guy Luypaerts 1947 "Somewhere A Voice Is Calling" (w. Eileen Newton m. Arthur F. Tate) 1947 "Love, Here Is My Heart" (w. Adrian Ross m. Lãu Silésu) 1947 "Beg Your Pardon" (w.m. Francis Craig & Beasley Smith) 1947 "Blue Moon" (w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers)Billy Eckstine with O/Hugo Winterhalter 1947 "The Gentleman Is A Dope" (w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers) 1950 "April In Paris" (w. E. Y. Harburg m. Vernon Duke )Frank Sinatra with O/Axel Stordahl 1950 "Nevertheless" (w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby ) 1950 "Come Back To Sorrento" (w.m. Ernesto de Curtis & Claude Aveling) 1950 "I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest" (w. Mickey Stoner & Martin Block m. Harold Green) 1950 "Nobody's Chasing Me" (w.m. Cole Porter )Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians 1952 "Twisted" (w. Annie Ross m. Wardell Gray)Annie Ross with Teacho Wiltshire Band 1957 "Catch A Falling Star" (w.m. Lee Pockriss & Paul Vance)Perry Como w. Ray Charles Singers with O/Mitchell Ayres 1957 "Twenty-Six Miles" (w.m. Bruce Bell & Glen Larson) 1958 "C'mon Everybody" (w.m. Eddie Cochran & Jerry Capeheart)Eddie Cochran 1964 "Dance, Dance, Dance"The Beach Boys October 8 - October 10 - September 9 - November 9 - more historical anniversaries
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