Historical Events In October - 09

1970  Cambodia becomes the Khmer Republic on October - 09.  

1970  On October - 09 khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence  

1970  Jean Giono, writer, dies on this day in history.  

1972  On October - 09 giuseppe Capogrossi, Italian painter, dies at 72  

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

1975  Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits SF on October - 09.  

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

1977  Soyuz 25 launched to Saluyt 6, but returned after failing to dock on October - 09.  

1978  On this day in history jacques Brel, Belgian chansonnier, buried on Atuama, dies at 49  

1980  Princess Caroline of Monaco divorces Philippe Junot on October - 09.  

1980  On this day in history the first consumer use of home banking by computer (Knoxville Tn)  

1982  On October - 09 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 October - 09.  

1987  On this day in history clare A Booth Luce, US diplomat/journalist, dies at 84  

1988  Edward Chodorov, playwright/director (Louis Pasteur), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1989  Penthouse Magazine's hebrew edition hits the newstands on October - 09.  

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  Radio stations around the world play "Imagine" honoring John Lennon on October - 09.  

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

1990  On October - 09 richard Murdoch, actor (Lilli Marlene), dies of heart attack at 83  

1991  Roy Black, German singer/actor (Kinderarzt Dr Froehlich), dies on this day in history.  

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

1994  On October - 09 fred Lebow, US founder of New York Marathon, dies of cancer  

1995  On this day in history alec Douglas-Home, PM of Britain (1963-64), dies  

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  On this day in history polish presidential election, 1st round.  

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 October - 09 birth of salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler  

1261  Dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325) was born on this day in history.  

1328  King Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369) was born on this day in history.  

1581  Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist was born on this day in history.  

1586  On this day in history birth of jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn  

1586  On this day in history birth of archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632)  

1626  On this day in history birth of john Ferrabosco, composer  

1047  Clemens II, [Suitger], Pope (1046-47), dies (b. 1005) on October - 09.  

1253  On this day in history grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78  

1273  On October - 09 death of elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany  

1326  Reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies on October - 09.  

1390  Johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1555  On October - 09 death of justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493)