October 9th, 1008

Born on October 9th, 1008

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 370,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 17 days, exactly on July 14th, 2024, people who were born on October 9th, 1008 will be 371,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on October 9th?

October 9th, 2012

Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai (pictured) was severely injured by a Taliban gunman in a failed assassination attempt.* 2019 – Syrian civil war: Turkish forces began an offensive into north-eastern Syria following the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the region.

October 9th, 1986

The Phantom of the Opera, a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and currently the longest-running Broadway show in history, opened in London's West End.

October 9th, 1962

Nick Holonyak, an engineer for General Electric, gave the first public demonstration of a light-emitting diode.

October 9th, 1952

A footman shot and killed two colleagues and wounded the lady of the house at Knowsley Hall, England.

October 9th, 1942

World War II: American forces defeated the Japanese at the Third Battle of the Matanikau in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, reversing the Japanese victory a couple of weeks earlier.

October 9th, 1914

World War I: The civilian authorities of Antwerp surrendered, allowing the German army to capture the city.

October 9th, 1913

Carrying a cargo hold full of highly flammable chemicals, the ocean liner SS Volturno caught fire in the north Atlantic and sank, resulting in 136 deaths.

October 9th, 1888

The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., at the time the world's tallest building, officially opened to the general public.

October 9th, 1813

War of the Sixth Coalition: Empress Marie-Louise of France issued decrees conscripting tens of thousands of teenagers, who became known as Marie-Louises.

October 9th, 1780

The deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record began to impact the Caribbean, killing at least 20,000 people across the Antilles over the subsequent days.* 1793 – French Revolution: After a month-long siege, the leaders of Lyon surrendered, ending their revolt against the National Convention.

October 9th, 1740

European soldiers and Javanese collaborators massacred Chinese Indonesians in the port city of Batavia, modern-day Jakarta.

October 9th, 1708

Great Northern War: Russia defeated Sweden at the Battle of Lesnaya on the Russian–Polish border, in present-day Belarus.

October 9th, 1676

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek wrote a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules" – the first known description of protozoa (pictured).

October 9th, 1454

Thirteen Years' War: The Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, Ludwig von Erlichshausen, pledged Prussian castles and cities to mercenary troops, which enabled their future redemption by Poland.

October 9th, 2019

Turkey begins its military offensive in north-eastern Syria.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 9th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 9th?

57

David Cameron

British politician (born 1966)

*October 9th, 1966, Marylebone

40

John Lennon

British musician (1940–1980)

*October 9th, 1940, Liverpool †December 8th, 1980, New York City

48

Ge Fei

Chinese badminton player

*October 9th, 1975, Nantong

52

Erwin Rohde

German classical philologist (1845–1898)

*October 9th, 1845, Hamburg †January 11th, 1898, Heidelberg

39

Ghetts

British rapper

*October 9th, 1984, Plaistow

29

Alexie Alaïs

French athletics competitor

*October 9th, 1994, Kourou

54

Julian Robertson

Badminton player

*October 9th, 1969, Peterborough

69

Scott Bakula

American actor

*October 9th, 1954, St. Louis

85

Heinz Fischer

Austrian politician (SPÖ), 8th president of Austria (born 1938)

*October 9th, 1938, Graz

44

Chris O'Dowd

Irish actor and comedian (born 1979)

*October 9th, 1979, Boyle

61

Holger Drachmann

Poet and painter (1846-1908)

*October 9th, 1846, Copenhagen †January 14th, 1908, Hornbæk

95

Léopold Sédar Senghor

First president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)

*October 9th, 1906, Joal-Fadiouth †December 20th, 2001, Verson

70

France Gall

French singer

*October 9th, 1947, 12th arrondissement of Paris †January 7th, 2018, Neuilly-sur-Seine

82

Ivo Andrić

Yugoslav novelist (1892-1975)

*October 9th, 1892, Dolac †March 13th, 1975, Belgrade

90

Donald Sinden

English actor

*October 9th, 1923, Plymouth †September 12th, 2014, Romney Marsh

37

Stéphane Zubar

Guadeloupean association football player

*October 9th, 1986, Pointe-à-Pitre

80

Max von Laue

German physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi

*October 9th, 1879, Koblenz †April 24th, 1960, West Berlin

35

Starling Marte

Baseball player

*October 9th, 1988, Santo Domingo

66

Emil Fischer

German chemist (1852-1919)

*October 9th, 1852, Euskirchen †July 15th, 1919, Berlin

55

Guto Bebb

Welsh politician who was an MP for Aberconwy (born 1968)

*October 9th, 1968, Wrexham

65

Kurt von Tippelskirch

German World War II general

*October 9th, 1891, Charlottenburg †May 10th, 1957, Lüneburg

73

Jody Williams

American teacher and aid worker

*October 9th, 1950, Brattleboro

59

Guillermo del Toro

Mexican filmmaker and author (born 1964)

*October 9th, 1964, Guadalajara

53

Jason Butler Harner

American actor

*October 9th, 1970, Elmira

79

Charles X of France

King of France from 1824 to 1830

*October 9th, 1757, Versailles †November 6th, 1836, Gorizia

28

Alex Benoit

American ice dancer

*October 9th, 1995, Winfield

24

Judy Tyler

American actress

*October 9th, 1932, Milwaukee †July 4th, 1957, Rock River

75

Alfred Dreyfus

French artillery officer (1859–1935)

*October 9th, 1859, Mulhouse †July 12th, 1935, Paris

86

Camille Saint-Saëns

French composer, organist, conductor and pianist

*October 9th, 1835, 11th arrondissement of Paris †December 16th, 1921, Algiers

75

Jacques Tati

French filmmaker (1907-1982)

*October 9th, 1907, Le Pecq †November 5th, 1982, Paris

68

Angelika Brunkhorst

German politician

*October 9th, 1955, Hanover

92

Tadeusz Różewicz

Polish poet, dramatist and writer

*October 9th, 1921, Radomsko †April 24th, 2014, Wrocław

71

Sharon Osbourne

British-American television personality

*October 9th, 1952, Brixton

55

Boris Nemtsov

Russian scientist, statesman and liberal politician (1959–2015)

*October 9th, 1959, Sochi †February 27th, 2015, Moscow

48

Mark Viduka

Australian association football player

*October 9th, 1975, Melbourne

83

Peter Mansfield

English physicist known for magnetic resonance imaging

*October 9th, 1933, Lambeth †February 8th, 2017, Nottingham

72

Alberto Simeone

Italian politician

*October 9th, 1943, Castelpoto †February 1st, 2016, Latina

68

Grazia Di Michele

Italian singer-songwriter

*October 9th, 1955, Rome

48

Sean Lennon

American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono

*October 9th, 1975, Weill Cornell Medical Center

72

Robert de Sorbon

French theologian, the chaplain of Louis IX of France and founder of the Sorbonne college in Paris

*October 9th, 1201, Sorbon †August 15th, 1274, Paris

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Leap year

Yes: 1008 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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