What Happened on November 9?
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EVENTS ON NOVEMBER 9
Pearl Harbor
Year:
1887
The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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Jack the Ripper
Year:
1888
Jack the Ripper murders Mary Jane Kelly, his final victim in the Whitechapel murders.
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Russian invasion of Manchuria
Year:
1900
Russian invasion of Manchuria: Russia completes its occupation of Manchuria with 100,000 troops.
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1880 Zagreb earthquake
Year:
1880
A major earthquake strikes Zagreb and destroys many buildings, including Zagreb Cathedral.
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Great Boston Fire of 1872
Year:
1872
The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
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Tokugawa shogunate
Year:
1867
The Tokugawa shogunate hands back power to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.
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Battle of Coulmiers
Year:
1870
The Battle of Coulmiers ends in a Pyrrhic victory for the French army during the Franco-German War of 1870.
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Alberta
Year:
1905
The Province of Alberta, Canada, holds its first general election.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Year:
1906
Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country, doing so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
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NYU Langone Health
Year:
2023
U.S. surgeons at NYU Langone Health announce the world's first whole eye transplant.
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BIRTHS ON NOVEMBER 9
Thomas Ferebee
Year of birth:
1918
Thomas Ferebee, American colonel (died 2000)
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Florence Chadwick
Year of birth:
1918
Florence Chadwick, American swimmer (died 1995)
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Choi Hong-hi
Year of birth:
1918
Choi Hong Hi, South Korean general and martial artist, co-founded taekwondo (died 2002)
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Martha Settle Putney
Year of birth:
1916
Martha Settle Putney, American lieutenant, historian, and educator (died 2008)
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André François (cartoonist)
Year of birth:
1915
André François, Romanian-French illustrator, painter, and sculptor (died 2005)
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Spiro Agnew
Year of birth:
1918
Spiro Agnew, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 39th Vice President of the United States (died 1996)
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Eva Todor
Year of birth:
1919
Eva Todor, Brazilian actress (died 2017)
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Pierrette Alarie
Year of birth:
1921
Pierrette Alarie, Canadian soprano and actress (died 2011)
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Viktor Chukarin
Year of birth:
1921
Viktor Chukarin, Ukrainian gymnast and coach (died 1984)
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Byron De La Beckwith
Year of birth:
1920
Byron De La Beckwith, American assassin of Medgar Evers (died 2001)
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DEATHS ON NOVEMBER 9
Sigmund Romberg
Year of death:
1951
Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American pianist and composer (born 1887)
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Frank Marshall (chess player)
Year of death:
1944
Frank Marshall, American chess player and theoretician (born 1877)
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Chaim Weizmann
Year of death:
1952
Chaim Weizmann, Belarusian-Israeli chemist, academic, and politician, 1st President of Israel (born 1874)
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Philip Murray
Year of death:
1952
Philip Murray, Scottish-American labor leader (born 1886)
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Dylan Thomas
Year of death:
1953
Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and author (born 1914)
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Charles Courtney Curran
Year of death:
1942
Charles Courtney Curran, American painter (born 1861)
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Edna May Oliver
Year of death:
1942
Edna May Oliver, American actress (born 1883)
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Ramsay MacDonald
Year of death:
1937
Ramsay MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1866)
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Nadezhda Alliluyeva
Year of death:
1932
Nadezhda Alliluyeva, second wife of Joseph Stalin (born 1901)
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Vasily Blyukher
Year of death:
1938
Vasily Blyukher, Russian marshal (born 1889)
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HOLIDAYS ON NOVEMBER 9
November 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day: November 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Day of the Dead
Day of the Skulls or Dia de los ñatitas (Bolivia)
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Public holidays in Azerbaijan
Flag Day (Azerbaijan)
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Independence Day of Cambodia
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Cambodia from France in 1953.
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Theodore Tiron
Christian feast day: Theodore of Amasea (Roman Catholic Church)
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Virgin of Almudena
Christian feast day: Virgin of Almudena (Madrid)
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Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
Christian feast day: Dedication of the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, Cathedral of the Pope (memorial feast day)
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Benignus of Armagh
Christian feast day: Benignus of Armagh
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Nectarios of Aegina
Christian feast day: Nectarios of Aegina
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Martin Chemnitz
Christian feast day: Martin Chemnitz (Lutheran)
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