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What happend on 9. October in History
In our data base we found 328 events happened on 9. October:
• 768: Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. [category: Events]
• 1047: Pope Clement II (b. 1005) [category: Deaths]
• 1201: Robert de Sorbon, French theologian, founder of the Collège de Sorbonne (d. 1274) [category: Births]
• 1221: Salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler (d. 1290) [category: Births]
• 1238: James I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom of Valencia. [category: Events]
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• 1253: Robert Grosseteste, English bishop (b. 1175) [category: Deaths]
• 1261: Denis of Portugal (d. 1325) [category: Births]
• 1264: The Kingdom of Castile conquers the city of Jerez that was under Muslim occupation since 711. [category: Events]
• 1273: Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany (b. 1227) [category: Deaths]
• 1328: Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369) [category: Births]
• 1390: John I of Castile (b. 1358) [category: Deaths]
• 1446: The hangul alphabet is published in Korea. [category: Events]
• 1514: Marriage of Louis XII of France and Mary Tudor. [category: Events]
• 1555: Justus Jonas, German religious reformer (b. 1493) [category: Deaths]
• 1558: Mérida is founded in Venezuela. [category: Events]
• 1562: Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist and physician (b. 1523) [category: Deaths]
• 1569: Vladimir of Staritsa (b. 1533) [category: Deaths]
• 1581: Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician, poet, and scholar (d. 1638) [category: Births]
• 1581: Saint Louis Bertrand, Spanish missionary (b. 1526) [category: Deaths]
• 1582: Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. [category: Events]
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• 1586: Leopold V, Archduke of Austria (d. 1632) [category: Births]
• 1595: The Spanish army captures Cambrai. [category: Events]
• 1597: Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (b. 1537) [category: Deaths]
• 1604: Supernova 1604, the most recent supernova to be observed in the Milky Way. [category: Events]
• 1635: Founder of Rhode Island Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident after he speaks out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away Native American land. [category: Events]
• 1691: William Sacheverell, English politician (b. 1638) [category: Deaths]
• 1701: The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. [category: Events]
• 1704: Johann Andreas Segner, German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1777) [category: Births]
• 1708: Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya. [category: Events]
• 1709: Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (b. 1640) [category: Deaths]
• 1729: Richard Blackmore, English physician and poet (b. 1654) [category: Deaths]
• 1740: Dutch colonists and various slave groups begin massacring ethnic Chinese in Batavia, eventually killing 10,000 and leading to a two-year-long war throughout Java. [category: Events]
• 1757: Charles X of France (d. 1836) [category: Births]
• 1760: Seven Years' War: Russian forces occupy Berlin. [category: Events]
• 1771: The Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sinks near the coast of Finland. [category: Events]
• 1793: Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French missionary (b. 1718) [category: Deaths]
• 1796: Joseph Bonomi the Younger, English egyptologist and sculptor (d. 1878) [category: Births]
• 1797: Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (b. 1720) [category: Deaths]
• 1799: Sinking of HMS Lutine, with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000. [category: Events]
• 1804: Hobart, capital of Tasmania, is founded. [category: Events]
• 1806: Benjamin Banneker, American astronomer (b. 1731) [category: Deaths]
• 1806: Prussia declares war on France. [category: Events]
• 1808: John Claiborne, American politician (b. 1777) [category: Deaths]
• 1812: War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMS Detroit and HMS Caledonia. [category: Events]
• 1820: Guayaquil declares independence from Spain. [category: Events]
• 1824: Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica. [category: Events]
• 1831: Ioannis Kapodistrias, Russian-Greek politician, Governor of Greece (b. 1776) [category: Deaths]
• 1831: Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first head of state of independent Greece is assassinated. [category: Events]
• 1834: Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland. [category: Events]
• 1835: Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer and conductor (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1837: Francis Wayland Parker, American theorist (d. 1902) [category: Births]
• 1840: Simeon Solomon, English painter (d. 1905) [category: Births]
• 1845: The eminent and controversial Anglican, John Henry Newman, is received into the Roman Catholic Church. [category: Events]
• 1852: Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1854: Crimean War: The siege of Sebastopol begins. [category: Events]
• 1855: Paul Wiesner, German sailor (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1858: Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1859: Alfred Dreyfus, French military officer (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1861: American Civil War: Battle of Santa Rosa Island – Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens. [category: Events]
• 1864: American Civil War: Battle of Tom's Brook – Union cavalrymen in the Shenandoah Valley defeat Confederate forces at Tom's Brook, Virginia. [category: Events]
• 1871: Didak Buntić, Croatian monk and scholar (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1871: Georges Gauthier, Canadian bishop (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1873: Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1873: Charles Rudolph Walgreen, American businessman, founded Walgreens (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1873: Karl Schwarzschild, German physicist and astronomer (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1873: George Ormerod, English historian and antiquarian (b. 1785) [category: Deaths]
• 1873: A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute. [category: Events]
• 1874: Nicholas Roerich, Russian painter (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1874: General Postal Union is created as a result of the Treaty of Berne. [category: Events]
• 1879: Max von Laue, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1886: Rube Marquard, American baseball player (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1888: Irving Cummings, American actor and director (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1888: Nikolai Bukharin, Russian politician (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1888: The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public. [category: Events]
• 1890: Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1892: Ivo Andrić, Croatian author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1892: Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1893: Mário de Andrade, Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1897: Jan Heemskerk, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1818) [category: Deaths]
• 1900: Alastair Sim, Scottish actor (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1900: Joseph Friedman, American inventor, invented the bendy straw (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1900: Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1843) [category: Deaths]
• 1902: Freddie Young, English cinematographer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1903: Walter O'Malley, American lawyer and businessman (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1906: J. R. Eyerman, American photographer and journalist (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1906: Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician, 1st President of Senegal (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1907: Horst Wessel, German SS officer and composer (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1907: Jacques Tati, French director and producer (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1907: Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, English politician (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1907: Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated. [category: Events]
• 1908: Harry Hooton, Australian poet (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1908: Lee Wiley, American singer (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1908: Werner von Haeften, German military officer (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1909: Donald Coggan, English archbishop (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1911: Joe Rosenthal, American photographer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1911: An accidental bomb explosion in Hankou, Wuhan, China leads to the ultimate fall of the Qing Empire [category: Events]
• 1913: Steamship SS Volturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic. [category: Events]
• 1914: Edward Andrews, American actor (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1914: World War I: Siege of Antwerp – Antwerp, Belgium falls to German troops. [category: Events]
• 1915: Clifford M. Hardin, American politician (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1918: E. Howard Hunt, American CIA officer and author (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1918: Lila Kedrova, Russian actress (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1919: Belva Plain, American author (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1919: Black Sox scandal: The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series. [category: Events]
• 1920: Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1920: Yusef Lateef, American musician, composer, and educator [category: Births]
• 1921: Michel Boisrond, French director (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1922: Fyvush Finkel, American actor [category: Births]
• 1922: Léon Dion, Canadian political scientist (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1923: Donald Sinden, English actor [category: Births]
• 1924: Valery Bryusov, Russian author, poet, and critic (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer [category: Births]
• 1928: Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer [category: Births]
• 1931: Antony Booth, English actor [category: Births]
• 1931: Homer Smith, American football player and coach (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1933: Judy Tyler, American actress (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1933: Peter Mansfield, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1934: Abdullah Ibrahim, South African pianist and composer [category: Births]
• 1934: Jill Ker Conway, Australian-American author [category: Births]
• 1934: Alexander I of Yugoslavia (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Louis Barthou, French politician, 78th Prime Minister of France (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Regicide at Marseille: The assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France. [category: Events]
• 1935: Prince Edward, Duke of Kent [category: Births]
• 1936: Brian Blessed, English actor [category: Births]
• 1936: Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles, California. [category: Events]
• 1937: Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Heinz Fischer, Austrian politician, 11th President of Austria [category: Births]
• 1939: O. V. Wright, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1940: Gordon J. Humphrey, American politician [category: Births]
• 1940: Joe Pepitone, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1940: John Lennon, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (The Beatles, The Quarrymen, Plastic Ono Band, and The Dirty Mac) (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1940: Wilfred Grenfell, English missionary (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: World War II: Battle of Britain – During a night-time air raid by the German Luftwaffe, St. Paul's Cathedral in the City of London, England is hit by a bomb. [category: Events]
• 1941: Brian Lamb, American broadcaster, founded C-SPAN [category: Births]
• 1941: Chucho Valdés, Cuban pianist and composer [category: Births]
• 1941: Karam ud Din, Pakistani navy officer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1941: Trent Lott, American politician [category: Births]
• 1941: Helen Morgan, American singer and actress (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president. [category: Events]
• 1942: Statute of Westminster 1931 formalises Australian autonomy. [category: Events]
• 1942: The last day of the October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps forces withdraw back across the Matanikau River after destroying most of the Imperial Japanese Army's 4th Infantry Regiment. [category: Events]
• 1943: Douglas Kirby, American psychologist [category: Births]
• 1943: Jimmy Montgomery, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1943: Mike Peters, American cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1943: Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: John Entwistle, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (The Who) (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1944: Nona Hendryx, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Labelle) [category: Births]
• 1945: Taiguara, Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1945: Parade in NYC for Fleet Admiral Nimitz and 13 USN/USMC Medal of Honor recipients [category: Events]
• 1946: Tansu Çiller, Turkish economist and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Turkey [category: Births]
• 1946: Frank Castleman, American athlete and coach (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: France Gall, French singer [category: Births]
• 1947: Tony Zappone, American photographer and journalist [category: Births]
• 1947: William E. McAnulty, Jr., American lawyer and judge (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1948: Dave Samuels, American vibraphone player (Caribbean Jazz Project) [category: Births]
• 1948: Jackson Browne, German-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) [category: Births]
• 1950: Brian Downing, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1950: Jody Williams, American activist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1950: Reichi Nakaido, Japanese guitarist (RC Succession) [category: Births]
• 1950: George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Goyang Geumjeong Cave Massacre started. [category: Events]
• 1952: Sharon Osbourne, English television host and manager [category: Births]
• 1953: Tony Shalhoub, American actor [category: Births]
• 1953: Jimmy Finlayson, Scottish-American actor (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: James Fearnley, English musician and songwriter (The Pogues and The Nips) [category: Births]
• 1954: John O'Hurley, American actor [category: Births]
• 1954: Scott Bakula, American actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Linwood Boomer, Canadian-American actor and producer [category: Births]
• 1955: Theodor Innitzer, Austrian cardinal (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Marie Doro, American actress (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Don Garber, American businessman [category: Births]
• 1957: Ini Kamoze, Jamaican singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1958: Al Jourgensen, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and producer (Ministry, Revolting Cocks, Lard, Acid Horse, and PTP) [category: Births]
• 1958: Michael Pare, American actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Mike Singletary, American football player [category: Births]
• 1958: Pope Pius XII (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Shirō Ishii, Japanese general and biologist (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Kenny Garrett, American saxophonist (Five Peace Band) [category: Births]
• 1960: Maddie Blaustein, American actress (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1961: Gyula Hajszán, Hungarian footballer [category: Births]
• 1961: Julian Bailey, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1962: Jorge Burruchaga, Argentinian footballer [category: Births]
• 1962: Ōnokuni Yasushi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 62nd Yokozuna [category: Births]
• 1962: Milan Vidmar, Slovenian engineer and chess player (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1964: Guillermo del Toro, Mexican director [category: Births]
• 1964: John Ralston, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Jimbo Fisher, American football player and coach [category: Births]
• 1966: Christopher Östlund, Swedish publisher, founded Plaza Magazine [category: Births]
• 1966: David Cameron, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom [category: Births]
• 1966: Vietnam War: Binh Tai massacre [category: Events]
• 1966: Vietnam War: Dien Nien-Phuoc Binh massacre [category: Events]
• 1967: Audie England, American actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Carling Bassett-Seguso, Canadian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1967: Eddie Guerrero, American wrestler (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1967: André Maurois, French author (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Che Guevara, Argentine physician, author, guerrilla leader (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: A day after being captured, Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia. [category: Events]
• 1968: Troy Davis, American murderer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1968: Pierre Mulele, Congolese rebel and politician (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Christine Hough, Canadian figure skater [category: Births]
• 1969: Giles Martin, English songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1969: PJ Harvey, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer [category: Births]
• 1969: In Chicago, the United States National Guard is called in for crowd control as demonstrations continue in connection with the trial of the "Chicago Eight" that began on September 24. [category: Events]
• 1970: Annika Sörenstam, Swedish golfer [category: Births]
• 1970: Jason Butler Harner, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Kenny Anderson, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1970: Park Sang-min, South Korean actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Savannah, American porn actress (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1970: Steve Jablonsky, American composer [category: Births]
• 1970: The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia. [category: Events]
• 1971: Jason Jones, American director, producer, and activist [category: Births]
• 1971: Stevie Richards, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1972: Sarah Vandenbergh, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Miriam Hopkins, American actress (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Carlos Pavón, Honduran footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Erin Daniels, American actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Fabio Lione, Italian singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Rhapsody of Fire, Vision Divine, and Labyrinth) [category: Births]
• 1973: Steven Burns, American actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1974: Kieren Hutchison, New Zealand actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Shmuel Herzfeld, American rabbi and activist [category: Births]
• 1974: Oskar Schindler, Austro-Hungarian businessman (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Mark Viduka, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Rale Micic, Serbian guitarist and composer [category: Births]
• 1975: Sean Lennon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, Plastic Ono Band, and Cibo Matto) [category: Births]
• 1976: Lee Peacock, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Nick Swardson, American actor, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1976: Sam Riegel, American voice actor, scriptwriter, and director [category: Births]
• 1976: Walter Warlimont, German general (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Brian Roberts, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Emanuele Belardi, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Yaki Kadafi, American rapper (Outlawz) (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1978: Juan Dixon, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Nicky Byrne, Irish singer-songwriter and footballer (Westlife) [category: Births]
• 1978: Rossa, Indonesian singer [category: Births]
• 1978: Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Alex Greenwald, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (Phantom Planet and JJAMZ) [category: Births]
• 1979: Brandon Routh, American actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Chris O'Dowd, Irish comedy actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Gonzalo Sorondo, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Todd Kelly, Australian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1980: Henrik Zetterberg, Swedish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1980: Ibrahim Fazeel, Maldivian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Darius Miles, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Urška Žolnir, Slovenian martial artist [category: Births]
• 1981: Zachery Ty Bryan, American actor and producer [category: Births]
• 1981: Abolition of capital punishment in France. [category: Events]
• 1982: António Mendonça, Angolan footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Shi Jun, Chinese footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt, German historian (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Andreas Zuber, Austrian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1983: Jang Mi-Ran, South Korean weightlifter [category: Births]
• 1983: Spencer Grammer, American actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Stephen Gionta, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1983: Rangoon bombing: attempted assassination of South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan during an official visit to Rangoon, Burma. Chun survives but the blast kills 17 of his entourage, including four cabinet ministers, and injures 17 others. [category: Events]
• 1984: Djamel Mesbah, Algerian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Ghetts, English rapper [category: Births]
• 1985: Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Brazilian military leader and politician, 28th President of Brazil (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Derek Holland, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Laure Manaudou, French swimmer [category: Births]
• 1986: The musical The Phantom of the Opera has its first performance at Her Majesty's Theatre in London. [category: Events]
• 1987: Bill Walker, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1987: Clare Boothe Luce, American diplomat and author (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Guru Gopinath, Indian dancer (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: William P. Murphy, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Felix Wankel German engineer, invented the Wankel engine (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Ana Savić, Croatian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1989: Penny Lernoux, American journalist and author (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: An official news agency in the Soviet Union reports the landing of a UFO in Voronezh. [category: Events]
• 1991: Ecuador becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. [category: Events]
• 1992: Tyler James Williams, American actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1992: A 13 kilogram (est.) fragment of the Peekskill meteorite lands in the driveway of the Knapp residence in Peekskill, New York, destroying the family's 1980 Chevrolet Malibu [category: Events]
• 1993: Jhoana Marie Tan, Filipino actress [category: Births]
• 1993: Lauren Davis, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1993: Sarah Lahbati, Swiss-Filipino actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1993: Scotty McCreery, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1994: Jodelle Ferland, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1995: Alec Douglas-Home, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona. [category: Events]
• 1996: Walter Kerr, American author, composer, and critic (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani social scientist and activist (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Milt Jackson, American vibraphone player and composer (Modern Jazz Quartet) (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: The last flight of the SR-71. [category: Events]
• 2000: David Dukes, American actor (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Dagmar, American actress and model (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Herbert Ross, American director and producer (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Second mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attack. [category: Events]
• 2002: Aileen Wuornos, American serial killer (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Charles Guggenheim, American director and producer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Sopubek Begaliev, Soviet economist and politician (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Mission: SPACE opens to the public in the Epcot park at Walt Disney World. The opening ceremony included several astronauts from all eras of space exploration. [category: Events]
• 2004: Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Louis Nye, American comedian and actor (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Stella Stratigou, Greek actress (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Paul Hunter, English snooker player (b. 1978) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Ray Noorda, American businessman, co-founder of Novell (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: North Korea allegedly tests its first nuclear device. [category: Events]
• 2007: Enrico Banducci, American businessman, founded hungry i (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Bo, American dog of the Obama family [category: Births]
• 2008: Gidget Gein, American bass player (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Stuart Kaminsky, American author (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: First lunar impact of the Centaur and LCROSS spacecrafts as part of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program. [category: Events]
• 2011: Pavel Karelin, Russian ski jumper (b. 1989) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Budd Lynch, American sportscaster (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Elo Romančík, Slovak actor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: George Paciullo, Australian politician (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Harris Savides, American cinematographer (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Kenny Rollins, American basketball player (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mark Brovun, Ukrainian art director (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Paddy Roy Bates, English broadcaster (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sammi Kane Kraft, American actress (b. 1992) [category: Deaths]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Denis [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Dionysius the Areopagite [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ghislain [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Hangul Day (South Korea) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uganda from United Kingdom in 1962. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence of Guayaquil from Spain in 1820 (Guayaquil) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: John Henry Newman [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: John Leonardi [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Leif Erikson Day (United States, Iceland and Norway) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust (Romania) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: October 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Takayama Autumn Festival (Takayama) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Post Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]