So you want to have a drink but you aren't sure why? Here are some GREAT reasons to call your friends over and have a party.

November 9th


- Birthday of Muhammad Iqbal (Pakistan)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Day of the Skulls or Dia de los ñatitas (Bolivia)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Cambodia from France in 1953.
- Inventor's Day (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
- Schicksalstag (Germany)
- World Freedom Day (United States)

November 9th


- 2010 - Prominent Warwickian Sean Houlihan attended his first all-you-can-eat pizza buffet in Vernon, NJ.
- 2007 - The German Bundestag passes the controversial data retention bill mandating storage of citizens' telecommunications traffic data for six months without probable cause.
- 2005 - The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
- 2005 - Suicide bombers attacked three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing at least 60 people.
- 1998 - A US federal judge ordered 37 US brokerage houses to pay 1.03 billion USD to cheated NASDAQ investors to compensate for price-fixing. This is the largest civil settlement in United States history.
- 1998 - Capital punishment in the United Kingdom, already abolished for murder, is completely abolished for all remaining capital offences.
- 1994 - The chemical element Darmstadtium is discovered.
- 1993 - Stari most, the "old bridge" in Bosnian Mostar built in , collapses after several days of bombing.
- 1990 - Mary Robinson is elected Ireland's first female President.
- 1989 - Cold War: Fall of the Berlin Wall. Communist-controlled East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall allowing its citizens to travel to West Germany. This key event led to the eventual reunification of East and West Germany.
- 1985 - Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating Anatoly Karpov, also of the Soviet Union.
- 1979 - Nuclear false alarm: the NORAD computers and the Alternate National Military Command Center in Fort Ritchie, Maryland detected purported massive Soviet nuclear strike. After reviewing the raw data from satellites and checking the early warning radars, the alert is cancelled.
- 1970 - Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes 6 to 3 against hearing a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war.
- 1967 - Apollo program: NASA launches the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft atop the first Saturn V rocket from Cape Kennedy, Florida.
- 1967 - First issue of Rolling Stone Magazine is published.
- 1965 - Several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours in the Northeast Blackout of 1965.
- 1965 - Catholic Worker member Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building.
- 1963 - At Miike coal mine, Miike, Japan, an explosion kills 458, and hospitalises 839 with carbon monoxide poisoning. Also, in Japan, a three-train disaster occurs in Yokohama, kills more than 160 people.
- 1960 - Robert McNamara is named president of Ford Motor Co., the first non-Ford to serve in that post. A month later, he quit to join the newly-elected John F. Kennedy administration.
- 1953 - Cambodia becomes independent from France.
- 1947 - Junagadh is annexed as to Indian military intervention.
- 1940 - Warsaw is awarded the Virtuti Militari.
- 1938 - Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath dies from the fatal gunshot wounds of Jewish resistance fighter Herschel Grynszpan, an act which the Nazis used as an excuse to instigate the 1938 national pogrom, also known as Kristallnacht.
- 1937 - Japanese troops take control of Shanghai, China.
- 1935 - The Congress of Industrial Organizations is founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey by eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor.
- 1932 - Riots between conservative and socialist supporters in Switzerland kill 12 and injure 60.
- 1923 - In Munich, Germany, police and government troops crush the Beer Hall Putsch in Bavaria. The failed coup is the work of the Nazis.
- 1921 - Albert Einstein is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work with the photoelectric effect.
- 1918 - Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.
- 1917 - Joseph Stalin enters the provisional government of Bolshevik Russia.
- 1914 - SMS Emden sunk by HMAS Sydney in the Battle of Cocos.
- 1913 - The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the lakes, destroys 19 ships and kills more than 250 people.
- 1907 - The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
- 1906 - Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
- 1888 - Jack the Ripper kills Mary Jane Kelly, his last known victim.
- 1887 - The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
- 1872 - The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
- 1867 - Tokugawa Shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.
- 1862 - American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed.
- 1861 - The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College, University of Toronto.
- 1857 - The Atlantic founded in Boston.
- 1851 - Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape.
- 1848 - Robert Blum, a German revolutionary, is executed in Vienna.
- 1799 - Napoleon Bonaparte leads the Coup d'état of 18 Brumaire ending the Directory government, and becoming one of its three Consuls (Consulate Government).
- 1793 - William Carey reaches the Hooghly River.
- 1791 - Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen.
- 1764 - Mary Campbell, a captive of the Lenape during the French and Indian War, is turned over to forces commanded by Colonel Henry Bouquet.
- 1729 - Spain, France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Seville.
- 1720 - The synagogue of Yehudah he-Hasid is burned down by Arab creditors, leading to the expulsion of the Ashkenazim from Jerusalem.
- 1697 - Pope Innocent XII founds the city of Cervia.
- 1688 - The Glorious Revolution: William of Orange captures Exeter.
- 1620 - Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
- 1520 - More than 50 people are sentenced and executed in the Stockholm Bloodbath
- 1494 - The Family de' Medici were expelled from Florence.
- 1492 - Peace of Etaples between Henry VII and Charles VIII.
- 1456 - Ulrich II of Celje (Slovene: Ulrik Celjski, German Ulrich von Cilli, Hungarian: Cillei Ulrik), last prince of Celje principality, was assassinated in Belgrade.
- 1330 - Battle of Posada, Wallachian Voievode Basarab I defeats the Hungarian army in an ambush
- 1313 - Louis the Bavarian defeats his cousin Frederick I of Austria at the Battle of Gamelsdorf.
- 1282 - Pope Martin IV excommunicates King Peter III of Aragon.
- 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery.

November 9th


- 1988 - Nikki Blonsky, American actress
- 1985 - Bakary Soumare, Malian footballer
- 1985 - Ku Hye Sun, South Korean actress
- 1984 - Delta Goodrem, Australian singer
- 1984 - Seven, South Korean singer
- 1984 - Joel Zumaya, American baseball player
- 1983 - Jennifer Ayache, French singer (Superbus)
- 1983 - Rob Elloway, English-German rugby player
- 1981 - Lyn, K-pop singer
- 1981 - Scottie Thompson, American actress
- 1980 - James Harper, English footballer
- 1980 - Dominique Maltais, Quebec snowboarder
- 1980 - Vanessa Minnillo, Filipino television personality
- 1979 - Adam Dunn, American baseball player
- 1979 - Martin Taylor, English footballer
- 1978 - Steven López, American taekwondo martial artist
- 1978 - Sisqó, American singer (Dru Hill)
- 1977 - Chris Morgan, English footballer
- 1974 - Alessandro Del Piero, Italian footballer
- 1974 - Joe C., American rapper (d. 2000)
- 1974 - Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Italian Actress
- 1973 - Alyson Court, Canadian actress
- 1973 - Nick Lachey, American singer
- 1973 - Gabrielle Miller, Canadian actress
- 1973 - Zisis Vryzas, Greek footballer
- 1972 - Eric Dane, American actor
- 1972 - Doug Russell, American sports radio and television personality
- 1972 - Corin Tucker, American musician (Sleater-Kinney)
- 1971 - David Duval, American golfer
- 1971 - Melinda Kinnaman, Swedish actress
- 1971 - Big Punisher, American rapper (d. 2000)
- 1970 - Domino, American music producer
- 1970 - Bill Guerin, American ice hockey player.
- 1970 - Guido Görtzen, Dutch volleyball player
- 1970 - Nelson Diebel, American swimmer
- 1970 - Chris Jericho, Canadian wrestler and musician (Fozzy)
- 1970 - Scarface, American rapper
- 1970 - Susan Tedeschi, American musician
- 1969 - Allison Wolfe, American musician (Bratmobile, Cold Cold Hearts, Partyline)
- 1968 - Nazzareno Carusi, Italian pianist
- 1967 - Ricky Otto, English footballer
- 1965 - Bryn Terfel, Welsh baritone
- 1964 - Robert Duncan McNeill, American actor
- 1964 - Sandra "Pepa" Denton, American musician (Salt-N-Pepa)
- 1963 - Fulvio Fantoni, Italian bridge player
- 1962 - Teryl Rothery, Canadian actress
- 1961 - Jill Dando, British television presenter (d. 1999)
- 1960 - Joëlle Ursull, Guadeloupean singer
- 1960 - Andreas Brehme, German footballer
- 1959 - Thomas Quasthoff, German singer
- 1959 - Tony Slattery, British actor
- 1959 - Nick Hamilton, American wrestling referee
- 1959 - Sito Pons, Spanish motorbike racer
- 1955 - Bob Nault, French Canadian politician
- 1955 - Karen Dotrice, British actress
- 1955 - Fernando Meirelles, Brazilian film director
- 1954 - Sue Upton, English actress and dancer
- 1954 - Dennis Stratton, British musician, (Iron Maiden, Praying Mantis)
- 1953 - Gaétan Hart, Canadian boxer
- 1952 - Sherrod Brown, American politician, junior senator of Ohio
- 1951 - Lou Ferrigno, American bodybuilder and star of The Incredible Hulk
- 1951 - Bill Mantlo, American comic book writer
- 1948 - Michel Pagliaro, Quebec singer
- 1948 - Bille August, Danish film and television director
- 1948 - Henrik S. Järrel, Swedish politician
- 1948 - Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazilian football manager
- 1947 - Robert David Hall, American actor
- 1946 - Benny Mardones, American pop singer and songwriter (Into the Night)
- 1944 - Phil May, English singer (The Pretty Things)
- 1942 - Tom Weiskopf, American golfer
- 1941 - Tom Fogerty, American musician (Creedence Clearwater Revival) (d. 1990)
- 1939 - Paul Cameron, American psychologist
- 1938 - Ti-Grace Atkinson, American feminist author
- 1937 - Roger McGough, English poet
- 1937 - Clyde Wells, Canadian politician
- 1936 - Daniel Robert Graham, American politician
- 1936 - Mikhail Tal, Latvian chess player (d. 1992)
- 1936 - Teddy Infuhr, American former child actor (d. 2007)
- 1936 - Mary Travers, American singer and songwriter (Peter, Paul and Mary) (d. 2009)
- 1935 - Bob Gibson, American baseball player
- 1934 - Ingvar Carlsson, Swedish politician
- 1934 - Ronald Harwood, South African author and playwright
- 1934 - Carl Sagan, American astronomer and writer (d. 1996)
- 1933 - Jim Perry, American and Canadian television host
- 1931 - Whitey Herzog, American baseball player
- 1929 - Marc Favreau, French Canadian humourist (d. 2005)
- 1929 - Imre Kertész, Hungarian writer, Nobel laureate
- 1928 - Anne Sexton, American poet (d. 1974)
- 1926 - Dominguín, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1996)
- 1925 - Sir Alistair Horne, British historian
- 1924 - Robert Frank, Swiss Photographer
- 1923 - Alice Coachman, American athlete
- 1923 - Dorothy Dandridge, American actress (d. 1965)
- 1922 - Raymond Devos, French humorist (d. 2006)
- 1922 - Imre Lakatos, Hungarian philosopher (d. 1974)
- 1921 - Viktor Chukarin, Soviet gymnast (d. 1984)
- 1921 - Pierrette Alarie, Canadian soprano
- 1920 - Byron De La Beckwith, American assassin, white supremacist (d. 2001)
- 1918 - Choi Hong Hi, Co-Founder of Taekwon-Do (d. 2002)
- 1918 - Spiro Agnew, 39th Vice President of the United States (d. 1996)
- 1918 - Thomas Ferebee, Enola Gay bombardier over Hiroshima (d. 2000)
- 1915 - André François, French cartoonist (d. 2005)
- 1915 - Sargent Shriver, American politician
- 1914 - Thomas Berry, American theologian and deep ecologist (d. 2009)
- 1914 - Hedy Lamarr, Austrian actress and inventor (d. 2000)
- 1911 - Tabish Dehlvi, Pakistani poet (d. 2004)
- 1906 - Arthur Rudolph, German rocket engineer (d. 1996)
- 1905 - Erika Mann, German writer (d. 1969)
- 1904 - Viktor Brack, Nazi physician (d. 1948)
- 1902 - Anthony Asquith, British film director (d. 1968)
- 1897 - Harvey Hendrick, American baseball player (d. 1941)
- 1897 - Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1978)
- 1895 - Mae Marsh, American actress (d. 1968)
- 1890 - George Regas, Greek actor (d. 1940)
- 1889 - Jean Monnet, French internationalist (d. 1979)
- 1886 - S. O. Davies, Welsh politician (d. 1972)
- 1886 - Ed Wynn, American actor (d. 1966)
- 1885 - Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian writer (d. 1922)
- 1885 - Hermann Weyl, German mathematician (d. 1955)
- 1885 - Theodor Kaluza, German scientist (d. 1954)
- 1885 - Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor (d. 1952)
- 1883 - Edna May Oliver, American actress (d. 1942)
- 1880 - Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect and designer (d. 1960)
- 1879 - Milan Šufflay, Croatian politician (d. 1931)
- 1879 - Jen? Bory, Hungarian architect (d. 1959)
- 1878 - An Chang-ho, Korean independence activist (d. 1938)
- 1877 - Enrico De Nicola, 1st President of the Italian Republic (d. 1959)
- 1877 - Allama Iqbal, British Indian poet and politician (d. 1938)
- 1874 - Albert Francis Blakeslee, American botanist (d. 1954)
- 1873 - Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist (d. 1941)
- 1872 - Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian writer and poet (d. 1941)
- 1869 - Marie Dressler, Canadian actress (d. 1934)
- 1862 - Gigo Gabashvili, Georgian painter (d. 1936)
- 1853 - Stanford White, American architect (d. 1906)
- 1850 - Louis Lewin, German pharmachologist (d. 1929)
- 1841 - King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (d. 1910)
- 1840 - Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, French Canadian lawyer (d. 1898)
- 1832 - Émile Gaboriau, French writer (d. 1873)
- 1825 - A. P. Hill, American Confederate general (d. 1865)
- 1818 - Ivan Turgenev, Russian writer (d. 1883)
- 1811 - Alexandru Hâjdeu, Russian writer of Romanian origins (d. 1872)
- 1810 - Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon (d. 1887)
- 1802 - Elijah P. Lovejoy, American abolitionist (d. 1837)
- 1799 - Gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden (d. 1877)
- 1732 - Julie de Lespinasse, French aristocrat, hostess and writer (d. 1776)
- 1731 - Benjamin Banneker, African-American astrononomer (d. 1806)
- 1721 - Mark Akenside, English poet and physician (d. 1770)
- 1664 - Henry Wharton, English writer (d. 1695)
- 1606 - Hermann Conring, German intellectual (d. 1681)
- 1522 - Martin Chemnitz, German theologian (d. 1586)
- 1414 - Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg (d. 1486)
- 1389 - Isabella of Valois, queen consort of England (d. 1409)