Tukuk-OS📅 November 9
15 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on November 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 — Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan inaugurated the Kartarpur Corridor, a visa-free border crossing connecting the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib to the India–Pakistan border.
- 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".
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- 2016 — A tram derailment in Croydon, London, killed seven people.
- 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).
- 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).
- 1985 — At age 22, Garry Kasparov became the then-youngest World Chess Champion by defeating then-champion Anatoly Karpov.
- 1967 — The first issue of Rolling Stone, an American magazine focusing on music, politics and popular culture, was published.
- 1939 — World War II: A covert Sicherheitsdienst operation captured two British agents of the Secret Intelligence Service near Venlo in the Netherlands.
- 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.
- 1928 — The Great Mecca Feast, the first documentary film on the Hajj, premiered in the Netherlands.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Births
- 1999 — Prithvi Shaw, Indian cricketer
- 1996 — Momo Hirai, Japanese dancer and singer
- 1995 — Finn Cole, English actor
- 1995 — Daniel Naroditsky, American chess grandmaster (died 2025)
- 1994 — Lyrica Okano, American actress
- 1993 — Pete Dunne, English wrestler
- 1990 — Nosa Igiebor, Nigerian footballer
- 1989 — Baptiste Giabiconi, French model and singer
- 1988 — Nikki Blonsky, American actress, singer, and dancer
- 1988 — Lio Tipton, American actor and model
- 1986 — Carl Gunnarsson, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1985 — Bakary Soumaré, Malian footballer
Deaths
- 2024 — Bobby Allison, American race car driver and businessman (born 1937)
- 2024 — Lou Donaldson, American saxophonist (born 1926)
- 2024 — Judith Jamison, American dancer and choreographer (born 1943)
- 2024 — Ella Jenkins, American folk singer (born 1924)
- 2023 — Junko Ohashi, Japanese singer (born 1950)
- 2021 — Max Cleland, American politician (born 1942)
- 2017 — Chuck Mosley, American singer songwriter (born 1959)
- 2017 — Shyla Stylez, Canadian pornographic actress (born 1982)
- 2016 — Greg Ballard, American basketball player and coach (born 1955)
- 2015 — Carol Doda, American actress and dancer (born 1937)
- 2015 — Ernst Fuchs, Austrian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (born 1930)
- 2015 — Tommy Hanson, American baseball player (born 1986)
Observances & holidays
- Birthday of Muhammad Iqbal (Pakistan)
- Christian feast day: Benignus of Armagh
- Christian feast day: Dedication of the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, Cathedral of the Pope (memorial feast day)
- Christian feast day: Margery Kempe (Church of England)
- Christian feast day: Martin Chemnitz (Lutheran)
- Christian feast day: Nectarios of Aegina
- Christian feast day: Theodore of Amasea (Roman Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: Virgin of Almudena (Madrid)
- Christian feast day: Vitonus
- Christian feast day: November 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of the Skulls or Dia de los ñatitas (Bolivia)
- Flag Day (Azerbaijan)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Cambodia from France in 1953.
- Inventors' Day (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
- Uttarakhand Day (Uttarakhand, India)
- World Freedom Day (United States)
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