What are the important events that happened on November 9? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 9: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 9 is the 313^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 52 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 27, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,377,440 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectadecatrigon’ day.

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 100 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,706 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 9 Historical Events

• 1780 –
  American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Fishdam Ford a force British and Loyalist troops fail in a surprise attack against the South Carolina Patriot militia under Brigadier General Thomas Sumter.
• 1791 –
  Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen.
• 1793 –
  William Carey reaches the Hooghly River.
• 1848 –
  Robert Blum, a German revolutionary, is executed in Vienna.
• 1907 –
  The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
• 1918 –
  Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.
• 1923 –
  In Munich, Germany, police and government troops crush the Beer Hall Putsch in Bavaria. The failed coup is the work of the Nazis.
• 1947 –
  India forcibly annexes Junagadh from Pakistan.
• 1970 –
  Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes 6 to 3 against hearing a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war.
• 1985 –
  Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating Anatoly Karpov, also of the Soviet Union.

Who were born on November 9?

• 1811 –
  Alexandru Hâjdeu, Russian writer of Romanian origins (d. 1872)
• 1895 –
  Mae Marsh, American actress (d. 1968)
• 1915 –
  André François, French cartoonist (d. 2005)
• 1920 –
  Byron De La Beckwith, American assassin, white supremacist (d. 2001)
• 1942 –
  Tom Weiskopf, American golfer
• 1969 –
  Allison Wolfe, American musician (Bratmobile, Cold Cold Hearts, Partyline)
• 1970 –
  Guido Görtzen, Dutch volleyball player
• 1971 –
  Melinda Kinnaman, Swedish actress
• 1973 –
  Nick Lachey, American singer
• 1981 –
  Jobi McAnuff, Jamaican footballer

Who died on November 9?

• 748 –
  Nasr ibn Sayyar, last Umayyad governor of Khurasan (b. 663)
• 959 –
  Constantine VII, Byzantine Emperor (b. 905)
• 1208 –
  Sancha of Castile, wife of Alfonso II of Aragon (b. 1155)
• 1778 –
  Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian artist (b. 1720)
• 1918 –
  Peter Lumsden, British general in Indian army (b. 1829)
• 1937 –
  Ramsay MacDonald, Scottish Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1866)
• 1968 –
  Jan Johansson, Swedish jazz pianist (b. 1931)
• 1985 –
  Marie-Georges Pascal, French actress (b. 1946)
• 2001 –
  Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and museum curator (b. 1924)
• 2005 –
  K. R. Narayanan, Indian politician and President of India (b. 1921)