# What happened on October 9 in history?

**Date:** October 9  
**Events recorded:** 58  
**Years spanned:** 768 – 2024  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/october/9/

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## Featured Event

**2024** — Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 hurricane, causing US$34.3 billion in damage only two weeks after Hurricane Helene impacted the state.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Milton)

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## Events on this date

- **768** — Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned kings of the Franks. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carloman_I))
- **1238** — James I of Aragon founds the Kingdom of Valencia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_I_of_Aragon))
- **1410** — The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_astronomical_clock))
- **1594** — Troops of the Portuguese Empire are defeated on Sri Lanka, bringing an end to the Campaign of Danture. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Empire))
- **1604** — Kepler's Supernova is the most recent supernova to be observed within the Milky Way. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler's_Supernova))
- **1635** — Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony after religious and policy disagreements. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Williams))
- **1701** — The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_University))
- **1708** — Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_the_Great))
- **1740** — Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin a massacre of the ethnic Chinese population in Batavia, eventually killing at least 10,000. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1740_Batavia_massacre))
- **1760** — Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years'_War))
- **1779** — American Revolutionary War: A combined Franco-American assault on British defenses during the Siege of Savannah is repulsed with heavy casualties. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War))
- **1790** — A severe earthquake in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1790_Oran_earthquake))
- **1799** — HMS Lutine sinks with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Lutine_(1793)))
- **1804** — Hobart, capital of Tasmania, is founded. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobart))
- **1806** — Prussia begins the War of the Fourth Coalition against France. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia))
- **1812** — War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMS Detroit and HMS Caledonia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812))
- **1820** — Guayaquil declares independence from Spain. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guayaquil))
- **1825** — Restauration arrives in New York Harbor from Norway, the first organized immigration from Norway to the United States. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restauration_(ship)))
- **1831** — Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first head of state of independent Greece, is assassinated. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannis_Kapodistrias))
- **1834** — Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_and_Kingstown_Railway))
- **1847** — Slavery is abolished in the Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_colony_of_Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy))
- **1861** — American Civil War: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens in the Battle of Santa Rosa Island. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War))
- **1864** — American Civil War: Union cavalrymen defeat Confederate forces at Toms Brook, Virginia during Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley campaign. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tom's_Brook))
- **1873** — A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Naval_Institute))
- **1874** — The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Postal_Union))
- **1900** — The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Islands))
- **1911** — An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Qing dynasty, beginning the Xinhai Revolution. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuchang_Uprising))
- **1913** — The steamship SS Volturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Volturno_(1906)))
- **1914** — World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I))
- **1918** — The Finnish Parliament elects Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse as King of Finland, but he never accedes to the throne due to Germany's defeat in World War I. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Finland))
- **1919** — The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, resulting in the Black Sox Scandal. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds))
- **1934** — An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usta%C5%A1e))
- **1936** — Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam))
- **1937** — Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhengding_Missionary_Murder))
- **1941** — A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama))
- **1942** — Australia's Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 receives royal assent. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_of_Westminster_Adoption_Act_1942))
- **1950** — The Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre in Korea begins. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goyang_Geumjeong_Cave_massacre))
- **1962** — Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda))
- **1963** — In Italy, a large landslide causes a giant wave to overtop the Vajont Dam, killing over 2,000. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajont_Dam))
- **1966** — Vietnam War: the Republic of Korea Army commits the Binh Tai Massacre. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War))
- **1967** — A day after his capture, Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara))
- **1969** — In Chicago, the National Guard is called in as demonstrations continue over the trial of the "Chicago Eight". ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago))
- **1970** — The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Republic))
- **1980** — Pope John Paul II greets the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II))
- **1981** — President François Mitterrand abolishes capital punishment in France. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Mitterrand))
- **1983** — South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan survives an assassination attempt in Rangoon, Burma, but the blast kills 21 and injures 17 others. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chun_Doo-hwan))
- **1984** — The popular children's television show Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends, based on The Railway Series by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, premieres on ITV. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends))
- **1986** — The Phantom of the Opera, eventually the second longest running musical in London, opens at Her Majesty's Theatre. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera_(1986_musical)))
- **1986** — Fox Broadcasting Company (FBC) launches as the fourth US television network. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company))
- **1992** — The Peekskill meteorite, a 27.7 pounds (12.6 kg) meteorite crashed into a parked car in Peekskill, New York ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peekskill_meteorite))
- **1995** — An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amtrak))
- **2006** — North Korea conducts its first nuclear test. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_North_Korean_nuclear_test))
- **2007** — The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its all-time high of 14,164 points before rapidly declining due to the 2008 financial crisis. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average))
- **2009** — First lunar impact of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Precursor_Robotic_Program))
- **2012** — Pakistani Taliban attempt to assassinate outspoken schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai))
- **2016** — The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army launches its first attack on Myanmar security forces along the Bangladesh–Myanmar border. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arakan_Rohingya_Salvation_Army))
- **2019** — Turkey begins its military offensive in north-eastern Syria. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Turkish_offensive_into_northeastern_Syria))
- **2024** — Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 hurricane, causing US$34.3 billion in damage only two weeks after Hurricane Helene impacted the state. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Milton))

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## Notable births on October 9

- **2002** — **Ben Shelton** — American tennis player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Shelton))
- **2001** — **Kyla Leibel** — Canadian swimmer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyla_Leibel))
- **2000** — **Penei Sewell** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penei_Sewell))
- **1997** — **Jharrel Jerome** — American actor ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jharrel_Jerome))
- **1997** — **Megan Moroney** — American singer-songwriter. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan_Moroney))
- **1996** — **Jacob Batalon** — Filipino-American actor ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Batalon))
- **1996** — **Bella Hadid** — American model ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bella_Hadid))
- **1994** — **Jodelle Ferland** — Canadian actress ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodelle_Ferland))
- **1993** — **Ani Amiraghyan** — Armenian tennis player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ani_Amiraghyan))
- **1993** — **Lauren Davis** — American tennis player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Davis))

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## Notable deaths on October 9

- **2024** — **George Baldock** — British-born Greek international footballer (born 1993) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Baldock))
- **2024** — **Dieter Burdenski** — German footballer (born 1950) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieter_Burdenski))
- **2024** — **Lily Ebert** — Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor (born 1923) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_Ebert))
- **2024** — **Lee Wei Ling** — Singaporean neurologist (born 1955) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Wei_Ling))
- **2024** — **Clark R. Rasmussen** — American politician (born 1934) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_R._Rasmussen))
- **2024** — **Leif Segerstam** — Finnish conductor and composer (born 1944) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Segerstam))
- **2024** — **Ratan Tata** — Indian businessman and philanthropist (born 1937) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratan_Tata))
- **2017** — **Jean Rochefort** — French actor (born 1930) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Rochefort))
- **2016** — **Andrzej Wajda** — Polish film and theatre director (born 1926) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej_Wajda))
- **2015** — **Ray Duncan** — American businessman (born 1930) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Duncan_(entrepreneur)))

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