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9th November

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American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Fishdam Ford a force of British and Loyalist troops fail in a surprise attack against the South Carolina Patriot militia under Brigadier General Thomas Sumter.

The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence or simply the American Revolution, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of…

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The Province of Alberta, Canada, holds its first general election.

Alberta is a province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, the Northwest…

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Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.

Kaiser is the title historically used by German and Austrian emperors. In German, the title in principle applies to rulers anywhere in the world above the rank of king. In English, the word kaiser is…

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Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes 6–3 against hearing a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war.

The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and China, while…

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U.S. surgeons at NYU Langone Health announce the world's first whole eye transplant.

NYU Langone Health is an integrated academic health system located in New York City, New York, United States. The health system consists of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and NYU Grossman Long…

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The Second Desmond Rebellion (1579–1583) was the more widespread and bloody of the two Desmond Rebellions in Ireland launched by the FitzGerald Dynasty of Desmond in Munster against English rule. The…

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In 1323, the Delhi Sultanate ruler Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq sent an army led by his son Ulugh Khan to the Kakatiya capital Warangal, after the Kakatiya ruler Prataparudra refused to make tribute…

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The first national test of the Emergency Alert System is activated in the United States at 2:00 p.m. EST.

The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is a national warning system in the United States designed to allow authorized officials to broadcast emergency alerts and warning messages to the public via cable,…

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Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: An armistice agreement is signed by Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia.

The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War was an armed conflict in 2020 that took place in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding occupied territories. It was a major escalation of an…

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Stari Most, the "old bridge" in the Bosnian city of Mostar, built in 1566, collapses after several days of bombing by Croat forces during the Croat–Bosniak War.

The Old Bridge, also known as the Mostar Bridge, is a rebuilt 16th-century Ottoman bridge in the city of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It crosses the river Neretva and connects the two parts of…

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Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.

The Second Sino-Japanese War, known in China as the War of Resistance Against Japan, was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan and its puppet states between 1937 and 1945,…

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The Treaty of Aberconwy, a humiliating settlement forced on Llywelyn ap Gruffudd by King Edward I of England, brings a temporary end to the Welsh Wars.

The Treaty of Aberconwy was signed on the 10th of November 1277, and was made between King Edward I of England and Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Wales. It followed Edward's invasion of Llywelyn's…

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Ernst Fuchs (artist)
2015Ernst Fuchs (artist)

Ernst Fuchs was an Austrian painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, architect, stage designer, composer, poet, and one of the founders of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism.…

Ulrich II, Count of Celje
1456Ulrich II, Count of Celje

Ulrich II, or Ulrich of Celje, was the last Princely Count of Celje. At the time of his death, he was captain general and de facto regent of Hungary, ban (governor) of Slavonia,…

Charles de Gaulle
1970Charles de Gaulle

Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany and Vichy France in World War II and chaired the…

Dylan Thomas
1953Dylan Thomas

Dylan Marlais Thomas was a Welsh poet and writer, whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion", as well as the…

Neville Chamberlain
1940Neville Chamberlain

Arthur Neville Chamberlain was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940 and Leader of the Conservative Party from May 1937…

Hermann Weyl
1885
Hermann Weyl
Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl was a German mathematician, theoretical physicist, logician and philosopher. Although much of his working life was spent in…
Carl Sagan
1934
Carl Sagan
Carl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator. Initially an assistant professor at Harvard, Sagan later…
Ryan Murphy (producer)
1965
Ryan Murphy (producer)
Ryan Patrick Murphy is an American writer, director, and producer, working mainly in television. He has often been described as "the most powerful…
Ti-Grace Atkinson
1938
Ti-Grace Atkinson
Grace Atkinson, better known as Ti-Grace Atkinson, is an American radical feminist activist, writer and philosopher. She was an early member of the…
Bohdan Lepky
1872
Bohdan Lepky
Bohdan Teodor Nestor Sylvestrovych Lepky was a Ukrainian writer, poet, scholar, public figure, and artist.
Gigo Gabashvili
1862
Gigo Gabashvili
Giorgi "Gigo" Ivanes dze Gabashvili was a Georgian painter and educator. One of the earliest Georgian representatives of the Realist School of…
Roger McGough
1937
Roger McGough
Roger Joseph McGough is an English poet, performance poet, broadcaster, children's author and playwright. He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme…
Sargent Shriver
1915
Sargent Shriver
Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. was an American diplomat, politician, and activist. He was a member of the Shriver family by birth, and a member of the…
9th November in History — American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Fishdam Fo