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Historical Events on September 9 (Part 2)

Events 201 - 211 of 211

  • 2019 Nigerian government says it will repatriate 600 people from South Africa after two people killed in wave of xenophobic violence in Johannesburg

Event of Interest

2019 Poet John Milton's own copy of Shakespeare's First Folio of 1623 has survived with his annotations according to scholar Jason Scott-Warren in Philadelphia library, could be world's most important modern literary discovery

  • 2019 Scientist reveal evidence of humans earliest milk consumption, 6,000 years ago from the dental plaque of teeth of prehistoric farmers from Britain

Event of Interest

2020 Donald Trump purposely downplayed the pandemic in early 2020 to avoid panic according to Bob Woodward's new book "Rage"

  • 2020 Global death toll from COVID-19 passes 900,000 with the US the most deaths at 190,589
  • 2020 San Francisco Bay area blanketed by dark orange skies and smoke due to California wildfires
  • 2021 17 hospital patients die after heavy rainfall and flooding in Tula, central Mexico

Sports History

2021 Tom Brady becomes first player in NFL history to start 300 regular season games as he guides Tampa Bay Buccaneers to an opening day 31-29 win at home to Dallas Cowboys

  • 2021 US 2021 summer the hottest on record with average 74 degrees Fahrenheit, overtaking record set in 1936, during the Dust Bowl [1]

COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 US President Joe Biden announces widespread COVID-19 vaccine mandates for federal workers, contractors and large employers affecting 100 million people [1]

  • 2023 G2 summit begins in New Delhi, India: African Union invited to become a permanent member and statement on war in Ukraine condemns use of force to grab territory [1]