October 9: On This Progressive DayFounder of Rhode Island Roger Williams is banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident (1635)
The Great Chicago Fire is brought under control (1871)
'Say it ain't so, Joe' - Chicago Black Sox scandal: The Cincinnati Reds "win" the World Series (1919)
The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia (1970)
North Korea tests its first nuclear device (2006)
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to President B. Hussein Obama "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples" (2009)
At Andrews Air Force Base in Prince George's County, Maryland, President B. Hussein Obama plays his 52nd round of golf as POTUS (2010)
President B. Hussein Obama revels the House Democratic Caucus (2013)
b: Harry Dexter White (1892), E. Howard Hunt (1918), John Lennon (1940), Bo (2008); d: John McBride (1917), Che Guevara (1967)
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