September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 113 days remaining until the end of the year.
Today in history
9 – Arminius' alliance of six Germanic tribes ambushed and annihilated three Roman legions of Publius Quinctilius Varus in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
1000 – Battle of Svolder, Viking Age.
1379 – Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Habsburg lands between the Habsburg Dukes Albert III and Leopold III.
1493 – Battle of Krbava field, a decisive defeat of Croats in Croatian struggle against the Ottoman Empire invasion.
1513 – James IV of Scotland is defeated and dies in the Battle of Flodden Field, ending Scotland's involvement in the 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, the largest slave uprising in Britains mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.
1776 – The Continental Congress officially names their new union of sovereign states the United States.
1791 – Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
1801 – Alexander I of Russia confirmed the privileges of Baltic provinces.
1839 – John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.
1850 – California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.
1850 – The Compromise of 1850 strips Texas of a third of its claimed territory (now parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wyoming) in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10 million of Texas's pre-annexation debt.
1863 – American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1886 – The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works is finalized.
1914 – World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
1922 – Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922 has ended with Turkish victory over the Greeks.
1923 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party (CHP).
1924 – Hanapepe Massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
1926 – The U.S. National Broadcasting Company formed.
1942 – World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops an incendiary bomb on Oregon.
1943 – World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.
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.
1947 – First actual case of a computer bug being found: a moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
1948 – The Republic Day of Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
1956 – Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
1965 – The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is established.
1965 – Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion ($10–12 billion in 2005 dollars) in damages, becoming the first hurricane to top $1 billion in unadjusted damages.
1966 – The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1969 – Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 DC-9 collides in flight with a Piper PA-28 and crashes near Fairland, Indiana.
1970 – A British airliner is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and flown to Dawson's Field in Jordan.
1971 – The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, which eventually results in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.
1990 – 1990 Batticaloa massacre, massacre of 184 minority Tamil civilians by Sri Lankan Army in the eastern Batticaloa District of Sri Lanka.
1991 – Tajikstan gains independence from the Soviet Union.
1993 – The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.
1999 – The Dreamcast, the last video game console to be produced by SEGA, is released.
2001 – Ahmed Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan.
2001 – Pärnu methanol tragedy occurs in Pärnu County, Estonia.
2004 – 2004 Australian embassy bombing: A bomb explodes outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, killing 10 people.
Births
214 – Aurelian, Roman Emperor (d. 275)
384 – Flavius Honorius, Roman Emperor (d. 423)
1349 – Duke Albert III of Austria (d. 1395)
1427 – Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (d. 1464)
1466 – Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (d. 1523)
1558 – Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (d. 1602)
1585 – Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, French statesman (d. 1642)
1629 – Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (d. 1691)
1700 – Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (d. 1780)
1711 – Thomas Hutchinson, American politician (d. 1780)
1721 – Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish naval architect and vice admiral (d. 1808)
1731 – Francisco Javier Clavijero, Mexican writer (d. 1787)
1737 – Luigi Galvani, Italian physician and physicist (d. 1798)
1754 – William Bligh, British naval officer (d. 1817)
1755 – Benjamin Bourne, American politician (d. 1808)
1777 – James Carr (Massachusetts politician), U.S. Congressman (d. 1818)
1828 – Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist (d. 1910)
1834 – Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English novelist (d. 1903)
1853 – Fred Spofforth, Australian cricketer (d. 1926)
1855 – Anthony Francis Lucas, Croatian-born oil exploration pioneer (d. 1921)
1868 – Mary Hunter Austin, American writer (d. 1934)
1873 – Max Reinhardt, German film director and actor (d. 1943)
1877 – Frank Chance, American baseball player (d. 1924)
1878 – Adelaide Crapsey, American poet (d. 1914)
1878 – Sergio Osmeña, 4th President of the Philippines (d. 1961)
1887 – Alf Landon, American politician (d. 1987)
1882 – Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (d. 1962)
1890 – Harland Sanders, American fast-food entrepreneur (d. 1980)
1892 – Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-born American actress (d. 1961)
1894 – Arthur Freed, American songwriter and film producer (d. 1973)
1894 – Bert Oldfield, Australian cricketer (d. 1976)
1898 – Frankie Frisch, American baseball player (d. 1973)
1899 – Waite Hoyt, American baseball player (d. 1984)
1899 – Neil Hamilton, American actor (d. 1984)
1899 – Bruno E. Jacob, Founder of the National Forensic League (d. 1979)
1900 – James Hilton, English novelist (d. 1954)
1903 – Phyllis Whitney, American writer (d. 2008)
1904 – Feroze Khan, Pakistani field hockey player (d. 2005)
1905 – Hussain Sha, Indian philosopher (d. 1981)
1908 – Cesare Pavese, Italian poet and novelist (d. 1950)
1911 – John Gorton, Australian politician (d. 2002)
1911 – Paul Goodman, American poet and writer (d. 1972)
1917 – Rolf Wenkhaus, German actor (d. 1942)
1918 – Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, 9th President of the Italian Republic
1919 – Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder, American bookmaker and sports commentator (d. 1996)
1919 – Gottfried Dienst, Swiss football referee (d. 1998)
1920 – Aldo Parisot, American cellist and teacher
1920 – Robert Wood Johnson III, American philanthropist (d. 1970)
1920 – Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician (d. 1993)
1922 – Hans Georg Dehmelt, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1922 – Manolis Glezos, Greek politician and writer
1922 – Hoyt Curtin, American songwriter (d. 2000)
1923 – Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, American virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2008)
1924 – Jane Greer, American actress (d. 2001)
1924 – Russell M. Nelson, LDS apostle and cardiac surgery pioneer
1924 – Rik Van Steenbergen, Belgian cyclist (d. 2003)
1925 – Cliff Robertson, American actor
1926 – Yusuf al-Qaradawi, prominent Egypt Muslim cleric
1927 – Elvin Jones, American jazz drummer (d. 2004)
1929 – Claude Nougaro, French singer (d. 2004)
1930 – Frank Lucas, Drug Lord
1932 – Sylvia Miles, American actress
1935 – Chaim Topol, Israeli actor
1935 – Gopal Baratham, Singaporean author
1939 – Bruce Gray, Puerto Rican actor
1939 – Ron McDole, American football player
1939 – Carlos Ortiz, Puerto Rican boxer
1941 – Otis Redding, American singer and songwriter (d. 1967)
1941 – Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist
1942 – Inez Foxx, American R&B singer
1942 – Danny Kalb, American musician, (Blues Project)
1943 – Art LaFleur, American actor
1945 – Dee Dee Sharp, American R&B singer
1946 – Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield) (d. 2004)
1946 – Doug Ingle, American musician (Iron Butterfly)
1946 – Hayato Tani, Japanese actor
1947 – David Rosenboom, American composer
1948 – Pamela Des Barres, American groupie and author
1949 – Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesian politician
1949 – Garry Maddox, American baseball player
1949 – Daniel Pipes, American writer and political commentator
1949 – Joe Theismann, American football player and commentator
1951 – Alexander Downer, Australian politician
1951 – Robert Desiderio, American actor
1951 – Tom Wopat, American actor and singer
1952 – Angela Cartwright, American actress
1952 – Manuel Göttsching, German musician (Ash Ra Tempel)
1952 – David A. Stewart, English musician (Eurythmics)
1954 – Jeffrey Combs, American actor
1955 – John Kricfalusi, Canadian animator
1957 – Pierre-Laurent Aimard, French pianist
1957 – Gabriele Tredozi, Italian engineer
1959 – Eric Serra, French composer
1960 – Hugh Grant, English actor
1960 – Mario Batali, American chef and restaurateur
1960 – Bob Stoops, American football coach
1963 – Roberto Donadoni, Italian football player and manager
1965 – Dan Majerle, American basketball player
1965 – Constance Marie, American actress
1966 – Georg Hackl, German luger
1966 – Adam Sandler, American actor and comedian
1967 – Akshay Kumar, Indian actor
1967 – Anna Malle, American porn star (d. 2006)
1967 – B. J. Armstrong, American basketball player
1967 – Chris Caffery, American guitarist and singer
1968 – Francois Botha, South African boxer
1968 – Jon Drummond, American former sprinter
1968 – Julia Sawalha, English actress
1968 – Clive Mendonca, English footballer
1969 – Rachel Hunter, New Zealand model and actress
1970 – Natalia Streignard, Venezuelan actress
1971 – Henry Thomas, American actor and musician
1972 – James Farmer, American educator and artist
1972 – Mike Hampton, American baseball player
1972 – Natasha Kaplinsky, British newsreader
1972 – Félix Rodríguez, Dominican baseball player
1972 – Goran Višnjić, Croatian actor
1973 – Kazuhisa Ishii, Japanese baseball player
1974 – Shane Crawford, Australian rules footballer
1974 – Marcos Curiel, American guitarist of rock band (P.O.D.), Songwriter, Producer.
1974 – Mathias Färm, Swedish guitarist (Millencolin)
1974 – Vikram Batra, Officer of the Indian Army
1974 – Ana Carolina, Brazilian singer, composer and musician
1975 – Michael Bublé, Canadian singer and actor
1976 – Emma de Caunes, French film actress
1976 – Chace Ambrose, American actor and writer
1976 – Kristoffer Rygg, Norwegian musician (Ulver, ex-Borknagar)
1976 – Juan A. Baptista, Venezuelan actor
1976 – Aki Riihilahti, Finnish footballer
1977 – Chae Jung-an, South Korean actress and singer
1977 – Soulja Slim, American rapper (d. 2003)
1977 – Kyle Snyder, American baseball player
1978 – Kurt Ainsworth, American baseball player
1978 – Shane Battier, American basketball player
1978 – Mariano Puerta, Argentine tennis player
1979 – Nikki DeLoach, American actress and singer
1979 – Wayne Carlisle, Northern Irish footballer
1980 – Todd Coffey, American baseball player
1980 – Michelle Williams, American actress
1981 – Julie Gonzalo, Argentinian actress
1982 – Ai Otsuka, Japanese singer and songwriter
1982 – Graham Onions, English cricketer
1983 – Kyle Davies, American baseball player
1983 – Kristine Hermosa, Filipina actress
1983 – Sam Hollenbach, American football player
1983 – Edwin Jackson, American baseball player
1983 – Kim Jung-hwa, South Korean actress and model
1983 – Cleveland Taylor, English footballer
1984 – Farrah Gray, American author
1984 – Brad Guzan, American footballer
1984 – James Hildreth, English cricketer
1985 – Luka Modrić, Croatian footballer
1985 – Dani Pedrosa, Spanish motorcycle racer
1985 – J. R. Smith, American basketball player
1986 – Michael Bowden, American baseball player
1986 – Chamu Chibhabha, Zimbabwean cricketer
1986 – Luc Mbah a Moute, Cameroonian basketball player
1987 – Joshua Herdman, English actor
1987 – Alexandre Song, Cameroonian footballer
2000 – Victoria Federica de Marichalar y de Borbón, granddaughter of king Juan Carlos I of Spain
Deaths
701 – Pope Sergius I
1000 – Olaf I of Norway
1087 – King William I of England
1398 – King James I of Cyprus (b. 1334)
1487 – Chenghua, Emperor of China (b. 1447)
1488 – Francis II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1433)
1513 – King James IV of Scotland (b. 1473)
1569 – Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Flemish painter
1596 – Anna Jagiellon, Polish Queen
1612 – Nakagawa Hidenari, Japanese warlord (b. 1570)
1676 – Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve, French army officer (b. 1612)
1680 – Henry Marten, English regicide (b. 1602)
1755 – Johann Lorenz von Mosheim, German historian (b. 1694)
1806 – William Paterson, American jurist and statesman (b. 1745)
1815 – John Singleton Copley, American painter (b. 1738)
1841 – A. P. de Candolle, Swiss botanist (b. 1778)
1891 – Jules Grévy, President of France (b. 1813)
1898 – Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet (b. 1842)
1901 – Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter (b. 1864)
1907 – Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (b. 1840)
1909 – Edward Henry Harriman, American railroad entrepreneur (b. 1848)
1910 – Elizabeth Blackwell, first female American Doctor (b.181)
1915 – Albert Spalding, American baseball player and sporting goods manufacturer (b. 1850)
1941 – Hans Spemann, German embryologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1869)
1960 – Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (b. 1911)
1969 – Willy Mairesse, Belgian racing driver (b. 1928)
1976 – Mao Zedong, Chinese communist leader (b. 1893)
1978 – Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet (b. 1892)
1978 – Jack Warner, Canadian-born American film executive (b. 1892)
1980 – John Howard Griffin, American writer (b. 1920)
1981 – Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst (b. 1901)
1985 – Paul Flory, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
1990 – Doc Cramer, American baseball player (b. 1905)
1990 – Samuel Doe, Liberian politician (b. 1951)
1990 – Alexander Men, Russian priest (b. 1930)
1996 – Bill Monroe, American bluegrass singer and composer (b. 1911)
1997 – Richie Ashburn, American baseball player (b. 1927)
1997 – Burgess Meredith, American actor (b. 1907)
1998 – Bill Cratty, American modern dancer and choreographer (b. 1951)
1999 – Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (b. 1946)
1999 – Ruth Roman, American actress (b. 1922)
1999 – Chan Parker, American author; wife of Charlie Parker and Phil Woods (b. 1925)
2000 – Julian Critchley, British politician (b. 1930)
2001 – Ahmed Shah Massoud, Afghani military leader (b. 1953)
2003 – Larry Hovis, American actor (b. 1936)
2003 – Edward Teller, Hungarian-born physicist (b. 1908)
2004 – Roland Sherwood "Ernie" Ball, American businessman (b. 1930)
2005 – John Wayne Glover, English serial killer (b. 1932)
2006 – Gérard Brach, French screenwriter (b. 1927)
2006 – Richard Burmer, American composer and musician (b. 1955)
2006 – Matt Gadsby, English footballer (b. 1979)
2006 – William B. Ziff, Jr., American publishing executive (b. 1930)
2007 – Hughie Thomasson, American musician (b. 1952)
2008 – Warith Deen Muhammad, American religious leader (b. 1933)
Holidays and observances
California Admission Day (to commemorate the state's admission to the USA).
Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise
Eastern Orthodoxy – Synaxis of the Theopatores Joachim and Anna.
Macedonian independence day. (From Yugoslavia)
Japan – Chrysanthemum Day (Kiku no Sekku).
North Korea – Republic Day (1948).
Tajikistan – Independence Day (from USSR, 1991).
Sega Dreamcast (Ten year anniversary of the Sega Dreamcast in North America which was released 9/9/99).
Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, festivity of Our Lady of Arantzazu
