Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 9
This is a list of selected September 9 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
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Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
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| Republic Day in North Korea (1948); | neutrality disputed |
| National Grandparents Day (2012) in the United States | refimprove |
| 9 – Germanic Wars: An alliance of Germanic tribes led by Arminius engaged Roman forces led by Publius Quinctilius Varus at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, defeating three of the legions within the next few days. | refimprove sections |
| 1850 – As per the conditions of the Compromise of 1850, California was admitted into the United States as a free state, despite the fact that Southern California was south of the parallel 36°30' north. | refimprove section |
| 1939 – World War II: About 3,000 Polish Army forces began a nearly month-long defence of the Hel Peninsula during the German invasion of Poland. | refimprove |
| 1944 – With the help of the advancing forces of the Soviet Red Army, the Bulgarian government of Konstantin Muraviev was overthrown and replaced with a government of the Fatherland Front. | refimprove |
| 1971 – Inmates seized control of the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York, US, taking 33 guards hostage, before police were able to retake the prison four days later. | irrelevant material |
| 2001 – Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, was assassinated in Afghanistan. | neutrality disputed |
| 2004 – A car bomb exploded outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, killing at least nine people and injuring over 150 others. | refimprove, globalize |
Eligible
- 337 – After disposing of all relatives who possibly held a claim to the throne, Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans jointly became Roman emperors.
- 1141 – Yelü Dashi, the Liao dynasty general who founded the Qara-Khitai, defeated the Seljuq and Kara-Khanid forces at the Battle of Qatwan near Samarkand, present-day Uzbekistan.
- 1513 – War of the League of Cambrai: James IV of Scotland was killed at the Battle of Flodden in Northumberland while leading an invasion of England.
- 1965 – Hurricane Betsy made its second landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana, US, leaving 76 dead and becoming the first hurricane to cause over $1 billion (unadjusted) in damage.
- 1968 – The remainder of the area donated to the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Morris County, New Jersey, was dedicated and it became the United States' first refuge to receive wilderness designation.
- 1969 – The Official Languages Act of Canada came into force, giving both French and English equal status throughout the Canadian national government.
- 2010 – A natural gas pipeline exploded in San Bruno, California, US, creating a "wall of fire more than 1,000 feet (300 m) high".
September 9: Independence Day in Tajikistan (1991)
- 1493 – Ottoman Empire forces defeated the Croatian army at the Battle of Krbava Field.
- 1739 – The Stono Rebellion, at the time the largest slave rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies of British America, erupted near Charleston, South Carolina.
- 1969 – Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 collided in mid-air with a Piper PA-28 Cherokee flown by a student pilot near Fairland, Indiana, US, destroying both planes and killing all occupants.
- 1990 – Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lankan Army massacred at least 184 Tamil refugees in the Batticaloa District.
- 2009 – The Dubai Metro (train pictured), the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula and the world's longest fully automated metro network, was ceremonially inaugurated at 9:09:09 PM.