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 282^nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 83 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 26, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,759,968,000 seconds 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 ‘dihectaoctacontadigon’ day.

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 131 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 4,675 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

October 9 Historical Events

• 1708 –
  Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.
• 1740 –
  Dutch colonists and various slave groups begin massacring ethnic Chinese in Batavia, eventually killing 10,000 and leading to a two-year-long war throughout Java.
• 1776 –
  Father Francisco Palou founds Mission San Francisco de Asis in what is now San Francisco, California.
• 1812 –
  War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMS Detroit and HMS Caledonia.
• 1831 –
  Capo d'Istria, the first head of state of independent Greece is assassinated.
• 1845 –
  The eminent and controversial Anglican, John Henry Newman, is received into the Roman Catholic Church.
• 1934 –
  Regicide at Marseille: The assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France.
• 1940 –
  World War II: Battle of Britain – During a night-time air raid by the German Luftwaffe, St. Paul’s Cathedral in the City of London, England is hit by a bomb.
• 1966 –
  Vietnam War: Dien Nien-Phuoc Binh massacre
• 1969 –
  In Chicago, the United States National Guard is called in for crowd control as demonstrations continue in connection with the trial of the “Chicago Eight” that began on September 24.

Who were born on October 9?

• 1879 –
  Max von Laue, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1960)
• 1892 –
  Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet (d. 1941)
• 1918 –
  Lila Kedrova, Russian actress (d. 2000)
• 1964 –
  John Ralston, Canadian actor
• 1969 –
  Giles Martin, British record producer
• 1970 –
  Park Sang-min, South Korean actor
• 1974 –
  Kieren Hutchison, New Zealand actor
• 1977 –
  Brian Roberts, American baseball player
• 1986 –
  Laure Manaudou, French swimmer
• 1993 –
  Jhoana Marie Tan, Filipina television actress

Who died on October 9?

• 1569 –
  Vladimir of Staritsa, Russian prince (b. 1533)
• 1729 –
  Richard Blackmore, English physician and writer (b. 1654)
• 1793 –
  Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French missionary (b. 1718)
• 1924 –
  Valery Bryusov, Russian writer and critic (b. 1873)
• 1934 –
  Louis Barthou, Prime Minister of France (assassinated) (b. 1862)
• 1987 –
  Guru Gopinath, Indian classical dancer (b. 1908)
• 1995 –
  Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1903)
• 2000 –
  David Dukes, American actor (b. 1945)
• 2001 –
  Dagmar, American television personality (b. 1921)
• 2004 –
  Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (b. 1930)