What Happened on October 9, 2023

• Claudia Goldin awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics “for having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes” [1]
• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launches an independent bid for the US Presidency at Philadelphia’s Independence Mall [1]
• World record set for heaviest pumpkin, a jack-o’-lantern gourd weighing 2,749 pounds, grown by Travis Gienger from Anoka, Minnesota - enough for 687 pies [1]

• World's largest offshore windfarm, Dogger Bank off the coast of Yorkshire, starts generating power for the UK electricity grid [1]

• Charles "Buck" Trent, American country and bluegrass banjoist, dobro player, and singer (Hee Haw), dies at 85
• Chuck Feeney, American businessman (Duty Free Shoppers Group) and philanthropist (The Atlantic Philanthropies) who gave away almost his entire $8B fortune, dies at 92
• Gerhard Grimmer, German cross-country skier (World C'ship gold GDR 50km, 4×10km relay 1974), dies at 80

Holidays: Columbus Day (United States), Thanksgiving (Canada)

• #1 Song: Paint The Town Red - Doja Cat
• #1 Song: Paint the Town Red - Doja Cat