Today in History
9 September
241 births · 111 deaths · 65 events recorded
Notable Births
All 241 ›
Luke Hughes (ice hockey)
b. 2003
American ice hockey player (born 2003)
Hailey Van Lith
b. 2001
American basketball player (born 2001)
Ricky Pearsall
b. 2000
American football player (born 2000)
Jordan Nwora
b. 1998
American basketball player (born 1998)
Gabby Williams
b. 1996
American-French basketball player (born 1996)
Clinton Gutherson
b. 1994
Australian rugby league footballer
Cameron Cullen
b. 1993
Australian rugby league footballer
Thomas Hutchinson (governor)
b. 1711
American colonial official (1711–1780)
Notable Deaths
All 111 ›
John Cassaday
d. 2024
American comic book artist and writer (1971–2024)
James Earl Jones
d. 2024
American actor (1931–2024)
Caterina Valente
d. 2024
Italian-French singer and dancer (1931–2024)
Annemarie Bostroem
d. 2015
German poet, playwright, and lyricist
Einar H. Ingman Jr.
d. 2015
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1929–2015)
Verghese Kurien
d. 2012
Indian entrepreneur (1921–2012)
Neil Davis (cameraman)
d. 1985
Australian combat cameraman (1934–1985)
John Singleton Copley
d. 1815
American-born painter (1738–1815)
On This Day in History
All 65 ›
2025
Six people are killed when Israel carries out an airstrike on Doha in a failed attempt to decapitate the Hamas leadership.
Israel
2025
Several Russian drones incur on Polish airspace and are subsequently shot down, marking the first time a NATO member has engaged Russian military assets.
2025 Russian drone incursion into Poland
2016
The government of North Korea conducts its fifth and reportedly biggest nuclear test. World leaders condemn the act, with South Korea calling it "maniacal recklessness".
North Korea
2015
Elizabeth II becomes the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.
Elizabeth II
2014
The album Songs of Innocence by U2 is digitally released at no charge to all customers of the iTunes Music Store, appearing automatically in the "purchased" section of over 500 million users worldwide.
Songs of Innocence (U2 album)
2012
The Indian space agency puts into orbit its heaviest foreign satellite yet, in a streak of 21 consecutive successful PSLV launches.
ISRO
2012
A wave of attacks kills more than 100 people and injure 350 others across Iraq.
9 September 2012 Iraq attacks
2009
The Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.
Dubai Metro