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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_9" title="October 9">October 9</a></b>:  <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Erikson_Day" title="Leif Erikson Day">Leif Erikson Day</a></b>; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(Canada)" title="Thanksgiving (Canada)">Thanksgiving</a></b> in Canada (2023)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1676" title="1676">1676</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonie_van_Leeuwenhoek" title="Antonie van Leeuwenhoek">Antonie van Leeuwenhoek</a></b> wrote a letter to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society" title="Royal Society">Royal Society</a> describing "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animalcule" title="Animalcule">animalcules</a>" – the first known description of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protozoa" title="Protozoa">protozoa</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1740" title="1740">1740</a> – European soldiers and Javanese collaborators <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1740_Batavia_massacre" title="1740 Batavia massacre">massacred Chinese Indonesians</a></b> in the port city of Batavia, modern-day <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakarta" title="Jakarta">Jakarta</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1888" title="1888">1888</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Monument" title="Washington Monument">Washington Monument</a></b>  in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, at the time the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_and_structures" title="List of tallest buildings and structures">world's tallest building</a>, officially opened to the general public.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952" title="1952">1952</a> – A footman <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowsley_Hall_shootings" title="Knowsley Hall shootings">shot and killed two colleagues</a></b> and wounded the lady of the house at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowsley_Hall" title="Knowsley Hall">Knowsley Hall</a>, England.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986" title="1986">1986</a><i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera_(1986_musical)" title="The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)">The Phantom of the Opera</a></b></i>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_theatre" title="Musical theatre">musical</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber" title="Andrew Lloyd Webber">Andrew Lloyd Webber</a> and currently the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_longest-running_Broadway_shows" title="List of the longest-running Broadway shows">longest-running Broadway show in history</a>, opened in London's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_End_theatre" title="West End theatre">West End</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Gaspar_Bachet_de_M%C3%A9ziriac" title="Claude Gaspar Bachet de Méziriac">Claude Gaspar Bachet de Méziriac</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1581); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Constable" title="Henry Constable">Henry Constable</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1613); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazikeda_Kad%C4%B1n_(wife_of_Mehmed_VI)" title="Nazikeda Kadın (wife of Mehmed VI)">Nazikeda Kadın</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1866); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_Boothe_Luce" title="Clare Boothe Luce">Clare Boothe Luce</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1987)</p>