On This Day for October 9 - First Afghan presidential elections, Charles X is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. October 09 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Charles X READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 2004 First Afghan presidential elections READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2012: A Taliban gunman shot 15-year-old Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, a vocal opponent of the ultraconservative group's prohibition on the education of girls; despite being struck in the head, she survived the assassination attempt. [ Read about six teenagers, including Malala Yousafzai, who made history.] 2001: The United Service Organizations (USO) appointed entertainer Wayne Newton as its official celebrity front man, replacing Bob Hope, who had served in that capacity since the early 1950s. 1888: Built between 1848 and 1884 and dedicated in 1885, the Washington Monument—a marble-faced granite obelisk that honours the first U.S. president, George Washington—opened to the public in Washington, D.C. [ Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about U.S. presidents.] 1997: Italian playwright Dario Fo was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. [Test your knowledge of Nobel laureates in literature.] 1990: David Souter took his seat as a U.S. Supreme Court associate justice. [ Why are there nine justices on the U.S. Supreme Court?] 1982: Anna Freud, psychoanalyst, author, and daughter of Sigmund Freud, died in London. [Take our famous authors quiz.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1940 John Lennon British musician 1966 David Cameron prime minister of United Kingdom 1948 Jackson Browne American musician 1969 PJ Harvey British singer-songwriter and guitarist 1813 Giuseppe Verdi Italian composer 1969 Steve McQueen British director, screenwriter, and artist SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2020 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help