Mamluks
Sayf ad-Din Bilbay was a Mamluk sultan of Egypt in 1467
Sayf ad-Din Bilbay or Yalbay was a Mamluk sultan of Egypt from 9 October to 4 December 1467.
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- Unification of Italy
Victor Emmanuel arrived and took command
On 9 October, Victor Emmanuel arrived and took command. There was no longer a papal army to oppose him, and the march southward proceeded unopposed.
- Second Boer War
The President of the South African Republic, issued an ultimatum
Paul Kruger, the President of the South African Republic, issued an ultimatum on 9 October 1899, giving the British government 48 hours to withdraw all their troops from the borders of both the Transvaal and the Orange Free State, albeit Kruger had ordered Commandos to the Natal border in early September and Britain only had troops in garrison towns far from the border, failing which the Transvaal, allied to the Orange Free State, would declare war on the British government.
- Xinhai Revolution
One of The Bombs accidentally Exploded
Revolutionaries intent on overthrowing the Qing dynasty had built bombs, and on 9 October, one accidentally exploded. Sun Yat-sen himself had no direct part in the uprising and was traveling in the United States at the time in an effort to recruit more support from among overseas Chinese. The Qing Viceroy of Huguang, Rui Cheng , tried to track down and arrest the revolutionaries.
- Josip Broz Tito
The assassination of King Alexander
During this time Tito wrote articles on the duties of imprisoned communists and on trade unions. He was in Ljubljana when King Alexander was assassinated by the Croatian nationalist Ustaše organisation in Marseille on 9 October 1934.
- Martin Bormann
Bormann Signed The Decree of 9 October 1942
Bormann signed the decree of 9 October 1942 prescribing that the permanent Final Solution in Greater Germany could no longer be solved by emigration, but only by the use of "ruthless force in the special camps of the East", that is, extermination in Nazi death camps.
- Winston Churchill
Moscow Conference
At the fourth Moscow Conference (codename Tolstoy) from 9 to 19 October 1944, Churchill and Eden met Stalin and Molotov. This conference has gained notoriety for the so-called "Percentages agreement" in which Churchill and Stalin effectively agreed on the post-war fate of the Balkans.
- First Indochina War
General Leclerc arrived in Saigon, accompanied by French Colonel Massu's March Group
On October 9, 1945, General Leclerc arrived in Saigon, accompanied by French Colonel Massu's March Group (Groupement de marche). Leclerc's primary objectives were to restore public order in south Vietnam and to militarize Tonkin (north Vietnam). Secondary objectives were to wait for French backup in view to take back Chinese-occupied Hanoi, then to negotiate with the Việt Minh officials.
- Jimmy Carter
Left active duty
Carter left active duty on October 9, 1953.
- David Cameron
Born
Cameron was born in Marylebone, London, and raised at Peasemore in Berkshire.
- Che Guevara
Execution order
October 9, Bolivian President René Barrientos ordered that Guevara be killed. The order was relayed to the unit holding Guevara by Félix Rodríguez reportedly despite the United States government's desire that Guevara be taken to Panama for further interrogation.
- 1973 oil crisis
Libya raises posted prices and increases tax rate from 50 percent to 55 percent
Libya raises posted prices and increases tax rate from 50 percent to 55 percent. Iran and Kuwait follow in November.
- Bob Marley
Releasing the Album Burnin'
Wailers released the album Burnin' which included the song "I Shot the Sheriff". Eric Clapton was given the album by his guitarist George Terry in the hope that he would enjoy it. Clapton was suitably impressed and chose to record a cover version of "I Shot the Sheriff".
- Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)
Death
He died on 9 October 1974 and is buried in Jerusalem on Mount Zion, the only member of the Nazi Party to be honored in this way.
- Berlin Wall
Breaking the rules
On 9 October 1989, the police and army units were given permission to use force against those assembled, but this did not deter the church service and march from taking place, which gathered 70,000 people. Many of those people started to cross into East Berlin, without a shot being fired.
- Nuclear Power
First nuclear weapon test in North Korea
North Korea has a military nuclear weapons program. North Korea showed an interest in developing nuclear weapons since the 1950s. North Korea has also stockpiled a significant quantity of chemical and biological weapons.
- YouTube
Google announced that it had acquired YouTube
On October 9, 2006, Google announced that it had acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion in Google stock.
- Financial crisis of 2007–2008
The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit its peak closing price
October 9, 2007: The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit its peak closing price of 14,164.53. Existing home sales also peaked this month and began to decline.
- Vodafone
The Offer
On 9 October 2008, Vodafone offered to acquire an additional 15% stake in Vodacom Group from Telkom.
- Garry Kasparov
Played two blitz exhibition matches in the autumn of 2011
The second was a longer match consisting of eight blitz games played on 9 October, against English grandmaster Nigel Short. Kasparov won again by a score of 4½–3½.
- BMW
BMW's new complete knock-down (CKD) assembly plant in Araquari
On 9 October 2014, BMW's new complete knock-down (CKD) assembly plant in Araquari, assembled its first car— an F30 3 Series.
- Conflict in Myanmar
Unidentified insurgents attacked three Burmese border posts
On 9 October 2016, unidentified insurgents attacked three Burmese border posts along Myanmar's border with Bangladesh, starting a new armed conflict in northern Rakhine State. According to government officials in the border town of Maungdaw, the attackers looted several dozen firearms and ammunition from the border posts, and brandished knives and homemade slingshots that fired metal bolts. The attacks left nine border officers and "several insurgents" dead.
- Donald Trump
Second Presidential debate (2016)
The second presidential debate was held at Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri. The beginning of that debate was dominated by references to a recently leaked tape of Trump making sexually explicit comments, which Trump countered by referring to alleged sexual misconduct on the part of Bill Clinton. Prior to the debate, Trump had invited four women who had accused Bill Clinton of impropriety to a press conference.
- Google LLC
Google confirmed that it had appealed the fine to The General Court of The European Union
On October 9, 2018, Google confirmed that it had appealed the fine to the General Court of the European Union.
Maurice captured the Netherlands
Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange with English support captured the Netherlands from the Spanish in the Eighty Years War.
Leopold V Birth
The Archduke of Austria, Leopold V, was born in Austria.
Occupation of Berlin
Russian and Austrian forces occupied Berlin in the 7 Years' War.
Frederick William Birth
The Duke of Brunswick, Frederick William, was born in Germany in 1771.
- Mamluks
Sayf ad-Din Bilbay was a Mamluk sultan of Egypt in 1467
Sayf ad-Din Bilbay or Yalbay was a Mamluk sultan of Egypt from 9 October to 4 December 1467.
- Unification of Italy
Victor Emmanuel arrived and took command
On 9 October, Victor Emmanuel arrived and took command. There was no longer a papal army to oppose him, and the march southward proceeded unopposed.
- Second Boer War
The President of the South African Republic, issued an ultimatum
Paul Kruger, the President of the South African Republic, issued an ultimatum on 9 October 1899, giving the British government 48 hours to withdraw all their troops from the borders of both the Transvaal and the Orange Free State, albeit Kruger had ordered Commandos to the Natal border in early September and Britain only had troops in garrison towns far from the border, failing which the Transvaal, allied to the Orange Free State, would declare war on the British government.
- Xinhai Revolution
One of The Bombs accidentally Exploded
Revolutionaries intent on overthrowing the Qing dynasty had built bombs, and on 9 October, one accidentally exploded. Sun Yat-sen himself had no direct part in the uprising and was traveling in the United States at the time in an effort to recruit more support from among overseas Chinese. The Qing Viceroy of Huguang, Rui Cheng , tried to track down and arrest the revolutionaries.
- Josip Broz Tito
The assassination of King Alexander
During this time Tito wrote articles on the duties of imprisoned communists and on trade unions. He was in Ljubljana when King Alexander was assassinated by the Croatian nationalist Ustaše organisation in Marseille on 9 October 1934.
- Martin Bormann
Bormann Signed The Decree of 9 October 1942
Bormann signed the decree of 9 October 1942 prescribing that the permanent Final Solution in Greater Germany could no longer be solved by emigration, but only by the use of "ruthless force in the special camps of the East", that is, extermination in Nazi death camps.
- Winston Churchill
Moscow Conference
At the fourth Moscow Conference (codename Tolstoy) from 9 to 19 October 1944, Churchill and Eden met Stalin and Molotov. This conference has gained notoriety for the so-called "Percentages agreement" in which Churchill and Stalin effectively agreed on the post-war fate of the Balkans.
- First Indochina War
General Leclerc arrived in Saigon, accompanied by French Colonel Massu's March Group
On October 9, 1945, General Leclerc arrived in Saigon, accompanied by French Colonel Massu's March Group (Groupement de marche). Leclerc's primary objectives were to restore public order in south Vietnam and to militarize Tonkin (north Vietnam). Secondary objectives were to wait for French backup in view to take back Chinese-occupied Hanoi, then to negotiate with the Việt Minh officials.
- Jimmy Carter
Left active duty
Carter left active duty on October 9, 1953.
- David Cameron
Born
Cameron was born in Marylebone, London, and raised at Peasemore in Berkshire.
- Che Guevara
Execution order
October 9, Bolivian President René Barrientos ordered that Guevara be killed. The order was relayed to the unit holding Guevara by Félix Rodríguez reportedly despite the United States government's desire that Guevara be taken to Panama for further interrogation.
- 1973 oil crisis
Libya raises posted prices and increases tax rate from 50 percent to 55 percent
Libya raises posted prices and increases tax rate from 50 percent to 55 percent. Iran and Kuwait follow in November.
- Bob Marley
Releasing the Album Burnin'
Wailers released the album Burnin' which included the song "I Shot the Sheriff". Eric Clapton was given the album by his guitarist George Terry in the hope that he would enjoy it. Clapton was suitably impressed and chose to record a cover version of "I Shot the Sheriff".
- Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)
Death
He died on 9 October 1974 and is buried in Jerusalem on Mount Zion, the only member of the Nazi Party to be honored in this way.
- Berlin Wall
Breaking the rules
On 9 October 1989, the police and army units were given permission to use force against those assembled, but this did not deter the church service and march from taking place, which gathered 70,000 people. Many of those people started to cross into East Berlin, without a shot being fired.
- Nuclear Power
First nuclear weapon test in North Korea
North Korea has a military nuclear weapons program. North Korea showed an interest in developing nuclear weapons since the 1950s. North Korea has also stockpiled a significant quantity of chemical and biological weapons.
- YouTube
Google announced that it had acquired YouTube
On October 9, 2006, Google announced that it had acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion in Google stock.
- Financial crisis of 2007–2008
The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit its peak closing price
October 9, 2007: The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit its peak closing price of 14,164.53. Existing home sales also peaked this month and began to decline.
- Vodafone
The Offer
On 9 October 2008, Vodafone offered to acquire an additional 15% stake in Vodacom Group from Telkom.
- Garry Kasparov
Played two blitz exhibition matches in the autumn of 2011
The second was a longer match consisting of eight blitz games played on 9 October, against English grandmaster Nigel Short. Kasparov won again by a score of 4½–3½.
- BMW
BMW's new complete knock-down (CKD) assembly plant in Araquari
On 9 October 2014, BMW's new complete knock-down (CKD) assembly plant in Araquari, assembled its first car— an F30 3 Series.
- Conflict in Myanmar
Unidentified insurgents attacked three Burmese border posts
On 9 October 2016, unidentified insurgents attacked three Burmese border posts along Myanmar's border with Bangladesh, starting a new armed conflict in northern Rakhine State. According to government officials in the border town of Maungdaw, the attackers looted several dozen firearms and ammunition from the border posts, and brandished knives and homemade slingshots that fired metal bolts. The attacks left nine border officers and "several insurgents" dead.
- Donald Trump
Second Presidential debate (2016)
The second presidential debate was held at Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri. The beginning of that debate was dominated by references to a recently leaked tape of Trump making sexually explicit comments, which Trump countered by referring to alleged sexual misconduct on the part of Bill Clinton. Prior to the debate, Trump had invited four women who had accused Bill Clinton of impropriety to a press conference.
- Google LLC
Google confirmed that it had appealed the fine to The General Court of The European Union
On October 9, 2018, Google confirmed that it had appealed the fine to the General Court of the European Union.
Maurice captured the Netherlands
Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange with English support captured the Netherlands from the Spanish in the Eighty Years War.
Leopold V Birth
The Archduke of Austria, Leopold V, was born in Austria.
Occupation of Berlin
Russian and Austrian forces occupied Berlin in the 7 Years' War.
Frederick William Birth
The Duke of Brunswick, Frederick William, was born in Germany in 1771.