What Happened In October 2009 In History

Historical Events for October, 2009

• 1st » The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
• 3rd » The presidents of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey sign the Nakhchivan Agreement on the Establishment of Turkic Council.
• 10th » Armenia and Turkey sign protocols in Zurich, Switzerland to open their borders.
• 25th » The 25 October 2009 Baghdad bombings kills 155 and wounds at least 721.
• 28th » The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.
• 28th » NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its later-cancelled Constellation program.

Famous Deaths for October 2009

• 1st » Cintio Vitier, Cuban poet and author (b. 1921)
• 3rd » Fatima el-Sharif, Libyan wife of Idris of Libya (b. 1911)
• 4th » Gerhard Kaufhold, German footballer (b. 1928)
• 4th » Günther Rall, German general and pilot (b. 1918)
• 4th » Mercedes Sosa, Argentinian singer and activist (b. 1935)
• 5th » Mike Alexander (musician) e.g Mike Alexander, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Evile) (b. 1977)
• 6th » Douglas Campbell (actor) known as Douglas Campbell, Scottish-Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 7th » Irving Penn, American photographer (b. 1917)
• 9th » Stuart M. Kaminsky, American author and educator (b. 1934)
• 9th » Horst Szymaniak, German footballer (b. 1934)
• 10th » Stephen Gately, Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (Boyzone) (b. 1976)
• 11th » Angelo DiGeorge, American physician and endocrinologist (b. 1922)
• 11th » Veronika Neugebauer, German actress (b. 1968)
• 12th » Dickie Peterson American singer-songwriter and bass player (Blue Cheer) (b. 1948)
• 12th » Frank Vandenbroucke (cyclist) called Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist (b. 1974)
• 13th » Stephen Barnett, American scholar (b. 1935)
• 13th » Grietje Jansen-Anker, Dutch super-centenarian (b. 1897)
• 13th » Al Martino, American singer and actor (b. 1927)
• 14th » Lou Albano, Italian-American wrestler, manager, and actor (b. 1933)
• 14th » Martyn Sanderson, New Zealand actor and screenwriter (b. 1938)
• 14th » Collin Wilcox (actress) named Collin Wilcox, American actress (b. 1935)
• 15th » Heinz Versteeg, Dutch-German footballer (b. 1939)
• 17th » Norma Fox Mazer, American author and educator (b. 1931)
• 17th » Vic Mizzy, American composer (b. 1916)
• 18th » Adriaan Kortlandt, Dutch ethologist (b. 1918)
• 19th » Howard Unruh, American murderer (b. 1921)
• 19th » Joseph Wiseman, Canadian-American actor (b. 1918)
• 22nd » Don Lane, American-Australian actor, singer, and talk show host (b. 1933)
• 22nd » Soupy Sales, American comedian and actor (b. 1926)
• 26th » Teel Bivins, American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Ambassador to Sweden (b. 1947)
• 26th » George Naʻope, American singer (b. 1928)
• 26th » Troy Smith (businessman) known as Troy Smith, American businessman, founded Sonic Drive-In (b. 1922)
• 27th » John David Carson, American actor (b. 1952)
• 27th » August Coppola, American academic and author (b. 1934)
• 27th » David Shepherd (umpire) or David Shepherd, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1940)
• 28th » Taylor Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1990)
• 30th » Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist and ethnologist (b. 1908)
• 31st » Mustafa Mahmud, Egyptian physician and author (b. 1921)
• 31st » Tom Wheatcroft, English businessman, founded the Donington Grand Prix Exhibition (b. 1922)
• 31st » Qian Xuesen, Chinese scientist (b. 1911)

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