November 9
People born on this day are Scorpio.
- 1994
The chemical element darmstadtium is discovered.
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A U.S. federal judge, in the largest civil settlement in American history, orders 37 U.S. brokerage houses to pay US$1.03 billion to cheated NASDAQ investors to compensate for price fixing.
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Capital punishment in the United Kingdom, already abolished for murder, is completely abolished for all remaining capital offences.
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TAESA Flight 725 crashes after takeoff from Uruapan International Airport in Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico, killing all 18 people on board.
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Uttarakhand officially becomes the 27th state of India, formed from thirteen districts of northwestern Uttar Pradesh.
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Firefox 1.0 is released.
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The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Suicide bombers attack three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing at least 60 people.
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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.
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A non-binding self-determination consultation is held in Catalonia, asking Catalan citizens their opinion on whether Catalonia should become a state and, if so, whether it should be an independent state.
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Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: An armistice agreement is signed by Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia.
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U.S. surgeons at NYU Langone Health announce the world's first whole eye transplant.
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1999Prithvi Shaw, Indian cricketer
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1996Momo Hirai, Japanese dancer and singer
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1995Finn Cole, English actor
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1995Daniel Naroditsky, American chess grandmaster (died 2025)
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1994Lyrica Okano, American actress
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1993Pete Dunne, English wrestler
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1990Nosa Igiebor, Nigerian footballer
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1989Baptiste Giabiconi, French model and singer
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1988Nikki Blonsky, American actress, singer, and dancer
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1988Lio Tipton, American actor and model
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1986Carl Gunnarsson, Swedish ice hockey player
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1985Bakary Soumaré, Malian footballer
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