What are the important events that happened on October 9? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 9: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 9 is the 283rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 83 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 26, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,807,200 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 ‘dihectaoctacontatrigon’ day.
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Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 112 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 4,310 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 9 Historical Events
- 1238 –James I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom of Valencia.
- 1264 –The Kingdom of Castile conquers the city of Jerez that was under Muslim occupation since 711.
- 1558 –Mérida is founded in Venezuela.
- 1771 –The Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sinks near the coast of Finland.
- 1831 –Capo d'Istria, the first head of state of independent Greece is assassinated.
- 1911 –An accidental bomb explosion in Hankou, Wuhan, China leads to the ultimate fall of the Qing Empire
- 1936 –Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles, California.
- 1962 –Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
- 1966 –Vietnam War: Dien Nien-Phuoc Binh massacre
- 1989 –An official news agency in the Soviet Union reports the landing of a UFO in Voronezh.
Who were born on October 9?
- 1892 –Ivo Andrić, Yugoslav writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
- 1926 –Danièle Delorme, French actress
- 1933 –Peter Mansfield, British physicist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate
- 1938 –Heinz Fischer, Austrian politician
- 1954 –John O'Hurley, American actor and game show host
- 1960 –Maddie Blaustein, American actress (d. 2008)
- 1974 –Shmuel Herzfeld, American Rabbi
- 1978 –Nicky Byrne, Irish musician (Westlife)
- 1979 –Gonzalo Sorondo, Uruguayan footballer
- 1983 –Stephen Gionta, American ice hockey player
Who died on October 9?
- 1555 –Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493)
- 1569 –Vladimir of Staritsa, Russian prince (b. 1533)
- 1797 –Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (b. 1720)
- 1831 –Ioannis Kapodistrias, Governor of Greece (b. 1776)
- 1873 –George Ormerod, English historian and antiquarian (b. 1785)
- 1962 –Milan Vidmar, Slovenian electrical engineer and chess player (b. 1885)
- 1987 –Clare Boothe Luce, American diplomat (b. 1903)
- 1996 –Walter Kerr, American theater critic (b. 1913)
- 2001 –Dagmar, American television personality (b. 1921)
- 2005 –Stella Stratigou, Greek actress (b. 1931)
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