Births On ( 9th)
- 1763 - "William Cobbett, English writer of 'Rural Rides'"
- 1892 - "Victoria Sackville-West, English novelist and poet"
- 1918 - "Mickey Spillane, American novelist"
- 1934 - "Yuri Gagarin, First man in space"
- 1943 - "Bobby Fischer, Former world chess champion"
- 1945 - "Procul Harum, (Real name Robin Trower), Pop Singer"
- 1945 - "Micky Dolenz, Singer with the 'Monkees'"
- 1952 - "Bill Beaumont, Sports broadcaster and former rugby player"
Events On ( 9th)
- 1796 - French leader Napoleon Bonaparte married Josephine
- 1831 - King Louis Philippe founded the French Foreign Legion
- 1862 - "The first battle between iron clad warships took place, during the American Civil War"
- 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell filed his patent for the first telephone
- 1932 - Eamon de Valera was elected President of the republic of Ireland
- 1946 - "33 people died & four hundred were injured when barriers collapsed at an FA cup game at Bolton, Lancashire"
- 1987 - "Bobby Locke, the well known South African golfer, died"
- 1994 - "The IRA fired motar bombs at Heathrow airport, but they failed to explode"