Today in History
9 November
213 births · 117 deaths · 75 events recorded
Featured Birthday · Born 1934
Ingvar Carlsson
Prime Minister of Sweden (1986–1991; 1994–1996)
Notable Births
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Prithvi Shaw
b. 1999
Indian cricketer (born 1999)
Momo Hirai
b. 1996
Japanese singer (born 1996)
Daniel Naroditsky
b. 1995
American chess grandmaster (1995–2025)
Lyrica Okano
b. 1994
American actress
Pete Dunne
b. 1993
British professional wrestler (born 1993)
Moeletsi Mbeki
b. 1945
South African political economist
Ingvar Carlsson
b. 1934
Prime Minister of Sweden (1986–1991; 1994–1996)
Émile Gaboriau
b. 1832
French writer (1832–1873)
Notable Deaths
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Bobby Allison
d. 2024
American racing driver (1937–2024)
Lou Donaldson
d. 2024
American jazz saxophonist (1926–2024)
Judith Jamison
d. 2024
American dancer and choreographer (1943–2024)
Junko Ohashi
d. 2023
Japanese singer (1950–2023)
Max Cleland
d. 2021
American politician (1942–2021)
Chuck Mosley
d. 2017
American musician (1959–2017)
Shyla Stylez
d. 2017
Canadian pornographic actress (1982–2017)
Emperor Gaozong of Song
d. 1187
Emperor of China from 1127 to 1162
On This Day in History
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2023
U.S. surgeons at NYU Langone Health announce the world's first whole eye transplant.
NYU Langone Health
2020
Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: An armistice agreement is signed by Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia.
Second Nagorno-Karabakh War
2014
A non-binding self-determination consultation is held in Catalonia, asking Catalan citizens their opinion on whether Catalonia should become a state and, if so, whether it should be an independent state.
2014 Catalan self-determination referendum
2012
A train carrying liquid fuel crashes and bursts into flames in northern Myanmar, killing 27 people and injuring 80 others.
List of rail accidents (2010–2019)
2012
At least 27 people are killed and dozens are wounded in conflicts between inmates and guards at Welikada prison in Colombo.
2012 Welikada prison riot
2011
The first national test of the Emergency Alert System is activated in the United States at 2:00 p.m. EST.
Emergency Alert System
2005
The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Venus Express
2005
Suicide bombers attack three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing at least 60 people.
2005 Amman bombings