It happened on this day, October 9
Events:
1264 – After the Mudejar revolt, supported by the Moroccans and the kingdom of Granada, and despite his successes in several cities, Alphonse
π The naval forces of the Emirate of Al-Azifi, under the command of Abu Al-Qasim Al-Azifi, enter the city of Asilah and annex it.
1446 β The Hangul alphabet is published in Korea.
1514 – Marriage of King Louis XII of France to Queen Marie Tudor.
1558 β Foundation of the city of MΓ©rida in Venezuela.
1595 – The Spanish army captures the French town of Cambrai.
1760 – The Russian Empire captures Berlin during the Seven Years' War.
1804 – Creation of the city of Hobart, capital of Tasmania.
1806 β Prussia declares war on France.
1812 – A clash on Lake Erie between American and British ships resulted in the American seizure of two British ships during the War of 1812.
1820 – Guayaquil declares its independence from Spain.
1824 Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica
1888 β The Washington Monument is officially opened to the public.
1911 β Peace Treaty of Da'an, establishing Yemen as a state belonging to the Ottoman Sultanate.
1917 β Prince Fouad becomes Sultan of Egypt after the death of his brother, Sultan Hussein Kamel.
1962 β Uganda declares independence.
1967 β Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara is executed in Bolivia, one day after his arrest and trial in a speedy field trial.
1973 – Israel announces that it has lost control of the defensive line at Bar Lev, on the banks of the Suez Canal, and that Egyptian forces have completely seized it, three days after the start of the Arab war against it.
2001 – The UN Security Council unanimously supports the US strikes against Afghanistan, considering them a legitimate act due to the refusal of the Taliban government in Afghanistan to hand over Osama bin Laden, the main suspect in the attacks of September 11.
2009 β The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to US President Barack Obama for his efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people.
2011 – The Maspero events took place in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, resulting in the deaths of 27 people.
2013 – The 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Martin Karplus, Michael Lewitt and Aryeh Warshel.
2014 – French novelist Patrick Modiano wins the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature.
2015 β The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the quartet sponsors of the Tunisian National Dialogue.
2017 – American Richard Thaler receives the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to behavioral economics.
2018 – US Ambassador Nikki Haley to the United Nations announces that she will resign from her post at the end of 2018.
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Births:
1892 – Ivo AndriΔ, Serbian writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1961.
** Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet.
1898 – Tawfiq al-Hakim, Egyptian writer and novelist.
1906 – Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian writer, literary figure and Islamic theorist.
1938 β Heinz Fischer, President of Austria.
1940 – John Lennon, English singer, songwriter and musician of the Beatles
1942 – Shukri Ghanem, Libyan politician and economist.
1946 – Tansu Ciller, Turkish politician and economist.
1950 – Safaa Abu Al-Saud, Egyptian actress and presenter.
1952 β Sharon Osbourne, English broadcaster and composer.
** Tony Shalhoub, American actor of Lebanese origin.
1954 – Abdul Wahab Hussein, one of the most famous symbols of the Bahraini Islamic and Shiite nationalist opposition.
1961 – Nihal Anbar, Egyptian actress.
1964 – Wafaa Salem, Syrian actress.
1966 – Khaled Al-Harbi, Saudi actor.
** David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
1972 – Hamza Idris, Saudi footballer.
1973 – Abdullah Al-Baroni, Kuwaiti actor
1974 β Rania Farid Shawqi, Egyptian actress.
1977 – Mishal Al-Mutairi, Saudi actor.
1980 – Nermin Maher, Egyptian actress.
** Ibrahim Fadil, Maldivian footballer.
1982 – Fahid Ben Khalfallah, Tunisian-French footballer.
** Frieze Al-Subaie, Saudi goalkeeper.
1984 – Hussein Fadel, Kuwaiti footballer.
** Djamel Mesbah, Algerian footballer.
1996 – Bella Hadid, American model of Palestinian origin.
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Death:
1917 – Sultan Hussein Kamel, Sultan of Egypt.
1934 β Abu Al-Qasim Al-Chebbi, Tunisian poet.
1943 – Peter Zemen, Dutch physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1902.
1959 – Kamel Kilani, Egyptian writer.
1967 – Che Guevara, Argentine revolutionary.
1982 – Anna Freud, psychoanalyst, daughter of Sigmund Freud. She is considered one of the first founders of child psychoanalysis.
1987 – William Murphy, American doctor who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1934.
1995 β Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
2010 – Maurice Alias, French economist who won the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences in 1988.
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Holidays and Occasions:
βͺ World Post Day.
βͺ Independence Day in Uganda.
βͺ Guayaquil Independence Day in Ecuador.
βͺ Hangul Day in South Korea
