On This Day October 9th

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October 9th is the two hundred-eighty-second day of the year, and there are 83 days remaining until the end of the year.

 

Events

 768 – Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned kings of the Franks.

1410 – The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock.

1604 – Kepler's Supernova is the most recent supernova observed within the Milky Way.

1708 – Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.

1804 – Hobart, the capital of Tasmania, is founded.

1834 – Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland.

1873 – A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy established the U.S. Naval Institute.

1900 – The Cook Islands became a territory of the United Kingdom.

1919 – The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, resulting in the Black Sox Scandal.

1984 – The popular children's television show Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends, based on The Railway Series by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, premieres on ITV.

1986 – Fox Broadcasting Company (FBC) launches as the fourth US television network.

 

Birthdays

1593 – Nicolaes Tulp, Dutch anatomist and politician (d. 1674)

1837 – Francis Wayland Parker, American theorist and academic (d. 1902)

1892 – Ivo Andrić, Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)

1903 – Walter O'Malley, American lawyer and businessman (d. 1979)

1911 – Joe Rosenthal, American photographer (d. 2006)

1940 – John Lennon, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1980)

1944 – John Entwistle, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (d. 2002)

1954 – Scott Bakula, American actor

1973 – Steve Burns, American actor, television host and musician

2000 – Penei Sewell, American football player

 

 

Holiday Spotlight

 Leif Erikson Day

Leif Erikson, a Viking explorer, was likely born in Iceland around 970 or 980. He traveled to Greenland and North America, called "Vinland." His legacy as an intrepid explorer has lived on for centuries, and Norwegian and Scandinavian communities in the United States celebrate him.

 

Holidays And Observance.

Bullying Prevention Day  

Curious Events Day

Emergency Nurses Day  

Fire Prevention Day

International Beer and Pizza Day

International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction  

International Top Spinning Day  

Leif Erikson Day

Moldy Cheese Day

National Bring Your Teddy Bear to Work & School Day  

National Nanotechnology Day  

National Pet Obesity Awareness Day  

National Pro-Life Cupcake Day

National Sneakers Day

Nautilus Night (Cephalopods)

Scrubs Day

Stem Cell Awareness Day  

Stop America's Violence Everywhere (SAVE) Today  

Stop Bullying Day  

Submarine Hoagie Hero Grinder Day

Walk And Roll to School Day   

World Post Day  

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