November 9th, 1909

Born on November 9th, 1909

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What happened on November 9th?

November 9th, 2019

Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan inaugurated the Kartarpur Corridor, a visa-free border crossing connecting the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib to the Indian border.

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.

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 Secret Intelligence Service agents 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) that remains 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.

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.

November 9th, 1970

Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes 6–3 against hearing a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war.

November 9th, 1967

Apollo program: NASA launches the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft, atop the first Saturn V rocket, from Florida's Cape Kennedy.

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

Born on November 9th, 1909

85

Massimo Pallottino

Italian archaeologist (1909-1995)

*November 9th, 1909, Rome †February 7th, 1995, Rome

88

Kay Thompson

American author, singer, dancer, actress, and choreographer (1909–1998)

*November 9th, 1909, St. Louis †July 2nd, 1998, New York City

89

Robert Douglas

Actor, director (1909–1999)

*November 9th, 1909, Fenny Stratford †January 11th, 1999, Encinitas

60

Mikhail Mil

Soviet helicopter designer (1909-1970)

*November 9th, 1909, Irkutsk †January 31st, 1970, Moscow

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Who's birthday is on November 9th?

63

Erika Mann

German actress and writer (1905-1969)

*November 9th, 1905, Munich †August 27th, 1969, Zürich

85

Hedy Lamarr

Austrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping (1914-2000)

*November 9th, 1914, Vienna †January 19th, 2000, Casselberry

39

French Montana

Moroccan rapper

*November 9th, 1984, Casablanca

62

Carl Sagan

American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)

*November 9th, 1934, Brooklyn †December 20th, 1996, Seattle

39

Andrej Ashmarin

Badminton player

*November 9th, 1984, Moscow

91

Alistair Horne

British writer and historian (1925-2017)

*November 9th, 1925, London †May 25th, 2017, Oxfordshire

94

Robert Frank

Swiss-American photographer and documentary filmmaker (1924-2019)

*November 9th, 1924, Zürich †September 9th, 2019, Inverness

77

Spiro Agnew

Vice president of the United States from 1969 to 1973

*November 9th, 1918, Baltimore †September 17th, 1996, Berlin

86

Imre Kertész

Hungarian author

*November 9th, 1929, Budapest †March 31st, 2016, Budapest

49

Alessandro Del Piero

Italian association football player

*November 9th, 1974, Conegliano

23

Gordon Northcott

Canadian serial killer

*November 9th, 1906, Bladworth †October 2nd, 1930, San Quentin State Prison

71

Andreas Aigmüller

German musician

*November 9th, 1952, Magdeburg

90

Robert Gillespie

British actor

*November 9th, 1933, Lille

85

Curly Fox

American musician

*November 9th, 1910, Graysville †November 10th, 1995, Nashville

86

Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia

Prince of Prussia (1907-1994)

*November 9th, 1907, Potsdam †September 26th, 1994, Bremen

63

Francesc Almela i Vives

Spanish writer and historian

*November 9th, 1903, Vinaròs †January 1st, 1967, Valencia

42

Scottie Thompson

American actress

*November 9th, 1981, Richmond

90

Helmut Rohde

German politician (SPD) (1925-2016)

*November 9th, 1925, Hanover †April 16th, 2016, Sankt Augustin

98

Eva Todor

Brazilian actress and dancer

*November 9th, 1919, Budapest †December 10th, 2017, Rio de Janeiro

56

Daphne Guinness

British and Irish artist and personality

*November 9th, 1967, London

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Born in 1909

72

Dorothy Walton

Badminton player

*August 7th, 1909, Swift Current †October 17th, 1981, Toronto

69

Walter Arnold

German sculptor and politician (1909-1979)

*August 27th, 1909, Leipzig †July 11th, 1979, Dresden

86

Arthur Dale Trendall

Australian classical archaeologist (1909-1995)

*March 28th, 1909, Auckland †November 13th, 1995, Melbourne

80

Peter von Blanckenhagen

Baltic-german-american archaeologist

*March 21st, 1909, Riga †March 6th, 1990, New York City

80

Hermann Bengtson

German historian

*July 2nd, 1909, Ratzeburg †November 2nd, 1989, Munich

85

Jessica Tandy

British-American actress (1909–1994)

*June 7th, 1909, London †September 11th, 1994, Fairfield County

82

Francis Bacon

Irish-born British figurative painter, 1909–1992

*October 28th, 1909, Dublin †April 28th, 1992, Madrid

87

Alain Poher

French politician (1909-1996)

*April 17th, 1909, Ablon-sur-Seine †December 9th, 1996, Paris

85

Tom Ewell

American actor (1909-1994)

*April 29th, 1909, Owensboro †September 12th, 1994, Woodland Hills

73

Isa Miranda

Italian actress (1905-1982)

*July 5th, 1909, Milan †July 8th, 1982, Rome

65

U Thant

Third Secretary-General of the United Nations (1909-1974)

*January 22nd, 1909, Pantanaw †November 25th, 1974, New York City

62

Kwame Nkrumah

Ghanaian pan-Africanist and the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana (1909-1972)

*September 21st, 1909, Nkroful †April 27th, 1972, Bucharest

103

Rita Levi-Montalcini

Italian neurologist (1909-2012)

*April 22nd, 1909, Turin †December 30th, 2012, Nomentano

106

Hans Erni

Swiss painter and engraver (1909-2015)

*February 21st, 1909, Lucerne †March 21st, 2015, Lucerne

87

Daniel Mayer

French politician, member of the French Resistance (1909-1996)

*April 29th, 1909, Paris †December 29th, 1996, Orsay

108

Jacques Clemens

Belgian priest

*July 11th, 1909, The Hague †March 7th, 2018, Loverval

89

Gratien Gélinas

Canadian author, playwright, actor, director, producer and administrator

*December 8th, 1909, Mauricie †March 16th, 1999, Deux-Montagnes

104

Frits Thors

Dutch television presenter

*September 13th, 1909, Amsterdam †April 19th, 2014, Laren

53

Hans-Heinrich Sievert

German decathlete (1909-1963)

*December 1st, 1909, Gut Grittern †April 5th, 1963, Eutin

34

Simone Weil

(1909-1943) French philosopher, Christian mystic, writer and social activist

*February 3rd, 1909, Paris †August 24th, 1943, Ashford

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Public holidays on November 9th

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1909 is a normal year and no leap year.

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