On this day... October 9:

On this day...

October 9:  Hangul Day in South Korea (1446); Leif Erikson Day in the United States 1514 – Mary Tudor (pictured), sister of Henry VIII of England, became queen consort of France. 1874 – The Universal Postal Union, then known as the General Postal Union, was established with the signing of the Treaty of Bern to unify disparate postal services and regulations so that international mail could be exchanged freely. 1919 – In Major League Baseball, the Cincinnati Reds won theWorld Series, five games to three, over the Chicago White Sox, whose players were later found to have lost intentionally. 1970 – The Khmer Republic, headed by General Lon Nol and Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak, was proclaimed in Cambodia. 2006 – North Korea conducted a nuclear test, reportedly nearKilchu, with an explosive force of less than one kiloton, that wascondemned and denounced by many countries and the United Nations Security Council.