A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on September 9 throughout history.
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Battle of Svolder, Baltic Sea: King Olaf on board the Long Serpent is defeated in one of the greatest naval battles of the Viking Age and leaps to his death overboard
Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned Queen of Scots in the central Scottish town of Stirling
Congress officially renames the country as the United States of America (from the United Colonies)
Alexander Twilight, likely the first African American to graduate from a US college, receives a BA degree from Middlebury College
First fully mechanized unit in the British Army is created: the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade (WWI)
The Letters of Mutual Recognition were exchanged between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization on 9 September 1993.
Queen Elizabeth II becomes Great Britain's longest-reigning monarch at 63 years and seven months, beating the previous record set by her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American television variety show that ran on CBS from June 20, 1948, to March 28, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan.
Apple Records releases John Lennon's second solo studio album, "Imagine," in the US; it tops the charts in the US, UK, Australia, and three other countries
Soviet Union beats the United States 51-50 in the most controversial game in international basketball history; with the US leading 50-49, the final 3 seconds are replayed three times until the Soviets finally win
Founding Father of America Robert R. Livingston (23) weds John Steven's daughter Mary Stevens
American conductor Leonard Bernstein (33) weds Costa Rican actress Felicia Montealegre (29), at Temple Mishkan Tefila in Roxbury, Massachusetts, until her death in 1978
American figure skater Nancy Kerrigan (25) weds her agent Jerry Solomon (41) at the Church of the Covenant, Boston
Pope Sergius I (650 – 8 September 701) was the bishop of Rome from 15 December 687 to his death on 8 September 701, and is revered as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.
Treaty of Neuberg splits the Austrian Habsburg lands between the Habsburg Dukes Albert III and Leopold III
Battle of Krbava Field: Ottoman Empire decisively defeats an army of the Kingdom of Croatia
The Roman Inquisition burns all copies of the Talmud and other Jewish texts in Rome's Campo de Fiori
Dutch leaders Lamoraal, Count of Egmont, and Philip van Hoorne are arrested by the Spanish Duke of Alba; their execution in 1568 leads to the Eighty Years' War
Cypriot city of Nicosia falls to the Ottomans; afterward, an estimated 20,000 citizens are massacred, and the rest are sold into slavery
Sinking of the English ship Squirrel off the Azores with explorer and founder of Newfoundland, Humphrey Gilbert, aboard
Battle of Flores, Azores: Spanish defeat English (ends September 10)
New England colonies declare war on Wampanoag Indians
Expelled Polish and Lotharingians reach Wienerwald
Stono slave rebellion, South Carolina: 60 enslaved people kill about 20 white people before being killed or later executed. Largest slave uprising in British mainland colonies before American Revolution [1]
First steam engine arrives in North American colonies
Colegio de San Ignacio de Loyola Vizcaínas, the oldest continuously operating educational institution in Mexico, opens for the education of girls and women in Mexico City [1]
Charles Durant, the first US aeronaut, flies a balloon from Castle Garden, NYC, to Perth Amboy, NJ, covering a distance of about 25 miles in 3 hours
Great Lakes steamer "Erie" sinks off Silver Creek, NY, killing 300
The California Statehood Act, officially An Act for the Admission of the State of California into the Union and also known as the California Admission Act, is the federal legislation that admitted...
Nurse Sally Tompkins is officially commissioned as an officer (and its only female officer) by the Confederate States Army
The September 7–9, 1863 fall of the Cumberland Gap was a victory for Union forces under the command of Ambrose Burnside during his American Civil War campaign for Knoxville.
The Luxembourg question was the political tension surrounding the (Grand) Duchy of Luxembourg, particularly in the 19th century, but also earlier in the late Middle Ages and the early modern period,...
Lotta's Fountain (corner Kearny and Market) is dedicated in San Francisco
Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was the 19th president of the United States, serving from 1877 to 1881.
Egyptian military coup under Ahmed ‘Urabi seeks to end British and French influence in the country
The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works is finalized
Amalthea () is a moon of Jupiter. It has the third-closest orbit around Jupiter among known moons and was the fifth moon of Jupiter to be discovered, so it is also known as Jupiter V.
The United States Bowling Congress (USBC) is a sports membership organization dedicated to ten-pin bowling in the United States.
Ottawa Football Club reorganizes into the Rough Riders
6 km long Engadin railroad tunnel is inaugurated in Switzerland
The Boston Herald again refers to the NY baseball club as Yankees when it reports "Yankees take 2," although the Yankee name is not official until 1913
China's Metropolitan Library is established by the Qing Dynasty in Beijing's Guanghua Temple (now the National Library of China) [1]
First European post delivered by air from Hendon to Windsor, England
French aviator Jules Védrines is the first pilot to fly an aircraft over 100 mph (108.16 mph/173 kph)
Imperial Russian Air Service pilot Lt. Pyotr Nesterov (26) performs a full aerial loop in his Nieuport IV monoplane over Syretzk Aerodrome near Kiev; initially punished for risking government equipment, he is later lauded for his innovation [27 August O.S.]
The siege of Antwerp was an engagement between the German and the Belgian, British and French armies around the fortified city of Antwerp during the First World War.
Association for the Study of Negro Life and History is formed in Chicago by Carter G. Woodson and others and is now known as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History
The First Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 9 September 1918 until 18 September 1922.
The Boston police strike occurred on September 9, 1919, when Boston police officers went on strike seeking recognition for their trade union and improvements in wages and working conditions.
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south...
The St. Louis Browns were a Major League Baseball team that originated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the Milwaukee Brewers. A charter member of the American League (AL), the Brewers moved to St.
Finnish Albin Stenroos runs a world record 20 km in 1:07:11.2
The Hanapēpē Massacre (also called the Battle of Hanapēpē) occurred on September 9, 1924, when a dispute amongst Filipino strike organizers in Hanapēpē, Kaua'i, resulted in a violent exchange between...
The British Broadcasting Company Limited (BBC) was the commercial forerunner to the public British Broadcasting Corporation and formed on 18 October 1922 by British and American electrical companies...
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point.
Frank Crosetti ties the record by striking out twice in one inning
New York Yankees beat Cleveland Indians, 12-9 at League Park to clinch AL pennant on the earliest date in history
The siege of Warsaw in 1939 was fought between the Polish Warsaw Army (Polish: Armia Warszawska, Armia Warszawa) garrisoned and entrenched in Warsaw and the invading German Army. It began with huge...
A list of strategic bombing over the United Kingdom in World War II includes the towns and cities that received significant aerial destruction from 1940 to 1942 in the United Kingdom.
Compulsory work for women, children, and elderly men in Batavia
Fifteen German JU-88s sink Italian flagship Roma
Lieutenant-General Omar Bradley flies from Algiers to Marrakech and Prestwick
Allied forces liberate Luxembourg
Jimmie Foxx hits his 534th and final home run
Brooklyn Dodger Rex Barney no-hits the NY Giants 2-0
Pacific Airlines flight explodes en route to Baie-Comeau, killing 23 people; a passenger's husband, Albert Guay, is later sentenced and hanged along with two others for the first bombing of a Canadian plane [1]
A laugh track (or laughter track) is an audio recording consisting of laughter (and other audience reactions) usually used as a separate soundtrack for comedy productions.
Love of Life is an American soap opera televised on CBS from September 24, 1951, to February 1, 1980.
WFIE (channel 14) is a television station in Evansville, Indiana, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Gray Media.
Earthquake strikes Orleansville (now Chlef), Algeria, killing 1,250 people
Don Zimmer hits the 4,000th home run for the Dodgers
The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (Portuguese: Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde, PAIGC) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau.
Notting Hill is a district of West London, England, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Denver Broncos beat Boston Patriots 13-10 in the American Football League's first game before 21,597 fans at Nickerson Field in Boston
Soviet economist Liberman pleads for autonomous businesses
West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990.
LA Dodgers future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax throws his fourth career no-hitter and first perfect game in a 1-0 win over the Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium
The Saturn V is a retired American super heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by NASA under the Apollo program for human exploration of the Moon.
WGIQ TV channel 43 in Louisville, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 collides with a Piper Cherokee above Indiana, killing all 83 occupants
Feyenoord Rotterdam is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football.
Dennis Dale McLain is an American former professional baseball player. He played for ten seasons in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher, most prominently as a member of the Detroit...
1,000 convicts riot and seize Attica Correctional Facility in New York
Connection found between Mammoth Cave Ridge and Flint cave systems in Kentucky, joining 144 miles of passages, making it the world's longest known cave system (later mapped at 420 miles) [1]
New Zealand government establishes the country's first centralized electronic database through the Wanganui Computer Act, raising questions about the state's ability to gather information on its citizens
Tiger rookies Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammell debut together and play together for 19 years
31st Emmy Awards: "Taxi," "Lou Grant," Ron Leibman, and Ruth Gordon win
Vernon E. Jordan resigns as president of National Urban League in the US
Conestoga 1, the first private commercial rocket, makes a suborbital flight
Challenger returns to Kennedy Space Center via Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas
Vitas Gerulaitis bets his house that the men's 100th-ranked tennis player could beat Martina Navratilova
Minnesota's Tommy Kramer passes for six touchdowns against Green Bay, 42-7
Gary Hart admits on "Nightline" to cheating on his wife
Larry Bird of the Celtics begins an NBA free throw streak of 59 consecutive successful shots
MLB pitcher Nolan Ryan strikes out his 4,500th batter
"Look Away" is a song by American rock band Chicago. Written by Diane Warren and produced by Ron Nevison, the ballad is the second single from the band's 1988 album Chicago 19.
Only 1,695 fans watch the Boston Red Sox play Cleveland
Baltimore Orioles draw 3 million fans at home for the first time
Croupier of a casino in Bristol, England, rolls a 4 a record eight times
Russian Tu-22 supersonic bomber is struck by its photographic chase aircraft, a Tu-134AK, over Samoyliha, Shatura District near Moscow, killing all eight aboard the Tu-134
Broadway Limited's last train ride (began in 1902)
Sinn Féin accepts Mitchell Principles on paramilitary disarmament
MLB Arizona Diamondbacks' left-handed pitcher Randy Johnson reaches 300 strikeouts for the fifth consecutive season, extending his Major League record
Bomb explodes outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, killing 10 people
The Great Recession was a period of market decline in economies around the world that occurred from late 2007 to mid-2009, overlapping with the closely related 2008 financial crisis.
people are killed and 350 injured in a wave of attacks across Iraq
Boko Haram, officially known as Jama'at Ahl al-Sunna li al-Da'wa wa al-Jihad (JAS, Arabic: جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, romanised: Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād, lit. 'Group of the...
Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran, undergoes prostate surgery
The iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are smartphones that were designed, developed, and marketed by Apple. They are the ninth generation of the iPhone.
North Korea conducts its fifth nuclear test at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, at the time its largest test at 10 kilotons but later superseded by the 2017 test
Egyptian archaeologists announce the discovery of a 3,500-year-old tomb of a goldsmith and his family in Draa Abul-Naga, Egypt
Arirang Mass Games begin in North Korea to celebrate the country's 70th anniversary, featuring tens of thousands performing
Australia experiences its earliest and most severe start to the fire season, fighting dozens of bushfires in Queensland and New South Wales
John Legend and wife Chrissy Teigen fire back at Donald Trump on social media after he calls them "boring" and "filthy-mouthed" in tweets about Criminal Justice Reform
17 hospital patients die after heavy rainfall and flooding in Tula, central Mexico
G2 summit begins in New Delhi, India: African Union is invited to become a permanent member, and a statement on the war in Ukraine condemns the use of force to seize territory [1]
-pound World War II bomb is found in Bratislava, Slovakia, prompting evacuations and public transportation halts [1]
William Bligh royal navy officer and colonial administrator, known for royal navy officer and colonial administrator, was born on 1754-09-09.
Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer, known for russian writer, was born on 1828-09-09. Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoyɪvʲɪtɕ tɐlˈstoj] ; 9 September [O.S. 28 August] 1828 – 20 November [O.S.
Colonel Sanders, American entrepreneur, known for american entrepreneur, was born on 1890-09-09.
Frank Lucas, American drug lord, known for american drug lord, was born on 1930-09-09.
Cliff Robertson, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1923-09-09.
Hugh Grant, English actor, known for english actor, was born on 1961-09-09. Hugh John Mungo Grant is an English actor.
Adam Sandler, American actor and comedian, known for american actor and comedian, was born on 1967-09-09. Adam Richard Sandler is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, and singer-songwriter.
Michael Bublé, Canadian singer, known for canadian singer, was born on 1976-09-09. Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer and songwriter.
Michelle Williams, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1981-09-09. Michelle Ingrid Williams is an American actress.
Otis Redding musician, known for american singer and songwriter, was born on 1941-09-09. Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer and songwriter.
Dave Stewart is born
Fred Spofforth, Australian athlete, known for australian cricketer, was born on 1853-09-09.
Frank Chance, American athlete, known for american baseball player and manager, was born on 1877-09-09.
Frankie Frisch, American athlete, known for american baseball player and manager, was born on 1898-09-09.
Luka Modrić, Croatian athlete, known for croatian footballer, was born on 1986-09-09.
Pope Sergius I (650 – 8 September 701) was the bishop of Rome from 15 December 687 to his death on 8 September 701, and is revered as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.
Battle of Svolder, Baltic Sea: King Olaf on board the Long Serpent is defeated in one of the greatest naval battles of the Viking Age and leaps to his death overboard
Treaty of Neuberg splits the Austrian Habsburg lands between the Habsburg Dukes Albert III and Leopold III
Battle of Krbava Field: Ottoman Empire decisively defeats an army of the Kingdom of Croatia
Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned Queen of Scots in the central Scottish town of Stirling
The Roman Inquisition burns all copies of the Talmud and other Jewish texts in Rome's Campo de Fiori
Dutch leaders Lamoraal, Count of Egmont, and Philip van Hoorne are arrested by the Spanish Duke of Alba; their execution in 1568 leads to the Eighty Years' War
Cypriot city of Nicosia falls to the Ottomans; afterward, an estimated 20,000 citizens are massacred, and the rest are sold into slavery
Sinking of the English ship Squirrel off the Azores with explorer and founder of Newfoundland, Humphrey Gilbert, aboard
Battle of Flores, Azores: Spanish defeat English (ends September 10)
New England colonies declare war on Wampanoag Indians
Expelled Polish and Lotharingians reach Wienerwald
Stono slave rebellion, South Carolina: 60 enslaved people kill about 20 white people before being killed or later executed. Largest slave uprising in British mainland colonies before American Revolution [1]
First steam engine arrives in North American colonies
William Bligh royal navy officer and colonial administrator, known for royal navy officer and colonial administrator, was born on 1754-09-09.
Colegio de San Ignacio de Loyola Vizcaínas, the oldest continuously operating educational institution in Mexico, opens for the education of girls and women in Mexico City [1]
Founding Father of America Robert R. Livingston (23) weds John Steven's daughter Mary Stevens
Congress officially renames the country as the United States of America (from the United Colonies)
Alexander Twilight, likely the first African American to graduate from a US college, receives a BA degree from Middlebury College
Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer, known for russian writer, was born on 1828-09-09. Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoyɪvʲɪtɕ tɐlˈstoj] ; 9 September [O.S. 28 August] 1828 – 20 November [O.S.
Charles Durant, the first US aeronaut, flies a balloon from Castle Garden, NYC, to Perth Amboy, NJ, covering a distance of about 25 miles in 3 hours
Great Lakes steamer "Erie" sinks off Silver Creek, NY, killing 300
The California Statehood Act, officially An Act for the Admission of the State of California into the Union and also known as the California Admission Act, is the federal legislation that admitted...
Fred Spofforth, Australian athlete, known for australian cricketer, was born on 1853-09-09.
Nurse Sally Tompkins is officially commissioned as an officer (and its only female officer) by the Confederate States Army
The September 7–9, 1863 fall of the Cumberland Gap was a victory for Union forces under the command of Ambrose Burnside during his American Civil War campaign for Knoxville.
The Luxembourg question was the political tension surrounding the (Grand) Duchy of Luxembourg, particularly in the 19th century, but also earlier in the late Middle Ages and the early modern period,...
Lotta's Fountain (corner Kearny and Market) is dedicated in San Francisco
Frank Chance, American athlete, known for american baseball player and manager, was born on 1877-09-09.
Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was the 19th president of the United States, serving from 1877 to 1881.
Egyptian military coup under Ahmed ‘Urabi seeks to end British and French influence in the country
The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works is finalized
Colonel Sanders, American entrepreneur, known for american entrepreneur, was born on 1890-09-09.
Amalthea () is a moon of Jupiter. It has the third-closest orbit around Jupiter among known moons and was the fifth moon of Jupiter to be discovered, so it is also known as Jupiter V.
The United States Bowling Congress (USBC) is a sports membership organization dedicated to ten-pin bowling in the United States.
Ottawa Football Club reorganizes into the Rough Riders
Frankie Frisch, American athlete, known for american baseball player and manager, was born on 1898-09-09.
6 km long Engadin railroad tunnel is inaugurated in Switzerland
The Boston Herald again refers to the NY baseball club as Yankees when it reports "Yankees take 2," although the Yankee name is not official until 1913
China's Metropolitan Library is established by the Qing Dynasty in Beijing's Guanghua Temple (now the National Library of China) [1]
First European post delivered by air from Hendon to Windsor, England
French aviator Jules Védrines is the first pilot to fly an aircraft over 100 mph (108.16 mph/173 kph)
Imperial Russian Air Service pilot Lt. Pyotr Nesterov (26) performs a full aerial loop in his Nieuport IV monoplane over Syretzk Aerodrome near Kiev; initially punished for risking government equipment, he is later lauded for his innovation [27 August O.S.]
First fully mechanized unit in the British Army is created: the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade (WWI)
The siege of Antwerp was an engagement between the German and the Belgian, British and French armies around the fortified city of Antwerp during the First World War.
Association for the Study of Negro Life and History is formed in Chicago by Carter G. Woodson and others and is now known as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History
The First Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 9 September 1918 until 18 September 1922.
The Boston police strike occurred on September 9, 1919, when Boston police officers went on strike seeking recognition for their trade union and improvements in wages and working conditions.
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south...
The St. Louis Browns were a Major League Baseball team that originated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the Milwaukee Brewers. A charter member of the American League (AL), the Brewers moved to St.
Finnish Albin Stenroos runs a world record 20 km in 1:07:11.2
Cliff Robertson, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1923-09-09.
The Hanapēpē Massacre (also called the Battle of Hanapēpē) occurred on September 9, 1924, when a dispute amongst Filipino strike organizers in Hanapēpē, Kaua'i, resulted in a violent exchange between...
The British Broadcasting Company Limited (BBC) was the commercial forerunner to the public British Broadcasting Corporation and formed on 18 October 1922 by British and American electrical companies...
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point.
Frank Lucas, American drug lord, known for american drug lord, was born on 1930-09-09.
Frank Crosetti ties the record by striking out twice in one inning
New York Yankees beat Cleveland Indians, 12-9 at League Park to clinch AL pennant on the earliest date in history
The siege of Warsaw in 1939 was fought between the Polish Warsaw Army (Polish: Armia Warszawska, Armia Warszawa) garrisoned and entrenched in Warsaw and the invading German Army. It began with huge...
A list of strategic bombing over the United Kingdom in World War II includes the towns and cities that received significant aerial destruction from 1940 to 1942 in the United Kingdom.
Otis Redding musician, known for american singer and songwriter, was born on 1941-09-09. Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer and songwriter.
Compulsory work for women, children, and elderly men in Batavia
Fifteen German JU-88s sink Italian flagship Roma
Lieutenant-General Omar Bradley flies from Algiers to Marrakech and Prestwick
Allied forces liberate Luxembourg
Jimmie Foxx hits his 534th and final home run
Brooklyn Dodger Rex Barney no-hits the NY Giants 2-0
Pacific Airlines flight explodes en route to Baie-Comeau, killing 23 people; a passenger's husband, Albert Guay, is later sentenced and hanged along with two others for the first bombing of a Canadian plane [1]
A laugh track (or laughter track) is an audio recording consisting of laughter (and other audience reactions) usually used as a separate soundtrack for comedy productions.
American conductor Leonard Bernstein (33) weds Costa Rican actress Felicia Montealegre (29), at Temple Mishkan Tefila in Roxbury, Massachusetts, until her death in 1978
Love of Life is an American soap opera televised on CBS from September 24, 1951, to February 1, 1980.
WFIE (channel 14) is a television station in Evansville, Indiana, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Gray Media.
Dave Stewart is born
Earthquake strikes Orleansville (now Chlef), Algeria, killing 1,250 people
Don Zimmer hits the 4,000th home run for the Dodgers
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American television variety show that ran on CBS from June 20, 1948, to March 28, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan.
The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (Portuguese: Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde, PAIGC) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau.
Notting Hill is a district of West London, England, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Denver Broncos beat Boston Patriots 13-10 in the American Football League's first game before 21,597 fans at Nickerson Field in Boston
Hugh Grant, English actor, known for english actor, was born on 1961-09-09. Hugh John Mungo Grant is an English actor.
Soviet economist Liberman pleads for autonomous businesses
West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990.
LA Dodgers future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax throws his fourth career no-hitter and first perfect game in a 1-0 win over the Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium
The Saturn V is a retired American super heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by NASA under the Apollo program for human exploration of the Moon.
Adam Sandler, American actor and comedian, known for american actor and comedian, was born on 1967-09-09. Adam Richard Sandler is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, and singer-songwriter.
WGIQ TV channel 43 in Louisville, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 collides with a Piper Cherokee above Indiana, killing all 83 occupants
Feyenoord Rotterdam is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football.
Dennis Dale McLain is an American former professional baseball player. He played for ten seasons in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher, most prominently as a member of the Detroit...
Apple Records releases John Lennon's second solo studio album, "Imagine," in the US; it tops the charts in the US, UK, Australia, and three other countries
1,000 convicts riot and seize Attica Correctional Facility in New York
Soviet Union beats the United States 51-50 in the most controversial game in international basketball history; with the US leading 50-49, the final 3 seconds are replayed three times until the Soviets finally win
Connection found between Mammoth Cave Ridge and Flint cave systems in Kentucky, joining 144 miles of passages, making it the world's longest known cave system (later mapped at 420 miles) [1]
New Zealand government establishes the country's first centralized electronic database through the Wanganui Computer Act, raising questions about the state's ability to gather information on its citizens
Michael Bublé, Canadian singer, known for canadian singer, was born on 1976-09-09. Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer and songwriter.
Mao Zedong dies
Tiger rookies Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammell debut together and play together for 19 years
31st Emmy Awards: "Taxi," "Lou Grant," Ron Leibman, and Ruth Gordon win
Vernon E. Jordan resigns as president of National Urban League in the US
Michelle Williams, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1981-09-09. Michelle Ingrid Williams is an American actress.
Conestoga 1, the first private commercial rocket, makes a suborbital flight
Challenger returns to Kennedy Space Center via Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas
Vitas Gerulaitis bets his house that the men's 100th-ranked tennis player could beat Martina Navratilova
Minnesota's Tommy Kramer passes for six touchdowns against Green Bay, 42-7
Luka Modrić, Croatian athlete, known for croatian footballer, was born on 1986-09-09.
Gary Hart admits on "Nightline" to cheating on his wife
Larry Bird of the Celtics begins an NBA free throw streak of 59 consecutive successful shots
MLB pitcher Nolan Ryan strikes out his 4,500th batter
"Look Away" is a song by American rock band Chicago. Written by Diane Warren and produced by Ron Nevison, the ballad is the second single from the band's 1988 album Chicago 19.
Only 1,695 fans watch the Boston Red Sox play Cleveland
Baltimore Orioles draw 3 million fans at home for the first time
The Letters of Mutual Recognition were exchanged between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization on 9 September 1993.
Croupier of a casino in Bristol, England, rolls a 4 a record eight times
Russian Tu-22 supersonic bomber is struck by its photographic chase aircraft, a Tu-134AK, over Samoyliha, Shatura District near Moscow, killing all eight aboard the Tu-134
American figure skater Nancy Kerrigan (25) weds her agent Jerry Solomon (41) at the Church of the Covenant, Boston
Broadway Limited's last train ride (began in 1902)
Sinn Féin accepts Mitchell Principles on paramilitary disarmament
MLB Arizona Diamondbacks' left-handed pitcher Randy Johnson reaches 300 strikeouts for the fifth consecutive season, extending his Major League record
Bomb explodes outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, killing 10 people
The Great Recession was a period of market decline in economies around the world that occurred from late 2007 to mid-2009, overlapping with the closely related 2008 financial crisis.
people are killed and 350 injured in a wave of attacks across Iraq
Boko Haram, officially known as Jama'at Ahl al-Sunna li al-Da'wa wa al-Jihad (JAS, Arabic: جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, romanised: Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād, lit. 'Group of the...
Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran, undergoes prostate surgery
Queen Elizabeth II becomes Great Britain's longest-reigning monarch at 63 years and seven months, beating the previous record set by her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria
The iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are smartphones that were designed, developed, and marketed by Apple. They are the ninth generation of the iPhone.
North Korea conducts its fifth nuclear test at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, at the time its largest test at 10 kilotons but later superseded by the 2017 test
Egyptian archaeologists announce the discovery of a 3,500-year-old tomb of a goldsmith and his family in Draa Abul-Naga, Egypt
Arirang Mass Games begin in North Korea to celebrate the country's 70th anniversary, featuring tens of thousands performing
Australia experiences its earliest and most severe start to the fire season, fighting dozens of bushfires in Queensland and New South Wales
John Legend and wife Chrissy Teigen fire back at Donald Trump on social media after he calls them "boring" and "filthy-mouthed" in tweets about Criminal Justice Reform
17 hospital patients die after heavy rainfall and flooding in Tula, central Mexico
G2 summit begins in New Delhi, India: African Union is invited to become a permanent member, and a statement on the war in Ukraine condemns the use of force to seize territory [1]
James Earl Jones, American actor, known for american actor, died on 2024-09-09. James Earl Jones (January 17, 1931 – September 9, 2024) was an American actor.
-pound World War II bomb is found in Bratislava, Slovakia, prompting evacuations and public transportation halts [1]