About November 9th

Sun Sign
♏ Scorpio
Water · Pluto
resourceful, powerful, brave, passionate
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Birthstone
Citrine
Golden yellow
Abundance, joy, mental clarity
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Birth Flower
Chrysanthemum
Peony
Loyalty, longevity, joy
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Celtic Tree
Reed
Ngetal
purposeful, inquisitive, truth-seeking, fearless
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245 Notable deaths

Top causes of death

14 Myocardial Infarction
7 Cancer
5 Disease
4 Gunshot Wound
4 Stroke

Top death years

9 2024
6 2006
5 1968
5 1942
5 1976

Deaths by gender

201 Male
43 Female

Top death places

10 Paris
8 New York City
7 Los Angeles
6 Moscow
5 Madrid

Top 5 notable deaths.

Charles de Gaulle

French general and statesman (1890–1970).

Born November 22nd, 1890 in Lille. [ref]

Died November 9th, 1970 at 79 years old in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises (aneurysm). [ref]

Neville Chamberlain

Prime minister of the united kingdom from 1937 to 1940.

Born March 18th, 1869 in Birmingham.

Died November 9th, 1940 at 71 years old in Reading (colorectal cancer).

Ibn Saud

Founder and first king of saudi arabia (r. 1932–1953).

Born January 15th, 1876 in Riyadh.

Died November 9th, 1953 at 77 years old in Ta'if (myocardial infarction).

Dylan Thomas

Welsh poet and writer (1914–1953).

Born October 27th, 1914 in Swansea. [ref]

Died November 9th, 1953 at 39 years old in New York City (pneumonia). [ref]

Har Gobind Khorana

Indian-american molecular biologist (1922-2011).

Born January 9th, 1922 in Raipur. [ref]

Died November 9th, 2011 at 89 years old in Concord (disease). [ref]

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Top birth years

12 1979
11 1984
10 1973
10 1981
10 1983

Birthdays by gender

385 Male
142 Female

Top birth places

8 London
7 Chicago
7 Berlin
5 Barcelona
5 Budapest

Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs