September 9 in History

Historical Events on September 9

1791 Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.

1850 California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.

1863 American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.

1923 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.

1943 World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.

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

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

1972 In Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration and mapping team discovers a link between the Mammoth and Flint Ridge cave systems, making it the longest known cave passageway in the world.

2012 The Indian space agency puts into orbit its heaviest foreign satellite yet, in a streak of 21 consecutive successful PLSV launches.

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Famous Birthdays on September 9

1855 Houston Stewart Chamberlain

1926 Yusuf al-Qaradawi

1985 Luka Modrić

1990 Haley Reinhart

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Famous Deaths on September 9

1513 James IV of Scotland

1976 Mao Zedong

1978 Jack L. Warner

2003 Edward Teller

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