Tuesday, September 9, 2008

September 9th

Historical events that happened around the world on September 9th:

1543 - Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.

1776 - The Continental Congress officially names their new union of sovereign states the United States.

1926 - The U.S. National Broadcasting Company formed.

1942 - World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops an incendiary bomb on Oregon.

1944 - World War II: The Fatherland Front takes power in Bulgaria through a military coup in the capital and armed rebellion in the country. A new pro-Soviet government is established.

1945 - Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan formally surrenders to China.

1956 - Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.

1991 - Tajikstan gains independence from the Soviet Union.

1993 - The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.



People that were born on September 9th:

384 - Flavius Honorius, Roman Emperor

1700 - Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

1828 - Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist

1890 - Harland Sanders, American fast-food entrepreneur

1922 - Hans Georg Dehmelt, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1941 - Otis Redding, American singer and songwriter

1984 – Me :)

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