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, 1,728,432,000 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 ‘dihectaoctacontatrigon’ 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 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
- 1446 –The hangul alphabet is published in Korea.
- 1582 –Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
- 1701 –The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.
- 1834 –Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland.
- 1874 –General Postal Union is created as a result of the Treaty of Berne.
- 1963 –In northeast Italy, over 2,000 people are killed when a large landslide behind the Vajont Dam causes a giant wave of water to overtop it.
- 1983 –Rangoon bombing: attempted assassination of South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan during an official visit to Rangoon, Burma. Chun survives but the blast kills 17 of his entourage, including four cabinet ministers, and injures 17 others. Four Burmese officials also die in the blast.
- 1992 –A 13 kilogram (est.) fragment of the Peekskill meteorite lands in the driveway of the Knapp residence in Peekskill, New York, destroying the family’s 1980 Chevrolet Malibu
- 2003 –Mission: SPACE opens to the public in the Epcot park at Walt Disney World. The opening ceremony included several astronauts from all eras of space exploration.
- 2009 –First lunar impact of the Centaur and LCROSS spacecrafts as part of NASA’s Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.
Who were born on October 9?
- 1201 –Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (d. 1274)
- 1859 –Alfred Dreyfus, French military officer (d. 1935)
- 1888 –Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin, Russian politician (d. 1938)
- 1907 –Jacques Tati, French filmmaker (d. 1982)
- 1938 –Heinz Fischer, Austrian politician
- 1941 –Chucho Valdés, Cuban musician
- 1954 –John O'Hurley, American actor and game show host
- 1964 –John Ralston, Canadian actor
- 1970 –Jason Butler Harner, American actor
- 1975 –Sean Lennon, American musician
Who died on October 9?
- 1253 –Robert Grosseteste, English statesman and bishop
- 1581 –Saint Louis Bertrand, Spanish Dominican and missionary (b. 1526)
- 1797 –Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (b. 1720)
- 1934 –King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (assassinated) (b. 1888)
- 1956 –Marie Doro, American actress (b. 1882)
- 1968 –Pierre Mulele, Congolese revolutionary (b. 1929)
- 1999 –Akhtar Hameed Khan, pioneer of Microcredit in developing countries (b. 1914)
- 2002 –Charles Guggenheim, American film director/producer (b. 1924)
- 2005 –Stella Stratigou, Greek actress (b. 1931)
- 2006 –Paul Hunter, English professional snooker player (b. 1978)
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