October 9
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
1582 - Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy , Poland , Portugal and Spain .
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.
1874 - General Postal Union was created as a result of the Treaty of Berne .
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 , 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 .
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 landed in the driveway of the Knapp residence in Peekskill, New York destroying the family's 1980 Chevrolet Malibu .
2002 - After losing a massive amount of ground during the summer of 2002, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 7,286.27, its lowest level in five years. The NASDAQ also hit a six-year low of 1,114.11.
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
1201 - Robert de Sorbon , French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (d. 1274 )
1261 - King Dinis of Portugal (d. 1325 )
1585 - Heinrich Schütz , German composer (d. 1672 )
1586 - Archduke Leopold V of Austria , Regent of Tyrol (d. 1632 )
1757 - King Charles X of France (d. 1836 )
1796 - Joseph Bonomi the Younger , English egyptologist (d. 1878 )
1835 - Camille Saint-Saëns , French composer (d. 1921 )
1859 - Alfred Dreyfus , French military officer (d. 1935 )
1873 - Charles Walgreen , American entrepreneur (d. 1939 )
1886 - Rube Marquard , baseball star (d. 1980 )
1888 - Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin , Russian politician (d. 1938 )
1890 - Aimee Semple McPherson , American evangelist (d. 1944 )
1892 - Ivo Andrić , Croatian writer (d. 1975 )
1892 - Marina Tsvetaeva , Russian poet (d. 1941 )
1900 - Alastair Sim , Scottish actor (d. 1976 )
1907 - Quintin Hogg (Lord Hailsham), British politician (d. 2001 )
1909 - Jacques Tati , French film maker (d. 1982 )
1909 - Donald Coggan , Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 2000 )
1911 - Joe Rosenthal , American photographer
1920 - Jens Bjřrneboe , Norwegian author (d. 1976 )
1923 - Fyvush Finkel , American actor
1928 - Einojuhani Rautavaara , Finnish composer
1937 - Brian Blessed , English actor
1938 - Heinz Fischer , Austrian politician
1940 - John Lennon , British musician, songwriter (d. 1980 )
1941 - Trent Lott , American politician
1944 - John Entwistle , British bassist of The Who (d. 2002 )
1944 - Peter Tosh , Jamaican reggae musician (d. 1987 )
1948 - Jackson Browne , American musician
1952 - Sharon Osbourne , wife of Ozzy Osbourne
1953 - Tony Shalhoub , American actor
1954 - Scott Bakula , American television actor
1962 - Tommy Lee , American drummer
1969 - P.J. Harvey , English musician
1970 - Savannah , pornographic movie actress (d. 1994 )
1970 - Annika Sörenstam , Swedish golfer
1971 - Michael Manna (Steven Richards), professional wrestler
1973 - Steven Burns , actor and musician
1975 - Sean Lennon , English 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 (b. 1718 )
1806 - Benjamin Banneker , American astronomer (b. 1731 )
1924 - Valery Bryusov , Russian poet, novelist and critic (b. 1873 )
1934 - King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (assassinated) (b. 1888 )
1934 - Louis Barthou , French prime minister (assassinated) (b. 1862 )
1941 - Helen Morgan , American singer and actress (b. 1900 )
1955 - Theodor Cardinal Innitzer , Archbishop of Vienna (b. 1875 )
1958 - Pope Pius XII (b. 1876 )
1962 - Milan Vidmar , Slovene electrical engineer and chess player (b. 1885 )
1967 - Che Guevara , Argentine revolutionary and guerilla leader (executed) (b. 1928 )
1972 - Miriam Hopkins , American actress (b. 1902 )
1974 - Oskar Schindler , German businessman (b. 1908 )
1978 - Jacques Brel , Belgian musician (b. 1929 )
1987 - Clare Boothe Luce , American diplomat (b. 1903 )
1991 - Thalmus Rasulala , actor
1995 - Alec Douglas-Home , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1903 )
1996 - Walter Kerr , American Broadway critic (b. 1913 )
2000 - David Dukes , American actor (b. 1945 )
2001 - Dagmar , American television personality (b. 1921 )
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) 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 ) 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) 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. Lău 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
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