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October 9: Leif Erikson Day; Thanksgiving in Canada (2023) Giardia muris, an example of a protozoan. 1676 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek wrote a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules" – the first known description of protozoa (pictured). 1740 – European soldiers and Javanese collaborators massacred Chinese Indonesians in the port ...
October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 83 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 768 – ...
John Winston Ono Lennon[nb 1] (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician. He gained worldwide fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. His work included music, writing, drawings and film. His songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney remains ...
Isabella Khair Hadid was born on October 9, 1996, in Washington, D.C. [11] [12] [4] Her father, Mohamed Hadid, is a Palestinian real estate developer, while her mother, Yolanda Hadid (née van den Herik), is a Dutch former model. [13] [14] [15] Through her father, Hadid claims descent from Zahir al-Umar, ruler of northern Palestine in the mid ...
www.famousbirthdays.com. Launched. 1996; 28 years ago (1996) (original) Current status. Active. Written in. HTML, JavaScript. Famous Birthdays is an American website based in Santa Monica, California, [1] which is dedicated to cataloging the birthdays of famous people and compiling other facts about them. [2][3]
Jesse Adam Eisenberg (/ ˈaɪzənbɜːrɡ / EYE-zən-burg; born October 5, 1983) [ 1 ] is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received numerous accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. Eisenberg made his television debut with the short-lived comedy-drama series Get Real (1999–2000).
October 7: 1885 – Birth of Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962) 1896 – Death of Emma Wedgwood, English naturalist, wife of Charles Darwin, (b. 1808) 1903 – Death of Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (b. 1832) 1939 – Birth of Harold Kroto, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate.
Jane Krakowski (/ k r ə ˈ k aʊ s k i /; née Krajkowski; born October 11, 1968) is an American actress. [1] [2] She starred as Jenna Maroney in the NBC satirical comedy series 30 Rock (2006–2013, 2020), for which she received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.