This Day in History 11/9: Notable Historical Events on 11/9
This day in history 9/11. The most notable events that took place on 9/11 range from historical, political to cultural and social events.
Domestic events taking place on November 9
November 9, 1372:King Tran Nghe Tong abdicated the throne to his younger brother Tran Kinh (later King Tran Due Tong), and retired as the Supreme Emperor.
November 9, 1831:King Minh Mang changed the name of Thang Long to Hanoi.
November 9, 1946:The 1st National Assembly passed the first Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
November 9, 2013:Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung announced that the Law Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam aims to honor the Constitution and laws, and educate the awareness of the rule of law for all people in society.
International events taking place on November 9
November 9, 1799: Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès and Napoleon Bonaparte led the 18 Brumaire coup to replace the Directory with a Consulate as the French government.
November 9, 1818:Birth of Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev, Great Russian Writer
November 9, 1867:The Tokugawa shogunate returned power to the Emperor with the "Taishō-ryō" proclamation, helping to initiate the Meiji Restoration in Japan.
November 9, 1953:Cambodia gained independence from France.
November 9, 1989:The fall of the Berlin Wall ended the division of Germany. Today, the remaining sections of the wall are decorated with many works of art.
November 9, 1994:The chemical element Darmstadtium was first created at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany.
November 9, 2000:The Xia Shang Zhou period major project officially announced the results of the project as "Xia Shang Zhou Chronology".
