About October 9

October 9, 2023 is the 282nd day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 83 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

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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 124 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On October 9

  • 768
    Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks.
  • 1264
    The Kingdom of Castile conquers the city of Jerez that was under Muslim occupation since 711.
  • 1514
    Marriage of Louis XII of France and Mary Tudor.
  • 1558
    Mérida is founded in Venezuela.
  • 1776
    Father Francisco Palou founds Mission San Francisco de Asis in what is now San Francisco, California.
  • 1799
    Sinking of HMS Lutine, with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.
  • 1806
    Prussia declares war on France.
  • 1820
    Guayaquil declares independence from Spain.
  • 1834
    Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland.
  • 1864
    American Civil War: Battle of Tom’s Brook – Union cavalrymen in the Shenandoah Valley defeat Confederate forces at Tom’s Brook, Virginia.
  • 1874
    General Postal Union is created as a result of the Treaty of Berne.
  • 1888
    The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public.
  • 1934
    Regicide at Marseille: The assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France.
  • 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.
  • 1945
    Parade in NYC for Fleet Admiral Nimitz and 13 USN/USMC Medal of Honor recipients
  • 1966
    Vietnam War: Binh Tai massacre
  • 1966
    Vietnam War: Dien Nien-Phuoc Binh massacre
  • 1995
    An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.
  • 1999
    The last flight of the SR-71.
  • 2009
    First lunar impact of the Centaur and LCROSS spacecrafts as part of NASA’s Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.

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