Monday, November 9, 2026
ephemeris of the day
Name day
Today's name day is:
Theodore
Astrological sign: Scorpio (October 23 - November 22)
Festivals and international days on November 9:
- Cambodia Independence Day
See also: November 8 - November 10 - All days of 2026
November 1-30: Movember, the moustache celebration
November 5-15: Mar del Plata Film Festival (Argentina)
November 5-15, 2026: Thessaloniki Film Festival (Greece)
November 8-15: WTA Finals, Indian Wells (United States)
November 9-20: COP31, United Nations Climate Change Conference, Antalya (Turkey)
November 9-15: Zagreb Film Festival (Croatia)
November 9, 1918: Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates, and the Weimar Republic is proclaimed two days before the end of the First World War.
November 9, 1938: The Nazis organize Kristallnacht in Germany, presented as a spontaneous reaction by the population but in fact ordered by Hitler; nearly two hundred synagogues and Jewish places of worship are destroyed, along with 7,500 shops and businesses.
November 9, 1989: The Berlin Wall falls after Günter Schabowski, the East German Central Committee secretary responsible for media, announces at a press conference that private travel abroad will no longer require documentation.
November 9, 2005: The European Space Agency launches the Venus Express probe to study the planet from orbit.