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09 October, 2006
North Korea allegedly tests its first nuclear device.
09 October, 2005
Smoking is completely banned on the UK rail network.
09 October, 2004
Democratic elections held for the first time in Afghanistan.
09 October, 2001
Second mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attack.
09 October, 1995
An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.
09 October, 1992
A 13 kilogram (est.) meteorite lands in the driveway of the Knapp residence in Peekskill, New York, destroying the familys 1980 Chevrolet Malibu
09 October, 1991
Ecuador becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
09 October, 1989
An official news agency in the Soviet Union reports the landing of a UFO in Voronezh. In Leipzig, East Germany, 70,000 protesters demand the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms.
09 October, 1986
The musical The Phantom of the Opera has its first performance at Her Majestys Theatre in London.
09 October, 1983
Rangoon bombing: attempted assassination of South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan during an official visit to Rangoon, Burma. Chun survives but the blast kills 17 of his entourage, including four cabinet ministers, and 17 others were injured. Four Burmese officials also die in the blast.
09 October, 1981
Abolition of capital punishment in France.
09 October, 1970
The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.
09 October, 1969
In Chicago, the United States National Guard is called in for crowd control as demonstrations continue in connection with the trial of the "Chicago Eight" (trial started on September 24).
09 October, 1967
A day after being caught, Che Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
09 October, 1963
In northeast Italy, over 2,000 people are killed when a large landslide behind the Vajont Dam causes a giant wave of water to overtop it.
09 October, 1962
Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
09 October, 1945
Parade in NYC for Fleet Admiral Nimitz and 13 USN/USMC Medal of Honor recipients
09 October, 1942
Statute of Westminster 1931 formalises Australian autonomy. 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 Armys 4th Infantry Regiment.
09 October, 1941
A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president.
09 October, 1940
World War II: Battle of Britain - During a nighttime air raid by the German Luftwaffe, St. Pauls Cathedral in the City of London, England is hit by a bomb.
09 October, 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.
09 October, 1934
Regicide at Marseille: The assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France.
09 October, 1919
Black Sox scandal: The Cincinnati Reds "win" the World Series.
09 October, 1914
World War I: Siege of Antwerp - Antwerp, Belgium falls to German troops.
09 October, 1888
The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public.
09 October, 1874
General Postal Union is created as a result of the Treaty of Berne.
09 October, 1871
The Great Chicago Fire is brought under control.
09 October, 1864
American Civil War: Battle of Toms Brook - Union cavalrymen in the Shenandoah Valley defeat Confederate forces at Toms Brook, Virginia.
09 October, 1861
American Civil War: Battle of Santa Rosa Island - Union troops repel Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens.
09 October, 1854
Beginning of the siege of Sebastopol.
09 October, 1845
The eminent and controversial Anglican, John Henry Newman, is received into the Roman Catholic Church.
09 October, 1837
Meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.
09 October, 1835
Royal College, Colombo established with the name Hillstreet Academy in Sri Lanka.
09 October, 1831
Capo dIstria is assassinated.
09 October, 1824
Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica.
09 October, 1820
Guayaquil declares independence from Spain.
09 October, 1812
War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMS Detroit and HMS Caledonia.
09 October, 1806
Prussia declares war on France.
09 October, 1804
Hobart, capital of Tasmania, is founded.
09 October, 1799
Sinking of HMS Lutine, with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.
09 October, 1776
Father Francisco Palou founds Mission San Francisco de Asis in what is now San Francisco, California.
09 October, 1771
The Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sinks near the coast of Finland.
09 October, 1760
7 Years War: Russian forces occupy Berlin.
09 October, 1701
The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.
09 October, 1635
Founder of Rhode Island Roger Williams is banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident after he speaks out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away Native American land.
09 October, 1604
Supernova 1604, the most recent supernova to be observed in the Milky Way.
09 October, 1595
The Spanish army captures Cambrai.
09 October, 1582
Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
09 October, 1558
Mérida is founded in Venezuela.
09 October, 1514
Marriage of Louis XII of France and Mary Tudor.

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