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1. Shard Calculation

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Response:

Calculated Shard: 19 (from laksa063)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa019.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2024/10/09/On-This-Day-Obama-wins-Nobel-Peace-Prize/4301728436386/\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2024/10/09/On-This-Day-Obama-wins-Nobel-Peace-Prize/4301728436386/\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

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Wollenberg\/UPI |\nLicense Photo\nOct. 9 (UPI) --\nOn this date in history:\nIn 1888, 40 years after construction began, the Washington Monument opens to the public. Work on the obelisk was halted from 1854 to 1877 due to a lack of funds, internal squabbling within the Washington National Monument Society, and the American Civil War.\nIn 1919, the\nCincinnati Reds\nwon\nthe World Series defeating the\nChicago White Sox\n. Eight members of the White Sox would be accused of intentionally losing games in exchange for money from gamblers in what would become known as the Black Sox Scandal. The players were later found not guilty, though all were banned from the sport for life.\nIn 1931, gangster\nAl Capone\n's Florida spending\ntold at tax evasion trial\n. The government's contention was that if Mr. Capone was \"rich enough to be a moviesque Florida Play-boy, then he certainly must have an income worthy of taxation.\"\nFile Photo by Bill Greenblatt\/UPI\nIn 1931, the Japanese government\nendorsed military action against Manchuria\n. The invasion was one of a series of battles and skirmishes which took place in the run-up to the Second Sino-Japanese War.\nIn 1934,\nKing Alexander\nof Yugoslavia was assassinated by a Croatian terrorist during a state visit to France.\nIn 1967, one day after being captured in the jungles of Bolivia where he was waging a guerrilla war, Marxist revolutionary\nErnesto Che Guevara\n, a leading figure in the\n1959 Cuban revolution\n, is executed by the Bolivian military.\nIn 1975,\nAndrei Sakharov\n, father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, became the first Soviet citizen to win the Nobel Peace Prize.\nIn 1983,\nJames Watt\n, facing U.S. Senate condemnation for a racially insensitive remark,\nresigned\nas U.S. President\nRonald Reagan\n's interior secretary.\nIn 1992, NASA announced that the unmanned\nPioneer spacecraft was apparently lost\nafter orbiting Venus for 14 years.\nFile Image courtesy of NASA\nIn 2009, U.S. President\nBarack Obama\nwas\nawarded the Nobel Peace Prize\nfor his \"extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.\"\nIn 2012,\nMalala Yousafzai\n, an advocate for girls' education in Pakistan and future Nobel Peace Prize winner, survived being\nshot three times\nas she attempted to board a bus to school.\nIn 2020, the United Nations' World Food Program\nwon\nthe Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to fight hunger and bring peace to parts of the world affected by violence.\nIn 2023, a Minnesota farmer's 2,749-pound pumpkin took the top spot at the 50th annual World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off and broke a\nworld record\nfor heaviest pumpkin. The farmer, Travis Gienger, named the pumpkin\nMichael Jordan\n.\nFile Photo by Terry Schmitt\/UPI\nRead More\nUPI Archives: Obama gets Nobel Peace prize, defends war\nUPI Archives: Obama's Nobel Peace Prize remarks","attrs_markdown":"- [U.S. News](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/US\/ \"U.S. News\")\n- [World News](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/ \"World News\")\n  - [Korea Regional Review](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Korea-Regional-Review\/ \"Korea Regional Review\")\n  - [Latin America Region](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/World\/Latin-America\/ \"Latin America Region\")\n- [Odd News](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Odd_News\/ \"Odd News\")\n- [Entertainment](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Entertainment_News\/ \"Entertainment News\")\n  - [Movies](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Entertainment_News\/Movies\/ \"Movies\")\n  - [Music](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Entertainment_News\/Music\/ \"Music\")\n  - [TV](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Entertainment_News\/TV\/ \"TV\")\n- [Sports](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Sports_News\/ \"Sports\")\n  - [NFL](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Sports_News\/NFL\/ \"NFL\")\n  - [MLB](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Sports_News\/MLB\/ \"MLB\")\n  - [NBA](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Sports_News\/NBA\/ \"NBA\")\n  - [Soccer](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Sports_News\/Soccer\/ \"Soccer\")\n- [Voices](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Voices\/ \"Voices\")\n- [Photos](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/News_Photos\/ \"Photos\")\n  - [News](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/News_Photos\/collections\/News\/ \"News\")\n  - [US News](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/News_Photos\/collections\/Top_News\/US \"US News\")\n  - [World News](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/News_Photos\/collections\/Top_News\/World \"World News\")\n  - [Entertainment](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/News_Photos\/collections\/Entertainment\/ \"Entertainment\")\n  - [Sports](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/News_Photos\/collections\/Sports\/ \"Sports\")\n- [Archive](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Archives\/ \"Archive\")\n  - [Almanac](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Almanac\/ \"Almanac\")\n- [![Korea Regional Review](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Korea-Regional-Review\/img\/Korea-Regional-Review.png)](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Korea-Regional-Review\/ \"Korea Regional Review\")\n\nTrending\n\n[Nuclear deterrence](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2026\/03\/05\/perspective-north-korea-authority-single-autocrat\/6101772720271\/ \"Nuclear deterrence\")\n\n[D.J. Moore](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Sports_News\/NFL\/2026\/03\/05\/Buffalo-Bills-trade-Chicago-Bears-DJ-Moore\/7571772732357\/ \"D.J. Moore\")\n\n[Utah killings](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/US\/2026\/03\/05\/3-women-killed-utah-suspect-arrested-colorado\/4431772725338\/ \"Utah killings\")\n\n[British spying](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2026\/03\/04\/parliament-member-husband-arrested-spying-china\/2181772656889\/ \"British spying\")\n\n[Catholic priests](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/US\/2026\/03\/04\/rhode-island-catholic-church-sex-abuse-report\/8991772659323\/ \"Catholic priests\")\n\n['Ace Ventura'](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Odd_News\/2026\/03\/05\/butt-birth-rhino-Ace-Ventura-When-Nature-Calls-Jim-Carrey-auction\/2021772733754\/ \"'Ace Ventura'\")\n\n[Arctic rivalry](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2026\/03\/05\/arctic-martitime-crossroads-China-United-States\/5761772712392\/ \"Arctic rivalry\")\n\n[Robert Maschio](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Entertainment_News\/TV\/2026\/03\/04\/Robert-Maschio-The-Todd-Scrubs-interview\/4491772558780\/ \"Robert Maschio\")\n\n[Wall cat](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Odd_News\/2026\/03\/04\/ireland-Cork-City-Fire-Brigade-cat-wall\/4771772643514\/ \"Wall cat\")\n\n[Top News](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/ \"Top News\")\n\nOct. 9, 2024 \/ 3:00 AM\n# On This Day: Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize\n## On Oct. 9, 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his \"extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.\"\nBy UPI Staff\n\n[![Share with X](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/img\/x_share.webp)](https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fupi.com%2F4301728436386&text=On+This+Day%3A+Obama+wins+Nobel+Peace+Prize&via=upi \"Share with X\")\n\n![U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement after he was announced as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on October 9, 2009. File Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg\/UPI](https:\/\/cdnph.upi.com\/svc\/sv\/upi\/4301728436386\/2024\/1\/2c59297578ee864478138c12866ea8fe\/On-This-Day-Obama-wins-Nobel-Peace-Prize.jpg)\n\n1 of 5 \\| U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement after he was announced as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on October 9, 2009. File Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg\/UPI \\| [License Photo](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/News_Photos\/lp\/2c59297578ee864478138c12866ea8fe\/)\n\nOct. 9 (UPI) -- On this date in history:\n\nIn 1888, 40 years after construction began, the Washington Monument opens to the public. Work on the obelisk was halted from 1854 to 1877 due to a lack of funds, internal squabbling within the Washington National Monument Society, and the American Civil War.\n\nIn 1919, the [Cincinnati Reds](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Cincinnati-Reds\/ \"Cincinnati Reds\") [won](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Archives\/1919\/10\/10\/Reds-win-championship-White-Sox-fight-to-the-end\/9341570392706\/) the World Series defeating the [Chicago White Sox](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Chicago-White-Sox\/ \"Chicago White Sox\"). Eight members of the White Sox would be accused of intentionally losing games in exchange for money from gamblers in what would become known as the Black Sox Scandal. The players were later found not guilty, though all were banned from the sport for life.\n\nIn 1931, gangster [Al Capone](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Al_Capone\/ \"Al Capone\")'s Florida spending [told at tax evasion trial](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Archives\/1931\/10\/09\/Capones-Florida-spending-told-at-tax-evasion-trial\/9104882216314\/). The government's contention was that if Mr. Capone was \"rich enough to be a moviesque Florida Play-boy, then he certainly must have an income worthy of taxation.\"\n\n![](https:\/\/cdnph.upi.com\/sv\/ilp\/upi\/4301728436386\/2024\/2\/1\/1\/f466c9151dd8d5898667be5655d44665\/On-This-Day-Obama-wins-Nobel-Peace-Prize.jpg)\n\nFile Photo by Bill Greenblatt\/UPI\n\nIn 1931, the Japanese government [endorsed military action against Manchuria](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Archives\/1931\/10\/09\/Japanese-government-endorses-military-action-against-Manchuria\/1254130811879\/). The invasion was one of a series of battles and skirmishes which took place in the run-up to the Second Sino-Japanese War.\n\nIn 1934, [King Alexander](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/King_Alexander\/ \"King Alexander\") of Yugoslavia was assassinated by a Croatian terrorist during a state visit to France.\n\nIn 1967, one day after being captured in the jungles of Bolivia where he was waging a guerrilla war, Marxist revolutionary [Ernesto Che Guevara](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Ernesto_Che_Guevara\/ \"Ernesto Che Guevara\"), a leading figure in the [1959 Cuban revolution](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Archives\/1950-1959\/Cuban-Revolution\/), is executed by the Bolivian military.\n\nIn 1975, [Andrei Sakharov](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Andrei_Sakharov\/ \"Andrei Sakharov\"), father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, became the first Soviet citizen to win the Nobel Peace Prize.\n\nIn 1983, [James Watt](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/James_Watt\/ \"James Watt\"), facing U.S. Senate condemnation for a racially insensitive remark, [resigned](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Archives\/1983\/10\/09\/Interior-Secretary-James-Watt-announced-Sunday-he-will-resign\/9282434520000\/) as U.S. President [Ronald Reagan](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Ronald_Reagan\/ \"Ronald Reagan\")'s interior secretary.\n\nIn 1992, NASA announced that the unmanned [Pioneer spacecraft was apparently lost](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Archives\/1992\/10\/09\/Pioneer-Venus-probe-apparently-lost-after-14-years\/4118718603200\/) after orbiting Venus for 14 years.\n\n![](https:\/\/cdnph.upi.com\/sv\/ilp\/upi_com\/4301728436386\/2024\/5\/1\/1\/835f64bf8e6002ed642fcc784ef7f1a0\/On-This-Day-Obama-wins-Nobel-Peace-Prize.jpg)\n\nFile Image courtesy of NASA\n\nIn 2009, U.S. President [Barack Obama](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Barack_Obama\/ \"Barack Obama\") was [awarded the Nobel Peace Prize](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Daily-Briefing\/2009\/10\/09\/Obama-wins-Peace-Prize\/74441255088505\/) for his \"extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.\"\n\nIn 2012, [Malala Yousafzai](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Malala_Yousafzai\/ \"Malala Yousafzai\"), an advocate for girls' education in Pakistan and future Nobel Peace Prize winner, survived being [shot three times](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2012\/10\/11\/Girl-activist-recovering-after-being-shot\/66851349952916\/) as she attempted to board a bus to school.\n\nIn 2020, the United Nations' World Food Program [won](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2020\/10\/09\/UN-World-Food-Program-wins-2020-Nobel-Peace-Prize\/4511602237667\/) the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to fight hunger and bring peace to parts of the world affected by violence.\n\nIn 2023, a Minnesota farmer's 2,749-pound pumpkin took the top spot at the 50th annual World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off and broke a [world record](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Odd_News\/2023\/10\/10\/Guinness-World-Records-largest-pumpkin-Half-Moon-Bay\/8671696948687\/) for heaviest pumpkin. The farmer, Travis Gienger, named the pumpkin [Michael Jordan](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Michael_Jordan\/ \"Michael Jordan\").\n\n![](https:\/\/cdnph.upi.com\/sv\/ilp\/upi\/4301728436386\/2024\/6\/1\/1\/13f5885a13626664848ddc699ac16583\/On-This-Day-Obama-wins-Nobel-Peace-Prize.jpg)\n\nFile Photo by Terry Schmitt\/UPI\n\n### Read More\n- [UPI Archives: Obama gets Nobel Peace prize, defends war](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/Special\/2009\/12\/10\/Obama-gets-Nobel-Peace-prize-defends-war\/84591260474063\/ \"UPI Archives: Obama gets Nobel Peace prize, defends war\")\n- [UPI Archives: Obama's Nobel Peace Prize remarks](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2009\/12\/10\/Obamas-Nobel-Peace-Prize-remarks\/41871260458666\/ \"UPI Archives: Obama's Nobel Peace Prize remarks\")\n\n- Topics\n- [Al Capone](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Al_Capone\/)\n- [King Alexander](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/King_Alexander\/)\n- [Ernesto Che Guevara](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Ernesto_Che_Guevara\/)\n- [Andrei Sakharov](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Andrei_Sakharov\/)\n- [James Watt](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/James_Watt\/)\n- [Ronald Reagan](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Ronald_Reagan\/)\n- [Barack Obama](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Barack_Obama\/)\n- [Michael Jordan](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Michael_Jordan\/)\n- [Malala Yousafzai](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Malala_Yousafzai\/)\n- [Chicago White Sox](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Chicago-White-Sox\/)\n- [Cincinnati Reds](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Cincinnati-Reds\/)\n\n### Latest Headlines\n[![U.K. arrests 4 Iranians on suspicion of assisting Iranian intelligence](https:\/\/cdnph.upi.com\/ph\/st\/th\/1211772788550\/2026\/upi\/9842685365f1954d55484cfedb81ed29\/v1.2\/UK-arrests-4-Iranians-on-suspicion-of-assisting-Iranian-intelligence.jpg?stfi=1) World News *\/\/ 24 minutes ago* U.K. arrests 4 Iranians on suspicion of assisting Iranian intelligence March 6 (UPI) -- An Iranian and 3 dual British-Iranian nationals were being held by British counter-terrorism police on suspicion of conducting surveillance of Jews.](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2026\/03\/06\/suspected-Iranian-intelligence-operatives-arrested\/1211772788550\/ \"U.K. arrests 4 Iranians on suspicion of assisting Iranian intelligence\")\n\n[![S. 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The players were later found not guilty, though all were banned from the sport for life.\n\nIn 1931, gangster [Al Capone](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Al_Capone\/ \"Al Capone\")'s Florida spending [told at tax evasion trial](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Archives\/1931\/10\/09\/Capones-Florida-spending-told-at-tax-evasion-trial\/9104882216314\/). The government's contention was that if Mr. Capone was \"rich enough to be a moviesque Florida Play-boy, then he certainly must have an income worthy of taxation.\"\n\n![](https:\/\/cdnph.upi.com\/sv\/ilp\/upi\/4301728436386\/2024\/2\/1\/1\/f466c9151dd8d5898667be5655d44665\/On-This-Day-Obama-wins-Nobel-Peace-Prize.jpg)\n\nFile Photo by Bill Greenblatt\/UPI\n\nIn 1931, the Japanese government [endorsed military action against Manchuria](https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Archives\/1931\/10\/09\/Japanese-government-endorses-military-action-against-Manchuria\/1254130811879\/). 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Boilerpipe Text	1 of 5 \| U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement after he was announced as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on October 9, 2009. File Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI \| License Photo Oct. 9 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1888, 40 years after construction began, the Washington Monument opens to the public. Work on the obelisk was halted from 1854 to 1877 due to a lack of funds, internal squabbling within the Washington National Monument Society, and the American Civil War. In 1919, the Cincinnati Reds won the World Series defeating the Chicago White Sox . Eight members of the White Sox would be accused of intentionally losing games in exchange for money from gamblers in what would become known as the Black Sox Scandal. The players were later found not guilty, though all were banned from the sport for life. In 1931, gangster Al Capone 's Florida spending told at tax evasion trial . The government's contention was that if Mr. Capone was "rich enough to be a moviesque Florida Play-boy, then he certainly must have an income worthy of taxation." File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI In 1931, the Japanese government endorsed military action against Manchuria . The invasion was one of a series of battles and skirmishes which took place in the run-up to the Second Sino-Japanese War. In 1934, King Alexander of Yugoslavia was assassinated by a Croatian terrorist during a state visit to France. In 1967, one day after being captured in the jungles of Bolivia where he was waging a guerrilla war, Marxist revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara , a leading figure in the 1959 Cuban revolution , is executed by the Bolivian military. In 1975, Andrei Sakharov , father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, became the first Soviet citizen to win the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1983, James Watt , facing U.S. Senate condemnation for a racially insensitive remark, resigned as U.S. President Ronald Reagan 's interior secretary. In 1992, NASA announced that the unmanned Pioneer spacecraft was apparently lost after orbiting Venus for 14 years. File Image courtesy of NASA In 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." In 2012, Malala Yousafzai , an advocate for girls' education in Pakistan and future Nobel Peace Prize winner, survived being shot three times as she attempted to board a bus to school. In 2020, the United Nations' World Food Program won the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to fight hunger and bring peace to parts of the world affected by violence. In 2023, a Minnesota farmer's 2,749-pound pumpkin took the top spot at the 50th annual World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off and broke a world record for heaviest pumpkin. The farmer, Travis Gienger, named the pumpkin Michael Jordan . File Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI Read More UPI Archives: Obama gets Nobel Peace prize, defends war UPI Archives: Obama's Nobel Peace Prize remarks
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By UPI Staff [![Share with X](https://www.upi.com/img/x_share.webp)](https://x.com/intent/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fupi.com%2F4301728436386&text=On+This+Day%3A+Obama+wins+Nobel+Peace+Prize&via=upi "Share with X") ![U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement after he was announced as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on October 9, 2009. File Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI](https://cdnph.upi.com/svc/sv/upi/4301728436386/2024/1/2c59297578ee864478138c12866ea8fe/On-This-Day-Obama-wins-Nobel-Peace-Prize.jpg) 1 of 5 \\| U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement after he was announced as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on October 9, 2009. File Photo by Roger L. 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In 1931, gangster [Al Capone](https://www.upi.com/topic/Al_Capone/ "Al Capone")'s Florida spending [told at tax evasion trial](https://www.upi.com/Archives/1931/10/09/Capones-Florida-spending-told-at-tax-evasion-trial/9104882216314/). The government's contention was that if Mr. Capone was "rich enough to be a moviesque Florida Play-boy, then he certainly must have an income worthy of taxation." ![](https://cdnph.upi.com/sv/ilp/upi/4301728436386/2024/2/1/1/f466c9151dd8d5898667be5655d44665/On-This-Day-Obama-wins-Nobel-Peace-Prize.jpg) File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI In 1931, the Japanese government [endorsed military action against Manchuria](https://www.upi.com/Archives/1931/10/09/Japanese-government-endorses-military-action-against-Manchuria/1254130811879/). The invasion was one of a series of battles and skirmishes which took place in the run-up to the Second Sino-Japanese War. In 1934, [King Alexander](https://www.upi.com/topic/King_Alexander/ "King Alexander") of Yugoslavia was assassinated by a Croatian terrorist during a state visit to France. In 1967, one day after being captured in the jungles of Bolivia where he was waging a guerrilla war, Marxist revolutionary [Ernesto Che Guevara](https://www.upi.com/topic/Ernesto_Che_Guevara/ "Ernesto Che Guevara"), a leading figure in the [1959 Cuban revolution](https://www.upi.com/Archives/1950-1959/Cuban-Revolution/), is executed by the Bolivian military. In 1975, [Andrei Sakharov](https://www.upi.com/topic/Andrei_Sakharov/ "Andrei Sakharov"), father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, became the first Soviet citizen to win the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1983, [James Watt](https://www.upi.com/topic/James_Watt/ "James Watt"), facing U.S. Senate condemnation for a racially insensitive remark, [resigned](https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/10/09/Interior-Secretary-James-Watt-announced-Sunday-he-will-resign/9282434520000/) as U.S. President [Ronald Reagan](https://www.upi.com/topic/Ronald_Reagan/ "Ronald Reagan")'s interior secretary. In 1992, NASA announced that the unmanned [Pioneer spacecraft was apparently lost](https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/10/09/Pioneer-Venus-probe-apparently-lost-after-14-years/4118718603200/) after orbiting Venus for 14 years. ![](https://cdnph.upi.com/sv/ilp/upi_com/4301728436386/2024/5/1/1/835f64bf8e6002ed642fcc784ef7f1a0/On-This-Day-Obama-wins-Nobel-Peace-Prize.jpg) File Image courtesy of NASA In 2009, U.S. President [Barack Obama](https://www.upi.com/topic/Barack_Obama/ "Barack Obama") was [awarded the Nobel Peace Prize](https://www.upi.com/Daily-Briefing/2009/10/09/Obama-wins-Peace-Prize/74441255088505/) for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." In 2012, [Malala Yousafzai](https://www.upi.com/topic/Malala_Yousafzai/ "Malala Yousafzai"), an advocate for girls' education in Pakistan and future Nobel Peace Prize winner, survived being [shot three times](https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2012/10/11/Girl-activist-recovering-after-being-shot/66851349952916/) as she attempted to board a bus to school. In 2020, the United Nations' World Food Program [won](https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2020/10/09/UN-World-Food-Program-wins-2020-Nobel-Peace-Prize/4511602237667/) the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to fight hunger and bring peace to parts of the world affected by violence. In 2023, a Minnesota farmer's 2,749-pound pumpkin took the top spot at the 50th annual World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off and broke a [world record](https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/10/10/Guinness-World-Records-largest-pumpkin-Half-Moon-Bay/8671696948687/) for heaviest pumpkin. The farmer, Travis Gienger, named the pumpkin [Michael Jordan](https://www.upi.com/topic/Michael_Jordan/ "Michael Jordan"). ![](https://cdnph.upi.com/sv/ilp/upi/4301728436386/2024/6/1/1/13f5885a13626664848ddc699ac16583/On-This-Day-Obama-wins-Nobel-Peace-Prize.jpg) File Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI ### Read More - [UPI Archives: Obama gets Nobel Peace prize, defends war](https://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2009/12/10/Obama-gets-Nobel-Peace-prize-defends-war/84591260474063/ "UPI Archives: Obama gets Nobel Peace prize, defends war") - [UPI Archives: Obama's Nobel Peace Prize remarks](https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2009/12/10/Obamas-Nobel-Peace-Prize-remarks/41871260458666/ "UPI Archives: Obama's Nobel Peace Prize remarks") - Topics - [Al Capone](https://www.upi.com/topic/Al_Capone/) - [King Alexander](https://www.upi.com/topic/King_Alexander/) - [Ernesto Che Guevara](https://www.upi.com/topic/Ernesto_Che_Guevara/) - [Andrei Sakharov](https://www.upi.com/topic/Andrei_Sakharov/) - [James Watt](https://www.upi.com/topic/James_Watt/) - [Ronald Reagan](https://www.upi.com/topic/Ronald_Reagan/) - [Barack Obama](https://www.upi.com/topic/Barack_Obama/) - [Michael Jordan](https://www.upi.com/topic/Michael_Jordan/) - [Malala Yousafzai](https://www.upi.com/topic/Malala_Yousafzai/) - [Chicago White Sox](https://www.upi.com/topic/Chicago-White-Sox/) - [Cincinnati Reds](https://www.upi.com/topic/Cincinnati-Reds/) ### Latest Headlines [![U.K. arrests 4 Iranians on suspicion of assisting Iranian intelligence](https://cdnph.upi.com/ph/st/th/1211772788550/2026/upi/9842685365f1954d55484cfedb81ed29/v1.2/UK-arrests-4-Iranians-on-suspicion-of-assisting-Iranian-intelligence.jpg?stfi=1) World News // 24 minutes ago U.K. arrests 4 Iranians on suspicion of assisting Iranian intelligence March 6 (UPI) -- An Iranian and 3 dual British-Iranian nationals were being held by British counter-terrorism police on suspicion of conducting surveillance of Jews.](https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/03/06/suspected-Iranian-intelligence-operatives-arrested/1211772788550/ "U.K. arrests 4 Iranians on suspicion of assisting Iranian intelligence") [![S. 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Readable Markdown	1 of 5 \\| U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement after he was announced as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on October 9, 2009. File Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI \\| [License Photo](https://www.upi.com/News_Photos/lp/2c59297578ee864478138c12866ea8fe/) Oct. 9 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1888, 40 years after construction began, the Washington Monument opens to the public. Work on the obelisk was halted from 1854 to 1877 due to a lack of funds, internal squabbling within the Washington National Monument Society, and the American Civil War. In 1919, the [Cincinnati Reds](https://www.upi.com/topic/Cincinnati-Reds/ "Cincinnati Reds") [won](https://www.upi.com/Archives/1919/10/10/Reds-win-championship-White-Sox-fight-to-the-end/9341570392706/) the World Series defeating the [Chicago White Sox](https://www.upi.com/topic/Chicago-White-Sox/ "Chicago White Sox"). Eight members of the White Sox would be accused of intentionally losing games in exchange for money from gamblers in what would become known as the Black Sox Scandal. The players were later found not guilty, though all were banned from the sport for life. In 1931, gangster [Al Capone](https://www.upi.com/topic/Al_Capone/ "Al Capone")'s Florida spending [told at tax evasion trial](https://www.upi.com/Archives/1931/10/09/Capones-Florida-spending-told-at-tax-evasion-trial/9104882216314/). The government's contention was that if Mr. Capone was "rich enough to be a moviesque Florida Play-boy, then he certainly must have an income worthy of taxation." ![](https://cdnph.upi.com/sv/ilp/upi/4301728436386/2024/2/1/1/f466c9151dd8d5898667be5655d44665/On-This-Day-Obama-wins-Nobel-Peace-Prize.jpg) File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI In 1931, the Japanese government [endorsed military action against Manchuria](https://www.upi.com/Archives/1931/10/09/Japanese-government-endorses-military-action-against-Manchuria/1254130811879/). The invasion was one of a series of battles and skirmishes which took place in the run-up to the Second Sino-Japanese War. In 1934, [King Alexander](https://www.upi.com/topic/King_Alexander/ "King Alexander") of Yugoslavia was assassinated by a Croatian terrorist during a state visit to France. In 1967, one day after being captured in the jungles of Bolivia where he was waging a guerrilla war, Marxist revolutionary [Ernesto Che Guevara](https://www.upi.com/topic/Ernesto_Che_Guevara/ "Ernesto Che Guevara"), a leading figure in the [1959 Cuban revolution](https://www.upi.com/Archives/1950-1959/Cuban-Revolution/), is executed by the Bolivian military. In 1975, [Andrei Sakharov](https://www.upi.com/topic/Andrei_Sakharov/ "Andrei Sakharov"), father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, became the first Soviet citizen to win the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1983, [James Watt](https://www.upi.com/topic/James_Watt/ "James Watt"), facing U.S. Senate condemnation for a racially insensitive remark, [resigned](https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/10/09/Interior-Secretary-James-Watt-announced-Sunday-he-will-resign/9282434520000/) as U.S. President [Ronald Reagan](https://www.upi.com/topic/Ronald_Reagan/ "Ronald Reagan")'s interior secretary. In 1992, NASA announced that the unmanned [Pioneer spacecraft was apparently lost](https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/10/09/Pioneer-Venus-probe-apparently-lost-after-14-years/4118718603200/) after orbiting Venus for 14 years. ![](https://cdnph.upi.com/sv/ilp/upi_com/4301728436386/2024/5/1/1/835f64bf8e6002ed642fcc784ef7f1a0/On-This-Day-Obama-wins-Nobel-Peace-Prize.jpg) File Image courtesy of NASA In 2009, U.S. President [Barack Obama](https://www.upi.com/topic/Barack_Obama/ "Barack Obama") was [awarded the Nobel Peace Prize](https://www.upi.com/Daily-Briefing/2009/10/09/Obama-wins-Peace-Prize/74441255088505/) for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." In 2012, [Malala Yousafzai](https://www.upi.com/topic/Malala_Yousafzai/ "Malala Yousafzai"), an advocate for girls' education in Pakistan and future Nobel Peace Prize winner, survived being [shot three times](https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2012/10/11/Girl-activist-recovering-after-being-shot/66851349952916/) as she attempted to board a bus to school. In 2020, the United Nations' World Food Program [won](https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2020/10/09/UN-World-Food-Program-wins-2020-Nobel-Peace-Prize/4511602237667/) the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to fight hunger and bring peace to parts of the world affected by violence. In 2023, a Minnesota farmer's 2,749-pound pumpkin took the top spot at the 50th annual World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off and broke a [world record](https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/10/10/Guinness-World-Records-largest-pumpkin-Half-Moon-Bay/8671696948687/) for heaviest pumpkin. The farmer, Travis Gienger, named the pumpkin [Michael Jordan](https://www.upi.com/topic/Michael_Jordan/ "Michael Jordan"). ![](https://cdnph.upi.com/sv/ilp/upi/4301728436386/2024/6/1/1/13f5885a13626664848ddc699ac16583/On-This-Day-Obama-wins-Nobel-Peace-Prize.jpg) File Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI ### Read More - [UPI Archives: Obama gets Nobel Peace prize, defends war](https://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2009/12/10/Obama-gets-Nobel-Peace-prize-defends-war/84591260474063/ "UPI Archives: Obama gets Nobel Peace prize, defends war") - [UPI Archives: Obama's Nobel Peace Prize remarks](https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2009/12/10/Obamas-Nobel-Peace-Prize-remarks/41871260458666/ "UPI Archives: Obama's Nobel Peace Prize remarks")
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