Page 7: Historical Events In October - 09

1970  Cambodia becomes the Khmer Republic on October - 09.   

1970  Khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence on October - 09.   

1970  On this day in history jean Giono, writer, dies   

1972  Giuseppe Capogrossi, Italian painter, dies at 72 on October - 09.   

1973  Elvis & Priscilla Presley divorce after 6 years on October - 09.   

1975  Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits SF on this day in history.   

1975  On October - 09 soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov wins Nobel Peace Prize   

1977  On this day in history soyuz 25 launched to Saluyt 6, but returned after failing to dock   

1978  Jacques Brel, Belgian chansonnier, buried on Atuama, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1980  On October - 09 princess Caroline of Monaco divorces Philippe Junot   

1980  The first consumer use of home banking by computer (Knoxville Tn) on October - 09.   

1982  On this day in history anna Freud, Austria/Engl psychoanalyst/daughter of Sigmund, dies at 86   

1983  4 South Korean cabinet ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma on this day in history.   

1983  Sun Suk Joon, South Korean vice premier, murdered on October - 09.   

1984  On this day in history kathy Sullivan becomes 1st US woman to walk in space   

1985  Hijackers of the cruise liner Achille Lauro surrender after the ship arrives in Port Said, Egypt on this day in history.   

1986  Gilbert Perreault, Buffalo, became 12th NHLer to score 500 goals on October - 09.   

1986  Senate convicted US District Judge Harry E Claiborne making him the 5th federal official to be removed from office through impeachment on this day in history.   

1987  Clare A Booth Luce, US diplomat/journalist, dies at 84 on October - 09.   

1988  On October - 09 edward Chodorov, playwright/director (Louis Pasteur), dies at 84   

1989  On October - 09 penthouse Magazine's hebrew edition hits the newstands   

1989  Tass, the official Soviet news agency, reports that a spaceship, with a crew of three extra-terrestrials, lands in a city park in Voronezh on this day in history.   

1990  On October - 09 radio stations around the world play "Imagine" honoring John Lennon   

1990  Saddam threatens to hit Israel with a new missile on this day in history.   

1990  Richard Murdoch, actor (Lilli Marlene), dies of heart attack at 83 on October - 09.   

1991  Roy Black, German singer/actor (Kinderarzt Dr Froehlich), dies on October - 09.   

1993  C R Rangachari, cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies on October - 09.   

1994  Fred Lebow, US founder of New York Marathon, dies of cancer on October - 09.   

1995  Alec Douglas-Home, PM of Britain (1963-64), dies on October - 09.   

1996  Alan Charles Downes, cameraman, dies at 58 on October - 09.   

1997  Arthur Tracy, radio personality (Street Singer), dies at 98 on this day in history.   

2005  Polish presidential election, 1st round on this day in history.   

2006  North Korea claims to have conducted its first ever nuclear test on this day in history.   

2007  An election is held in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador on this day in history.   

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1201  On this day in history birth of robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris   

1221  On this day in history birth of salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler   

1261  On October - 09 birth of dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325)   

1328  King Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369) was born on October - 09.   

1581  On October - 09 birth of claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist   

1586  Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn was born on October - 09.   

1586  On October - 09 birth of archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632)   

1626  John Ferrabosco, composer was born on October - 09.   

1047  Clemens II, [Suitger], Pope (1046-47), dies (b. 1005) on this day in history.   

1253  Grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78 on October - 09.   

1273  Death of Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany on October - 09.   

1326  On October - 09 reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies   

1390  On this day in history johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies   

1423  Frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

1436  Jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35 on October - 09.   

1555  Death of Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493) on October - 09.