October 9

2024 Calendar

October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 83 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

Up to 1800

768 - Carloman and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of the Franks.
1000 – Leif Ericson discovers Vinland, becoming the first known European to set foot in North America.
1238 – James I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founded the Kingdom of Valencia.
1264 - The Kingdom of Castile conquers the city of Jerez, under Islamic control since 711.
1446 – The Hangul alphabet is published in Korea.
1514 – Marriage of Louis XII of France and Mary Tudor
1582 – Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1604 - Supernova 1604 is observed; It is the last supernova to-date to be observed in the Milky Way.
1635 – Founder of Rhode Island Roger Williams is banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident after he spoke out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away Native American land.
1701 – The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.
1708 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.
1740 - Dutch colonists and others begin massacring Chinese people at Batavia (now Jakarta), eventually killing 10,000 people and leading to war.
1760 - Seven Years' War: Russian forces occupy Berlin.
1767 - Surveying of the Mason–Dixon line between Pennsylvania and Maryland is completed, unofficially marking the boundary between Northern and Southern US States.
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.
1788 – The first bridge in Australia is built over the Tank Stream in Sydney.
1799 - Sinking of the ship HMS Lutine, killing 240 people.

1801 – 1900

1803 - Flooding on the Portuguese island of Madeira kills 600 people.
1804 – Hobart, Tasmania is founded.
1806 - Prussia declares war on France.
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 declares independence from Spain.
1824 - Costa Rica gets rid of slavery.
1829 - A climbing expedition led by Friedrich Parrot reaches the summit of Mount Ararat, the highest mountain in Turkey.
1831 – Capo d'Istria is assassinated.
1834 - Opening of the Dublin to Kingstown railway, the first public railway in Ireland.
1854 - Start of the Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimean War.
1861 - American Civil War: Battle of Santa Rita Island.
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.
1900 - The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.

1901 – 1950

1903 – Walter O'Malley, American sports executive (d. 1979)
1906 – Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician (d. 2001)
1906 – Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian journalist and Islamist thinker (d. 1966)
1907 – Jacques Tati, French director and producer (d. 1982)
1907 – Quintin Hogg, Baron Halisham of St Marylebone, English politician (d. 2001)
1908 – Werner Haeften, German officer and Resistance activist (d. 1944)
1909 – Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 2000)
1909 – V. Nalliah, Sri Lankan Tamil politician
1911 – Joe Rosenthal, American photographer (d. 2006)
1915 – Clifford M. Hardin, American politician (d. 2010)
1918 – E. Howard Hunt, American spy (d. 2007)
1918 – Lila Kedrova, Russian actress (d. 2000)
1920 – Jason Wingreen, American actor (d. 2015)
1920 – Yusef Lateef, American musician and composer (d. 2013)
1921 – Tadeusz Rozewicz, Polish poet and playwright (d. 2014)
1922 – Fyvush Finkel, American actor (d. 2016)
1923 – Donald Sinden, English actor (d. 2014)
1925 – Robert Docking, American politician, 38th Governor of Kansas (d. 1983)
1926 – Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer (d. 2015)
1928 – Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer (d. 2016)
1929 – William M. Gray, American scientist (d. 2016)
1931 – Antony Booth, British actor (d. 2017)
1933 – Peter Mansfield, British physicist (d. 2017)
1934 – Abdullah Ibrahim, South African pianist and composer
1935 – Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
1936 – Edmond Keosayan, Armenian-Soviet musician and movie director (d. 1994)
1936 – Brian Blessed, British actor
1938 – Heinz Fischer, Austrian politician, former President of Austria
1939 – Nicholas Grimshaw, English architect
1940 – John Lennon, English musician and songwriter (The Beatles) (d. December 8, 1980)
1940 – Gordon J. Humphrey, American politician
1941 – Chucho Valdés, Cuban pianist and composer
1941 – Giancarlo Bercellino, Italian footballer
1942 – Shukri Ghanem, Prime Minister of Libya (d. 2012)
1943 – Renato Cappellini, Italian footballer
1944 – John Entwistle, British musician (d. 2002)
1944 – Nona Hendryx, American singer-songwriter, producer and actress
1944 – Francis Girod, French movie director (d. 2006)
1946 – Fernando Brant, Brazilian poet and journalist (d. 2015)
1947 – France Gall, French singer (d. 2018)
1947 – Joe Wark, Scottish footballer (d. 2015)
1947 – Bob Moose, American baseball player (d. 1976)
1948 – Paul LePage, American politician, Governor of Maine
1948 – Jackson Browne, American musician
1949 – Bob Leinbach, American singer-songwriter and musician (Orleans)
1949 – Rod Temperton, English songwriter and producer (d. 2016)
1950 – Reichi Nakaido, Japanese rock music guitarist
1950 – Jody Williams, American teacher and aid worker, Nobel Peace Prize winner

1951 – 2000

1957 – Neil H. McElroy was sworn in as the 6th Secretary of Defense of United States.
1959 - The Conservatives under Harold Macmillan win the United Kingdom general election.
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.
1980 - Pope John Paul II shakes hands with Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama in a private audience in Vatican City.
1981 - End of capital punishment in France.
1983 - Attempted killing of President of South Korea Chun Doo-hwan. He survives, though 17 people are killed.
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.

From 2001

2001 – Dagmar, American television personality (b. 1921)
2002 – Aileen Wuornos, American serial killer (b. 1956)
2005 - Louis Nye, American actor (b. 1913)
2006 – Paul Hunter, British snooker player (b. 1978)
2008 - Gidget Gein, American musician (b. 1969)
2009 – Horst Szymaniak, German footballer (b. 1934)
2010 – Maurice Allais, French economist (b. 1911)
2012 - Paddy Roy Bates, British founder of the Sealand micronation (b. 1921)
2013 - Chopper Read, Australian crime figure and author (b. 1954)
2013 - Wilfried Martens, former Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1936)
2014 - Peter A. Peyser, American politician (b. 1921)
2014 - Jan Hooks, American actress and comedienne (b. 1957)
2015 - Ravindra Jain, Indian composer (b. 1944)
2015 - Tony Rafty, Australian caricaturist (b. 1915)
2015 - Du Runsheng, Chinese politician (b. 1913)
2015 - Jerry Parr, American secret service agent (b. 1930)
2015 - Geoffrey Howe, British politician (b. 1926)
2016 - Andrzej Wajda, Polish movie director (b. 1926)
2017 - Manuel Busto, French cyclist (b. 1932)
2017 - Allan Chumak, Russian faith healer (b. 1935)
2017 - Rafe Mair, Canadian lawyer, political commentator, journalist and politician (b. 1931)
2017 - Jean Rochefort, French actor (b. 1930)
2017 - Fernando de Szyszlo, Peruvian painter, printmaker and sculptor (b. 1925)
2017 - Michel Diefenbacher, French politician (b. 1947)
2017 - Hessie, Cuban textile artist (b. 1936)
2018 - Warner Saunders, American news anchor (b. 1935)
2018 - Thomas A. Steitz, American Nobel Prize-winning biochemist (b. 1940)
2018 - Carolyn Warner, American politician (b. 1930)

Births

Up to 1900

1047 – Pope Clement II (b. 1005)
1253 – Robert Grosseteste, English statesman and bishop
1273 - Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany
1390 - King John I of Castile (b. 1358)
1555 – Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493)
1562 – Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist (b. 1523)
1569 – Vladimir of Staritsa, Russian prince (b. 1533)
1581 - Louis Bertrand, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1526)
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)
1808 - John Claiborne, American politician (b. 1777)
1831 – John Capodistria, Governor of Greece (b. 1776)
1841 - Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Prussian architect and painter (b. 1781)
1857 - Josef Ressel, Austrian inventor (b. 1793)
1873 - George Ormerod, English historian and antiquarian (b. 1785)
1897 - Jan Heemskerk, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1818)
1900 - Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1843)

1951 – 1975

1952 – Sharon Osbourne, wife of Ozzy Osbourne
1952 – Dennis Stratton, English guitarist (Iron Maiden)
1953 – Tony Shalhoub, American actor
1954 – Scott Bakula, American actor
1954 – James Fearnley, British musician (The Pogues)
1955 – Steve Ovett, British athlete
1958 – Alan Nunnelee, American politician (d. 2015)
1959 – Boris Nemtsov, Russian politician (d. 2015)
1960 – Kenny Garrett, American jazz saxophonist
1961 – Ellen Wheeler, American actress, director and producer
1962 – Hugh Robertson, English politician
1962 – Onokuni Yasushi, Japanese sumo wrestler
1962 – Jorge Burruchaga, Argentine footballer
1964 – Guillermo del Toro, Mexican movie director
1964 – John Ralston, Canadian actor
1966 – David Cameron, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1967 – Eddie Guerrero, American professional wrestler (d. 2005)
1967 – Artur Davis, American politician
1968 – Troy Davis, American high-profile death row inmate (d. 2011)
1969 – PJ Harvey, English musician
1969 – Steve McQueen, English artist and director (12 Years a Slave)
1970 – Steve Jablonsky, American movie and television composer
1970 – Annika Sörenstam, Swedish golfer
1970 – Kenny Anderson, American baseball player
1971 – Jason Jones, American director, producer and actor
1973 – Erin Daniels, American actress
1973 – Fabio Lione, Italian singer-songwriter and keyboardist
1973 – Carlos Pavon, Honduran footballer
1974 – Shmuel Herzfeld, American rabbi and activist
1975 – Sean Lennon, American musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
1975 – Mark Viduka, Australian footballer

From 1976

1976 – Nick Swardson, American actor and comedian
1978 – Nicky Byrne, Irish singer (Westlife)
1979 – Gonzalo Sorondo, Uruguayan footballer
1979 – Brandon Routh, American actor
1979 – Chris O'Dowd, Irish actor
1979 – DJ Rashad, American DJ and musician (d. 2014)
1979 – Alex Greenwald, American musician, actor and record producer
1980 – Henrik Zetterberg, Swedish ice hockey player
1981 – Darius Miles, American basketball player
1982 – Antonio Mendonca, Angolan footballer
1982 – Shi Jun, Chinese footballer
1983 – Stephen Gionta, American ice hockey player
1983 – Andreas Zuber, Austrian racing driver
1983 – Spencer Grammer, American actress
1983 – Jang Mi-Ran, South Korean weightlifter
1983 – Zeng Jinyan, Chinese blogger and human rights activist
1984 – Djamel Mesbah, French-Algerian footballer
1986 – Laure Manaudou, French swimmer
1987 – Samantha Murray, English tennis player
1990 – Marcus Willis, English tennis player
1992 – Tyler James Williams, American actor and singer
1993 – Lauren Davis, American tennis player
1993 – Scotty McCreery, American singer
1994 – Jodelle Ferland, Canadian actress
1996 – Bella Hadid, American model
2008 – Bo, dog of Barack Obama

Deaths

1901 – 2000

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)
1937 - Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (b. 1868)
1941 – Helen Morgan, American singer and actress (b. 1900)
1943 – Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
1950 - George Hainsworth, NHL goaltender (b. 1895)
1953 - Jimmy Finlayson, Scottish-American actor (b. 1887)
1955 – Theodor Cardinal Innitzer, Archbishop of Vienna (b. 1875)
1956 – Marie Doro, American actress (b. 1882)
1958 – Pope Pius XII (b. 1876)
1961 – Werner Jaeger, German mathematician (b. 1888)
1962 – Milan Vidmar, Slovenian electrical engineer and chess player (b. 1885)
1967 – Che Guevara, Argentine revolutionary and guerilla leader (executed) (b. 1928)
1967 - Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist (b. 1897)
1967 - Andre Maurois, French writer (b. 1885)
1972 – Miriam Hopkins, American actress (b. 1902)
1974 – Oskar Schindler, German businessman (b. 1908)
1976 - Walter Warlimont, German general (b. 1894)
1976 - Bob Moose, American baseball player (b. 1947)
1978 – Jacques Brel, Belgian musician (b. 1929)
1985 - Emilio Garrastazu Medici, President of Brazil (b. 1905)
1987 – Clare Boothe Luce, American diplomat (b. 1903)
1987 – Guru Gopinath, Indian classical dancer (b. 1908)
1987 – William P. Murphy, American doctor, won the 1934 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1892)
1988 - Felix Wankel, German engineer (b. 1902)
1989 – Penny Lernoux, American journalist and writer (b. 1940)
1991 - Dagmar Lange (Maria Lang), Swedish writer (b. 1914)
1995 – Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1903)
1995 - Kukrit Pramoj, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1911)
1996 – Walter Kerr, American theater critic (b. 1913)
2000 – David Dukes, American actor (b. 1945)

Observances

Independence Day (Uganda)
Leif Erikson Day
Hangul Day (South Korea)