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The Group of Nine (G9) was an alliance of European states that met occasionally to discuss matters of mutual pan-European interest. [1] The alliance formed in 1965, when the nine countries presented a case study at the United Nations . [ 2 ]
The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) is a collaborative umbrella council composed of historically African American fraternities and sororities, commonly called the Divine Nine, and also referred to as Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLOs). [1]
The group is described in the first volume of The Lord of the Rings, itself titled The Fellowship of the Ring. The number nine is chosen, as the book's author J. R. R. Tolkien states, to match and oppose the nine Black Riders or Ringwraiths. Scholars have commented that Tolkien saw community as the right way to live.
The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis , in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus , the Governor of Arkansas .
The Ennead or Great Ennead was a group of nine deities in Egyptian mythology worshipped at Heliopolis: the sun god Atum; his children Shu and Tefnut; their children Geb and Nut; and their children Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys. [2] The Ennead sometimes includes Horus the Elder, an ancient form of the falcon god, not the son of Osiris and Isis.
The Bali Nine were a group of nine Australians convicted for attempting to smuggle 8.3 kg (18 lb) of heroin out of Indonesia in April 2005. The heroin was valued at around A$ 4 million and was bound for Australia. [3] Ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were sentenced to death and executed on 29 April 2015. [4]
In May, the group held their first public performance in Shanghai, performing 8 songs from the survival show. [2] On May 25, their official Weibo account announced the group's fandom name, "Nine's", and chose to be represented by the colours PANTONE325C and PANTONE7456C . [3] They released their debut album To the Nines on November 12.
9nine or 9 nine (pronounced "nine"), a Japanese girl group; Nine (band), a Swedish hardcore band; The9 (group), a Chinese girl group; Slipknot (band), an American heavy metal band sometimes called The Nine, referring to its number of members