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On this day in history - Today, November, 9

Today in History

  • 2009 20th anniversary of the fall of Berlin Wall

    On this day, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the last soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and Polish

  • 1994 Darmstadtium created for the first time

    The heavily radioactive element with an atomic number of 110 and symbol Ds, was created at Gesellsch

  • 1985 Youngest person to become World Chess Champion

    22-year-old Russian Gary Kasparov won the 13th World Chess Championship against Anatoly Karpov to be

  • 1967 Rolling Stone makes its debut

    The biweekly popular culture magazine was founded by Jann Simon Wenner in San Francisco. The magazin

  • 1938 Night of broken glass

    A pogrom against Jewish businesses, synagogues, and Jews in Germany and Austria was carried out by S

Illustration of stork, signifying birth

Births On This Day,
November, 9

  • 1974 Alessandro Del Piero

    Italian footballer

  • 1970 Chris Jericho

    American/Canadian wrestler, singer-songwriter, actor

  • 1934 Carl Sagan

    American astronomer, author

  • 1928 Anne Sexton

    American poet

  • 1918 Spiro Agnew

    American politician, 39th Vice President of the United States

Illustration of tombstone, signifying death

Deaths On This Day,
November, 9

  • 2005 K. R. Narayanan

    Indian politician, 10th President of India

  • 2004 Stieg Larsson

    Swedish writer

  • 1970 Charles de Gaulle

    French general, politician, President of France

  • 1953 Ibn Saud

    Saudi Arabian king

  • 1940 Neville Chamberlain

    English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom