9th November: Today In History

Today is Monday, November 9th, the 313 day of 2015. There are 52 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History;

Birthdays:
1841 King Edward VII
1909 Katherine Hepburn, Hollywood superstar & four times 'Oscar' winner
1926 Hugh Leonard, Playwright
1934 Ronald Harwood, Playwright, novelist and biographer
1934 Carl Sagan, American astrophysicist and author (COSMOS)
1937 Roger McGough, Poet and member of the 'Scaffold' Pop group
1942 Tom Weiskopf, American golfer; won the 1973 British Open
1944 Phil May, Of the Pop group 'Pretty Thimgs'

Events:
1859 The punishment of 'Flogging',was abolished by the British Army
1908 Britains first woman Mayor,Elizabeth Anderson was elected at Aldeburgh,Suffolk
1922 The German SS was formed
1940 Neville Chamberlain prime minister from 1937 to 1940, died
1953 The Welsh poet Dylan Thomas died in New York aged 39
1960 J F Kennedy was elected as American president,becoming the youngest ever, at the age of 43
1970 General Charles de Gaulle,former leader of the 'Free French'army and President of France from 1958 to 1969, died
1991 The rescheduled SDP Governorship primaries in Lagos hold.
1999 Federal Government threatens to impose emergency rule on states plagued by violent conflicts.