9TH
NOVEMBER
NATIONAL DAY OF CAMBODIA.
FEAST DAY OF
"ST THEODORE THE RECRUIT; ST VITONUS OR VANE;
& ST BENIGNUS OR BENEN." |
| 9TH |
1859 |
FLOGGING IN THE BRITISH ARMY WAS ABOLISHED. |
| 9TH |
1872 |
FIRE DESTROYS NEARLY 1,000 BUILDINGS IN
BOSTON. |
| 9TH |
1872 |
FIVE CREW MEMBERS DIED WHEN THE STEAMER ‘PROVIDENCE’
EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING ON THE DARLING RIVER. |
| 9TH |
1888 |
"JACK THE RIPPER’S"
FIFTH AND LAST KNOWN VICTIM, "MARY JANE KELLY," IS FOUND IN HER ROOM IN
LONDON’S WHITECHAPEL. |
| 9TH |
1888 |
TAMWORTH, NSW, BECAME THE FIRST TOWN IN THE SOUTHERN
HEMISPHERE TO BE LIT BY ELECTRICITY. |
| 9TH |
1890 |
EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRIC TRAMS BEGIN
RUNNING BETWEEN BONDI JUNCTION & WAVERLEY IN SYDNEY. |
| 9TH |
1912 |
"DAISY BATES" BECOMES HONARY PROTECTOR OF
ABORIGINES AT EUCLA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. |
| 9TH |
1914 |
HMAS SYDNEY DISABLES THE GERMAN
CRUISER EMDEN AT COCOS ISLAND. |
| 9TH |
1915 |
THE ITALIAN LINER ‘ANCONA’ IS SUNK BY GERMAN
TORPEDOES WITH THE LOSS OF 272 LIVES. |
| 9TH |
1925 |
THE SS (SCHUTZSTAFFEL OR PROTECTION
SQUAD) WAS FORMED IN GERMANY. |
| 9TH |
1927 |
GIANT PANDA DISCOVERED IN CHINA. |
| 9TH |
1937 |
JAPANESE TROOPS TAKE SHANGHAI. |
| 9TH |
1938 |
"KRISTALLNIGHT" (CRYSTAL NIGHT) AS NAZI
STORMTROOPERS ATTACK JEWS. 267 SYNAGOGUES WERE PLUNDERED, 7,500 SHOPS WRECKED, 91
JEWS KILLED, & 20,000 OTHERS ARRESTED & SENT TO CONCENTRATION CAMPS. |
| 9TH |
1939 |
"GRETA GARBO’s" FIRST
COMEDY FILM, ‘NINOTCHKA," PREMIERS IN NEW YORK. |
| 9TH |
1942 |
U.S. SERVICEMAN, "EDWARD LEONSKI" IS EXECUTED AT
PENTRIDGE GAOL, MELBOURNE, FOR THE BROWN-OUT MURDERS OF 3 MELBOURNE WOMEN IN MAY. |
| 9TH |
1952 |
A NEW STAR IS BORN AS OPERA SINGER,
"MARIA CALLAS" RECEIVES A STANDING OVATION ON DEBUT AT LONDON’S ROYAL OPERA
HOUSE. |
| 9TH |
1965 |
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT WAS ABOLISHED IN BRITAIN. |
| 9TH |
1967 |
THE FIRST SATURN V ROCKET CARRYING THE
UN-MANNED APOLLO 4 SPACECRAFT IS SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTRE. |
| 9TH |
1973 |
FIRE AT ‘TAIYO’ DEPARTMENT STORE IN KUMAMOTO,
JAPAN, KILLS 101 & INJURES 84. |
| 9TH |
1974 |
TELEVISION PERSONALITIES, "BERT
NEWTON" AND "PATTI McGRATH" MARRY IN MELBOURNE. |
| 9TH |
1988 |
THE TEN YEAR REIGN AS WORLD CHESS CHAMPION BY "ANATOLY
KARPOV" CAME TO AN END WHEN "GARY KASPAROV" DEFEATED HIM IN MOSCOW. |
| 9TH |
1988 |
THE U.S. UNVEILS THE ‘F117A’
NEW GENERATION ‘STEALTH FIGHTER’ WHICH IS INVISIBLE TO RADAR. |
| 9TH |
1999 |
THE U.S. AMERICA’S CUP CHALLENGER SERIES YACHT ‘YOUNG
AMERICA’ BROKE IN HALF IN HAURAKI GULF, AUKLAND, NEW ZEALAND. |
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