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| October 9th, 2007 (October 09 2007) | Death | Enrico Banducci, American nightclub owner (born in 1922) | |
| October 9th, 2006 (October 09 2006) | Event | North Korea allegedly tests its first nuclear device. | |
| October 9th, 2006 (October 09 2006) | Death | Paul Hunter, professional snooker player (born in 1978) | |
| October 9th, 2006 (October 09 2006) | Death | Raymond Noorda, co-founder and long time CEO of Novell (born in 1924) | |
| October 9th, 2005 (October 09 2005) | Death | Louis Nye, American comedian and actor (born in 1913) | |
| October 9th, 2002 (October 09 2002) | Death | Charles Guggenheim, American film director/producer (born in 1924) | |
| October 9th, 2002 (October 09 2002) | Death | Aileen Wournos, American Serial Killer sentenced to death (born in 1956) | |
| October 9th, 2001 (October 09 2001) | Event | Second mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attack. | |
| October 9th, 2001 (October 09 2001) | Death | Dagmar, American television personality (born in 1921) | |
| October 9th, 2001 (October 09 2001) | Death | Herbert Ross, American film director and producer (born in 1927) | |
| October 9th, 2000 (October 09 2000) | Death | David Dukes, American actor (born in 1945) | |
| October 9th, 2000 (October 09 2000) | Death | Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (born in 1918) | |
| October 9th, 1999 (October 09 1999) | Event | The last flight of the SR-71. | |
| October 9th, 1999 (October 09 1999) | Death | Milt Jackson, American jazz vibraphonist (born in 1923) | |
| October 9th, 1999 (October 09 1999) | Death | Akhtar Hameed Khan, pioneer of Microcredit in developing countries (born in 1914) | |
| October 9th, 1996 (October 09 1996) | Death | Walter Kerr, American theater critic (born in 1913) | |
| October 9th, 1995 (October 09 1995) | Event | An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona. | |
| October 9th, 1995 (October 09 1995) | Death | Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born in 1903)) | |
| October 9th, 1994 (October 09 1994) | Birth | Jodelle Ferland, Canadian actress | |
| October 9th, 1992 (October 09 1992) | Event | A 13 kilogram (est.) meteorite lands in the driveway of the Knapp residence in Peekskill, New York, destroying the family s 1980 Chevrolet Malibu | |
| October 9th, 1992 (October 09 1992) | Birth | Tyler James Williams, American actor | William James Quotes |
| October 9th, 1991 (October 09 1991) | Event | Ecuador becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. | |
| October 9th, 1989 (October 09 1989) | Event | An official news agency in the Soviet Union reports the landing of a UFO in Voronezh. | |
| October 9th, 1989 (October 09 1989) | Event | In Leipzig, East Germany, 70,000 protesters demand the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms. | |
| October 9th, 1989 (October 09 1989) | Death | Penny Lernoux, American journalist and author (born in 1940) | Penny Lernoux Quotes |
| October 9th, 1987 (October 09 1987) | Death | Guru Gopinath, Indian classical dancer (born in 1908) | |
| October 9th, 1987 (October 09 1987) | Death | Clare Boothe Luce, American diplomat (born in 1903) | |
| October 9th, 1987 (October 09 1987) | Death | William Parry Murphy, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born in 1892) | |
| October 9th, 1986 (October 09 1986) | Event | The musical The Phantom of the Opera has its first performance at Her Majesty s Theatre in London. | |
| October 9th, 1986 (October 09 1986) | Birth | Laure Manaudou, French swimmer | |
| October 9th, 1985 (October 09 1985) | Death | Emilio Garrastazu Medici, president of Brazil (born in 1905) | |
| October 9th, 1984 (October 09 1984) | Birth | Ghetto, British musician | |
| October 9th, 1983 (October 09 1983) | Event | 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 17 others were injuredied in Four Burmese officials also die in the blast. | |
| October 9th, 1983 (October 09 1983) | Birth | Andreas Zuber, Austrian racing driver | |
| October 9th, 1983 (October 09 1983) | Birth | Stephen Gionta, American ice hockey player | |
| October 9th, 1982 (October 09 1982) | Birth | Antonio Mendonca, Angolan footballer | |
| October 9th, 1982 (October 09 1982) | Birth | Shi Jun, Chinese footballer | |
| October 9th, 1981 (October 09 1981) | Event | Abolition of capital punishment in France. | |
| October 9th, 1981 (October 09 1981) | Birth | Peter Hill, British Music Photographer | |
| October 9th, 1981 (October 09 1981) | Birth | Zachery Ty Bryan, American actor | |
| October 9th, 1981 (October 09 1981) | Birth | Darius Miles, American basketball player | |
| October 9th, 1980 (October 09 1980) | Birth | Ibrahim Fazeel, Maldivian Footballer | |
| October 9th, 1980 (October 09 1980) | Birth | Henrik Zetterberg, Swedish ice hockey player | |
| October 9th, 1979 (October 09 1979) | Birth | Gonzalo Sorondo, Uruguayan footballer | |
| October 9th, 1979 (October 09 1979) | Birth | Brandon Routh, American actor | |
| October 9th, 1979 (October 09 1979) | Birth | Todd Kelly, Australian racing driver | |
| October 9th, 1978 (October 09 1978) | Birth | Nicky Byrne, Irish musician (Westlife) | |
| October 9th, 1978 (October 09 1978) | Birth | Juan Dixon, American basketball player | |
| October 9th, 1978 (October 09 1978) | Death | Jacques Brel, Belgian singer and actor (born in 1929) | |
| October 9th, 1977 (October 09 1977) | Birth | Brian Roberts, American baseball player | |
| October 9th, 1976 (October 09 1976) | Birth | Nick Swardson American Actor | |
| October 9th, 1976 (October 09 1976) | Death | Walter Warlimont, German General WWII (born in 1894) | Walter Warlimont Quotes |
| October 9th, 1975 (October 09 1975) | Birth | Sean Lennon, American musician & son of ex-Beatle John Lennon | John Lennon Quotes |
| October 9th, 1975 (October 09 1975) | Birth | Mark Viduka, Australian footballer | |
| October 9th, 1974 (October 09 1974) | Birth | Kieren Hutchison, New Zealand actor | |
| October 9th, 1974 (October 09 1974) | Death | Oskar Schindler, German businessman (born in 1908) | |
| October 9th, 1973 (October 09 1973) | Birth | Terry Balsamo, American guitarist | |
| October 9th, 1973 (October 09 1973) | Birth | Steven Burns, American actor and musician | |
| October 9th, 1973 (October 09 1973) | Birth | Erin Daniels, American actress | |
| October 9th, 1973 (October 09 1973) | Birth | Fabio Lione, Italian musician (Rhapsody) | |
| October 9th, 1973 (October 09 1973) | Birth | Carlos Pavon, Honduran footballer | |
| October 9th, 1972 (October 09 1972) | Birth | Sarah Vandenbergh, Australian actor | |
| October 9th, 1972 (October 09 1972) | Death | Miriam Hopkins, American actress (born in 1902) | |
| October 9th, 1971 (October 09 1971) | Birth | Simon Atlee, British photographer (died in 2004) | |
| October 9th, 1971 (October 09 1971) | Birth | Michael Manna, American professional wrestler | |
| October 9th, 1970 (October 09 1970) | Event | The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia. | |
| October 9th, 1970 (October 09 1970) | Birth | Kenny Anderson, American basketball player | |
| October 9th, 1970 (October 09 1970) | Birth | Park Sang-min, South Korean actor | |
| October 9th, 1970 (October 09 1970) | Birth | Savannah, American pornographic actress (died in 1994) | |
| October 9th, 1970 (October 09 1970) | Birth | Annika Sorenstam, Swedish golfer | Annika Sorenstam Quotes |
| October 9th, 1970 (October 09 1970) | Birth | Jason Butler Harner, American actor | |
| October 9th, 1969 (October 09 1969) | Event | 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" (trial started on September 24). | |
| October 9th, 1969 (October 09 1969) | Birth | P.J. Harvey, English musician | |
| October 9th, 1968 (October 09 1968) | Death | Pierre Mulele, Congolese revolutionary (born in 1929) | |
| October 9th, 1967 (October 09 1967) | Event | A day after being caught, Che Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia. | |
| October 9th, 1967 (October 09 1967) | Birth | Eddie Guerrero, American professional wrestler (died in 2005) | |
| October 9th, 1967 (October 09 1967) | Death | Che Guevara, Argentine revolutionary and guerilla leader (executed) (born in 1928) | |
| October 9th, 1967 (October 09 1967) | Death | Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1897) | |
| October 9th, 1967 (October 09 1967) | Death | Andre Maurois, French author (born in 1885) | |
| October 9th, 1966 (October 09 1966) | Birth | Christopher Ostlund, Swedish Publisher and entrepreneur | |
| October 9th, 1966 (October 09 1966) | Birth | David Cameron, British politician | |
| October 9th, 1964 (October 09 1964) | Birth | Bobby Flay, American celebrity chef and restaurateur | |
| October 9th, 1964 (October 09 1964) | Birth | Guillermo del Toro, Mexican film director | |
| October 9th, 1963 (October 09 1963) | Event | 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. | |
| October 9th, 1962 (October 09 1962) | Event | Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm. | |
| October 9th, 1962 (October 09 1962) | Birth | Jorge Burruchaga, Argentinian footballer | |
| October 9th, 1962 (October 09 1962) | Death | Milan Vidmar, Slovenian electrical engineer and chess player (born in 1885) | |
| October 9th, 1961 (October 09 1961) | Birth | Julian Bailey, British racing driver | Julian Quotes |
| October 9th, 1960 (October 09 1960) | Birth | Kenny Garrett, American jazz saxophonist | |
| October 9th, 1958 (October 09 1958) | Birth | Michael Pare, American actor | |
| October 9th, 1958 (October 09 1958) | Birth | Al Jourgensen, American musician (Ministry) | |
| October 9th, 1958 (October 09 1958) | Death | Pope Pius XII Eugenio Pacelli, (born in 1876) | |
| October 9th, 1957 (October 09 1957) | Birth | Don Garber, American sports commissioner | |
| October 9th, 1956 (October 09 1956) | Death | Marie Doro, American actress (born in 1882) | |
| October 9th, 1955 (October 09 1955) | Death | Theodor Cardinal Innitzer, Austrian Catholic archbishop (born in 1875) | |
| October 9th, 1954 (October 09 1954) | Birth | Scott Bakula, American actor | |
| October 9th, 1954 (October 09 1954) | Birth | James Fearnley, English musician (The Pogues) | |
| October 9th, 1954 (October 09 1954) | Birth | Anne-Marie Goumba, African politician | |
| October 9th, 1954 (October 09 1954) | Birth | John O Hurley, American actor and game show host | |
| October 9th, 1953 (October 09 1953) | Birth | Tony Shalhoub, American actor | |
| October 9th, 1952 (October 09 1952) | Birth | Sharon Osbourne, English music manager and wife of Ozzy Osbourne | Ozzy Osbourne Quotes |
| October 9th, 1950 (October 09 1950) | Birth | Jody Williams, American teacher and aid worker, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize | |
| October 9th, 1950 (October 09 1950) | Birth | Brian Downing, former baseball player | |
| October 9th, 1950 (October 09 1950) | Death | George Hainsworth, National Hockey League goaltender (born in 1895) | |
| October 9th, 1948 (October 09 1948) | Birth | Jackson Browne, American musician | |
| October 9th, 1947 (October 09 1947) | Birth | France Gall, French singer | |
| October 9th, 1947 (October 09 1947) | Birth | William E. McAnulty, Jr., American lawyer (died in 2007) | |
| October 9th, 1947 (October 09 1947) | Birth | Tony Zappone, American broadcaster, journalist, author, photographer | |
| October 9th, 1946 (October 09 1946) | Birth | Tansu Ciller, Prime Minister of Turkey | |
| October 9th, 1945 (October 09 1945) | Event | Parade in NYC for Fleet Admiral Nimitz and 13 USN/USMC Medal of Honor recipients | |
| October 9th, 1945 (October 09 1945) | Birth | Taiguara, Brazilian musician (died in 1996) | |
| October 9th, 1944 (October 09 1944) | Birth | John Entwistle, British musician (The Who) (died in 2002) | |
| October 9th, 1944 (October 09 1944) | Birth | Nona Hendryx, American singer (LaBelle) | |
| October 9th, 1943 (October 09 1943) | Death | Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1865) | |
| October 9th, 1942 (October 09 1942) | Event | Statute of Westminster 1931 formalises Australian autonomy. | |
| October 9th, 1942 (October 09 1942) | Event | The last day of the October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps forces withdraw back across the Matanikau River after destroying most of the Imperial Japanese Army s 4th Infantry Regiment. | |
| October 9th, 1941 (October 09 1941) | Event | A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president. | |
| October 9th, 1941 (October 09 1941) | Birth | Trent Lott, American politician | Trent Lott Quotes |
| October 9th, 1941 (October 09 1941) | Birth | Brian Lamb, Founder of c-span | |
| October 9th, 1941 (October 09 1941) | Birth | Chucho Valdes, Cuban musician | |
| October 9th, 1941 (October 09 1941) | Death | Helen Morgan, American singer and actress (born in 1900) | |
| October 9th, 1940 (October 09 1940) | Event | World War II: Battle of BritainDuring a nighttime air raid by the German Luftwaffe, St. Paul s Cathedral in the City of London, England is hit by a bomb. | |
| October 9th, 1940 (October 09 1940) | Birth | John Lennon, British musician and songwriter (The Beatles) (died in 1980) | John Lennon Quotes |
| October 9th, 1940 (October 09 1940) | Birth | Joe Pepitone, American baseball player | |
| October 9th, 1940 (October 09 1940) | Death | Wilfred Grenfell, medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador (born in 1865). | |
| October 9th, 1938 (October 09 1938) | Birth | Heinz Fischer, Austrian politician | |
| October 9th, 1936 (October 09 1936) | Event | 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. | |
| October 9th, 1936 (October 09 1936) | Birth | Brian Blessed, English actor | |
| October 9th, 1935 (October 09 1935) | Birth | Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, member of the British Royal Family | |
| October 9th, 1934 (October 09 1934) | Event | Regicide at Marseille: The assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France. | |
| October 9th, 1934 (October 09 1934) | Birth | Jill Ker Conway, Australian-American author | |
| October 9th, 1934 (October 09 1934) | Death | King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (assassinated) (born in 1888) | |
| October 9th, 1934 (October 09 1934) | Death | Louis Barthou, Prime Minister of France (assassinated) (born in 1862) | |
| October 9th, 1933 (October 09 1933) | Birth | Peter Mansfield, British physicist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate | |
| October 9th, 1931 (October 09 1931) | Birth | Tony Booth, British actor and father of Cherie Blair | Tony Blair Quotes |
| October 9th, 1928 (October 09 1928) | Birth | Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer | |
| October 9th, 1926 (October 09 1926) | Birth | Daniele Delorme, French actress | |
| October 9th, 1925 (October 09 1925) | Birth | Johnny Stompanato, American organized crime figure (died in 1958) | Tom Ze Quotes |
| October 9th, 1924 (October 09 1924) | Death | Valery Bryusov, Russian writer and critic (born in 1873) | |
| October 9th, 1923 (October 09 1923) | Birth | Fyvush Finkel, American actor | |
| October 9th, 1922 (October 09 1922) | Birth | Leon Dion, Quebec political scientist (died in 1997) | |
| October 9th, 1921 (October 09 1921) | Birth | Michel Boisrond, French film director (died in 2002) | |
| October 9th, 1920 (October 09 1920) | Birth | Jens Bjorneboe, Norwegian author (died in 1976) | |
| October 9th, 1919 (October 09 1919) | Event | Black Sox scandal: The Cincinnati Reds "win" the World Series. | |
| October 9th, 1918 (October 09 1918) | Birth | E. Howard Hunt, American Watergate figure (died in 2007) | |
| October 9th, 1918 (October 09 1918) | Birth | Lila Kedrova, Russian-born actress (died in 2000) | |
| October 9th, 1915 (October 09 1915) | Birth | Clifford M. Hardin, United States Secretary of Agriculture | |
| October 9th, 1914 (October 09 1914) | Event | World War I: Siege of AntwerpAntwerp, Belgium falls to German troops. | |
| October 9th, 1911 (October 09 1911) | Birth | Joe Rosenthal, American photographer (died in 2006) | |
| October 9th, 1909 (October 09 1909) | Birth | Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury (died in 2000) | |
| October 9th, 1908 (October 09 1908) | Birth | Harry Hooton, Australian poet (died in 1961) | |
| October 9th, 1908 (October 09 1908) | Birth | Lee Wiley, American jazz singer (died in 1975) | |
| October 9th, 1907 (October 09 1907) | Birth | Quintin Hogg, British politician (died in 2001) | |
| October 9th, 1907 (October 09 1907) | Birth | Jacques Tati, French filmmaker (died in 1982) | |
| October 9th, 1906 (October 09 1906) | Birth | Leopold Sedar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician (died in 2001) | |
| October 9th, 1903 (October 09 1903) | Birth | Walter O Malley, American baseball executive (died in 1979) | |
| October 9th, 1902 (October 09 1902) | Birth | Freddie Young, British cinematographer (died in 1998) | |
| October 9th, 1900 (October 09 1900) | Birth | Alastair Sim, Scottish actor (died in 1976) | |
| October 9th, 1893 (October 09 1893) | Birth | Mario de Andrade, Brazilian writer and photographer (died in 1945) | |
| October 9th, 1892 (October 09 1892) | Birth | Ivo Andric, Serbo-Croatian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1975) | Ivo Andric Quotes |
| October 9th, 1892 (October 09 1892) | Birth | Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet (died in 1941) | Marina Tsvetaeva Quotes |
| October 9th, 1890 (October 09 1890) | Birth | Aimee Semple McPherson, American evangelist (died in 1944) | |
| October 9th, 1888 (October 09 1888) | Event | The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public. | |
| October 9th, 1888 (October 09 1888) | Birth | Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin, Russian politician (died in 1938) | |
| October 9th, 1886 (October 09 1886) | Birth | Rube Marquard, American baseball player (died in 1980) | |
| October 9th, 1879 (October 09 1879) | Birth | Max von Laue, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1960) | |
| October 9th, 1874 (October 09 1874) | Event | General Postal Union is created as a result of the Treaty of Berne. | |
| October 9th, 1874 (October 09 1874) | Birth | Nicholas Roerich, Russian painter (died in 1947) | |
| October 9th, 1873 (October 09 1873) | Birth | Karl Schwarzschild, German physicist and astronomer (died in 1916) | |
| October 9th, 1873 (October 09 1873) | Birth | Charles Walgreen, American entrepreneur (died in 1939) | |
| October 9th, 1873 (October 09 1873) | Birth | Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist (died in 1944) | |
| October 9th, 1873 (October 09 1873) | Death | George Ormerod, English historian and antiquarian (born in 1785) | |
| October 9th, 1871 (October 09 1871) | Event | The Great Chicago Fire is brought under control. | |
| October 9th, 1871 (October 09 1871) | Birth | George Gauthier, Bishop of Montreal and rector of the Universite de Montreal (died in 1940) | |
| October 9th, 1871 (October 09 1871) | Birth | Didak Buntic, Croatian monk and scholar. | |
| October 9th, 1864 (October 09 1864) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of Tom s BrookUnion cavalrymen in the Shenandoah Valley defeat Confederate forces at Tom s Brook, Virginia. | |
| October 9th, 1861 (October 09 1861) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of Santa Rosa IslandUnion troops repel Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens. | |
| October 9th, 1859 (October 09 1859) | Birth | Alfred Dreyfus, French military officer (died in 1935) | |
| October 9th, 1854 (October 09 1854) | Event | Beginning of the siege of Sebastopol. | |
| October 9th, 1852 (October 09 1852) | Birth | Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1919) | |
| October 9th, 1845 (October 09 1845) | Event | The eminent and controversial Anglican, John Henry Newman, is received into the Roman Catholic Church. | |
| October 9th, 1840 (October 09 1840) | Birth | Simeon Solomon, British artist (died in 1905) | Solomon Quotes |
| October 9th, 1837 (October 09 1837) | Event | Meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute. | |
| October 9th, 1835 (October 09 1835) | Event | Royal College, Colombo established with the name Hillstreet Academy in Sri Lanka. | |
| October 9th, 1835 (October 09 1835) | Birth | Camille Saint-Saens, French composer (died in 1921) | |
| October 9th, 1831 (October 09 1831) | Event | Capo d Istria is assassinated. | |
| October 9th, 1831 (October 09 1831) | Death | John Capodistria, Governor of Greece (born in 1776) | |
| October 9th, 1824 (October 09 1824) | Event | Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica. | |
| October 9th, 1820 (October 09 1820) | Event | Guayaquil declares independence from Spain. | |
| October 9th, 1812 (October 09 1812) | Event | War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMS Detroit and HMS Caledonia. | |
| October 9th, 1806 (October 09 1806) | Event | Prussia declares war on France. | |
| October 9th, 1806 (October 09 1806) | Death | Benjamin Banneker, American astronomer (born in 1731) | |
| October 9th, 1804 (October 09 1804) | Event | Hobart, capital of Tasmania, is founded. | |
| October 9th, 1799 (October 09 1799) | Event | Sinking of HMS Lutine, with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth ?1,200,000. | |
| October 9th, 1797 (October 09 1797) | Death | Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (born in 1720) | |
| October 9th, 1796 (October 09 1796) | Birth | Joseph Bonomi the Younger, English Egyptologist (died in 1878) | Bono Quotes |
| October 9th, 1793 (October 09 1793) | Death | Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French missionary (born in 1718) | |
| October 9th, 1776 (October 09 1776) | Event | Father Francisco Palou founds Mission San Francisco de Asis in what is now San Francisco, California. | |
| October 9th, 1771 (October 09 1771) | Event | The Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sinks near the coast of Finland. | |
| October 9th, 1760 (October 09 1760) | Event | 7 Year s War: Russian forces occupy Berlin. | |
| October 9th, 1757 (October 09 1757) | Birth | King Charles X of France (died in 1836) | |
| October 9th, 1729 (October 09 1729) | Death | Richard Blackmore, English physician and writer (born in 1654) | Richard Blackmore Quotes |
| October 9th, 1709 (October 09 1709) | Death | Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, English mistress of Charles II of England (born in 1640) | |
| October 9th, 1704 (October 09 1704) | Birth | Jan Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (died in 1777) | |
| October 9th, 1701 (October 09 1701) | Event | The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. | |
| October 9th, 1691 (October 09 1691) | Death | William Sacheverell, English statesman (born in 1638) | |
| October 9th, 1635 (October 09 1635) | Event | Founder of Rhode Island Roger Williams is banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident after he speaks out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away Native American land. | Roger Williams Quotes |
| October 9th, 1604 (October 09 1604) | Event | Supernova 1604, the most recent supernova to be observed in the Milky Way. | |
| October 9th, 1597 (October 09 1597) | Death | Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (born in 1537) | |
| October 9th, 1595 (October 09 1595) | Event | The Spanish army captures Cambrai. | |
| October 9th, 1586 (October 09 1586) | Birth | Archduke Leopold V of Austria (died in 1632) | |
| October 9th, 1585 (October 09 1585) | Birth | Heinrich Schutz, German composer (died in 1672) | |
| October 9th, 1582 (October 09 1582) | Event | Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. | |
| October 9th, 1581 (October 09 1581) | Birth | Claude Gaspard Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician (died in 1638) | |
| October 9th, 1569 (October 09 1569) | Death | Vladimir of Staritsa, Russian prince (born in 1533) | |
| October 9th, 1562 (October 09 1562) | Death | Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist and early advocate for the use of condoms. (born in 1523) | |
| October 9th, 1558 (October 09 1558) | Event | Merida is founded in Venezuela. | |
| October 9th, 1555 (October 09 1555) | Death | Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (born in 1493) | |
| October 9th, 1547 (October 09 1547) | Birth | Miguel de Cervantes (died in 1616) | Miguel de Cervantes Quotes |
| October 9th, 1514 (October 09 1514) | Event | Marriage of Louis XII of France and Mary Tudor. | |
| October 9th, 1446 (October 09 1446) | Event | The hangul alphabet is published in Korea. | |
| October 9th, 1390 (October 09 1390) | Death | King John I of Castile (born in 1358) | |
| October 9th, 1328 (October 09 1328) | Birth | King Peter I of Cyprus (died in 1369) | |
| October 9th, 1273 (October 09 1273) | Death | Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany | |
| October 9th, 1261 (October 09 1261) | Birth | King Dinis of Portugal (died in 1325) | |
| October 9th, 1253 (October 09 1253) | Death | Robert Grosseteste, English statesman and bishop | |
| October 9th, 1238 (October 09 1238) | Event | James I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom of Valencia. | |
| October 9th, 1221 (October 09 1221) | Birth | Salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler | |
| October 9th, 1201 (October 09 1201) | Birth | Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (died in 1274) | |
| October 9th, 1047 (October 09 1047) | Death | Pope Clement II (born in 1005) | |
| October 9th, 1003 (October 09 1003) | Event | Leif Erikson landed in L Anse aux Meadows, Canada. Became the first European to reach America. | |
| October 9th, 0768 (October 09 0768) | Event | Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. | Charlemagne Quotes |
