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 313th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 52 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 27, 2023 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,324,800 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 93 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 3,975 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 9 Historical Events
- 1492 –Peace of Etaples between Henry VII and Charles VIII.
- 1494 –The Family de' Medici are expelled from Florence.
- 1729 –Spain, France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Seville.
- 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.
- 1887 –The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
- 1947 –India forcibly annexes Junagadh from Pakistan.
- 1953 –Cambodia becomes independent from France.
- 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?
- 1906 –Arthur Rudolph, German rocket engineer (d. 1996)
- 1937 –Roger McGough, English poet
- 1948 –Bille August, Danish film and television director
- 1954 –Dennis Stratton, British musician, (Iron Maiden, Praying Mantis)
- 1954 –Sue Upton, English actress and dancer
- 1959 –Nick Hamilton, American wrestling referee
- 1959 –Tony Slattery, British actor
- 1970 –Nelson Diebel, American swimmer
- 1971 –Big Pun, American rapper (d. 2000)
- 1974 –Joe C., American rapper (d. 2000)
Who died on November 9?
- 1623 –William Camden, English historian (b. 1551)
- 1809 –Paul Sandby, English cartographer (b. 1725)
- 1911 –Howard Pyle, American illustrator and author (b. 1853)
- 1940 –Stephen Peter Alencastre, Portuguese Catholic prelate (b. 1876)
- 1970 –Charles de Gaulle, French military commander, politician, President of France (b. 1890)
- 1980 –Victor Sen Yung, American actor (b. 1915)
- 1996 –Joe Ghiz, Canadian politician (b. 1945)
- 2001 –Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and museum curator (b. 1924)
- 2002 –William Schutz, American psychologist (b. 1925)
- 2006 –Markus Wolf, East German intelligence director (b. 1923)
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