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Following the 1958 Algiers putsch, he came out of retirement at the request of President René Coty, who appointed him Prime Minister.
Notable Deaths on November 9
1970 — Charles de Gaulle
French general and politician, 18th President of France (born 1890)
November 9 has 117 recorded notable deaths across history, from 959 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
117 source records
959 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on November 9
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1998 Capital punishment in the United Kingdom, already abolished for murder, is completely abolished for all remaining capital offences. Source
- 1960 Robert McNamara is named president of the Ford Motor Company, becoming the first non-Ford family member to serve in that post. He resigns a month later to join the newly elected John F. Kennedy administration. Source
- 1719 In a treaty between Sweden and Hanover at the close of the Great Northern War, Sweden cedes the Duchies of Bremen and Verden (in northern Germany) to Hanover. Source
- 1967 Apollo program: NASA launches the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft, atop the first Saturn V rocket, from Florida's Cape Kennedy. Source
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Arthur Neville Chamberlain was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940 and Leader of the Conservative Party from May 1937 to October 1940.
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Dylan Thomas became widely popular in his lifetime, and remained so after his death at the age of 39 in New York City.
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Stieg Larsson is best known for writing the first trilogy in the Millennium series of crime novels, which was published posthumously, starting in 2005, after he died of a sudden heart attack.
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Named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers and a member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, he was the 1983 Winston Cup champion and won the Daytona 500 in 1978, 1982, and 1988.
More major people who died on November 9
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1940
Neville Chamberlain
English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1869)
Arthur Neville Chamberlain was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940 and Leader of the Conservative Party from May 1937 to October 1940.
1953
Dylan Thomas
Welsh poet and author (born 1914)
Dylan Marlais Thomas was a Welsh poet and writer, whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion", as well as the "play for voices" Under Milk Wood.
2004
Stieg Larsson
Swedish journalist and author (born 1954)
Karl Stig-Erland "Stieg" Larsson was a Swedish writer, journalist, and far-left activist.
2024
Bobby Allison
American race car driver and businessman (born 1937)
Robert Arthur Allison was an American professional stock car racing driver and owner.
1187
Emperor Gaozong of Song (born 1107)
Emperor Gaozong of Song, personal name Zhao Gou, courtesy name Deji, was the tenth emperor of the Chinese Song dynasty and the first of the Southern Song dynasty, ruling between 1127 and 1162 and retaining power as…
1962
Dhondo Keshav Karve
Indian activist and academic (born 1858)
Dhondo Keshav Karve, popularly known as Maharshi Karve, was a social reformer in India in the field of women's welfare. He advocated widow remarriage, and he himself remarried a widow as a widower.
1492
Jami
Persian poet (born 1414)
Nūr ad-Dīn 'Abd ar-Rahmān Jāmī, also known as Mawlanā Nūr al-Dīn 'Abd al-Rahmān or Abd-Al-Rahmān Nur-Al-Din Muhammad Dashti, or simply as Jami or Djāmī and in Turkey as Molla Cami, was a Persian Sunni poet who is known…
1848
Robert Blum
German poet and politician (born 1810)
Robert Blum was a German democratic politician, publicist, poet, publisher, revolutionary and member of the National Assembly of 1848.
1456
Ulrich II
Count of Celje (born 1406)
Ulrich II, or Ulrich of Celje, was the last Princely Count of Celje.
1917
Harry Trott
Australian cricketer (born 1866)
George Henry Stevens Trott was an Australian cricketer who played 24 Test matches as an all-rounder between 1888 and 1898.
1953
Louise DeKoven Bowen
American philanthropist and activist (born 1859)
Louise DeKoven Bowen was an American philanthropist, civic leader, social reformer, and suffragist. She was born to a wealthy family and raised with a strong sense of noblesse oblige.
1992
Charles Fraser-Smith
English missionary and author (born 1904)
Charles Fraser-Smith was an author and one-time missionary who is widely credited as being the inspiration for Ian Fleming's James Bond quartermaster Q.
1992
William Hillcourt
Danish-American scout leader and author (born 1900)
William Hillcourt, was a Danish-American scouting leader. Known within the Scouting movement as "Green Bar Bill", he was an influential leader in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) organization from 1927 to 1992.
1924
Henry Cabot Lodge
American historian and politician (born 1850)
Henry Cabot Lodge was an American politician, historian, lawyer, and statesman from Massachusetts.
1958
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
American educational reformer, social activist and author (born 1879)
Dorothy Canfield Fisher was an educational reformer, social activist, and best-selling American author in the early 20th century. She strongly supported women's rights, racial equality, and lifelong education.
1937
Ramsay MacDonald
Scottish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1866)
James Ramsay MacDonald was a British statesman and politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
2006
Markus Wolf
German intelligence officer (born 1923)
Markus Johannes Wolf, also known as Mischa, was a German spymaster who served as the head of the Main Directorate for Reconnaissance, the foreign intelligence division of East Germany's Ministry for State Security.
2017
Chuck Mosley
American singer songwriter (born 1959)
Charles Henry Mosley III was an American musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist for the rock band Faith No More from 1984 to 1988.
1996
Joe Ghiz
Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 27th Premier of Prince Edward Island (born 1945)
Joseph Atallah Ghiz was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He was the 27th premier of Prince Edward Island from 1986 to 1993, and was a justice of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island from 1995 until his death in…