Today’s anniversaries: what happened on October 9

Today’s anniversaries: what happened on October 9

October 9, 2024 – 07:00

Learn everything that happened on a day like today throughout history.

Each October 9 historical events are remembered that have marked over time. Some are the birth of people who have caused a impact on societyand in other cases they are their death. In addition, days such as World Post Day are celebrated, in memory of the founding in Bern (Switzerland) of the Universal Postal Union.

It is also celebrated National Park Ranger Daythose in charge of conserving the country’s most varied ecosystems on the ground, protecting the native flora and fauna, rivers and lakes and caring for the people who visit the protected areas. This day is celebrated in commemoration of the date in 1934 when the Directorate of National Parks and the first two protected natural areas in Argentina were launched.

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What happened on a day like today, October 9

  • 1939: Birth of Ernesto Acher, musician.
  • 1940: Birth of John Lennon, member of The Beatles.
  • 1946: Birth of Carlos López Puccio, multi-instrumentalist.
  • 1958: Death of Pope Pius XII, the most controversial of the 20th century.
  • 1967: Execution of Che Guevara in the Bolivian town of La Higuera.
  • 2007: The first Argentine priest was convicted of crimes against humanity: Von Wernich, convicted of genocide.
  • 2008: Death of Nicolás Casullo, Argentine intellectual.
  • World Post Day
  • National Park Ranger Day

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