11/9/2020 11:04:00 AM Today In History - November 9
Reprinted By Permission From OnThisDay.com
Today in History in 1906 Theodore Roosevelt was the 1st US President to visit other countries (Puerto Rico and Panama); in 1927 the Giant Panda was discovered in China; and in 1989 East Berlin opened its borders.
Our on this day in history archives contain over 200,000 events, birthdays and deaths from 6,000 years of history. Here is a roundup of a few of them:
Historical Events
1494 - Family de' Medici become rulers of Florence
1799 - Napoleon Bonaparte becomes dictator (1st consul) of France
1862 - US General Ulysses S. Grant issues orders to bar Jews from serving under him
1864 - Sherman issues preliminary plans for his "March to the Sea"
1906 - Theodore Roosevelt is 1st US President to visit other countries (Puerto Rico and Panama)
1925 - Robert A. Millikan confirms the existence of cosmic rays from outer space in a speech to the National Academy of Sciences at Madison, Wisconsin
1927 - Giant Panda discovered, China
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.
1980 - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares holy war against Iran
1989 - East Berlin opens its borders
1994 - The chemical element Darmstadtium is discovered.
1998 - Brokerage houses are ordered to pay 1.03 billion USD to cheated NASDAQ investors to compensate for their price-fixing. This is the largest civil settlement in United States history.
Famous Birthdays
1731 - Benjamin Banneker, Ellicott Md, black mathematician/surveyor (Wash DC)
1833 - Sally Louisa Tompkins, nurse and philanthropist, only woman commissioned in Confederate army during US Civil War, born Mathews City, Virginia (D. 1916)
1936 - Mary Travers, Louisville Ky, folk singer (Peter Paul & Mary)
1941 - Tom Fogerty, Berkeley California, American rocker (Creedence Clearwater Revival), (d. 1990)
Famous Weddings
1887 - Painter Grandma Moses (27) weds Thomas Salmon Moses in New York
1931 - Actress Gloria Swanson (32) weds Michael Farmer
1935 - "Magnificent Obsession" actress Jane Wyatt (24) weds investment broker Edgar Bethune Ward in Santa Fe, New Mexico
1968 - Former "Led Zepellin" lead singer Robert Plant (19) weds Maureen Wilson
2002 - Eighties pop princess Sheena Easton (43) weds Beverly Hills plastic surgeon John Minoli (44) at Las Vegas City Hall
Famous Divorces
1931 - Actress Gloria Swanson (32) divorces aristocrat Henri de la Falaise (33) after 6 years of marriage
1968 - Serial killer John Wayne Gacy (26) divorces first wife Marlynn Myers after 4 years of marriage
2004 - Hotel heiress and fashion model Nicky Hilton (21) divorces businessman Todd Andrew Meister (33) due to bi-coastal relationship after nearly 3 months of marriage
Famous Deaths
1881 - Edwin Drake, Father of the oil industry, drilled the first oil well.
1940 - Arthur Neville Chamberlain, British premier (1937-40), dies of bowel cancer at 71
1953 - Dylan Thomas, author-poet (Adv in skin trade), dies in NY at 39
1955 - Tom Powers, actor (Station West, Destination Moon), dies at 65
1970 - Charles de Gaulle, President of France (1958-69), dies at 79
2004 - Stieg Larsson, Swedish author (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), dies of a heart attack at 50
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