Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 9
This is a list of selected November 9 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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Mary Jane Kelly -
Flag of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| ; Iqbal Day in Pakistan | date not cited, and lots of citations needed |
| ; Independence Day in Cambodia (1953) | outdated, neutrality issues |
| ; Inventors' Day in Austria, Germany and Switzerland | Nothing verifying this happens just in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, plus the material that is there for those countries constitutes less than what we'd expect in a stub |
| 1729 – Great Britain, France and Spain signed the Treaty of Seville to end the Anglo-Spanish War, despite the underlying tensions being left unresolved. | Unref section |
| 1799 – The coup of 18 Brumaire led by Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès and Napoleon deposed the French government, replacing the Directory with the Consulate. | refimprove section |
| 1861 – The first documented Canadian football match was played at University College, University of Toronto. | refimprove section |
| 1867 – Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the last shogun of Japan, tendered his resignation to the Emperor Meiji. | unreferenced section |
| 1872 – The largest fire in Boston's history began, eventually destroying more than 750 buildings and causing $73.5 million in damage. | refimprove section, doubts over exact damage figure, internal inconsistency regarding timings, and other cites needed |
| 1918 – German Emperor Wilhelm II abdicated, Prince Maximilian of Baden resigned as Chancellor, and Philipp Scheidemann proclaimed the Weimar Republic. | unreferenced sections |
| 1965 – In the Northeast blackout of 1965, several U.S. states and parts of Canada were hit by a series of power outages lasting up to 13½ hours. | refimprove |
| 1967 – French comic book heroes Valérian and Laureline first appeared in Pilote magazine. | uncited text |
| 1985 – At age 22, Garry Kasparov became the youngest-ever undisputed World Chess Champion by defeating then-champion Anatoly Karpov. | refimprove section |
| 1998 – With the passing of the Human Rights Act, the European Convention on Human Rights was incorporated into United Kingdom law. | refimprove section |
| 2005 – Suicide bombers attacked three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing a total of about 60 people and injuring at least 115 others. | refimprove section |
| 2005 – The European Space Agency launched the Venus Express mission, the first long-term observation of the Venusian atmosphere. | unreferenced section, expansion |
| A. P. Hill |b|1825 | | Too much uncited |
| Enrico De Nicola |b|1877 | refimprove |
Eligible
- 1888 – Mary Jane Kelly, widely believed to be the fifth and final victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper, was murdered in London.
- 1914 – World War I: Off the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, the Australian light cruiser Sydney sank Emden, the last active German warship in the Indian Ocean.
- 1918 – The government of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic adopted a tricolour national flag (pictured) that remains in use today with slight modifications by the present-day Republic of Azerbaijan.
- 1939 – World War II: A covert Sicherheitsdienst operation captured two British Secret Intelligence Service agents near Venlo in the Netherlands.
- 1989 – East German official Günter Schabowski mistakenly announced the immediate opening of the inner German border, resulting in the fall of the Berlin Wall that night.
- 2016 – A tram derailment in Croydon, London, killed seven people.
- 2019 – Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan inaugurated the Kartarpur Corridor, a visa-free border crossing connecting the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib to the Indian border.
- Born/died: | Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani |b|1719| Martha Settle Putney |b|1916| Harry Trott |d|1917| Nadezhda Alliluyeva |d|1932| Neville Chamberlain |d|1940 |
Notes
- History of American football appears on November 6, so Canadian football should not appear in the same year
The rebuilt Stari Most
- 1822 – USS Alligator engaged three pirate schooners off the coast of Cuba in one of the West Indies anti-piracy operations of the United States.
- 1913 – A severe blizzard reached its maximum intensity in the Great Lakes Basin of North America, destroying 19 ships and 68,300 tons of cargo, and killing more than 250 people.
- 1938 – Kristallnacht began as SA stormtroopers and civilians destroyed and ransacked Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues in Germany and Austria, resulting in at least 90 deaths and the deportation of 30,000 men to concentration camps.
- 1967 – The first issue of Rolling Stone, an American magazine focusing on music, politics and popular culture, was published.
- 1993 – Bosnian War: Croatian Defence Council forces destroyed the Stari Most, a 16th-century bridge crossing the river Neretva in the city of Mostar (rebuilt bridge pictured).
- Johannes Narssius (b. 1580)
- Lenore Romney (b. 1908)
- Dylan Thomas (d. 1953)
- Markus Wolf (d. 2006)
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