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On this day — November 9

A hand-curated thread of what happened on this date, across centuries.

2023

Milestone

U.S. surgeons at NYU Langone Health announce the world's first whole eye transplant.

2020

Politics

Second Nagorno-Karabakh War

An armistice agreement is signed by Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia.

2014

Milestone

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.

2012

Milestone

A train carrying liquid fuel crashes and bursts into flames in northern Myanmar

killing 27 people and injuring 80 others.

2012

Milestone

At least 27 people are killed and dozens are wounded in conflicts between inmates and guards at Welikada prison in Colombo.

2011

Milestone

The first national test of the Emergency Alert System is activated in the United States at 2:00 p.m

EST.

2005

Milestone

The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

2005

Milestone

Suicide bombers attack three hotels in Amman

Jordan, killing at least 60 people.

2004

Disaster

Firefox 1.0 is released.

2000

Milestone

Uttarakhand officially becomes the 27th state of India

formed from thirteen districts of northwestern Uttar Pradesh.

1999

Milestone

TAESA Flight 725 crashes after takeoff from Uruapan International Airport in Uruapan

Michoacán, Mexico, killing all 18 people on board.

1998

Milestone

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.

1998

Milestone

Capital punishment in the United Kingdom

already abolished for murder, is completely abolished for all remaining capital offences.

1994

Science

The chemical element darmstadtium is discovered.

1993

Politics

Stari Most, the "old bridge" in the Bosnian city of Mostar

built in 1566, collapses after several days of bombing by Croat forces during the Croat–Bosniak War.