A Brief History
This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on November 9th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event.
Digging Deeper
On November 9, 694, the Seventeenth Council of Toledo opened, a third round ordered by Egica, King of the Visigoths (Spain), a council of Bishops of the Christian Church.
On November 9, 1913, The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the North American lakes, destroyed 19 ships and killed more than 250 people.
On November 9, 1918, in the face of catastrophic defeat after four years of debilitating war, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicated his throne and went into exile in the Netherlands.
On November 9, 1965, 22 year old American Roger Allen LaPorte, a former Catholic seminarian, sat down calmly, poured gasoline over himself, and burned himself to death in front of the United Nations in New York in a protest of the Viet Nam War.
On November 9, 1979, the computers that served the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), the American and Canadian anti-nuclear defense agency, wrongly reported that a massive Soviet nuclear strike was on the way, triggering an alert that nearly caused the U.S. to launch its own massive retaliatory nuclear strike.
On November 9, 1993, the Mostar Bridge, also known as the Stari Most, collapsed dur to bombing by Croatian forces in the Croat–Bosniak War of 1992 to 1994.
On November 9, 2016, Donald John Trump, New York real estate mogul and television star, was verified as the winner of the 2016 US Presidential election.
On November 9, 2016, Donald John Trump, New York real estate mogul and television star, was verified as the winner of the 2016 US Presidential election. (NOTE: The link in the date for this entry leads to a different article than the other mention to this same event above.)
On November 9, 2018, the new blockbuster science fiction/action adventure film Overlord made its US opening in theaters across the country.
Black-and-white coming of age comedy-drama fans had their chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see Belfast on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 7:00 PM at Cedar Lee Theatre in Cleveland Heights, Ohio!
Question for students (and subscribers) to ponder: Which event that occurred on today’s date would you like to learn more about?
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Historical Evidence
For more information, please see…
Andrews, John and Matt Baker. Timeline of World History. Thunder Bay Press, 2020.
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