On this day in history
October 9
American
2009Barack Obama is announced as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, nine months into his presidency, for his cal…
Barack Obama is announced as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, nine months into his presidency, for his calls for nuclear disarmament and diplomacy.
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1992A 13 kilogram meteorite smashes through the trunk of a parked Chevrolet in Peekskill, New York, on live televi…
A 13 kilogram meteorite smashes through the trunk of a parked Chevrolet in Peekskill, New York, on live television cameras covering a football game.
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World
1940John Lennon is born in Liverpool, England; with the Beatles he will change popular music forever.
John Lennon is born in Liverpool, England; with the Beatles he will change popular music forever.
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1967Che Guevara is executed by firing squad in a Bolivian schoolhouse the day after his capture, and becomes a glo…
Che Guevara is executed by firing squad in a Bolivian schoolhouse the day after his capture, and becomes a global revolutionary icon.
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1975Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov is announced as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his defense of human …
Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov is announced as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his defense of human rights.
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1962Uganda gains independence from Britain under Milton Obote.
Uganda gains independence from Britain under Milton Obote.
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1974Oskar Schindler, the German industrialist who saved more than a thousand Jews from the Holocaust, dies in Germ…
Oskar Schindler, the German industrialist who saved more than a thousand Jews from the Holocaust, dies in Germany.
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