Today in History - September 9th

  • 1776 – The second Continental Congress makes the term “United States” official, replacing “United Colonies”
  • 1850 – California becomes the 31st state of the union
  • 1926 – The National Broadcasting Company is created by the Radio Corporation of America

  • 1943 – Allied forces land at Salerno and Taranto during WWII
  • 1948 – The People’s Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) is created
  • 1956 – Elvis Presley makes the first of 3 appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show”
  • 1957 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction
  • 1965 – Sandy Koufax of the LA Dodgers pitches a perfect game in a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs
  • 1971 – Prisoners seize control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, N.Y., beginning a four-day siege that claims 43 lives
  • 2001 – Afghanistan's military opposition leader Ahmed Shah Massood is fatally wounded in a suicide attack by assassins posing as journalists
  • 2003 – The Boston Roman Catholic Archdiocese agree to pay $85 million to 552 people to settle clergy sex abuse cases

Famous and Historical Birthdays - Say Happy Birthday to . . .

  • Adam Sandler (Actor)
  • Joe Theismann (Football Player)
  • Hugh Grant (Actor)
  • Rachel Hunter (Model)
  • Goran Visnjic (Actor)
  • Michael Buble (Singer)
  • Shane Battier (Basketball Player)
  • Michelle Williams (Actress)