At A Glance

9 November 1996 at a glance

Day of the week
9 November 1996 was a Saturday.
Irish Chart Song in 1996
The Irish chart song for 1996 was “Firestarter” by Prodigy.
Top Film of 1996
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1996 was Independence Day.
Star sign
The star sign for 9 November is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 9 November 1996 fell in the Year of the Rat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 9 November 1996 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 9 November

  • 1989 Cold War: Fall of the Berlin Wall: East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall, allowing its citizens to travel to West Berlin.
  • 1994 The chemical element darmstadtium is discovered.
  • 1998 A U.S. federal judge, in the largest civil settlement in American history, orders 37 U.S. brokerage houses to pay US$1.03 billion to cheated NASDAQ investors to compensate for price fixing.
  • 2000 Uttarakhand officially becomes the 27th state of India, formed from thirteen districts of northwestern Uttar Pradesh.
  • 2004 Firefox 1.0 is released.

Famous people born on 9 November

  • Eric Dane, American actor (1972–2026)
  • Edward VII (1841–1910)
  • Delta Goodrem, Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (born 1984)
  • Ryan Murphy, American television writer, producer, and director (born 1965)

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Events of 1996 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '1996 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 5 February – The Football Association of Ireland appointed Mick McCarthy as manager of the Irish football team.
  • 11 March – The Hepatitis Tribunal opened in Dublin.
  • 17 June – The Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland was signed into law, repealing the absolute constitutional prohibition of divorce.

Life in Ireland in 1996

Taoiseach

John Bruton

Petrol (per litre)

£1.72/gal

Loaf of Bread

£0.77

Average House

£53,000

Weekly Wage

£115

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