WHAT HAPPENED ON 9. OCTOBER
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World War II: Battle of Britain – During a night-time air raid by the German Luftwaffe, St. Paul's Cathedral in the City of London, England is hit by a bomb. (9. October 1940)

A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president. (9. October 1941)

Statute of Westminster 1931 formalises Australian autonomy. (9. October 1942)

The last day of the October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps forces withdraw back across the Matanikau River after destroying most of the Imperial Japanese Army's 4th Infantry Regiment. (9. October 1942)

Parade in NYC for Fleet Admiral Nimitz and 13 USN/USMC Medal of Honor recipients (9. October 1945)

Goyang Geumjeong Cave Massacre started. (9. October 1950)

Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm. (9. October 1962)

In northeast Italy, over 2,000 people are killed when a large landslide behind the Vajont Dam causes a giant wave of water to overtop it. (9. October 1963)

Vietnam War: Binh Tai Massacre (9. October 1966)

Vietnam War: Diên Niên - Phước Bình massacre (9. October 1966)

A day after being captured, Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia. (9. October 1967)

In Chicago, the United States National Guard is called in for crowd control as demonstrations continue in connection with the trial of the "Chicago Eight" that began on September 24. (9. October 1969)

The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia. (9. October 1970)

Pope John Paul II shakes hands with the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City. (9. October 1980)

Princess Caroline of Monaco divorces Philippe Junot. (9. October 1980)

Abolition of capital punishment in France. (9. October 1981)

Rangoon bombing: attempted assassination of South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan during an official visit to Rangoon, Burma. Chun survives but the blast kills 17 of his entourage, including four cabinet ministers, and injures 17 others. Four Burmese officials also die in the blast. (9. October 1983)

The musical The Phantom of the Opera has its first performance at Her Majesty's Theatre in London. (9. October 1986)

An official news agency in the Soviet Union reports the landing of a UFO in Voronezh. (9. October 1989)

Ecuador becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. (9. October 1991)