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What happened on November 9
Every November 9 carries a layer of history: wars that began or ended, inventions, premieres, treaties, and people born or lost on this day across the centuries. We gathered 12 of the most striking events recorded on November 9, plus notable births and deaths, each with its year and a link to the Wikipedia article where the story continues. It is a fast way to answer "what happened on November 9" without digging through many sources: the list arrives ranked by relevance and dated.
Notable events
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan inaugurated the Kartarpur Corridor, a visa-free border crossing connecting the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib to the India-Pakistan border. Imran Khan |
| 2019 | The Alabama Crimson Tide and LSU Tigers football teams, both with undefeated records thus far that season, played in a "Game of the Century". Alabama Crimson Tide football |
| 2016 | A tram derailment in Croydon, London, killed seven people. 2016 Croydon tram derailment |
| 1993 | Bosnian War: Croatian Defence Council forces destroyed the Stari Most, a 16th-century bridge crossing the river Neretva in the city of Mostar (rebuilt bridge pictured). Bosnian War |
| 1989 | East German official Günter Schabowski mistakenly announced the immediate opening of the inner German border, resulting in the fall of the Berlin Wall that night (border crossing pictured). Günter Schabowski |
| 1985 | At age 22, Garry Kasparov became the then-youngest World Chess Champion by defeating then-champion Anatoly Karpov. Garry Kasparov |
| 1967 | The first issue of Rolling Stone, an American magazine focusing on music, politics and popular culture, was published. Rolling Stone |
| 1939 | World War II: A covert Sicherheitsdienst operation captured two British agents of the Secret Intelligence Service near Venlo in the Netherlands. World War II |
| 1938 | Kristallnacht began as SA stormtroopers and civilians destroyed and ransacked Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues in Germany and Austria, resulting in at least 90 deaths and the deportation of 30,000 men to concentration camps. Kristallnacht |
| 1918 | The government of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic adopted a tricolour national flag, which is again in use today, with slight modifications, by the present-day Republic of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan Democratic Republic |
| 1914 | World War I: Off the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, the Australian light cruiser Sydney sank Emden, the last active German warship in the Indian Ocean, at the Battle of Cocos. World War I |
| 1913 | A severe blizzard reached its maximum intensity in the Great Lakes Basin of North America, destroying 19 ships and 68,300 tons of cargo, and killing more than 250 people. Great Lakes Storm of 1913 |
Births
| Year | Who |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Prithvi Shaw, Indian cricketer Prithvi Shaw |
| 1996 | Momo Hirai, Japanese dancer and singer Momo Hirai |
| 1995 | Daniel Naroditsky, American chess grandmaster (died 2025) Daniel Naroditsky |
| 1994 | Lyrica Okano, American actress Lyrica Okano |
Deaths
| Year | Who |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Bobby Allison, American race car driver and businessman (born 1937) Bobby Allison |
| 2024 | Lou Donaldson, American saxophonist (born 1926) Lou Donaldson |
| 2024 | Judith Jamison, American dancer and choreographer (born 1943) Judith Jamison |
| 2023 | Junko Ohashi, Japanese singer (born 1950) Junko Ohashi |
A single anniversary does not explain on its own why a day matters: one November 9 can hold a scientific milestone, a tragedy and the birth of an artist, centuries apart. That is why we date every row and link the source, so you can follow what interests you. The selection mixes 12 events, 4 births and 4 deaths; the full list, with every reference, lives on Wikipedia.
Source, license and method
This page curates the day's anniversaries for November 9 from Wikipedia, delivered through the Wikimedia "On this day" feed (the encyclopedia's own open dataset). It is not original research: the facts, years and wording come from Wikipedia and are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike (CC BY-SA 4.0), which requires crediting the source and keeping the same license. We pick each day's most relevant items, favouring the editors' own selection and the most prominent articles, and every row links back to the matching entry. For the full list and primary references, see the day's article on Wikipedia (November 9).
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