1389 Isabella of Valois was born on November 9, 1389. She became Britain's youngest ever queen consort when aged 6 she became the second spouse of King Richard II of England. Queen Isabella reportedly had a close platonic relationship with her husband and was heartbroken when he died five years after their marriage. Six years after becoming a widow, Queen Isabella married her cousin Charles, Duke of Orléans. Isabella died in childbirth at the age of 19, leaving one daughter, Joan.
1620 After a grueling 10 weeks at sea, the Pilgrims on board the Mayflower sighted land at Cape Cod on November 9, 1620. They tried to sail on to the Hudson River, also within the grant area, but because of bad weather and a shortage of beer, they were forced to set anchor at Cape Cod two days later. Exploratory parties were undertaken to find a suitable place for their permanent settlement, which they found at Plymouth Rock, in Plymouth, Massachusetts twenty-five miles (40 km) away,
1620 After a grueling 10 weeks at sea, the Pilgrims on board the Mayflower sighted land at Cape Cod on November 9, 1620. They tried to sail on to the Hudson River, also within the grant area, but because of bad weather and a shortage of beer, they were forced to set anchor at Cape Cod two days later. Exploratory parties were undertaken to find a suitable place for their permanent settlement, which they found at Plymouth Rock, in Plymouth, Massachusetts twenty-five miles (40 km) away,
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| Landing of the Pilgrims by Michele Felice Cornè, circa 1805. |
1799 After fighting campaigns in Italy and Egypt, Napoleon Bonaparte returned to Paris in October 1799 at a time when the Republic was bankrupt, and the ineffective government of the Directory was unpopular with the French population. He overthrew the Directory and established his own dictatorship, nominally as First Consul on November 9, 1799.
1841 Edward VII was the eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He was born Albert Edward at 10:48 in the morning on November 9, 1841 in Buckingham Palace. Queen Victoria dumped the newly born baby in the arms of a wet nurse and did not look at him again for six weeks. He was known as Bertie to the family throughout his life, but his reputation as a playboy prince soured his relationship with his mother. He was King of the United Kingdom from 1901 until his death in 1910.
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| Portrait of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, by Winterhalter, 1846 |
1888 The prostitute Mary Jane Kelly was murdered at her home at 13 Miller's Court, a furnished single room at the back of 26 Dorset Street, Spitalfields, London, on November 9, 1888. She is widely believed to be the fifth and last victim of Jack the Ripper. He was never caught, but the legend of Jack the Ripper solidified.
1896 The secretary Nan Britton was born on November 9, 1896. In 1927 she wrote what is considered to be the first kiss-and-tell book. In The President's Daughter, Britton claimed she had been Warren G Harding's mistress throughout his presidency and that her daughter, Elizabeth, had been fathered by Harding. She was ridiculed in court when she tried to sue for child support, but was confirmed by DNA testing in 2015.
1906 On November 9, 1906, Theodore Roosevelt made history by becoming the first sitting U.S. President to make an official trip outside of the United States, visiting Panama to inspect the construction progress of the Panama Canal.
1908 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, the first woman in Britain to qualify as a physician, retired with her husband to Aldeburgh in 1902, She was elected mayor of Aldeburgh, on November 9, 1908, becoming the country’s first female mayor. Her father had been elected to the position of Mayor of Aldeburgh fifteen years earlier.
1913 The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the Great Lakes, was a blizzard with hurricane-force winds that devastated the Great Lakes Basin from November 7 through November 10, 1913. The storm was most powerful on November 9, overturning ships on four of the five Great Lakes, particularly Lake Huron. In total 19 ships were destroyed and over 270 people lost their lives.
1918 Azerbaijan became an independent republic in 1918: the first democratic, parliamentary republic in the Islamic world. But the country was invaded and this republic overthrown in 1920 by communist Russia's Red Army, which established a Soviet socialist republic. The Azerbaijan flag was first used from November 9, 1918 to 1920, during the country's first spell of independence.
1918 After Germany's defeat in the First World War, the emperor Wilhelm II lost the support of the German army. He abdicated on November 9, 1918. So many significant events in German history have happened on November 9 that historians have called the date 'The Day of Fate'. Other events that have occurred on this date include the the failed Beer Hall Putsch and the fall of the Berlin Wall.
1906 On November 9, 1906, Theodore Roosevelt made history by becoming the first sitting U.S. President to make an official trip outside of the United States, visiting Panama to inspect the construction progress of the Panama Canal.
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| President Theodore Roosevelt sitting on a steam shovel at Culebra Cut, 1906 |
1908 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, the first woman in Britain to qualify as a physician, retired with her husband to Aldeburgh in 1902, She was elected mayor of Aldeburgh, on November 9, 1908, becoming the country’s first female mayor. Her father had been elected to the position of Mayor of Aldeburgh fifteen years earlier.
1913 The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the Great Lakes, was a blizzard with hurricane-force winds that devastated the Great Lakes Basin from November 7 through November 10, 1913. The storm was most powerful on November 9, overturning ships on four of the five Great Lakes, particularly Lake Huron. In total 19 ships were destroyed and over 270 people lost their lives.
1918 Azerbaijan became an independent republic in 1918: the first democratic, parliamentary republic in the Islamic world. But the country was invaded and this republic overthrown in 1920 by communist Russia's Red Army, which established a Soviet socialist republic. The Azerbaijan flag was first used from November 9, 1918 to 1920, during the country's first spell of independence.
1918 After Germany's defeat in the First World War, the emperor Wilhelm II lost the support of the German army. He abdicated on November 9, 1918. So many significant events in German history have happened on November 9 that historians have called the date 'The Day of Fate'. Other events that have occurred on this date include the the failed Beer Hall Putsch and the fall of the Berlin Wall.
1936 The West first learned of the giant panda in 1869, when the French missionary and zoologist Armand David received a skin from a hunter. On November 9, 1936, American explorer Ruth Harkness became the first Westerner to bring back a live giant panda, a cub named Su Lin, which went to live at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago.
1938 On November 9, 1938, the Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath died from gunshot wounds by Herschel Grynszpan, an act which the Nazis used as an excuse to instigate Kristallnacht — the Night of Broken Glass. During the pogrom, SA paramilitary forces and German civilians destroyed and ransacked Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues in Germany and Austria, resulting in at least 90 deaths and the deportation of around 30,000 others to concentration camps.
1940 British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain died aged 71 on November 9, 1940 of bowel cancer. Chamberlain is mostly remembered for being the prime minister when Europe moved into World War II, but he also made some important changes in Britain. He passed laws that made working conditions better, limiting working hours for women and children and also introducing paid holiday for a large part of the population.
1940 UK prime ministers Ramsay MacDonald and Neville Chamberlain both died on November 9, in 1937 and 1940 respectively. MacDonald and Chamberlain were both significant figures in British politics, each serving as Prime Minister during crucial periods. MacDonald led the first-ever National Government in the UK, while Chamberlain is often remembered for his policy of appeasement in the lead-up to World War II.
1960 Harvard Business School alumni Robert McNamara was named president of Ford Motor Co on November 9, 1960, the first non-Ford to serve in that post. A month later, he resigned to join the administration of newly elected President John F. Kennedy. He served as Secretary of Defense under Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson playing a major role in escalating the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War.
1961 A customer asked London record store owner Brian Epstein for "My Bonnie" by the The Silver Beatles. Epstein didn’t have it, but he went to a lunchtime gig on November 9, 1961 at the Cavern Club to check out the group and signed them a few days later. By then, they had changed their name to The Beatles.
1985 22-year-old Garry Kasparov, of the Soviet Union became the youngest World Chess Champion on November 9, 1985 by beating Anatoly Karpov, also of the Soviet Union. Kasparov is considered by many to be the greatest chess player of all time. From 1986 until his retirement in 2005, Kasparov was ranked world No. 1 for 225 out of 228 months.
1985 The Miami Vice soundtrack was already at the summit of the US album chart when the show's theme tune topped the Hot 100 on November 9, 1985. US chart history was made, as it was the first time a television show generated both the US #1 single and album.
1989 On November 9, 1989, Communist-controlled East Germany opened checkpoints in the Berlin Wall allowing its citizens to travel to West Germany. This key event led to the eventual reunification of East and West Germany, and fall of communism in eastern Europe including Russia.
2006 The world record for the most swear words per minute in a television program is 201 in the first 20-minute episode of the comedy Strutter, which aired on MTV on November 9, 2006. The show was canceled after just one season, but it remains the undisputed champion of profanity on television.
2013 November 9, 2013 was the last date until March 1, 2105 with three consecutive odd numbers. And December 12, 2014 was the last with three consecutive even numbers until April 2nd, 2106.
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