November 9
November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in
leap years) in the
Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining.
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694 - Hispano-Visigothic king
Egica accuses
Jews of aiding
Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery.
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1282 -
Pope Martin IV excommunicates King
Peter III of Aragon.
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1492 -
Peace of Etaples between
Henry VII &
Charles VIII.
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1494 -
Family de' Medici become rulers of
Florence.
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1520 - Danish
King Christian II executes 82 in the
Stockholm Bloodbath.
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1729 - Spain, France & England sign the
Treaty of Seville.
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1764 -
Mary Campbell, a captive of the
Lenape during the
French and Indian War, is turned over to forces commanded by Colonel
Henry Bouquet.
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1799 -
Napoleon Bonaparte leads the
Coup d'état of
18 Brumaire ending the unwieldy
Directory government, and becoming one of its three Consuls (
Consulate Government).
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1848 -
Robert Blum,
German revolutionary, executed in
Vienna*
1851 -
Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister
Calvin Fairbank from
Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape.
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1862 -
American Civil War:
Union General
Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the
Army of the Potomac, after
George McClellan was removed.
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1872 - The
Great Boston Fire of 1872.
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1877 - The
National poet of
Pakistan,
Allama Muhammad Iqbal is born in
Sialkot,
present-day Pakistan.
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1887 - The
United States receives rights to
Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii.
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1888 -
Jack the Ripper kills Mary Jane Kelly, his last known victim.
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1906 -
Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting
President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country (to inspect progress on the
Panama Canal).
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1907 - The
Cullinan Diamond is presented to
King Edward VII on his birthday.
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1918 - Kaiser
Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the
German Revolution, and
Germany is proclaimed a
Republic.
* 1918 -
Kurt Eisner, Provisional National Council Minister-President, declares
Bavaria to be a
republic.
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1921 -
Albert Einstein awarded Nobel Prize in Physics for his work with the
photoelectric effect.
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1923 - In
Munich,
Germany, police and government troops crush the
Beer Hall Putsch in
Bavaria. The failed
coup is the work of the
Nazis.
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1932 - Riots between conservative and socialist supporters in
Switzerland kill 12 and injure 60.
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1937 - Japanese troops take control of
Shanghai,
China.
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1938 -
Kristallnacht,
Nazi Germany's first large-scale act of physical anti-Jewish violence, begins.
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1940 - Premiere of
Joaquin Rodrigo's
Concierto de Aranjuez in
Barcelona,
Spain.
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1953 -
Cambodia becomes independent from
France.
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1960 -
Robert McNamara is named president of
Ford Motor Co., the first non-Ford to serve in that post — quitting a month later to join the newly-elected
John F. Kennedy administration.
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1961 -
Neil Armstrong records a world record speed in a rocket plane, flying 6,587km/h in an
X-15.
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1963 - At
Miike in
Japan, a
coal mine explosion kills 458, and hospitalises 839 with
carbon monoxide poisoning. On the same day, a three-train disaster in
Yokohama, also in
Japan, kills more than 160 people.
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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.
* 1965 -
Catholic Worker member
Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the
Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the
United Nations building.
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1967 -
Apollo program:
NASA launches the unmanned
Apollo 4 test spacecraft from
Cape Kennedy.
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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.
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1971 -
John List, an accountant from
Westfield, New Jersey murders his mother, wife and three children. He then hides under a new identity for 18 years.
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1986 -
Romania: Election of Patriarch
Teoctist Arăpaşu*
1989 -
Cold War:
Communist-controlled
East Germany opens checkpoints in the
Berlin Wall allowing its citizens to freely travel to
West Germany.
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1993 -
Stari most, the "old bridge" in Bosnian
Mostar built in
1566, collapses after several days of bombing.
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1994 - Discovery of the
chemical element Darmstadtium.
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1995 -
Bill Watterson announsed his retirement in a brief letter to newspaper editors.
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1998 - Brokerage houses are ordered to pay US$1.03 billion to cheated
NASDAQ investors to compensate for their price-fixing. This is the largest civil settlement in
United States history.
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1999 -
TAESA Flight 725, went down a few minutes after leaving the Uruapan airport en-route to Mexico City. 18 people were killed in the accident
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2003 - During the holy month of
Ramadan, a suicide-terrorist attack in
Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia, kills 17 people.
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2004 -
Mozilla Firefox 1.0 released. This has become one of
Microsoft Internet Explorer's biggest competitors.
* 2004 -
John Ashcroft and
Don Evans resign their posts as
U.S. Attorney General and
U.S. Secretary of Commerce respectively.
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2004 -
Halo 2 is released by the
Microsoft Corporation. The sci-fi action shooter smashes entertainment records, grossing $125 Million on its opening day.
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2005 - The
Venus Express mission of the
European Space Agency is launched from the
Baikonur Cosmodrome in
Kazakhstan.
* 2005 -
Suicide bombers attacked three hotels in
Amman, Jordan, killing at least 56 people.
* 2005 -
Muriel Degauque becomes the first
Belgian female suicide bomber, wounding one in Iraq.
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1414 -
Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg (d.
1486)
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1522 -
Martin Chemnitz, German theologian (d.
1586)
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1664 -
Henry Wharton, English writer (d.
1695)
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1717 -
Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologist (d.
1768)
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1721 -
Mark Akenside, English poet and physician (d.
1770)
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1731 -
Benjamin Banneker, American scientist (d.
1806)
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1802 -
Elijah P. Lovejoy, American abolitionist (d.
1837)
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1810 -
Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon (d.
1887)
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1818 (N.S.) -
Ivan Turgenev, Russian writer (d.
1883)
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1825 -
A.P. Hill, American Confederate general (d.
1865)
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1841 - King
Edward VII of the United Kingdom (d.
1910)
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1853 -
Stanford White, American architect (d.
1906)
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1869 -
Marie Dressler, Canadian actress (d.
1934)
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1873 -
Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist (d.
1941)
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1877 -
Enrico De Nicola, Italian politician (d.
1959)
* 1877 -
Allama Iqbal, Indian
National poet of
Pakistan (d.
1938)
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1879 -
Milan Šufflay, Croatian politician (d.
1931)
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1880 - Sir
Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect (d.
1960)
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1883 -
Edna May Oliver, American actress (d.
1942)
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1885 (N.S.) -
Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian writer (d.
1922)
* 1885 -
Hermann Weyl, German mathematician (d.
1955)
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1886 -
Ed Wynn, American actor (d.
1966)
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1889 -
Jean Monnet, French internationalist (d.
1979)
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1892 -
Mabel Normand, American actress (d.
1930)
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1895 -
Mae Marsh, American actress (d.
1968)
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1897 -
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, British chemist,
Nobel laureate (d.
1978)
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1902 -
Anthony Asquith, British film director (d.
1968)
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1905 -
Erika Mann, German writer (d.
1969)
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1913 -
Hedy Lamarr, Austrian actress (d.
2000)
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1915 -
André François, French cartoonist (d.
2005)
* 1915 -
Sargent Shriver, American politician
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1918 -
Spiro Agnew,
Vice President of the United States (d.
1996)
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1921 -
Viktor Chukarin, Soviet gymnast (d.
1984)
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1922 -
Raymond Devos, French humorist (d.
2006)
* 1922 -
Imre Lakatos, Hungarian philosopher (d.
1974)
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1923 -
Alice Coachman, American athlete
* 1923 -
Dorothy Dandridge, American actress (d.
1965)
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1928 -
Anne Sexton, American poet (d.
1974)
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1929 -
Imre Kertész, Hungarian writer,
Nobel laureate*
1934 -
Ingvar Carlsson, Swedish politician
* 1934 -
Carl Sagan, American astronomer and writer (d.
1996)
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1935 -
Bob Gibson, Anerican baseball player
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1936 -
Daniel Robert Graham, American politician
* 1936 -
Mikhail Tal, Latvian chess player (d.
1992)
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1937 -
Roger McGough, English poet
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1941 -
Tom Fogerty, American musician (
Creedence Clearwater Revival) (d.
1990)
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1942 -
Tom Weiskopf, American golfer
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1951 -
Lou Ferrigno, American bodybuilder
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1959 -
Thomas Quasthoff, German singer
* 1959 -
Tony Slattery, British actor
* 1959 -
Nick Hamilton, American wrestling referee
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1961 -
Jill Dando, British television presenter (d.
1999)
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1964 -
Robert Duncan McNeill, American actor
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1965 -
Bryn Terfel, Welsh baritone
* 1965 -
Teryl Rothery, Canadian actress
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1968 -
Nazzareno Carusi, Italian pianist
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1969 -
Allison Wolfe, American musician (
Bratmobile,
Partyline)
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1970 -
Chris Jericho, American wrestler
* 1970 -
Susan Tedeschi, American musician
* 1970 -
Scarface, American rapper
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1972 -
Corin Tucker, American musician (
Sleater-Kinney)
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1972 -
Doug Russell, American radio personality
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1973 -
Nick Lachey, American pop singer
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1974 -
Alessandro Del Piero, Italian footballer
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1976 -
Lúcia Moniz, Portuguese singer
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1978 -
Sisqó, American singer (
Dru Hill)
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1979 -
Adam Dunn, American baseball player
* 1979 -
Martin Taylor, English footballer
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1981 -
Luke Covell, Australian/New Zealand rugby player
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1984 -
Delta Goodrem, Australian singer
* 1984 -
SE7EN, South Korean singer
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959 -
Constantine VII,
Byzantine Emperor (b.
905)
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1187 -
Emperor Gaozong of China (b.
1107)
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1208 -
Sancha of Castile, wife of
Alfonso II of Aragon (b.
1155)
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1504 - King
Ferdinand II of Aragon (b.
1452)
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1623 -
William Camden, English historian (b.
1551)
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1641 -
Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand, Governor of the Netherlands and Bishop of Toledo
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1766 -
Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (b.
1692)
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1770 -
John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician
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1778 -
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian artist (b.
1720)
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1809 -
Paul Sandby, English cartographer (b.
1725)
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1848 -
Robert Blum, German politician (b.
1810)
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1888 -
Mary Jane Kelly, American murder victim (b.
1863)
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1911 -
Howard Pyle, American author (b.
1853)
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1918 -
Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet (b.
1880)
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1937 -
Ramsay MacDonald,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b.
1866)
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1938 -
Vasily Blyukher, Soviet military commander (b.
1889)
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1940 -
Stephen Peter Alencastre, Portuguese Catholic prelate (b.
1876)
* 1940 -
Neville Chamberlain,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b.
1869)
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1942 -
Edna May Oliver, American actress (b.
1883)
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1944 -
Frank Marshall, American chess player (b.
1877)
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1951 -
Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-born composer (b.
1887)
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1952 -
Chaim Weizmann, 1st
President of Israel (b.
1874)
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1953 -
Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and author (b.
1914)
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1957 -
Peter O'Connor, Irish athlete (b.
1872)
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1970 -
Charles de Gaulle,
President of France (b.
1890)
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1971 -
Maude Fealy, American actor (b.
1881)
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1977 -
Fred Haney, American baseball player (b.
1898)
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1988 -
John N. Mitchell,
United States Attorney General (b.
1913)
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1991 -
Yves Montand, French actor (b.
1921)
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1997 -
Helenio Herrera, French football player
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1998 -
Ursula Reit, German actress (b.
1914)
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2000 -
Hugh Paddick, British actor (b.
1915)
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2002 -
William Schutz, American psychologist
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2003 -
Art Carney, American actor (b.
1918)
* 2003 -
Gordon Onslow Ford, English painter (b.
1912)
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2004 -
Iris Chang, American author (b.
1968*
2005 -
K. R. Narayanan,
President of India (b.
1921)
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Roman Catholicism - Dedication of the
Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano,
Cathedral of the
Pope (memorial feast day)
* Also see
November 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)*
Cambodia -
Independence Day (
1953)
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Pakistan -
Allama Iqbal Day (
1877)
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Germany - November 9th is often called
Germany's
Schicksalstag (day of fate) due to the events of
1848,
1918,
1923,
1938, and
1989.
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Europe -
Inventor's Day - in honor of
Hedy Lamarr's birthday
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United States -
World Freedom Day, to commenerate the
fall of the Berlin Wall in
1989*
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