Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/November 9

Births

 * 1664 - Henry Wharton, English writer (d. 1695)
 * 1731 - Benjamin Banneker, American scientist (d. 1806)
 * 1886 - Ed Wynn, American actor (d. 1966)
 * 1914 - Hedy Lamarr, Austrian actress and inventor (d. 2000)
 * 1915 - Sargent Shriver, American politician (d. 2011)
 * 1918 - Spiro Agnew, Vice President of the United States (d. 1996) (pictured)
 * 1928 - Anne Sexton, American poet (d. 1974)

Deaths

 * 1937 - Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1866)
 * 1940 - Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1869)
 * 1953 - Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and author (b. 1914)
 * 1970 - Charles de Gaulle, President of France (b. 1890)
 * 1991 - Yves Montand, French actor (b. 1921)
 * 2003 - Art Carney, American actor (b. 1918)