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”'[[October 9]]”’: ”'[[Leif Erikson Day]]”’ in the United States, parts of Canada, and communities in the Nordic countries
”'[[October 9]]”’: ”'[[Leif Erikson Day]]”’ in the United States, parts of Canada, and communities in the Nordic countries
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* [[1708]] – [[Great Northern War]]: Russia defeated Sweden at the ”'[[Battle of Lesnaya]]”’ on the Russian–Polish border, in present-day Belarus.
* [[1708]] – [[Great Northern War]]: Russia defeated Sweden at the ”'[[Battle of Lesnaya]]”’ on the Russian–Polish border, in present-day Belarus.
* [[1740]] – European soldiers and Javanese collaborators ”'[[1740 Batavia massacre|massacred Chinese Indonesians]]”’ in the port city of Batavia, modern-day [[Jakarta]].
* [[1740]] – European soldiers and Javanese collaborators ”'[[1740 Batavia massacre|massacred Chinese Indonesians]]”’ in the port city of Batavia, modern-day [[Jakarta]].
* [[1793]] – [[French Revolution]]: After [[Siege of Lyon|a month-long siege]]<!–not bold, single source–>, the leaders of [[Lyon]] surrendered, ending ”'[[Revolt of Lyon against the National Convention|their revolt]]”’ against the [[National Convention]].
* [[1793]] – [[French Revolution]]: After [[Siege of Lyon|a month-long siege]]<!–not bold, single source–>, the leaders of [[Lyon]] surrendered, ending ”'[[Revolt of Lyon against the National Convention|their revolt]]”’ against the [[National Convention]].
* [[1912]] – Following a reduction in pay, textile workers in [[Little Falls, New York]], [[Walkout|walked out]] of their mill, starting ”'[[1912–1913 Little Falls textile strike|a three-month strike]]”’.
* [[1912]] – Following a reduction in pay, textile workers in [[Little Falls, New York]], [[Walkout|walked out]] of their mill, starting ”'[[1912–1913 Little Falls textile strike|a three-month strike]]”’.
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Shoeless Joe Jackson
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1919 “Black Sox”
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Ioannis Kapodistrias
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Andrew Lloyd Webber
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Mary Tudor
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Washington Monument
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The words Chosŏn’gŭl and Hangul written in Hangul
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Malala Yousafzai
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Giardia muris, an example of a protozoan
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| Blurb | Reason |
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| Hangul Day in South Korea (1446); | refimprove section |
| Feast day of Saint John Henry Newman (Catholicism); | Lots of uncited material |
| Independence Day in Uganda (1962); | too detailed, needs expansion, outdated |
| 1237 – James I of Aragon entered Valencia and established the Kingdom of Valencia. | refimprove, date not cited |
| 1446 – Scholars in the court of Sejong the Great promulgated the new Korean alphabet, now known as Hangul. | refimprove |
| 1514 – Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII of England, became queen consort of France. | refimprove |
| 1635 – Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident after he spoke out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away Native American land. | date not in article, refimprove section |
| 1701 – The Collegiate School of Connecticut, later renamed Yale University, was chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, U.S. | refimprove section |
| 1831 – Ioannis Kapodistrias, the Greek head of state and the founder of Greek independence, was assassinated in Nafplion. | unreferenced section |
| 1845 – Anglican priest John Henry Newman, who wished to return the Church of England to many Catholic beliefs, was formally received into the Roman Catholic Church. | unreferenced section |
| 1919 – In Major League Baseball, the Cincinnati Reds won the World Series, five games to three, over the Chicago White Sox, whose players were later found to have lost intentionally. | refimprove section |
| 1963 – A landslide displaced large amounts of water from the Vajont Dam in northern Italy, causing waves and floods that quickly swept away several villages and killed almost 2,000 people. | refimprove |
| 1970 – The Khmer Republic, headed by General Lon Nol and Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak, was proclaimed in Cambodia. | refimprove |
| 1983 – South Korean president Chun Doo-hwan survived an assassination attempt in Rangoon, Burma. | unreferenced section |
| 2006 – North Korea conducted a nuclear test, reportedly near Kilchu, with an explosive force of less than one kiloton, that was condemned and denounced by many countries and the United Nations Security Council. | refimprove section |
| 2016 – Militants attacked a border police post in Myanmar, killing nine people and triggering a period of intense persecution of the Rohingya Muslim minority. | refimprove section |
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- 1676 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek wrote a letter to the Royal Society describing “animalcules” – the first known description of protozoa (pictured).
- 1780 – The deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record began to impact the Caribbean, killing at least 20,000 people across the Antilles over the subsequent days.
- 1888 – The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., at the time the world’s tallest building, officially opened to the general public.
- 1913 – Carrying a cargo hold full of highly flammable chemicals, the ocean liner SS Volturno caught fire in the north Atlantic and sank, resulting in 136 deaths.
- 1942 – World War II: American forces defeated the Japanese at the Third Battle of the Matanikau in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, reversing the Japanese victory a couple of weeks earlier.
- 1962 – Nick Holonyak, an engineer for General Electric, gave the first public demonstration of a light-emitting diode.
- 1986 – The Phantom of the Opera, a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and currently the longest-running Broadway show in history, opened in London’s West End.
- 2012 – Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai (pictured) was severely injured by a Taliban gunman in a failed assassination attempt.
- Born/died this day: | Claude Gaspar Bachet de Méziriac |b|1581| Henry Constable |d|1613| Benjamin Banneker |d|1806| Edward Bok |b|1863| Nazikeda Kadın |b|1866| Ivo Andrić |b|1892| Charles Read |b|1918| John Lennon |b|1940| Clare Boothe Luce |d|1987| Mona Best |d|1988| Ben Shelton |b|2002| Lee Wei Ling |d|2024|
Reginald Dyer |b|1864| William E. Woods |b|1949| Rockin’ Robin |b|1964| Oskar Schindler |d|1974|
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October 9: Leif Erikson Day in the United States, parts of Canada, and communities in the Nordic countries
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