November 9th, 1880

Born on November 9th, 1880

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What happened on November 9th, 1880?

November 9th, 1880

A major earthquake strikes Zagreb and destroys many buildings, including Zagreb Cathedral.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1880_Zagreb_earthquake

What else happened on November 9th?

November 9th, 1985

At age 22, Garry Kasparov became the then-youngest World Chess Champion by defeating then-champion Anatoly Karpov.

November 9th, 2019

The Alabama Crimson Tide and LSU Tigers football teams, both with undefeated records thus far that season, played in a "Game of the Century".

November 9th, 2016

A tram derailment in Croydon, London, killed seven people.

November 9th, 1993

Bosnian War: Croatian Defence Council forces destroyed the Stari Most, a 16th-century bridge crossing the river Neretva in the city of Mostar (rebuilt bridge pictured).

November 9th, 1989

East German official Günter Schabowski mistakenly announced the immediate opening of the inner German border, resulting in the fall of the Berlin Wall that night (border crossing pictured).

November 9th, 1967

The first issue of Rolling Stone, an American magazine focusing on music, politics and popular culture, was published.

November 9th, 1939

World War II: A covert Sicherheitsdienst operation captured two British agents of the Secret Intelligence Service near Venlo in the Netherlands.

November 9th, 1938

Kristallnacht began as SA stormtroopers and civilians destroyed and ransacked Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues in Germany and Austria, resulting in at least 90 deaths and the deportation of 30,000 men to concentration camps.

November 9th, 1918

The government of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic adopted a tricolour national flag (pictured), which is again in use today, with slight modifications, by the present-day Republic of Azerbaijan.

November 9th, 1914

World War I: Off the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, the Australian light cruiser Sydney sank Emden, the last active German warship in the Indian Ocean, at the Battle of Cocos.

November 9th, 1913

A severe blizzard reached its maximum intensity in the Great Lakes Basin of North America, destroying 19 ships and 68,300 tons of cargo, and killing more than 250 people.

November 9th, 1888

Mary Jane Kelly, widely believed to be the fifth and final victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper, was murdered in London.

November 9th, 1822

USS Alligator engaged three pirate schooners off the coast of Cuba in one of the West Indies anti-piracy operations of the United States.

November 9th, 1971

American banker John List murdered his wife, mother, and three children with a pair of handguns.

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

Born on November 9th, 1880

64

Rudolf Karel

Czech composer and conductor

*November 9th, 1880, Plzeň †March 6th, 1945, Terezín

56

Yordan Yovkov

Bulgarian writer (1880–1937)

*November 9th, 1880, Zheravna †October 15th, 1937, Plovdiv

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Born in 1880

47

Nikolai Astrup

Norwegian painter (1880-1928)

*August 30th, 1880, Bremanger Municipality †January 21st, 1928, Førde

57

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Founding father of the Republic of Turkey (c. 1881-1938)

*November 30th, 1880, Thessaloniki †November 10th, 1938, Dolmabahçe Palace

77

Christabel Pankhurst

Suffragette, co-founder of the Women's Social and Political Union, editor (1880-1958)

*September 22nd, 1880, Manchester †February 13th, 1958, Santa Monica

78

Walter von Molo

Austrian writer (1880–1958)

*June 14th, 1880, Šternberk †October 27th, 1958, Murnau am Staffelsee

86

Ludwig von Ficker

Austrian publisher and writer (1880–1967)

*April 13th, 1880, Munich †March 20th, 1967, Innsbruck

87

Helen Keller

American author and activist (1880–1968)

*June 27th, 1880, Tuscumbia †June 1st, 1968, Easton

90

John Boyd Orr

Scottish nutritionist, Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (1880-1971)

*September 23rd, 1880, Kilmaurs †June 25th, 1971, Brechin

78

George Marshall

American army officer and statesman (1880–1959)

*December 31st, 1880, Uniontown †October 16th, 1959, Washington, D.C.

73

Bertie Charles Forbes

American journalist

*May 14th, 1880, New Deer †May 6th, 1954, New York City

84

Douglas MacArthur

United States Army general in WWI, WWII and Korea (1880–1964)

*January 26th, 1880, Little Rock †April 5th, 1964, Washington, D.C.

77

Alfred Noyes

English poet (1880–1958)

*September 16th, 1880, Wolverhampton †June 28th, 1958, Ventnor

79

Lipót Fejér

Hungarian mathematician (1880–1959)

*February 9th, 1880, Pécs †October 15th, 1959, Budapest

92

Johannes Aavik

Estonian philologist and Fennophile

*December 8th, 1880, Randvere †March 18th, 1973, Stockholm

40

Alexander Blok

Russian poet (1880–1921)

*November 16th, 1880, Saint Petersburg †August 7th, 1921, Saint Petersburg

61

Leo Ascher

Austrian composer (1880-1942)

*August 17th, 1880, Vienna †February 25th, 1942, New York City

89

Ruth Sawyer

American children's writer and storyteller

*August 5th, 1880, Boston †June 3rd, 1970, Lexington

49

Alfred Wegener

German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)

*November 1st, 1880, Berlin †October 31st, 1930, Greenland

66

Channing Pollock

American playwright and screenwriter (1880-1946)

*March 4th, 1880, Washington, D.C. †August 17th, 1946, Shoreham

90

Tilla Durieux

Austrian actress and art collector who fled Nazis (1880-1971)

*August 18th, 1880, Vienna †February 21st, 1971, Berlin

82

Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948

*August 31st, 1880, Noordeinde Palace †November 28th, 1962, Het Loo Palace

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Leap year

Yes: 1880 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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