What happened on November 9 ?

959 - Constantine VII, Byzantine Emperor (b. 905)

1187 - Emperor Gaozong of China (b. 1107)

1208 - Sancha of Castile, wife of Alfonso II of Aragon (b. 1155)

1504 - King Ferdinand II of Aragon (b. 1452)

1623 - William Camden, English historian (b. 1551)

1641 - Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand, Governor of the Netherlands and Bishop of Toledo

1766 - Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (b. 1692)

1770 - John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician

1778 - Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian artist (b. 1720)

1809 - Paul Sandby, English cartographer and painter (b. 1725)

1848 - Robert Blum, German politician and member of the National Assembly (executed) (b. 1810)

1888 - Mary Jane Kelly, final victim of the infamous Whitechapel serial killer known as Jack the Ripper (b. 1863)

1911 - Howard Pyle, American author and illustrator (b. 1853)

1918 - Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet (b. 1880)

1937 - Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1866)

1938 - Vasily Blyukher, Soviet military commander (b.1889)

1940 - Stephen Peter Alencastre, Portuguese Catholic prelate (b. 1876)

1940 - Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1869)

1942 - Edna May Oliver, American actress (b. 1883)

1944 - Frank Marshall, American chess player (b. 1877)

1951 - Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-born composer (b. 1887)

1952 - Chaim Weizmann, first President of Israel (b. 1874)

1953 - Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and author (b. 1914)

1957 - Peter O'Connor, Irish athlete (b. 1872)

1970 - Charles de Gaulle, President of France (b. 1890)

1971 - Maude Fealy, American stage and film actor (b. 1881)

1988 - John N. Mitchell, United States Attorney General and convicted Watergate criminal (b. 1913)

1991 - Yves Montand, French actor (b. 1921)

1997 - Helenio Herrera, French football player and manager

1998 - Ursula Reit, German actress from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (b. 1914)

2000 - Hugh Paddick, British actor (b. 1915)

2002 - William Schutz, psychologist

2003 - Art Carney, American actor (b. 1918)

2003 - Gordon Onslow Ford, English painter (b. 1912)

2004 - Iris Chang, American author (b. 1968

2005 - K. R. Narayanan, President of India (b. 1921)