Today in History – September 9th

Published September 9, 2012 |

1379, Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Habsburg lands between the Habsburg Dukes Albert III and Leopold III.
1513, James IV of Scotland is defeated and dies in Battle of Flodden Field, ends Scotland’s part in War of the League of Cambrai.
1543, Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned “Queen of Scots” in the central Scottish town of Stirling.
1739, Stono Rebellion, largest slave uprising in Britain’s mainland North American colonies, erupts near Charleston, SC.
1754, William Bligh, Royal Navy admiral and colonial administrator (d. 1817) was born.
1776, The Continental Congress officially names its new union of sovereign states the US.
1791, Washington, D.C., the capitol of the US, is named after President George Washington.
1801, Alexander I of Russia confirms the privileges of Baltic provinces.
1828, Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist (d. 1910) was born.
1839, John Herschel takes the 1st glass plate photograph.
1850, California is admitted as the thirty-1st US state.
1850, Compromise of 1850 transfers 3rd of Texas’s claimed territory to US control for US govt assuming $10 million of Texas’s debt
1855, Crimean War: The Siege of Sevastopol comes to an end when Russian forces abandon the city.
1863, American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1886, The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works is finalized.
1890, Colonel Sanders, American fast-food entrepreneur (d. 1980) was born.
1901, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter (b. 1864) died.
1914, WWI: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the 1st fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
1915, Albert Spalding, American baseball player and sporting goods manufacturer (b. 1850) died.
1923, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People’s Party.
1924, Hanapepe Massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
1926, The US National Broadcasting Company is formed.
1940, George Stibitz pioneers the 1st remote operation of a computer.
1941, Otis Redding, American singer and songwriter (d. 1967) was born.
1942, WWII: A Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon.
1943, WWII: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.
1947, 1st actual case of a computer bug being found: a moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
1956, Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the 1st time.
1965, The US Department of Housing and Urban Development is established.
1966, The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by US President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1969, In Canada, Official Languages Act comes into force, making French language equal to English language throughout Federal govt
1971, The 4-day Attica Prison riot begins, which eventually results in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.
1978, Jack Warner, Canadian-born American film executive (b. 1892) died.
1991, Tajikstan gains independence from the Soviet Union.
1995, The debut of the Sony Playstation.
1997, Burgess Meredith, American actor (b. 1907) died.

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