About October 9
October 9, 2024 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.
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Libra is the sun 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.
What Happened On October 9
- 1238 –James I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom of Valencia.
- 1446 –The hangul alphabet is published in Korea.
- 1595 –The Spanish army captures Cambrai.
- 1760 –Seven Years’ War: Russian forces occupy Berlin.
- 1771 –The Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sinks near the coast of Finland.
- 1820 –Guayaquil declares independence from Spain.
- 1831 –Capo d'Istria, the first head of state of independent Greece is assassinated.
- 1834 –Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland.
- 1845 –The eminent and controversial Anglican, John Henry Newman, is received into the Roman Catholic Church.
- 1854 –Crimean War: The siege of Sebastopol begins.
- 1864 –American Civil War: Battle of Tom’s Brook – Union cavalrymen in the Shenandoah Valley defeat Confederate forces at Tom’s Brook, Virginia.
- 1911 –An accidental bomb explosion in Hankou, Wuhan, China leads to the ultimate fall of the Qing Empire
- 1913 –Steamship SS Volturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
- 1914 –World War I: Siege of Antwerp – Antwerp, Belgium falls to German troops.
- 1919 –Black Sox scandal: The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series.
- 1936 –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.
- 1945 –Parade in NYC for Fleet Admiral Nimitz and 13 USN/USMC Medal of Honor recipients
- 1966 –Vietnam War: Binh Tai massacre
- 1970 –The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.
- 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.
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