October 9
People born on this day are Libra.
- 1983
South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan survives an assassination attempt in Rangoon, Burma, but the blast kills 21 and injures 17 others.
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The popular children's television show Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends, based on The Railway Series by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, premieres on ITV.
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The Phantom of the Opera, eventually the second longest running musical in London, opens at Her Majesty's Theatre.
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Fox Broadcasting Company (FBC) launches as the fourth US television network.
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The Peekskill meteorite, a 27.7 pounds (12.6 kg) meteorite crashed into a parked car in Peekskill, New York.
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An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.
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North Korea conducts its first nuclear test.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its all-time high of 14,164 points before rapidly declining due to the 2008 financial crisis.
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Pakistani Taliban attempt to assassinate outspoken schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai.
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The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army launches its first attack on Myanmar security forces along the Bangladesh–Myanmar border.
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Turkey begins its military offensive in north-eastern Syria.
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Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 hurricane, causing US$34.3 billion in damage only two weeks after Hurricane Helene impacted the state.
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2002Ben Shelton, American tennis player
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2000Penei Sewell, American football player
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1997Jharrel Jerome, American actor
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1996Jacob Batalon, Filipino-American actor
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1996Bella Hadid, American model
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1994Jodelle Ferland, Canadian actress
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1993Lauren Davis, American tennis player
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1993Jayden Hodges, Australian rugby league player
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1993George Kittle, American football player
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1993Scotty McCreery, American singer and songwriter
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1993Wesley So, Filipino-American chess grandmaster
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1992Jerian Grant, American basketball player
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