Tukuk-OS📅 October 9
18 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on October 9? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2019 — Syrian civil war: Turkish forces began an offensive into north-eastern Syria following the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the region.
Syrian civil war2019 Turkish offensive into northeastern SyriaDemocratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
- 2012 — Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai (pictured) was severely injured by a Taliban gunman in a failed assassination attempt.
- 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.
The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)Musical theatreAndrew Lloyd Webber
- 1962 — Nick Holonyak, an engineer for General Electric, gave the first public demonstration of a light-emitting diode.
- 1952 — A footman shot and killed two colleagues and wounded the lady of the house at Knowsley Hall, England.
- 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.
- 1921 — The Mortimer War Memorial (pictured), designed by Herbert Maryon in memory of local servicemen who died in the First World War, was dedicated.
- 1914 — World War I: The civilian authorities of Antwerp surrendered and allowed the German army to capture the city.
- 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.
- 1912 — Following a reduction in pay, textile workers in Little Falls, New York, walked out of their mill, starting a three-month strike.
Little Falls, New YorkWalkout1912–1913 Little Falls textile strike
- 1888 — The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., at the time the world's tallest building, officially opened to the general public.
Washington MonumentWashington, D.C.History of the world's tallest structures
- 1874 — The Universal Postal Union, then known as the General Postal Union, was established with the signing of the Treaty of Bern to unify disparate postal services and regulations so that international mail could be exchanged easily.
- 1813 — Late in the Napoleonic Wars, Empress Marie Louise (pictured) issued decrees conscripting tens of thousands of French teenagers, who became known as Marie-Louises.
- 1793 — French Revolution: After a month-long siege, the leaders of Lyon surrendered, ending their revolt against the National Convention.
- 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.
- 1740 — European soldiers and Javanese collaborators started massacring Chinese Indonesians in the port city of Batavia, modern-day Jakarta: at least 10,000 people were killed.
- 1708 — Great Northern War: Russia defeated Sweden at the Battle of Lesnaya on the Russian–Polish border, in present-day Belarus.
- 1676 — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek wrote a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules" – the first known description of protozoa (pictured).
Births
- 2002 — Ben Shelton, American tennis player
- 2001 — Kyla Leibel, Canadian swimmer
- 2000 — Penei Sewell, American football player
- 1997 — Jharrel Jerome, American actor
- 1997 — Megan Moroney, American singer-songwriter.
- 1996 — Jacob Batalon, Filipino-American actor
- 1996 — Bella Hadid, American model
- 1994 — Jodelle Ferland, Canadian actress
- 1993 — Ani Amiraghyan, Armenian tennis player
- 1993 — Lauren Davis, American tennis player
- 1993 — Jayden Hodges, Australian rugby league player
- 1993 — George Kittle, American football player
Deaths
- 2026 — Mike Ditka, American football coach and tight end for the Chicago Bears (born 1939)
- 2024 — George Baldock, British-born Greek international footballer (born 1993)
- 2024 — Dieter Burdenski, German footballer (born 1950)
- 2024 — Lily Ebert, Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor (born 1923)
- 2024 — Lee Wei Ling, Singaporean neurologist (born 1955)
- 2024 — Clark R. Rasmussen, American politician (born 1934)
- 2024 — Leif Segerstam, Finnish conductor and composer (born 1944)
- 2024 — Ratan Tata, Indian businessman and philanthropist (born 1937)
- 2017 — Jean Rochefort, French actor (born 1930)
- 2016 — Andrzej Wajda, Polish film and theatre director (born 1926)
- 2015 — Ray Duncan, American businessman (born 1930)
- 2015 — Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1931)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Abraham
- Christian feast day: Denis of Paris
- Christian feast day: Dionysius the Areopagite
- Christian feast day: Ghislain
- Christian feast day: Gunther of Bohemia
- Christian feast day: Innocencio of Mary Immaculate and Martyrs of Turon
- Christian feast day: John Henry Newman
- Christian feast day: John Leonardi
- Christian feast day: Luis Beltran
- Christian feast day: Robert Grosseteste (Church of England)
- Christian feast day: Wilfred Grenfell (Episcopal Church in the United States)
- Christian feast day: October 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Fire Prevention Day (Canada, United States)
- Hangul Day (South Korea)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uganda from United Kingdom in 1962. (Uganda)
- Independence of Guayaquil from Spain in 1820 (Ecuador)
- Leif Erikson Day (United States, Iceland and Norway)
- National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust (Romania)
- National Nanotechnology Day (United States)
- Takayama Autumn Festival (Takayama, Japan)
- World Post Day
- Indian Foreign Service Day
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