October 9

October 9 in recent years

2023 (Monday)

2022 (Sunday)

2021 (Saturday)

2020 (Friday)

2019 (Wednesday)

2018 (Tuesday)

2017 (Monday)

2016 (Sunday)

2015 (Friday)

2014 (Thursday)

October 9is the 282nd day of the year (283rd inleap years) in theGregorian calendar;83 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

• 768–Carloman IandCharlemagneare crowned kings of the Franks.
• 1238–James I of Aragonfounds theKingdom of Valencia.
• 1410– The first known mention of thePrague astronomical clock.
• 1446– TheHangulAlpha bet is published in Korea.
• 1594– Troops of thePortuguese Empireare defeated on Sri Lanka, bringing an end to theCampaign of Danture.

1601–1900

• 1604–Kepler's Supernovais the most recent supernova to be observed within theMilky Way.
• 1635–Roger Williamsis banished from theMassachusetts Bay Colonyafter religious and policy disagreements.
• 1701– The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamedYale University) is chartered inOld Saybrook.
• 1708–Peter the Greatdefeats the Swedes at theBattle of Lesnaya.
• 1740– Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin amassacreof the ethnic Chinese population inBatavia,eventually killing at least 10,000.
• 1760–Seven Years' War:Russian and Austrian troopsbriefly occupy Berlin.
• 1790– A severeearthquakein northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand.
• 1799–HMSLutinesinks with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.
• 1804–Hobart,capital of Tasmania, is founded.
• 1806–Prussiabegins theWar of the Fourth CoalitionagainstFrance.
• 1812–War of 1812:In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships:HMSDetroitandHMSCaledonia.
• 1820–Guayaquildeclares independence from Spain.
• 1825–Restaurationarrives inNew York Harborfrom Norway, the first organized immigration from Norway to the United States.
• 1831–Ioannis Kapodistrias,the first head of state of independentGreece,is assassinated.
• 1834– Opening of theDublin and Kingstown Railway,the first public railway on the island of Ireland.
• 1847– Slavery is abolished in theSwedish colony of Saint Barthélemy.
• 1861–American Civil War:Union troopsrepela Confederate attempt to captureFort Pickensat theBattle of Santa Rosa Island.
• 1864– American Civil War: Union cavalrymendefeatConfederate forces atToms Brook,Virginia.
• 1873– A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes theU.S. Naval Institute.
• 1874– TheUniversal Postal Unionis created by theTreaty of Bern.
• 1900– TheCook Islandsbecome a territory of the United Kingdom.

1901–present

• 1911– An accidental bomb explosion triggers theWuchang Uprisingagainst theQing dynasty,beginning theXinhai Revolution.
• 1913– The steamshipSSVolturnocatches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
• 1914–World War I:TheSiege of Antwerpcomes to an end.
• 1918– TheFinnish Parliamentoffers toPrince Frederick Charles of Hessethe throne of a short-livedKingdom of Finland.
• 1919– TheCincinnati Redswin theWorld Series,resulting in theBlack Sox Scandal.
• 1934– AnUstasheassassin kills KingAlexander I of YugoslaviaandLouis Barthou,Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.
• 1936– Boulder Dam (laterHoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it toLos Angeles.
• 1937–Murder of 9 Catholic priestsinZhengding,China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
• 1941– A coup inPanamadeclaresRicardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arangothe new president.
• 1942– Australia'sStatute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942receives royal assent.
• 1950– TheGoyang Geumjeong Cave massacrein Korea begins.
• 1962–Ugandabecomes an independentCommonwealth realm.
• 1963– In Italy, a large landslide causes a giant wave to overtop theVajont Dam,killing over 2,000.
• 1966–Vietnam War:theRepublic of Korea Armycommits theBinh Tai Massacre.
• 1967– A day after his capture,Ernesto "Che" Guevarais executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
• 1969– InChicago,theNational Guardis called in as demonstrations continue over the trial of the "Chicago Eight".
• 1970– TheKhmer Republicis proclaimed in Cambodia.
• 1980–Pope John Paul IIgreets theDalai Lamaduring a private audience in Vatican City.
• 1981– PresidentFrançois Mitterrandabolishescapital punishment in France.
• 1983– South Korean PresidentChun Doo-hwansurvives anassassination attemptin Rangoon, Burma (present-day Yangon, Myanmar), but the blast kills 21 and injures 17 others.
• 1984– The popular children's television showThomas The Tank Engine & Friends,based onThe Railway Seriesbythe Reverend Wilbert Awdry,premieres onITV.
• 1986–The Phantom of the Opera,eventually the second longest running musical inLondon,opens atHer Majesty's Theatre.
• 1986 –Fox Broadcasting Company(FBC) launches as thefourth US television network.
• 1992– ThePeekskill meteorite,a 27.7 pounds (12.6 kg)meteoritecrashed into a parked car inPeekskill, New York
• 1995– AnAmtrakSunset Limitedtrain isderailedby saboteurs nearPalo Verde, Arizona.
• 2006– North Korea conducts itsfirst nuclear test.
• 2007– TheDow Jones Industrial Averagereaches its all-time high of 14,164 points before rapidly declining due to the2007–2008 financial crises.
• 2009– First lunar impact of NASA'sLunar Precursor Robotic Program.
• 2012– Pakistani Taliban attempt to assassinate outspoken schoolgirlMalala Yousafzai.
• 2016– TheArakan Rohingya Salvation Armylaunches itsfirst attackonMyanmarsecurity forces along theBangladesh–Myanmar border.
• 2019– Turkey begins itsmilitary offensivein north-eastern Syria.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1201–Robert de Sorbon,French minister and theologian, founded theCollège de Sorbonne(d. 1274)
• 1221–Salimbene di Adam,Italian historian and scholar (d. 1290)
• 1261–Denis of Portugal(d. 1325)
• 1328–Peter I of Cyprus(d. 1369)
• 1581–Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac,French mathematician, poet, and scholar (d. 1638)
• 1586–Leopold V, Archduke of Austria(d. 1632)
• 1593–Nicolaes Tulp,Dutch anatomist and politician (d. 1674)

1601–1900

• 1609–Thomas Weston, 4th Earl of Portland,English noble (d. 1688)
• 1623–Ferdinand Verbiest,Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (d. 1688)
• 1704–Johann Andreas Segner,German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1777)
• 1757–Charles X of France(d. 1836)
• 1796–Joseph Bonomi the Younger,British Egyptologist and sculptor (d. 1878)
• 1823–Mary Ann Shadd,American-Canadianabolitionist(d. 1893)
• 1826–Agathon Meurman,Finnish politician and journalist (d. 1909)
• 1835–Camille Saint-Saëns,French composer and conductor (d. 1921)
• 1837–Francis Wayland Parker,American theorist and academic (d. 1902)
• 1840–Simeon Solomon,English painter (d. 1905)
• 1845–Carl Gustav Thulin,Swedish shipowner (d. 1918)
• 1850–Hermann von Ihering,German-Brazilian zoologist (d. 1930)
• 1852–Hermann Emil Fischer,German chemist and academic,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 1919)
• 1858–Mihajlo Pupin,Serbian-American physicist and chemist (d. 1935)
• 1859–Alfred Dreyfus,French colonel (d. 1935)
• 1863–Edward Bok,Dutch-American journalist and author (d. 1930)
• 1864–Reginald Dyer,British brigadier general (d. 1927)
• 1871–Georges Gauthier,Canadian archbishop (d. 1940)
• 1873–Carl Flesch,Hungarian violinist and educator (d. 1944)
• 1873 –Karl Schwarzschild,German physicist and astronomer (d. 1916)
• 1873 –Charles Rudolph Walgreen,American pharmacist and businessman, foundedWalgreens(d. 1939)
• 1874–Nicholas Roerich,Russian archaeologist and painter (d. 1947)
• 1877–Gopabandhu Das,Indian journalist, poet, and activist (d. 1928)
• 1879–Max von Laue,German physicist and academic,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 1960)
• 1880–Charlie Faust,American baseball player (d. 1915)
• 1883–Maria Filotti,Greek-Romanian actress (d. 1956)
• 1886–Rube Marquard,American baseball player and manager (d. 1980)
• 1888–Nikolai Bukharin,Russian journalist and politician (d. 1938)
• 1888 –Irving Cummings,American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1959)
• 1890–Aimee Semple McPherson,Canadian-American evangelist, founded theInternational Church of the Foursquare Gospel(d. 1944)
• 1892–Ivo Andrić,Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 1975)
• 1893–Mário de Andrade,Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (d. 1945)
• 1895–Eugene Bullard,American pilot (d. 1961)
• 1897–M. Bhaktavatsalam,Indian lawyer and politician, 6thChief Minister of Madras State(d. 1987)
• 1898–Tawfiq al-Hakim,Egyptian author and playwright (d. 1987)
• 1898 –Joe Sewell,American baseball player (d. 1990)
• 1899–Bruce Catton,American historian and author (d. 1978)
• 1900–Joseph Friedman,American inventor (d. 1982)
• 1900 –Alastair Sim,Scottish-English actor and academic (d. 1976)
• 1900 –Joseph Zubin,Lithuanian-American psychologist and academic (d. 1990)

1901–present

• 1901–Alice Lee Jemison,Seneca political activist and journalist (d. 1964)
• 1902–Freddie Young,English cinematographer (d. 1998)
• 1903–Walter O'Malley,American lawyer and businessman (d. 1979)
• 1906–J. R. Eyerman,American photographer and journalist (d. 1985)
• 1906 –Léopold Sédar Senghor,Senegalese poet and politician, 1stPresident of Senegal(d. 2001)
• 1907–Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone,English academic and politician,Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain(d. 2001)
• 1907 –Jacques Tati,French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1982)
• 1907 –Horst Wessel,GermanSAofficer (d. 1930)
• 1908–Harry Hooton,Australian poet and critic (d. 1961)
• 1908 –Werner von Haeften,German lieutenant (d. 1944)
• 1908 –Lee Wiley,American singer (d. 1975)
• 1909–Donald Coggan,English archbishop (d. 2000)
• 1911–Joe Rosenthal,American photographer (d. 2006)
• 1914–Edward Andrews,American actor (d. 1985)
• 1915–Clifford M. Hardin,American academic and politician, 17thUnited States Secretary of Agriculture(d. 2010)
• 1915 –Belva Plain,American author (d. 2010)
• 1918–E. Howard Hunt,AmericanCIAofficer and author (d. 2007)
• 1918 –Charles Read,Australian air marshal (d. 2014)
• 1918 –Bebo Valdés,Cuban-Swedish pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2013)
• 1920–Jens Bjørneboe,Norwegian author and educator (d. 1976)
• 1920 –Yusef Lateef,American saxophonist, composer, and educator (d. 2013)
• 1920 –Jason Wingreen,American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
• 1921–Michel Boisrond,French director and screenwriter (d. 2002)
• 1921 –Tadeusz Różewicz,Polish poet and playwright (d. 2014)
• 1922–Léon Dion,Canadian political scientist and academic (d. 1997)
• 1922 –Fyvush Finkel,American actor (d. 2016)
• 1922 –Olga Guillot,Cuban-American singer (d. 2010)
• 1923–Donald Sinden,English actor (d. 2014)
• 1924–Immanuvel Devendrar,Indian soldier (d. 1957)
• 1924 –Arnie Risen,American basketball player (d. 2012)
• 1926–Danièle Delorme,French actress and producer (d. 2015)
• 1927–John Margetson,English scholar and diplomat,British Ambassador to the Netherlands(d. 2020)
• 1928–Einojuhani Rautavaara,Finnish composer and educator (d. 2016)
• 1930–Hank Lauricella,American football player, lieutenant, and politician (d. 2014)
• 1931–Tony Booth,English actor (d. 2017)
• 1931 –Homer Smith,American football player and coach (d. 2011)
• 1933–Peter Mansfield,English physicist and academic,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 2017)
• 1933 –Melvin Sokolsky,American fashion photographer (d. 2022)
• 1933 –Bill Tidy,English soldier and cartoonist (d. 2023)
• 1934–Jill Ker Conway,Australian historian and author (d. 2018)
• 1934 –Abdullah Ibrahim,South African pianist and composer
• 1935–Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
• 1935 –Don McCullin,English photographer and journalist
• 1936–Brian Blessed,English actor
• 1936 –Mick Young,Australian politician (d. 1996)
• 1938–Heinz Fischer,Austrian academic and politician, 11thPresident of Austria
• 1938 –John Sutherland,English journalist, author, and academic
• 1939–Nicholas Grimshaw,English architect and academic
• 1939 –John Pilger,Australian-English journalist, director, and producer (d. 2023)
• 1939 –Stephen Sedley,English lawyer and judge
• 1939 –O. V. Wright,American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1980)
• 1940–Gordon J. Humphrey,American soldier, pilot, and politician
• 1940 –John Lennon,English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1980)
• 1940 –Joe Pepitone,American baseball player and coach (d. 2023)
• 1941–Brian Lamb,American broadcaster, foundedC-SPAN
• 1941 –Trent Lott,American lawyer and politician
• 1941 –Omali Yeshitela,political activist and founder of theUhuru Movement
• 1942–Michael Palmer,American physician and author (d. 2013)
• 1943–Douglas Kirby,American psychologist and author (d. 2012)
• 1943 –Jimmy Montgomery,English footballer and coach
• 1943 –Mike Peters,American cartoonist
• 1944–Rita Donaghy, Baroness Donaghy,English academic and politician
• 1944 –John Entwistle,English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (d. 2002)
• 1944 –Nona Hendryx,American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1945–Amjad Ali Khan,Indian classicalSarodplayer
• 1945 –Taiguara,Uruguayan-Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 1996)
• 1947–John Doubleday,English sculptor and painter
• 1947 –France Gall,French singer (d. 2018)
• 1947 –William E. McAnulty Jr.,American lawyer and judge (d. 2007)
• 1947 –Tony Zappone,American photographer and journalist
• 1948–Jackson Browne,American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 –John Gray,English cricketer and rugby player
• 1949–Mark Hopkinson,American mass murderer (d. 1992)
• 1949 –Rod Temperton,English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (d. 2016)
• 1950–Brian Downing,American baseball player
• 1950 –Yoshiyuki Konishi,Japanese fashion designer
• 1950 –Reichi Nakaido,Japanese singer and guitarist
• 1950 –Jody Williams,American academic and activist,Nobel Prizelaureate
• 1951–Robert Wuhl,American actor, comedian, and writer
• 1952–Simon Drew,English illustrator
• 1952 –Sharon Osbourne,English television host and manager
• 1952 –John Rose,English businessman
• 1952 –Dennis Stratton,English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953–Sally Burgess,South African-English soprano and educator
• 1953 –Hank Pfister,American tennis player
• 1953 –Tony Shalhoub,American actor and producer
• 1954–Scott Bakula,American actor
• 1954 –James Fearnley,English musician
• 1954 –Rubén Magnano,Argentine-Italian basketball coach
• 1954 –John O'Hurley,American actor and game show host
• 1955–Linwood Boomer,Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1955 –Steve Ovett,English runner and sportscaster
• 1955 –Peter Saville,English graphic designer and art director
• 1957–Don Garber,American businessman
• 1957 –Ini Kamoze,Jamaican singer-songwriter
• 1958–Al Jourgensen,Cuban-American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1958 –Alan Nunnelee,American lawyer and politician (d. 2015)
• 1958 –Michael Paré,American actor
• 1958 –Mike Singletary,American football player and coach
• 1959–Boris Nemtsov,Russian academic and politician,First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(d. 2015)
• 1960–Kenny Garrett,American saxophonist and composer
• 1961–Julian Bailey,English race car driver and sportscaster
• 1961 –Kurt Neumann,American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 –Ellen Wheeler,American actress, director, and producer
• 1962–Jorge Burruchaga,Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1962 –Paul Radisich,New Zealand race car driver
• 1962 –Hugh Robertson,English soldier and politician,Minister for Sport and the Olympics
• 1962 –Ōnokuni Yasushi,Japanese sumo wrestler, the 62ndYokozuna
• 1963–Andy Platt,English rugby league player
• 1964–Guillermo del Toro,Mexican-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964 –Martín Jaite,Argentine tennis player
• 1965–Jimbo Fisher,American football player and coach
• 1966–David Cameron,English politician,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1966 –Christopher Östlund,Swedish publisher, foundedPlaza Magazine
• 1967–Carling Bassett-Seguso,Canadian tennis player
• 1967 –Eddie Guerrero,American wrestler (d. 2005)
• 1967 –Gheorghe Popescu,Romanian footballer
• 1968–Guto Bebb,Welsh businessman and politician
• 1968 –Anbumani Ramadoss,Indian politician
• 1969–Darren Britt,Australian rugby league player
• 1969 –Simon Fairweather,Australian archer
• 1969 –PJ Harvey,English musician, singer-songwriter, writer, poet, and composer
• 1969 –Christine Hough,Canadian figure skater and coach
• 1969 –Giles Martin,English songwriter and producer
• 1969 –Steve McQueen,English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1970–Kenny Anderson,American basketball player and coach
• 1970 –Steve Jablonsky,American composer
• 1970 –Annika Sörenstam,Swedish golfer and architect
• 1971–Wayne Bartrim,Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1971 –Sian Evans,Welsh singer
• 1973–Steve Burns,American actor, television host and musician
• 1973 –Fabio Lione,Italian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1974–Keith Booth,American basketball player and coach
• 1974 –Shmuel Herzfeld,American rabbi
• 1975–Haylie Ecker,Australian violinist
• 1975 –Sean Lennon,American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
• 1975 –Mark Viduka,Australian footballer
• 1976–William Alexander,American author and educator
• 1976 –Stephen Neal,American football player
• 1976 –Lee Peacock,Scottish footballer and coach
• 1976 –Özlem Türköne,Turkish journalist and politician
• 1976 –Nick Swardson,American actor and comedian
• 1977–Emanuele Belardi,Italian footballer
• 1977 –Brian Roberts,American baseball player
• 1978–Nicky Byrne,Irish singer-songwriter
• 1978 –Juan Dixon,American basketball player and coach
• 1979–Vernon Fox,American football player and coach
• 1979 –Alex Greenwald,American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1979 –Todd Kelly,Australian race car driver
• 1979 –Lecrae,American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor
• 1979 –Chris O'Dowd,Irish actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1979 –Brandon Routh,American model and actor
• 1979 –Gonzalo Sorondo,Uruguayan footballer
• 1980–Lucy Akello,Ugandan social worker and politician
• 1980 –Filip Bobek,Polish actor
• 1980 –Sarah Lovell,Australian politician
• 1980 –Thami Tsolekile,South African cricketer
• 1980 –Henrik Zetterberg,Swedish ice hockey player
• 1981–Zachery Ty Bryan,American actor
• 1981 –Darius Miles,American basketball player
• 1983–Farhaan Behardien,South African cricketer
• 1983 –Trevor Daley,Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 –Stephen Gionta,American ice hockey player
• 1983 –Spencer Grammer,American actress
• 1983 –Jang Mi-ran,South Korean weightlifter
• 1983 –Andreas Zuber,Austrian race car driver
• 1984–Marie Kondo,Japanese author and television presenter
• 1985–David Plummer,American swimmer
• 1986–Derek Holland,American baseball player
• 1986 –Laure Manaudou,French swimmer
• 1986 –David Phelps,American baseball player
• 1986 –Jan Christian Vestre,Norwegian businessman and politician
• 1986 –Stephane Zubar,French footballer
• 1987–Craig Brackins,American basketball player
• 1987 –Samantha Murray Sharan,British tennis player
• 1987 –Henry Walker,American basketball player
• 1988–Starling Marte,Dominican baseball player
• 1988 –David Tyrrell,Australian rugby league player
• 1989–Russell Packer,New Zealand rugby league player
• 1990–Kevin Kampl,German-Slovene footballer
• 1990 –Jake Lamb,American baseball player
• 1992–Jerian Grant,American basketball player
• 1992 –Sam Mewis,American soccer player
• 1992 –Tyler James Williams,American actor
• 1993–Ani Amiraghyan,Armenian tennis player
• 1993 –Lauren Davis,American tennis player
• 1993 –Jayden Hodges,Australian rugby league player
• 1993 –George Kittle,American football player
• 1993 –Scotty McCreery,American singer and songwriter
• 1993 –Wesley So,Filipino-American chess grandmaster
• 1994–Jodelle Ferland,Canadian actress
• 1996–Jacob Batalon,Filipino-American actor
• 1996 –Bella Hadid,American model
• 1997–Jharrel Jerome,American actor
• 2000–Penei Sewell,American football player
• 2001–Kyla Leibel,Canadian swimmer

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 680–Ghislain,Frankishanchoriteand saint
• 892–Al-Tirmidhi,Persianscholarandhadithcompiler (b. 824)
• 1047–Pope Clement II
• 1212–Philip I of Namur,Marquis of Namur (b. 1175)
• 1253–Robert Grosseteste,English bishop and philosopher (b. 1175)
• 1273–Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany(b. 1227)
• 1296–Louis III, Duke of Bavaria(b. 1269)
• 1390–John I of Castile(b. 1358)
• 1555–Justus Jonas,German academic and reformer (b. 1493)
• 1562–Gabriele Falloppio,Italian anatomist and physician (b. 1523)
• 1569–Vladimir of Staritsa(b. 1533)
• 1581–Louis Bertrand,Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1526)

1601–1900

• 1613–Henry Constable,English poet (b. 1562)
• 1619–Joseph Pardo,Italian rabbi and merchant (b. 1561)
• 1691–William Sacheverell,English politician (b. 1638)
• 1729–Richard Blackmore,English physician and poet (b. 1654)
• 1793–Jean Joseph Marie Amiot,French missionary and linguist (b. 1718)
• 1797–Vilna Gaon,Lithuanian rabbi and scholar (b. 1720)
• 1806–Benjamin Banneker,American astronomer and surveyor (b. 1731)
• 1808–John Claiborne,American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1831–Ioannis Kapodistrias,Russian-Greek lawyer and politician,Governor of Greece(b. 1776)
• 1873–George Ormerod,English historian and author (b. 1785)
• 1897–Jan Heemskerk,Dutch lawyer and politician,Prime Minister of the Netherlands(b. 1818)
• 1900–Heinrich von Herzogenberg,Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1843)

1901–present

• 1911–Jack Daniel,American businessman, foundedJack Daniel's(b. 1849)
• 1924–Valery Bryusov,Russian author, poet, and critic (b. 1873)
• 1934–Alexander I of Yugoslavia,King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier (b. 1888)
• 1934–Louis Barthou,French union leader and politician, 78thPrime Minister of France(b. 1862)
• 1937–Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse(b. 1868)
• 1940–Wilfred Grenfell,English-American physician and missionary (b. 1865)
• 1941–Helen Morgan,American singer and actress (b. 1900)
• 1943–Pieter Zeeman,Dutch physicist and academic,Nobel Prizelaureate (b. 1865)
• 1944–Stefanina Moro,Italianpartisan(b. 1927)
• 1945–Gottlieb Hering,German captain (b. 1887)
• 1946–Frank Castleman,American football player, baseball player, and coach (b. 1877)
• 1947–Yukio Sakurauchi,Japanese businessman and politician, 27thJapanese Minister of Finance(b. 1888)
• 1950–George Hainsworth,Canadian ice hockey player and politician (b. 1895)
• 1953–James Finlayson,Scottish-American actor (b. 1887)
• 1955–Theodor Innitzer,Austrian cardinal (b. 1875)
• 1956–Marie Doro,American actress (b. 1882)
• 1958–Pope Pius XII(b. 1876)
• 1958 –John Boland,American politician (b. 1884)
• 1959–Shirō Ishii,Japanese general and biologist (b. 1892)
• 1962–Milan Vidmar,Slovenian chess player and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1967–Che Guevara,Argentinian-Cuban physician, politician and guerrilla leader (b. 1928)
• 1967 –Cyril Norman Hinshelwood,English chemist and academic,Nobel Prizelaureate (b. 1897)
• 1967 –André Maurois,French soldier and author (b. 1885)
• 1967 –Joseph Pilates,German-American fitness trainer, developedPilates(b. 1883)
• 1969–Don Hoak,American baseball player (b. 1928)
• 1972–Miriam Hopkins,American actress (b. 1902)
• 1974–Oskar Schindler,Czech-German businessman (b. 1908)
• 1975–Noon Meem Rashid,Pakistani poet (b. 1910)
• 1976–Walter Warlimont,German general (b. 1894)
• 1978–Jacques Brel,Belgian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1929)
• 1982–Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt,German historian and physician (b. 1893)
• 1985–Emílio Garrastazu Médici,Brazilian general and politician, 28thPresident of Brazil(b. 1905)
• 1987–Clare Boothe Luce,American author, playwright, and diplomat,United States Ambassador to Italy(b. 1903)
• 1987 –William P. Murphy,American physician and academic,Nobel Prizelaureate (b. 1892)
• 1988–Felix Wankel,German engineer, invented theWankel engine(b. 1902)
• 1989–Yusuf Atılgan,Turkish author and playwright (b. 1921)
• 1989 –Penny Lernoux,American journalist and author (b. 1940)
• 1995–Alec Douglas-Home,British cricketer and politician,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom(b. 1903)
• 1996–Walter Kerr,American author, composer, and critic (b. 1913)
• 1999–Milt Jackson,American vibraphone player and composer (b. 1923)
• 1999 –Akhtar Hameed Khan,Pakistani economist and scholar (b. 1914)
• 2000–David Dukes,American actor (b. 1945)
• 2000 –Patrick Anthony Porteous,Indian-Scottish colonel,Victoria Crossrecipient (b. 1918)
• 2001–Herbert Ross,American director, producer, and choreographer (b. 1927)
• 2002–Sopubek Begaliev,Kyrgyzstani economist and politician (b. 1931)
• 2002 –Charles Guggenheim,American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 2003–Carolyn Gold Heilbrun,American author and academic (b. 1926)
• 2003 –Carl Fontana,American jazz trombonist (b. 1928)
• 2004–Jacques Derrida,Algerian-French philosopher and academic (b. 1930)
• 2005–Louis Nye,American actor (b. 1913)
• 2006–Danièle Huillet,French filmmaker (b. 1933)
• 2006 –Paul Hunter,English snooker player (b. 1978)
• 2006 –Kanshi Ram,Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1934)
• 2007–Enrico Banducci,American businessman, foundedhungry i(b. 1922)
• 2007 –Carol Bruce,American actress and singer (b. 1919)
• 2009–Stuart M. Kaminsky,American author and educator (b. 1934)
• 2009 –John Daido Loori,AmericanZenBuddhistmonastic and teacher (b. 1931)
• 2009 –Horst Szymaniak,German footballer (b. 1934)
• 2010–Maurice Allais,French economist and physicist,Nobel Prizelaureate (b. 1911)
• 2011–Pavel Karelin,Russian ski jumper (b. 1989)
• 2012–Sammi Kane Kraft,American actress (b. 1992)
• 2012 –Kenny Rollins,American basketball player (b. 1923)
• 2012 –Harris Savides,American cinematographer (b. 1957)
• 2013–Solomon Lar,Nigerian educator and politician, 4thGovernor of Plateau State(b. 1933)
• 2013 –Srihari,Indian actor (b. 1964)
• 2013 –Wilfried Martens,Belgian lawyer and politician, 60thPrime Minister of Belgium(b. 1936)
• 2013 –Edmund Niziurski,Polish sociologist, lawyer, and author (b. 1925)
• 2014–Boris Buzančić,Croatian actor and politician, 47thMayor of Zagreb(b. 1929)
• 2014 –Jan Hooks,American actress and comedienne (b. 1957)
• 2014 –Carolyn Kizer,American poet and academic (b. 1925)
• 2014 –Peter A. Peyser,American soldier and politician (b. 1921)
• 2014 –Rita Shane,American soprano and educator (b. 1936)
• 2015–Ray Duncan,American businessman (b. 1930)
• 2015 –Richard F. Heck,American chemist and academic,Nobel Prizelaureate (b. 1931)
• 2015 –Geoffrey Howe,Welsh lawyer and politician,Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom(b. 1926)
• 2015 –Ravindra Jain,Indian composer and director (b. 1944)
• 2016–Andrzej Wajda,Polish film and theatre director (b. 1926)
• 2017–Jean Rochefort,French actor(b. 1930)

Holidays and observances

• Christianfeast day:
  • Abraham
  • Denis
  • Dionysius the Areopagite
  • Ghislain
  • Innocencio of Mary ImmaculateandMartyrs of Asturias
  • John Henry Newman
  • John Leonardi
  • Luis Beltran
  • Robert Grosseteste(Church of England)
  • Wilfred Grenfell(Episcopal Church (USA))
  • October 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Fire Prevention Day(Canada,United States)
• Hangul Day(South Korea)
• Independence Day,celebrates the independence ofUgandafrom United Kingdom in 1962. (Uganda)
• Independence of Guayaquilfrom Spain in 1820 (Ecuador)
• Leif Erikson Day(United States, Iceland and Norway)
• National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust(Romania)
• NationalNanotechnologyDay (United States)
• Takayama Autumn Festival(Takayama,Japan)
• World Post Day
• Indian Foreign ServiceDay

External links

• "On This Day".BBC.
• The New York Times:On This Day
• "Historical Events on October 9".OnThisDay.