On this day: Queen Elizabeth becomes the longest reigning monarch of the UK in 2015

World historyon this day On this day: Queen Elizabeth becomes the longest reigning monarch of the UK in 2015 Queen Elizabeth Relevant News On this day: Queen Elizabeth becomes the longest reigning monarch of the UK in 2015 9 September 2026 British airport chaos disrupts flights to and from Cyprus (photos+videos) 9 September 2026 Police accused of colluding with criminals; Fytiris vows clean-up 9 September 2026 Newsroom 9 September 2026 FacebookXWhatsAppEmailPrintViber Following are some of the major events which occurred on September 9: 1901 – Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec died. French painter and lithographer, he recorded characters from Parisian cabaret and nightlife. 1976 – Chairman Mao Zedong, Chinese revolutionary leader, died. He proclaimed the People’s Republic of China in 1949 in Beijing. His ideas were set out in the “Little Red Book” studied by tens of millions during China’s Cultural Revolution. 1996 – Hutu rebels murdered the Roman Catholic archbishop of Burundi, Joachim Ruhuna, in an ambush. 1999 – A huge explosion destroyed a riverside apartment block in southeast Moscow killing 94 people. 2001 – Ahmad Shah Masood, the guerrilla commander leading the fight against Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban, was wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up in his office in the far north of Afghanistan. He died of his injuries on Sept. 14. 2002 – In India, the Rajdhani Express, heading to New Delhi from the eastern city of Calcutta, derailed on a bridge near Rafiganj in Bihar state killing at least 126 and injuring 200. 2003 – The Archdiocese of Boston agreed to pay up to $85 million to settle lawsuits filed by hundreds of people who said they were sexually abused by clergy. 2005 – Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak won a fifth six-year term in office with 88.6 percent of votes cast in the country’s first multi-candidate presidential election with a turnout of only 23 percent. 2009 – Dubai Metro opens, the Gulf Emirate’s first urban train network. 2015 – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth becomes longest reigning monarch of United Kingdom. Subscribe to our Newsletter Latest News British airport chaos disrupts flights to and from Cyprus (photos+videos) Police accused of colluding with criminals; Fytiris vows clean-up Tourism boom threatens to erase occupied Akanthou, refugee warns Nicosia Municipality sues over nuisance at former Othello cinema Mavroyiannis weighs 2028 Cyprus presidential run, sources say President’s, officials’ data leak not linked to hacking, assessment finds Israel to shut UK consulate over West Bank settlement trade bans Follow en.philenews on Google News and be the first to know all the news about Cyprus and the world.