Event:
The USS Gerald R. Ford is christened by the U.S. Navy; the aircraft carrier cost $15.5 billion and technically the most advanced ship ever built
More Notable Events on November 9: 1985 Gary Kasparov becomes world chess champion
1980 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares holy war against Iran
1976 U.N. General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa
1967 Surveyor 6 soft lands on Moon
1944 Red Cross wins Nobel peace prize
