The first recorded observation of Kepler's Supernova was on October 9, 1604http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler's_SupernovaHangul Day is a Korean national commemorative dayhttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45455407/hangul-day/The Takayama Festivals in Takayama in Japan started in the 16th to 17th century.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45455414/takayama-festivals/
Vajont Dam tragedy on 9 October 1963http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajont_Dam#Landslide_and_wave
The Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sank on October 9, 1771http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45455432/vrouw-maria/The Lutine was a Magicienne-class frigate that was lost in 1799.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45455423/hms-lutine/
LCROSS impacted the moon on October 9, 2009http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t10078800/lunar-reconnaissance-orbiter/NASA's Juno spacecraft performed a close flyby of Earth on October 9, 2013http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t3131452/juno/Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), Lunar Orbit Insertion Manoeuvre 2 (LOI-2) in 2013http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2013/10021120-ladee-has-finally-left-earth.html
People
Max Theodor Felix von Laue (9 October 1879 - 24 April 1960) was a German physicisthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_von_LaueKarl Schwarzschild (October 9, 1873 - May 11, 1916) was a German physicist.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45455441/karl-schwarzschild-1873-1916/
The first recorded mention of the Prague Astronomical Clock was on 9 October 1410http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t15233239/astronomy-clock/A 'Message from Earth' is a high-powered radio signal that was sent on 9 October 2008http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Message_From_EarthThe Clouds (Nephelai) is a comedy written by the celebrated playwright Aristophaneshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55188833/the-clouds/
NGC Discovered
NGC 209 is a magnitude +12.9 elliptical galaxy discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth on the 9th October 1885.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58728797/ngc-209/NGC 335 is a magnitude +14.0 spiral galaxy discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth on the 9th October 1885.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58728793/ngc-335/NGC 800 is a magnitude +13.1 spiral galaxy discovered by Lewis A. Swift on the 9th October 1885.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58728786/ngc-800/NGC 1097 is a magnitude +10.2 barred spiral galaxy discovered by William Herschel on the 9th October 1790.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t4438535/ngc1097/NGC 1344 is a magnitude +10.4 elliptical galaxy discovered by William Herschel on the 9th October 1790.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58728751/ngc-1344/NGC 1449 is a magnitude +13.4 spiral galaxy discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 9th October 1864.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58728743/ngc-1449/NGC 1451 is a magnitude +13.4 elliptical galaxy discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 9th October 1864.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58728731/ngc-1451/NGC 7347 is a magnitude +13.7 edge-on spiral galaxy discovered by John Herschel on the 9th October 1830.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58728720/ngc-7347/NGC 7381 is a magnitude +14.2 spiral galaxy discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth on the 9th October 1885.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58728704/ngc-7381/NGC 7440 is a magnitude +13.5 barred spiral galaxy discovered by Edouard Stephan on the 9th October 1876.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58728702/ngc-7440/NGC 7656 is a magnitude +13.5 lenticular galaxy discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth on the 9th October 1885.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58728693/ngc-7656/
SN 2006jc was a hypernova that was detected on October 9, 2006http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_2006jc
Asteroid 109 Felicitas was discovered on October 9, 1869http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/109_Felicitas
MeteoritesThe Moorleah (L6) meteorite fell in Tasmania, Australia, on the 9th October 1930.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55129327/moorleah-meteorite/The Jiange (H5) meteorite fell in Sichuan, China, on the 9th October 1964.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45455392/jiange-meteorite/The Peekskill (H6) meteorite fell in New York, USA, on the 9th October 1992.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t9246106/peekskill-meteorite/