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| Birthday October 09, 1547 Miguel de Cervantes, novelist (Don Quixote) |
| Birthday October 09, 1757 Charles X, reactionary king of France (1824-30); deposed |
| Birthday October 09, 1835 Camille Saint-Sans, French composer |
| Birthday October 09, 1890 Aimee Semple McPherson, Pentecostal evangelist, radio preacher |
| Birthday October 09, 1906 Leopold Senghor, poet, president of Senegal (1960-80) |
| Birthday October 09, 1924 Robert Rushworth, X-15 pilot |
| Birthday October 09, 1925 Robert Finch, Actor |
| Birthday October 09, 1940 John Lennon, Beatle |
| Birthday October 09, 1940 Gordon Humphrey, R-NH |
| Birthday October 09, 1940 Joe Pepitone, baseball player |
| Birthday October 09, 1945 Jeannie C Riley, in Texas, Hee-Haw (Harper Valley PTA) |
| Birthday October 09, 1948 Jackson Brown, rocker, Germany |
| Birthday October 09, 1955 Steve Ovett, English track star |
| Birthday October 09, 1959 Mike Singletary |
| Birthday October 09, 1967 Carling Bassett, in Canada Tennis player |
| Birthday October 09, 1975 Sean Lennon |
| Birthday October 09, 1986 Senate convicted US District Judge Harry E. Claiborne making him the 5th federal official to be removed from office through impeachment. |
| History October 09, 1000 Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England) |
| History October 09, 1547 Miguel de Cervantes is baptized |
| History October 09, 1635 Religious dissident Roger Williams banished from Mass Bay Colony |
| History October 09, 1635 Rhode Island founder banished from Massachusetts |
| History October 09, 1701 Collegiate School of Ct (Yale U) chartered in New Haven. |
| History October 09, 1775 Lord Dartmouth orders British officers to North Carolina |
| History October 09, 1776 Mission Dolores founded by SF Bay. |
| History October 09, 1806 Benjamin Banneker black American astronomer dies. |
| History October 09, 1855 Joshua Stoddard of Worcester Mass. receives patent for 1st calliope |
| History October 09, 1864 Battle of Tom's Brook |
| History October 09, 1869 President Grant announces death of former President Pierce |
| History October 09, 1876 1st 2-way telephone conversation |
| History October 09, 1888 Public admitted to Washington Monument. |
| History October 09, 1915 Belgrade falls to Austria-Hungary |
| History October 09, 1921 Babe Ruth's 1st WS homer Only Sunday game ever pitched by Carl Mays |
| History October 09, 1928 Yanks sweep Cards in the world series |
| History October 09, 1930 1st transcontinental flight by woman lands Laura Ingalls |
| History October 09, 1934 The Gashouse Gang wins the World Series |
| History October 09, 1936 Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to Los Angeles |
| History October 09, 1936 Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to LA |
| History October 09, 1938 Yanks sweep Cubs in the world series |
| History October 09, 1940 St. Paul's Cathedral bombed |
| History October 09, 1942 A Chicago bootlegger escapes from prison |
| History October 09, 1944 Churchill and Stalin confer |
| History October 09, 1949 Yanks beat Dodgers 4 games to 1 in the world series |
| History October 09, 1951 Gil McDougald's World Series Grand Slam Yanks beat Giants 13-1 |
| History October 09, 1958 Yanks beat Braves 4 games to 3 in the world series |
| History October 09, 1958 Pope Pius XII died 19 years after he was elevated to the papacy. |
| History October 09, 1961 Yank Whitey Ford breaks Ruth record of 29 2/3 consecutive inning - world series scoreless pitching streak Yanks beat Reds 4 games to 1 |
| History October 09, 1962 Uganda gains independence from Britain (National Day). |
| History October 09, 1963 Landslide kills thousands in Italy |
| History October 09, 1967 Professional revolutionary Che Guevara is executed in Bolivia |
| History October 09, 1967 Che Guevara executed in Bolivia. |
| History October 09, 1969 The National Guard breaks up protests at home |
| History October 09, 1970 Khmer Republic proclaimed in Cambodia. |
| History October 09, 1974 Oskar Schindler dies |
| History October 09, 1975 Sakharov wins Peace Prize |
| History October 09, 1975 Andrei Sakharov wins Nobel Peace Prize |
| History October 09, 1975 Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits SF |
| History October 09, 1976 Disco/Classical hybrid A Fifth Of Beethoven is the #1 song on the U.S. pop charts |
| History October 09, 1976 Yanks 1st AL Championship game beat Royals 4-1 |
| History October 09, 1977 Yanks beat Royals for pennant #31 |
| History October 09, 1977 Soyuz 25 launched to Saluyt 5 but returned after failing to dock |
| History October 09, 1984 Kathy Sullivan becomes 1st American woman to walk in space |
| History October 09, 1992 Meteorite crashes into Chevy Malibu |
| History October 09, 2001 Footloose, Steel Magnolias director Herbert Ross dies |