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November 9: Day of the Week
November 9, 2024 is the 314th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 52 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Doyōbi.
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Here’s the November calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
November 9 Historical Event(s)
1520
More than 50 people are sentenced and executed in the Stockholm Bloodbath
1620
Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
1688
The Glorious Revolution: William of Orange captures Exeter.
1729
Spain, France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Seville.
1822
The Action of 9 November 1822 between USS Alligator and a squadron of piratical schooners off the coast of Cuba.
1907
The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
1960
Robert McNamara is named president of Ford Motor Co., the first non-Ford to serve in that post. A month later, he quit to join the newly-elected John F. Kennedy administration.
1965
Several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours in the Northeast Blackout of 1965.
1989
Cold War: Fall of the Berlin Wall. Communist-controlled East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall allowing its citizens to travel to West Germany. This key event led to the eventual reunification of East and West Germany.
2005
The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Who were born on November 9?
1721
Mark Akenside, English poet and physician (d. 1770)
1922
Dorothy Dandridge, American actress and singer (d. 1965)
1960
Joëlle Ursull, Guadeloupean singer
1970
Domino, American music producer
1970
Nelson Diebel, American swimmer
1970
Susan Tedeschi, American musician
1973
Nick Lachey, American singer
1973
Zisis Vryzas, Greek footballer
1984
Joel Zumaya, American baseball player
1985
Ku Hye Sun, South Korean actress
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters IMMDALFU? Check your answers here: Word finder IMMDALFU. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
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