Here are the major events that occurred on September 9:
- 1901 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, a French painter and lithographer known for depicting characters from nightlife and cabaret in Paris, passed away.
- 1976 - Mao Zedong, the leader of the Chinese revolution who proclaimed the People’s Republic of China in 1949 in Beijing, died. His ideas were encapsulated in the "Little Red Book," which was studied by millions during the Cultural Revolution in China.
- 1996 - Hutu rebels killed Roman Catholic Archbishop of Burundi, Joachim Ruhuna, in an ambush.
- 1999 - A massive explosion destroyed a residential building on the banks of the river in southeastern Moscow, resulting in 94 fatalities.
- 2001 - Ahmad Shah Masood, a guerrilla leader fighting against the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan, was injured when a suicide attacker detonated himself in his office in northern Afghanistan. He succumbed to his injuries on September 14.
- 2002 - In India, the Rajdhani Express train, traveling from Kolkata to New Delhi, derailed on a bridge near Rafiganj in Bihar, leading to at least 126 deaths and injuring 200 others.
- 2003 - The Archdiocese of Boston agreed to pay up to $85 million to settle lawsuits filed by hundreds of individuals who claimed they were sexually abused by clergy.
- 2005 - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak won a fifth six-year term with 88.6% of the vote in the country’s first multi-candidate presidential election, which had a voter turnout of only 23%.
- 2009 - The Dubai Metro, the first urban railway network in the Gulf emirate, was inaugurated.
- 2015 - Queen Elizabeth II of Britain became the longest-reigning monarch in the United Kingdom.
