November 9 in history
Events on November 9
Notable events that happened on November 9 in past years.
- 2023
U.S. surgeons at NYU Langone Health announce the world's first whole eye transplant.
Wikipedia article: NYU Langone Health - 2011
The first national test of the Emergency Alert System is activated in the United States at 2:00 p.m. EST.
Wikipedia article: Emergency Alert System - 1998
A U.S. federal judge, in the largest civil settlement in American history, orders 37 U.S. brokerage houses to pay US$1.03 billion to cheated NASDAQ investors to compensate for price fixing.
Wikipedia article: Nasdaq - 1985
Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union, becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating fellow Soviet Anatoly Karpov.
Wikipedia article: Garry Kasparov - 1965
Several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours in the Northeast blackout of 1965.
Wikipedia article: Power outage - 1953
Cambodia gains independence from France.
Wikipedia article: Cambodia - 1937
Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.
Wikipedia article: Second Sino-Japanese War - 1918
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.
Wikipedia article: Kaiser - 1906
Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country, doing so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
Wikipedia article: Theodore Roosevelt - 1881
Mapuche rebels attack the fortified Chilean settlement of Temuco.
Wikipedia article: Mapuche uprising of 1881 - 1862
American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed.
Wikipedia article: American Civil War - 1729
Spain, France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Seville.
Wikipedia article: Treaty of Seville - 1580
Second Desmond Rebellion: The Siege of Smerwick ends with the Catholic garrison surrendering to the English forces under Arthur Grey. The majority of the garrison is massacred the next day.
Wikipedia article: Second Desmond Rebellion - 1323
Siege of Warangal: Prataparudra surrenders to Muhammad bin Tughlaq, officially marking the end of the Kakatiya dynasty.
- 694
At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery.
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