September 9
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September 9is the 252nd day of the year (253rd inleap years) in theGregorian calendar.There are 113 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
[change|change source]Up to 1900
[change|change source]- 9–Arminius' alliance of six Germanic tribes ambushes and heavily defeatsRomanlegions ofPublius Quinctilius Varusin theBattleof TeutoburgForest.
- 337– Constantine II, Constantius II and Constans I succeed their fatherConstantine IasRoman Emperor.
- 533– AByzantinearmyof 15,000 underBelisariuslands atCaput Vadain modernTunisiaand marches ontoCarthage.
- 1000–Battleof Svolder – After it, KingOlaf I of Norwaycommits suicide.
- 1087–William the Conquerordies. His son succeeds him as KingWilliam II of England.
- 1379–Treaty of Neuberg,splitting theAustrianHabsburglands between theHabsburgDukesAlbert IIIandLeopold III.
- 1488–Anne of BrittanybecomesDuchessofBrittany.
- 1493–Battleof Krbava Field - A decisive defeat of Croats in theCroatianstruggle against the invasion by theOttoman Empire.
- 1499–Vasco da Gamareturns toLisbonfrom his voyage toIndia.
- 1513– In theBattle of Flodden FieldJames IV of Scotlandis defeated.
- 1543–Mary Stuart,at nine months old, is officiallycrowned"Queen of Scots" in the centralScottishtown ofStirling.
- 1739–Stono Rebellion,the largest slave uprising in the British mainland colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts nearCharleston, South Carolina.
- 1775– AhurricanestrikesNewfoundland,killing 4,000 people.
- 1776– TheContinental Congressofficially names their newcountrytheUnited States.
- 1791–Washington, DCis named after 1stPresident of the United StatesGeorge Washington.
- 1806– Ahurricanekills 457 people inDominica.
- 1839–John Herscheltakes the first glass platephotograph.
- 1850–Californiais admitted as the thirty-firstU.S. state.
- 1850– TheCompromise of 1850stripsTexasof a third of its claimed territory (now parts ofColorado,Kansas,New Mexico,Oklahoma,andWyoming) in return for the federal government assuming $10 million of Texas's pre-annexationdebt.
- 1855–Crimean War:TheSiege of Sevastopolends with the withdrawal ofRussiantroops.
- 1863–American Civil War:TheUnion ArmyentersChattanooga, Tennessee.
- 1870–Redmond, Washingtonis founded.
- 1886– TheBerne Conventionis finalized.
- 1892– Edward Barnard discoversJupiter'smoonAmalthea.
- 1893– A birth occurs in theWhite Housefor the only time in its history to date. First LadyFrances Folsom Clevelandgives birth to a girl, Esther.
1901 – 2000
[change|change source]- 1913–RussianmilitarypilotPyotr Nesterovperforms the first 'Looping' maneuver with hisaircraftoverKiev.
- 1914–World War I:TheBattle of the Marneends in a French victory.
- 1914–World War I:The creation of theCanadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade,the first fully mechanized unit in theBritish Army.
- 1919– SpanishpassengerferryValbaneradisappears in ahurricanebetweenCubaand theFlorida Keys.
- 1922– TheGreco-Turkish Warends with Turkish victory over the Greeks. The largest part of the city of Smyrna (on the Minor Asia coast, now Izmir) is burned. The Non-Turkic population flees.
- 1923–Mustafa Kemal Atatürk,the founder of modernTurkey,founds theCHP.
- 1924– The Hanapepe massacre takes place in Kauai,Hawaii.
- 1926– TheNational Broadcasting Companyformed.
- 1939–World War II:TheBattle of Helbegins, the longest defended pocket ofPolish ArmyResistance during the German invasion ofPoland.
- 1940–George Stibitzpioneers the first remote operation of acomputer.
- 1940–World War II:Treznea massacre - TheHungarianarmy,supported by local Hungarians, kills 93Romanianciviliansin Treznea, avillagein NorthernTransylvania.
- 1942–World War II:AJapanesefloatplane drops an incendiary bomb onOregon.
- 1943–World War II:TheAlliesland atSalernoandTaranto,Italy.
- 1944–World War II:Bulgariais liberated byRussia.
- 1945–Japanformally surrenders toChina.
- 1947– "First actual case of (a computer)bugbeing found "– amothis lodged in arelayof a Mark II computer atHarvard.
- 1948– TheDemocratic People's Republic of Koreais created, declared byKim Il-Sung.
- 1954–Marilyn Bellswam for 20 hours and 57 minutes under grueling conditions to become the first person to swim acrossLake Ontario.
- 1954– AnearthquakeinAlgeriakills 1,250 people.
- 1956–Elvis Presleyappears onThe Ed Sullivan Showfor the first time.
- 1965– TheUnited States Department of Housing and Urban Developmentis established.
- 1965–Sandy Koufaxthrows aperfect gameagainst theChicago Cubs.
- 1965–HurricaneBetsy hitsNew Orleans.
- 1966– TheNational Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Actsigned intolawbyU.S. PresidentLyndon Johnson.
- 1969–Canada's OfficialLanguagesAct comes into force, makingFrenchequal toEnglishthroughout the FederalGovernment.
- 1970– A Britishairlineris hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation ofPalestineand flown into Dawson's Field,Jordan.
- 1976–ChineseCommunist LeaderMao Zedongdies aged 82.
- 1983–Aaron PryorbeatsAlexis Arguelloby knockout in round ten of a rematch of their1982controversial fight, dubbedThe Battle of The Champions.
- 1990– TheSri LankanArmykills 184Tamilcivilians in the Batticaloa massacre.
- 1990–LiberianleaderSamuel K. Doe is overthrown and killed in acoup.
- 1991–Tajikistanbecomesindependentfrom theSoviet Union.
- 1991–Nirvanarelease their hit single "Smells Like Teen Spirit", which becomes an iconictunefor a wholegeneration.
- 1993– ThePalestinian Liberation Organizationofficially recognizesIsraelas a legal state in its own right.
- 1996–CroatiaandYugoslaviatake updiplomaticrelations after war in the region.
- 1999– TheSega Dreamcastis released in the United States
- 2000– In the wake of inflation,Ecuadorreplaces its currency, theSucrewith theUS dollar.
From 2001
[change|change source]- 2001–Ahmed Shah Massoud,leader of theNorthern Alliance,is assassinated inAfghanistan.
- 2004– Abombexplodes outside theAustralianembassy inJakarta,killing several people.
- 2004–SerbianPrime MinisterVojislav Kostunicareverses a decision by Minister of Education and SportLjiljana Colicto require the teaching of bothcreationismandevolutionin schools, and announces that Colic will be replaced.
- 2009– 09/09/09: The date, when written, has 3ninesin it. As well as that,Septemberhas nine letters, and so doesWednesday,the day of theweekit falls on. It also fell on the 252nd day of the year, and thedigitsof 252 add up to nine.
- 2011– The2011Rugby World Cupbegins inNew Zealand.
- 2012– The2012SummerParalympicsinLondonend.
- 2013–NorwegianParliamentaryElection: The Labour Party-led coalition underJens Stoltenbergloses the election after eight years ingovernment.Erna Solbergof the Centre-Right Venstre Party becomes the nextPrime MinisteronOctober 16.
- 2014–Prime Minister of CanadaStephen Harperannounces that ashipfromJohn Franklin's ill-fated expedition to the CanadianArctichas been found.
- 2015–Elizabeth IIovertakesQueen Victoriato becomes the longest-reigning British monarch.
Births
[change|change source]Up to 1900
[change|change source]- 214–Aurelian,Roman Emperor (d.275)
- 384–Flavius Honorius,Roman Emperor (d.423)
- 1349– DukeAlbert III of Austria(d.1395)
- 1466–Ashikaga Yoshitane,Japaneseshogun(d.1523)
- 1585–Cardinal Richelieu,Frenchstatesman(d.1642)
- 1656–Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer,German composer (d.1746)
- 1708–Paul Egede,Danishmissionary(d.1789)
- 1711–Thomas Hutchinson,Americanhistorianand politician (d.1780)
- 1737–Luigi Galvani,Italianphysicianandphysicist(d.1798)
- 1754–William Bligh,British naval officer andGovernorofNew South Wales(d.1817)
- 1769–Ivan Kotlyarevsky,Ukrainianpoet(d.1838)
- 1774–Salomon Mayer Rothschild,patriarchof the Rothschildbankingfamily (d.1855)
- 1778–Clemens Brentano,German writer (d.1842)
- 1815–Johann Gottfried Piefke,Prussianmilitary musician and composer (d.1884)
- 1822–Napoleon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte,Frenchgeneralandpolitician(d.1891)
- 1826–Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden(d.1907)
- 1828–Leo Tolstoy,Russianwriter(d.1910)
- 1834–Joseph Henry Shorthouse,English writer (d.1903)
- 1834–James E. Bond,GovernorofNebraska(d.1906)
- 1841–Paul Eyschen,Prime MinisterofLuxembourg(d.1915)
- 1842–Elliott Coues,Americanarmysurgeon,historianandwriter(d.1899)
- 1848–Elia Millosevich,Italianastronomer(d.1919)
- 1852–John Henry Poynting,Britishphysicist(d.1914)
- 1855–Houston Stewart Chamberlain,British-Germanwriter(d.1927)
- 1855–Anthony Francis Lucas,Croatian-Americanengineerand explorer (d.1921)
- 1868–Mary Hunter Austin,American writer (d.1934)
- 1872–Phan Chu Trinh,Vietnamese activist (d.1926)
- 1873–Max Reinhardt,movie and theatredirectorandactor(d.1943)
- 1873–Marcel Jacques Boulenger,Frenchwriterand fencer (d.1932)
- 1878–Sergio Osmena,Presidentof thePhilippines(d.1961)
- 1887–Alf Landon,American politician (d.1987)
- 1890–Harland D. Sanders,AmericaninventorofKFC(d.1980)
- 1890–Kurt Lewin,German psychologist (d.1947)
- 1892–Tsuru Aoki,Japanese-Americanactress(d.1961)
- 1893–Esther Cleveland,only person to be born in theWhite House(d.1980)
- 1894–Arthur Freed,Americansongwriterandmovie producer(d.1973)
- 1894–Bert Oldfield,Australiancricketer(d.1976)
- 1898–Styles Bridges,63rdGovernorofNew Hampshire(d.1961)
- 1899–C. R. Smith,American politician (d.1990)
1901 – 1950
[change|change source]- 1901–Lev Shubnikov,Russianphysicist(d.1937)
- 1902–Fred Tootell,Americanathlete(d.1964)
- 1903–Phyllis Whitney,Americanwriter(d.2008)
- 1904–Feroze Khan,Pakistanifield hockeyplayer (d.2005)
- 1905–Joseph E. Levine,American movie producer (d.1987)
- 1906–Harri Larva,Finnish runner (d.1980)
- 1906–James Quinn,American athlete (d.2004)
- 1908–Cesare Pavese,Italianpoetandnovelist(d.1950)
- 1908–Shigekazu Shimazaki,Japaneseadmiral(d.1945)
- 1911–John Gorton,19thPrime Minister of Australia(d.2002)
- 1918–Oscar Luigi Scalfaro,formerPresidentofItaly(d.2012)
- 1919–Gottfried Dienst,Swiss football referee (d.1998)
- 1920–Feng Kang,Chinesemathematicianandphysicist(d.1993)
- 1922–Hans Georg Dehmelt,Germanphysicist(d.2017)
- 1922–Warwick Estevam Kerr,Braziliangeneticist
- 1923–Daniel Carleton Gajdusek,Americanvirologist(d.2008)
- 1923–Cliff Robertson,American actor (d.2011)
- 1924–Rik van Steenbergen,Belgiancyclist(d.2003)
- 1924–Jane Greer,American actress (d.2001)
- 1926–Yusuf al-Qaradawi,Egyptiantheologianand writer
- 1930–Francis Carroll,Australianarchbishop
- 1931–Margaret Tyzack,Britishactress(d.2011)
- 1932–Sylvia Miles,American actress
- 1934–Nicholas Liverpool,formerPresidentofDominica(d.2015)
- 1935–Chaim Topol,Israeliactor
- 1939–Reuven Rivlin,10thPresidentofIsrael
- 1941–Otis Redding,Americanmusician(d.1967)
- 1941–Dennis Ritchie,Americancomputerscientist(d.2011)
- 1945–Richard Divall,Australian conductor and musicologist (d.2017)
- 1945–Alphonso Jackson,American politician
- 1946–Doug Ingle,Americanmusician(Iron Butterfly)
- 1946–Jim Keays,Australian musician (d.2014)
- 1947–Freddy Weller,Americansinger-songwriterandguitarist
- 1949–John Curry,British figure skater (d.1994)
- 1949–Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono,6thPresident of Indonesia
1951 – 1975
[change|change source]- 1951–Alexander Downer,Australianpolitician
- 1951–Tom Wopat,American actor, singer and director
- 1952–David A. Stewart,British musician (Eurythmics)
- 1953–Alisher Usmanov,Uzbek-Russian business magnate
- 1955–John Kricfalusi,Canadianvoiceactor,animator,directorandscreenwriter
- 1956–Anatoly Artsebarsky,Soviet-Ukrainiancosmonaut
- 1957–Pierre-Laurent Aimard,French pianist and educator
- 1959–Tom Foley,Americanbaseballplayer andcoach
- 1959–Eric Serra,Frenchcomposer
- 1960–Hugh Grant,English actor
- 1960–Bob Hartley,Canadianice hockeycoach
- 1961–Matjaz Kek,Slovenianfootball coach
- 1962–Liza Marklund,Swedish writer
- 1963–Chris Coons,Americanpolitician
- 1963–Roberto Donadoni,Italianfootballer
- 1964–Mike Ashley,English billionaire entrepreneur
- 1964–John Hughes,Scottish football manager
- 1966–Adam Sandler,American actor and comedian
- 1967–Akshay Kumar,Indianactor
- 1967–Hana Andronikova,Czechwriter(d.2011)
- 1968–Shahbaz Bhatti,Pakistanipolitician (d.2011)
- 1968–Julia Sawalha,English actress
- 1969–Rachel Hunter,New Zealandmodel
- 1971–Eric Stonestreet,Americanactor
- 1971–Henry Thomas,American actor,singer-songwriterand guitarist
- 1972–Goran Visnjic,Croatian actor
- 1974–Ana Carolina,Brazilian singer, composer and musician
- 1974–Gok Wan,English fashion consultant, writer andtelevisionhost
- 1975–Michael Bublé,Canadian singer
From 1976
[change|change source]- 1976–Chace Ambrose,Americanactorandscreenwriter
- 1976–Jerry Newman,Americancomposerandconductor
- 1976–Aki Riihilahti,Finnishfootballer
- 1977–Fatih Tekke,Turkishfootballer
- 1977–Soulja Slim,Americanrapper(d.2003)
- 1978–Mariano Puerta,Argentinetennisplayer
- 1980–Michelle Williams,American actress
- 1980–Todd Coffey,Americanbaseballplayer
- 1980–Vaclav Drobny,Czechfootballer(d.2012)
- 1982–Ai Otsuka,Japanesesinger-songwriterandguitarist
- 1982–Graham Onions,Englishcricketer
- 1983–Kim Jung-hwa,South Koreanactressandmodel
- 1984–Andrey Silnov,Russianathlete
- 1984–Brad Guzan,American footballer
- 1985–Luka Modric,Croatianfootballer
- 1987–Alex Song,Cameroonianfootballer
- 1987–Andrea Petkovic,Germantennisplayer
- 1987–Nicole Aniston,American pornographic actress
- 1988–Shizuka Nakamura,Japanese model and actress
- 1990–Haley Reinhart,Americansinger-songwriter
- 1991–Kelsey Chow,American actress
- 1991–Oscar,Brazilianfootballer
- 1993–Ryohei Kato,Japanesegymnast
- 2000–Victoria de Marichalar y Borbon,Spanish royal
Deaths
[change|change source]Up to 1900
[change|change source]- 701–Pope Sergius I
- 1000–Olaf I of Norway(b.963)
- 1087– KingWilliam I of England(b.1028)
- 1398– KingJames I of Cyprus(b.1334)
- 1438– KingEdward of Portugal(b.1391)
- 1487–Chenghua,Chinese Emperor (b.1447)
- 1488–Francis II, Duke of Brittany(b.1433)
- 1513– KingJames IV of Scotland(b.1473)
- 1569–Pieter Bruegel the Elder,Flemishpainter
- 1583–Humphrey Gilbert,English explorer (b.1539)
- 1596–Anna Jagiellon,QueenofPoland(b.1523)
- 1612–Nakagawa Hidenari,Japanesedaimyo(b.1570)
- 1676–Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve,Frencharmyofficer,founder ofMontreal(b.1612)
- 1806–William Paterson,2ndGovernorofNew Jersey(b.1745)
- 1815–John Singleton Copley,American painter (b.1738)
- 1834–James Weddell,Britishsailor(b.1787)
- 1891–Jules Grévy,President of France(b.1813)
- 1898–Stéphane Mallarmé,French poet (b.1842)
1901 – 2000
[change|change source]- 1901–Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec,Frenchpainter(b.1864)
- 1910–Elizabeth Blackwell,Americanphysician(b.1821)
- 1915–Albert Spalding,Americanbaseballplayer and sporting goods maker (b.1850)
- 1939–U Ottama,Burmesenationalhero
- 1941–Hans Spemann,Germandoctorandzoologist,won the 1935Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine(b.1869)
- 1960–Jussi Björling,Swedishoperasinger (b.1911)
- 1976–Mao Zedong,political leader (People's Republic of China) (b.1893)
- 1978–Hugh MacDiarmid,Scottishpoet(b.1892)
- 1978–Jack Warner,American Hollywood studio founder (b.1892)
- 1980–John Howard Griffin,American writer (b.1920)
- 1981–Robert Askin,PremierofNew South Wales(b.1907)
- 1981–Jacques Lacan,French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist (b.1901)
- 1983–Luis Monti,Argentine-Italian footballer (b.1901)
- 1985–Paul Flory,American chemist (b.1910)
- 1985–Antonio Votto,Italianconductor(b.1896)
- 1986–Magda Tagliaferro,Brazilian classicalpianist(b.1893)
- 1990–Nicola Abbagnano,Italianphilosopher(b.1901)
- 1990–Samuel K. Doe,Liberianmilitaryofficer andPresidentofLiberia(b.1951)
- 1990–Doc Cramer,AmericanMajor League Baseballplayer (b.1905)
- 1993–Helen O'Connell,singer (b.1920)
- 1997–Burgess Meredith,actor (b.1907)
- 1998–Lucio Battisti,Italian singer (b.1943)
- 1999–Jim "Catfish" Hunter,AmericanBaseball Hall of Famer(b.1946)
- 2000–Veerasamy Ringadoo,firstPresidentofMauritius(b.1920)
From 2001
[change|change source]- 2001–Ahmed Shah Massoud,Afghan military leader (b.1953)
- 2003–Larry Hovis,American actor (b.1936)
- 2003–Edward Teller,Hungarian-Americanphysicist (b.1908)
- 2007–Hughie Thomasson,Americansinger-songwriterandguitarist(b.1952)
- 2008–Nouhak Phoumsavanh,PresidentofLaos(b.1910)
- 2010–Bent Larsen,Danishchessplayer (b.1935)
- 2013–Alberto Bevilacqua,Italian writer, poet and journalist (b.1934)
- 2014–Graham Joyce,British writer (b.1954)
- 2014–Firoza Begum,Bangladeshisinger (b.1930)
- 2014–Bob Suter,Americanice hockeyplayer (b.1957)
- 2014–Howell Evans,Welsh actor (b.1928)
- 2014–Denny Miller,American actor (b.1934)
- 2015–Einar H. Ingman, Jr.,American soldier (b.1929)
- 2017–Frank Aarebrot,Norwegian political scientist (b.1947)
- 2017–Michael Friedman,American composer and songwriter (b.1975)
- 2017–Oscar E. Huber,American politician (b.1917)
- 2017–Pierre Pilote,Canadianice hockeyplayer (b.1931)
- 2018–Frank Andersson,Swedish professional wrestler (b.1956)
- 2018–Johannes Geldenhuys,South African military commander (b.1935)
- 2018–Beat Richner,Swiss paediatrician and cellist (b.1947)
- 2018–Daniel Küblböck,German singer (b.1985) (presumeddrowned)
- 2018–Mr. Catra,Brazilian rapper (b.1968)
- 2018–Javier Usabiaga Arroyo,Mexican businessman and politician (b.1939)
Observances
[change|change source]- Admission Day (California)
- Independence Day (Tajikistan)
- National Day ofNorth Korea
- Children's Day (Costa Rica)
- Human Rights Day (Colombia)