November 9 in History

Historical Events on November 9

1780 American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Fishdam Ford a force of British and Loyalist troops fail in a surprise attack against the South Carolina Patriot militia under Brigadier General Thomas Sumter.

1799 Napoleon Bonaparte leads the Coup of 18 Brumaire ending the Directory government, and becoming First Consul of the successor (Consulate Government).

1851 Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape.

1862 American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed.

1906 Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.

1923 In Munich, Germany, police and government troops crush the Beer Hall Putsch in Bavaria. The failed coup is the work of the Nazis.

1940 Warsaw is awarded the Virtuti Militari.

1953 Cambodia gains independence from France.

1970 Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes 6-3 against hearing a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war.

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Famous Birthdays on November 9

1731 Benjamin Banneker

1934 Carl Sagan

1970 Chris Jericho

1974 Alessandro Del Piero

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Famous Deaths on November 9

1937 Ramsay MacDonald

1940 Neville Chamberlain

1970 Charles de Gaulle

2005 K. R. Narayanan

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