About October 9
October 9, 2021 is the 282nd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 83 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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Libra is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 115 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On October 9
- 1264 –The Kingdom of Castile conquers the city of Jerez that was under Muslim occupation since 711.
- 1595 –The Spanish army captures Cambrai.
- 1740 –Dutch colonists and various slave groups begin massacring ethnic Chinese in Batavia, eventually killing 10,000 and leading to a two-year-long war throughout Java.
- 1760 –Seven Years’ War: Russian forces occupy Berlin.
- 1776 –Father Francisco Palou founds Mission San Francisco de Asis in what is now San Francisco, California.
- 1806 –Prussia declares war on France.
- 1812 –War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMS Detroit and HMS Caledonia.
- 1820 –Guayaquil declares independence from Spain.
- 1824 –Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica.
- 1831 –Capo d'Istria, the first head of state of independent Greece is assassinated.
- 1854 –Crimean War: The siege of Sebastopol begins.
- 1873 –A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.
- 1888 –The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public.
- 1919 –Black Sox scandal: The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series.
- 1936 –Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles, California.
- 1942 –The last day of the October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps forces withdraw back across the Matanikau River after destroying most of the Imperial Japanese Army’s 4th Infantry Regiment.
- 1962 –Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
- 1966 –Vietnam War: Binh Tai massacre
- 1991 –Ecuador becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
- 2003 –Mission: SPACE opens to the public in the Epcot park at Walt Disney World. The opening ceremony included several astronauts from all eras of space exploration.
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