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Notable anniversaries in history for today: November 9
- 150th: 1874 - Israel Bak, created first hebrew printing press, dies.
- 100th: 1924 - Miriam (Ma) Ferguson becomes governor of Texas.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Carl Sagan in New York City, USA; astronomer/author/professor (Cosmos, Broca's Brain).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Ingvar Carlsson; Prime Minister of Sweden (1986-).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of John Joseph Thomas in Arcadia, California, USA; actor (Young Daniel Boone).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Dah-ve Chodan; actress (Tia - Uncle Buck).
- 40th: 1984 - Most shots in a New York Islanders game - 88 - Islanders 45, New York Rangers 43.
- 40th: 1984 - Vietnam Veterans Memorial ("3 Servicemen") completed.
- 30th: 1994 - The chemical element Darmstadtium is discovered.
- 25th: 1999 - TAESA Flight 725 crashes a few minutes after leaving the Uruapan airport en-route to Mexico City; 18 people are killed in the accident.
- 20th: 2004 - Microsoft releases the Halo 2 video game for the Xbox in the USA. First day sales total 2.4 million units in North America, for US$125 million revenue.
- 20th: 2004 - Mozilla releases the Firefox 1.0 Web broswer. 5.6 million copies are downloaded in the first two weeks.
- 5th: 2019 - The Supreme Court of India awards a holy site in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh to Hindus, rejecting a Muslim claim.
- 5th: 2019 - Cyclone Bulbul kills seven in West Bengal, India and seven in Bangladesh. 2,000,000 people are evacuated.
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