A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on October 9 throughout history.
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Births
Charlemagne ( SHAR-lə-mayn; 2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire from 800.
Leif Erikson reaches "Vinland" (possibly L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada), reputedly becoming the first European to reach North America
Sejong, commonly known as Sejong the Great (세종대왕; 世宗大王), was the fourth monarch of the Koreanic state Joseon. He ruled from 1418 to his death in 1450.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945.
North Korea conducts its first nuclear test with an estimated yield of between 0.4 and 2 kilotons
"The Late Show with Joan Rivers" premieres on Fox, making her the first woman to host a US late-night TV talk show; she is fired in May 1987
Stage musical "The Phantom of the Opera," written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and starring Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman, premieres in London and runs for 13,629 performances
Cincinnati Reds beat Chicago White Sox 10-5 at Comiskey Park for a 5-3 series victory; due to the 'Black Sox Scandal', it is the last World Series to take place without a Commissioner of Baseball
Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat St. Louis Cardinals 7-3 at Sportsman's Park to become the first team to sweep consecutive World Series; Babe Ruth hits 3 home runs for the Yankees
Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547.
Philanthropist John D. Rockefeller Jr. (27) weds Abby Aldrich in Warwick Neck, Rhode Island
Heavyweight boxing champ Jack Dempsey (21) weds Maxine Gates in Farmington, Utah
Priscilla Ann Presley is an American businesswoman and actress. She was married to singer Elvis Presley from 1967 to 1973.
Princess Caroline of Monaco is Princess of Hanover by marriage to Prince Ernst August.
Lotharingia was a historical region and an early medieval polity that existed during the late Carolingian and early Ottonian, from the middle of the 9th to the middle of the 10th century.
The Kingdom of Valencia (Valencian: Regne de València; Spanish: Reino de Valencia; Latin: Regnum Valentiae), located on the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula, was one of the component realms of...
Earliest mention of Prague's astronomical clock, the world's oldest still in operation, built by Mikuláš of Kadaň and Jan Šindel
Mérida, officially known as Santiago de los Caballeros de Mérida, is the capital of the municipality of Libertador and the state of Mérida, and is one of the main cities of the Venezuelan Andes.
General Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo and the Spanish disband the siege of Alkmaar
Cambrai, formerly Cambray and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord department and in the Hauts-de-France region of France on the Scheldt river, which is known locally...
Eighty Years' War: Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, with English support, captures Bredevoort, Netherlands, from the Spanish
The Treaty of Pavia was signed in Pavia on October 9, 1617, between representatives of the Spanish Empire and the Duchy of Savoy.
Treaty of Khotyn is signed between the Ottoman Empire and Poland–Lithuania, recognizing Ottoman control over Moldavia and ending the Polish–Ottoman War
English Parliament passes the Navigation Act meant to counter the Dutch, requiring English trade and fishing to be carried on English ships
Swedish King Charles X Gustaaf occupies Kraków
Mass society storms the palace of "heretics" Spanish governor José de Paternina
Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
The Battle of Lesnaya was fought on 9 October during the Swedish invasion of Russia in the Great Northern War.
Britain and France sign a treaty
The 1740 Batavia massacre (Dutch: Chinezenmoord, lit. 'Murder of the Chinese'; Indonesian: Geger Pacinan, lit. 'Chinatown tumult') was a massacre and pogrom of ethnic Chinese residents of the port...
Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian forces occupy Berlin [Old Style = September 28]
Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sinks off the coast of Finland
's-Hertogenboschˈbɔs] ), colloquially known as Den Bosch, is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 160,783.
Sinking of British frigate HMS Lutine with the loss of 240 men and cargo worth £1,200,000 off the Dutch coast
Hobart (Southeast Tasmanian: Nipaluna) is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia.
The War of the Fourth Coalition (French: Guerre de la Quatrième Coalition) was a war spanning 1806–1807 that saw a multinational coalition fight against Napoleon's French Empire, subsequently being...
Ghent University (Dutch: Universiteit Gent, abbreviated as UGent) is a public research university located in Ghent, in the East Flanders province of Belgium. Located in Flanders, Ghent University is...
Congress of Aachen returns to France from Libya
Guayaquil, officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest city in Ecuador and also the nation's economic capital and main port.
Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica
The Royal College, Colombo, is established with the name Hillstreet Academy in Sri Lanka
Meeting at the US Naval Academy establishes the US Naval Institute
Eminent and controversial Anglican priest John Henry Newman leaves the Anglican Church of England and is received into the Roman Catholic Church
The Crimean War was fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the Second French Empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Kingdom of...
The Bristoe campaign was a series of minor battles fought in Virginia during October and November 1863, in the American Civil War. Maj. Gen. George G.
First US underground pipeline for carrying oil is laid in Pennsylvania
The capture of Rome (Italian: Presa di Roma) occurred on 20 September 1870, as forces of the Kingdom of Italy took control of the city and of the Papal States.
The Universal Postal Union (UPU, French: Union postale universelle) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that coordinates postal policies among member nations and facilitates a uniform...
First two-way telephone conversation over outdoor wires
American Humane Association organizes in Cleveland
Washington Monument opens for public admission
The first modern humans are believed to have inhabited South Africa more than 100,000 years ago.
8.3 magnitude earthquake shakes Cape Yakataga, Alaska
According to the Köppen climate classification, New York City features a humid subtropical climate (Cfa).
Nap Lajoie challenges Ty Cobb's batting average with eight hits, six of which are bunts, as Browns' third baseman Red Corriden plays deep, but Cobb still wins
The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war during World War I. Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by invading Luxembourg and Belgium,...
The Central Powers, also known as the Central Empires, were one of the two main coalitions that fought in World War I (1914–1918).
Soldier Field (historically often referred to as Soldiers' Field) is a multi-purpose stadium on the Near South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
American aviator Laura Ingalls (36) completes the first transcontinental flight by a woman, making nine stops between Roosevelt Field in Mineola, New York and Glendale, California [1]
Cleveland Rams and Chicago Bears play one of only four penalty-free games in NFL history; Rams win 14-7 at Cleveland Stadium
Coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango as the new president
Statute of Westminster 1931, passed by the Australian Parliament, formalizes Australian autonomy
The British Raj ( RAHJ; from Hindustani rāj, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent, lasting from 1858 to 1947.
First telephone conversation between occupants of a moving car and an airplane
WXYZ TV Channel 7 in Detroit, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
English ballerina Margot Fonteyn debuts in the US with her performance in Tchaikovsky's "The Sleeping Beauty" at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York
The headquarters of the United Nations (UN) is on 17 to 18 acres of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill approves the Guyanese Constitution
KTIV TV channel 4 in Sioux City, IA (NBC) begins broadcasting
Between 1956 and 1963, the United Kingdom conducted seven nuclear tests at the Maralinga site in South Australia, part of the Woomera Prohibited Area about 800 kilometres (500 mi) north west of...
Israeli navy inaugurates its first submarine
Lee Harvey Oswald arrives in Southampton, England
Cowboys QB Eddie LeBaron throws the shortest touchdown pass (2 inches)
Members of the US Communist Party are obliged to report themselves to the police
Battles to decide the Algeria-Morocco boundary kill 130
The Beatles' single "Yesterday" goes #1 and stays #1 for 4 weeks
The history of Cambodia, a country in mainland Southeast Asia, begins with the earliest evidence of habitation around 5000 BCE.
Hirohito (29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), posthumously known as Shōwa, was Emperor of Japan from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989.
First general strike in Luxembourg since 1942
Race riot in Boston due to "bussing"
Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits San Francisco
Mohammad Javed Miandad, PP, SI, popularly known as Javed Miandad, is a Pakistani cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer known for his unconventional style of captaincy and batting.
Soyuz 25 launches to Salyut 6 but returns after failing to dock
Howard Allan Stern is an American broadcaster, comedian, and media personality. He is best known for his radio show, The Howard Stern Show, which gained popularity when it was nationally syndicated...
First consumer use of home banking by computer by United American Bank in Knoxville, Tennessee
Capital punishment in France (French: peine de mort en France) is banned by Article 66-1 of the Constitution of the French Republic, voted as a constitutional amendment by the Congress of the French...
Attack on synagogue in Rome leaves 1 dead
NFL Buffalo Bills QB Joe Ferguson passes for 419 yards with 5 TDs, winning 38-35 in overtime over the Dolphins in Miami
Astronaut Kathy Sullivan becomes the first US woman to walk in space during a Space Shuttle Challenger mission (STS-41-G)
17% vote for the far-right Flemish Bloc in Belgium
First NFL game coached by an African American (Art Shell), as his LA Raiders beat the NY Jets 14-7 on Monday Night Football
David Hackett Souter ( SOO-tər; September 17, 1939 – May 8, 2025) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1990 to 2009.
Austrian parliamentary election (23% far-right)
ABL players are allowed to own stock in the league
The Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" is a retired long-range, high-altitude, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft that was developed and manufactured by the American aerospace company Lockheed...
The 2001 anthrax attacks, also known as Amerithrax (a portmanteau of "America" and "anthrax", from its FBI case name), occurred in the United States over the course of several weeks beginning on...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at an all-time high of 14,164.53
The Lunar Precursor Robotic Program (LPRP) is a NASA program that uses robotic spacecraft to prepare for future crewed missions to the Moon.
Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt, and Arieh Warshel win the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on multiscale models for complex chemical systems
Gatwick, Heathrow and JFK airports enhance screening for the Ebola virus
Richard H. Thaler is an American economist and the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Nearly 1 million people in Northern California have their power cut by Pacific Gas and Electric to prevent wildfires amid high winds
The World Food Programme (WFP) is an international organization within the United Nations (UN) that provides food assistance worldwide.
American runner Emily Sisson runs a US record of 2:18:29 in the Chicago Marathon, finishing second by 4:11 to repeat winner Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya
Brock Richard Purdy is an American professional football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL).
Claudia Goldin is awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for advancing our understanding of women's labor market outcomes [1]
Hurricane Milton makes landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 storm, causing at least 23 deaths during one of the state's largest evacuations [1]
László Krasznahorkai is a Hungarian writer, novelist and screenwriter. Krasznahorkai is known for his difficult and demanding novels, often labeled postmodern, which explore dystopian and melancholic...
Charles X is born
Alfred Dreyfus, French army officer, known for french army officer, was born on 1859-10-09.
Eugene Bullard, American first black french and american military pilot, known for first black french and american military pilot, was born on 1895-10-09.
David Cameron is born
Sharon Osbourne, American american television personality, music manager, and author, known for english and american television personality, music manager, and author, was born on 1953-10-09.
Guillermo del Toro, Mexican filmmaker, known for mexican filmmaker, was born on 1965-10-09. Guillermo del Toro Gómez is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist.
Camille Saint-Saëns, French musician, known for french composer, was born on 1835-10-09. Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era.
John Lennon, English musician, known for english musician and activist, was born on 1940-10-09. John Winston Ono Lennon was an English musician and activist.
Jackson Browne, American musician, known for american singer, songwriter and political activist, was born on 1949-10-09.
Rube Marquard, American athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1886-10-09.
Annika Sörenstam, American athlete, known for swedish professional golfer, was born on 1971-10-09.
Léopold Sédar Senghor, French first president of senegal, poet, and cultural theorist, known for first president of senegal, poet, and cultural theorist, was born on 1906-10-09.
Charlemagne ( SHAR-lə-mayn; 2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire from 800.
Lotharingia was a historical region and an early medieval polity that existed during the late Carolingian and early Ottonian, from the middle of the 9th to the middle of the 10th century.
Leif Erikson reaches "Vinland" (possibly L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada), reputedly becoming the first European to reach North America
The Kingdom of Valencia (Valencian: Regne de València; Spanish: Reino de Valencia; Latin: Regnum Valentiae), located on the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula, was one of the component realms of...
Earliest mention of Prague's astronomical clock, the world's oldest still in operation, built by Mikuláš of Kadaň and Jan Šindel
Sejong, commonly known as Sejong the Great (세종대왕; 世宗大王), was the fourth monarch of the Koreanic state Joseon. He ruled from 1418 to his death in 1450.
Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547.
Mérida, officially known as Santiago de los Caballeros de Mérida, is the capital of the municipality of Libertador and the state of Mérida, and is one of the main cities of the Venezuelan Andes.
General Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo and the Spanish disband the siege of Alkmaar
Cambrai, formerly Cambray and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord department and in the Hauts-de-France region of France on the Scheldt river, which is known locally...
Eighty Years' War: Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, with English support, captures Bredevoort, Netherlands, from the Spanish
The Treaty of Pavia was signed in Pavia on October 9, 1617, between representatives of the Spanish Empire and the Duchy of Savoy.
Treaty of Khotyn is signed between the Ottoman Empire and Poland–Lithuania, recognizing Ottoman control over Moldavia and ending the Polish–Ottoman War
English Parliament passes the Navigation Act meant to counter the Dutch, requiring English trade and fishing to be carried on English ships
Swedish King Charles X Gustaaf occupies Kraków
Mass society storms the palace of "heretics" Spanish governor José de Paternina
Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
The Battle of Lesnaya was fought on 9 October during the Swedish invasion of Russia in the Great Northern War.
Britain and France sign a treaty
The 1740 Batavia massacre (Dutch: Chinezenmoord, lit. 'Murder of the Chinese'; Indonesian: Geger Pacinan, lit. 'Chinatown tumult') was a massacre and pogrom of ethnic Chinese residents of the port...
Charles X is born
Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian forces occupy Berlin [Old Style = September 28]
Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sinks off the coast of Finland
's-Hertogenboschˈbɔs] ), colloquially known as Den Bosch, is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 160,783.
Sinking of British frigate HMS Lutine with the loss of 240 men and cargo worth £1,200,000 off the Dutch coast
Hobart (Southeast Tasmanian: Nipaluna) is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia.
The War of the Fourth Coalition (French: Guerre de la Quatrième Coalition) was a war spanning 1806–1807 that saw a multinational coalition fight against Napoleon's French Empire, subsequently being...
Ghent University (Dutch: Universiteit Gent, abbreviated as UGent) is a public research university located in Ghent, in the East Flanders province of Belgium. Located in Flanders, Ghent University is...
Congress of Aachen returns to France from Libya
Guayaquil, officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest city in Ecuador and also the nation's economic capital and main port.
Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica
The Royal College, Colombo, is established with the name Hillstreet Academy in Sri Lanka
Camille Saint-Saëns, French musician, known for french composer, was born on 1835-10-09. Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era.
Meeting at the US Naval Academy establishes the US Naval Institute
Eminent and controversial Anglican priest John Henry Newman leaves the Anglican Church of England and is received into the Roman Catholic Church
The Crimean War was fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the Second French Empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Kingdom of...
Alfred Dreyfus, French army officer, known for french army officer, was born on 1859-10-09.
The Bristoe campaign was a series of minor battles fought in Virginia during October and November 1863, in the American Civil War. Maj. Gen. George G.
First US underground pipeline for carrying oil is laid in Pennsylvania
The capture of Rome (Italian: Presa di Roma) occurred on 20 September 1870, as forces of the Kingdom of Italy took control of the city and of the Papal States.
The Universal Postal Union (UPU, French: Union postale universelle) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that coordinates postal policies among member nations and facilitates a uniform...
First two-way telephone conversation over outdoor wires
American Humane Association organizes in Cleveland
Rube Marquard, American athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1886-10-09.
Washington Monument opens for public admission
Eugene Bullard, American first black french and american military pilot, known for first black french and american military pilot, was born on 1895-10-09.
The first modern humans are believed to have inhabited South Africa more than 100,000 years ago.
8.3 magnitude earthquake shakes Cape Yakataga, Alaska
Philanthropist John D. Rockefeller Jr. (27) weds Abby Aldrich in Warwick Neck, Rhode Island
According to the Köppen climate classification, New York City features a humid subtropical climate (Cfa).
Léopold Sédar Senghor, French first president of senegal, poet, and cultural theorist, known for first president of senegal, poet, and cultural theorist, was born on 1906-10-09.
Nap Lajoie challenges Ty Cobb's batting average with eight hits, six of which are bunts, as Browns' third baseman Red Corriden plays deep, but Cobb still wins
The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war during World War I. Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by invading Luxembourg and Belgium,...
The Central Powers, also known as the Central Empires, were one of the two main coalitions that fought in World War I (1914–1918).
Heavyweight boxing champ Jack Dempsey (21) weds Maxine Gates in Farmington, Utah
Cincinnati Reds beat Chicago White Sox 10-5 at Comiskey Park for a 5-3 series victory; due to the 'Black Sox Scandal', it is the last World Series to take place without a Commissioner of Baseball
Soldier Field (historically often referred to as Soldiers' Field) is a multi-purpose stadium on the Near South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat St. Louis Cardinals 7-3 at Sportsman's Park to become the first team to sweep consecutive World Series; Babe Ruth hits 3 home runs for the Yankees
American aviator Laura Ingalls (36) completes the first transcontinental flight by a woman, making nine stops between Roosevelt Field in Mineola, New York and Glendale, California [1]
Cleveland Rams and Chicago Bears play one of only four penalty-free games in NFL history; Rams win 14-7 at Cleveland Stadium
John Lennon, English musician, known for english musician and activist, was born on 1940-10-09. John Winston Ono Lennon was an English musician and activist.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945.
Coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango as the new president
Statute of Westminster 1931, passed by the Australian Parliament, formalizes Australian autonomy
The British Raj ( RAHJ; from Hindustani rāj, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent, lasting from 1858 to 1947.
First telephone conversation between occupants of a moving car and an airplane
WXYZ TV Channel 7 in Detroit, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
English ballerina Margot Fonteyn debuts in the US with her performance in Tchaikovsky's "The Sleeping Beauty" at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York
Jackson Browne, American musician, known for american singer, songwriter and political activist, was born on 1949-10-09.
The headquarters of the United Nations (UN) is on 17 to 18 acres of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill approves the Guyanese Constitution
Sharon Osbourne, American american television personality, music manager, and author, known for english and american television personality, music manager, and author, was born on 1953-10-09.
KTIV TV channel 4 in Sioux City, IA (NBC) begins broadcasting
Between 1956 and 1963, the United Kingdom conducted seven nuclear tests at the Maralinga site in South Australia, part of the Woomera Prohibited Area about 800 kilometres (500 mi) north west of...
Israeli navy inaugurates its first submarine
Lee Harvey Oswald arrives in Southampton, England
Cowboys QB Eddie LeBaron throws the shortest touchdown pass (2 inches)
Members of the US Communist Party are obliged to report themselves to the police
Battles to decide the Algeria-Morocco boundary kill 130
The Beatles' single "Yesterday" goes #1 and stays #1 for 4 weeks
Guillermo del Toro, Mexican filmmaker, known for mexican filmmaker, was born on 1965-10-09. Guillermo del Toro Gómez is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist.
David Cameron is born
The history of Cambodia, a country in mainland Southeast Asia, begins with the earliest evidence of habitation around 5000 BCE.
Hirohito (29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), posthumously known as Shōwa, was Emperor of Japan from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989.
Annika Sörenstam, American athlete, known for swedish professional golfer, was born on 1971-10-09.
Priscilla Ann Presley is an American businesswoman and actress. She was married to singer Elvis Presley from 1967 to 1973.
First general strike in Luxembourg since 1942
Race riot in Boston due to "bussing"
Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits San Francisco
Mohammad Javed Miandad, PP, SI, popularly known as Javed Miandad, is a Pakistani cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer known for his unconventional style of captaincy and batting.
Soyuz 25 launches to Salyut 6 but returns after failing to dock
Howard Allan Stern is an American broadcaster, comedian, and media personality. He is best known for his radio show, The Howard Stern Show, which gained popularity when it was nationally syndicated...
Princess Caroline of Monaco is Princess of Hanover by marriage to Prince Ernst August.
First consumer use of home banking by computer by United American Bank in Knoxville, Tennessee
Capital punishment in France (French: peine de mort en France) is banned by Article 66-1 of the Constitution of the French Republic, voted as a constitutional amendment by the Congress of the French...
Attack on synagogue in Rome leaves 1 dead
NFL Buffalo Bills QB Joe Ferguson passes for 419 yards with 5 TDs, winning 38-35 in overtime over the Dolphins in Miami
Astronaut Kathy Sullivan becomes the first US woman to walk in space during a Space Shuttle Challenger mission (STS-41-G)
"The Late Show with Joan Rivers" premieres on Fox, making her the first woman to host a US late-night TV talk show; she is fired in May 1987
Stage musical "The Phantom of the Opera," written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and starring Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman, premieres in London and runs for 13,629 performances
17% vote for the far-right Flemish Bloc in Belgium
First NFL game coached by an African American (Art Shell), as his LA Raiders beat the NY Jets 14-7 on Monday Night Football
David Hackett Souter ( SOO-tər; September 17, 1939 – May 8, 2025) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1990 to 2009.
Austrian parliamentary election (23% far-right)
ABL players are allowed to own stock in the league
The Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" is a retired long-range, high-altitude, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft that was developed and manufactured by the American aerospace company Lockheed...
The 2001 anthrax attacks, also known as Amerithrax (a portmanteau of "America" and "anthrax", from its FBI case name), occurred in the United States over the course of several weeks beginning on...
North Korea conducts its first nuclear test with an estimated yield of between 0.4 and 2 kilotons
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at an all-time high of 14,164.53
The Lunar Precursor Robotic Program (LPRP) is a NASA program that uses robotic spacecraft to prepare for future crewed missions to the Moon.
Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt, and Arieh Warshel win the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on multiscale models for complex chemical systems
Gatwick, Heathrow and JFK airports enhance screening for the Ebola virus
Richard H. Thaler is an American economist and the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Nearly 1 million people in Northern California have their power cut by Pacific Gas and Electric to prevent wildfires amid high winds
The World Food Programme (WFP) is an international organization within the United Nations (UN) that provides food assistance worldwide.
American runner Emily Sisson runs a US record of 2:18:29 in the Chicago Marathon, finishing second by 4:11 to repeat winner Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya
Brock Richard Purdy is an American professional football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL).
Claudia Goldin is awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for advancing our understanding of women's labor market outcomes [1]
Hurricane Milton makes landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 storm, causing at least 23 deaths during one of the state's largest evacuations [1]
László Krasznahorkai is a Hungarian writer, novelist and screenwriter. Krasznahorkai is known for his difficult and demanding novels, often labeled postmodern, which explore dystopian and melancholic...