What Happened On 9th October 1940 In History

Famous Birthdays on October 9 in 1940

• » Gordon J. Humphrey, American pilot and politician
• » John Lennon, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Beatles, The Quarrymen, Plastic Ono Band, and The Dirty Mac) (d. 1980)
• » Joe Pepitone, American baseball player

October 9th Famous Deaths for 1940

• » Wilfred Grenfell, English-American missionary (b. 1865)

October 9th Holidays in History

• » Christian Calendar of saints e.g Feast Day:
• » Denis
• » Dionysius the Areopagite
• » Saint Ghislain or Ghislain
• » John Henry Newman
• » John Leonardi
• » Louis Bertrand (saint) known as Luis Beltran
• » Robert Grosseteste(Anglican)
• » Wilfred Grenfell (Episcopal Church (USA))
• » October 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• » Hangul Day (South Korea)
• » Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uganda from United Kingdom in 1962.
• » Public holidays in Ecuador called Independence of Guayaquil from Spain in 1820 (Guayaquil)
• » Leif Erikson Day (United States, Iceland and Norway)
• » National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust (Romania)
• » Takayama Festival e.g Takayama Autumn Festival (Takayama, Gifu or Takayama)

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