On This Day September 9th

 OTD

September 9th is the two hundredth-fifty-second day of the year, and there are 114 days remaining until the end of the year.

 

Event

 1000 – Battle of Svolder, Viking Age.

1776 – The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.

1839 – John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.

1845 – Possible start of the Great Famine of Ireland.

1892 – Amalthea, the third closest and fifth found moon of Jupiter, was discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.

1914 – World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.

1940 – George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.

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

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

1971 – The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, eventually resulting in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.

1994 – Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-64.vents

 

 

 Birthdays

1629 – Cornelis Tromp, Dutch general (d. 1691)

1754 – William Bligh, English admiral and politician, 4th Governor of New South Wales (d. 1817)

1828 – Leo Tolstoy, Russian author and playwright (d. 1910)

1855 – Houston Stewart Chamberlain, English-German philosopher and author (d. 1927)

1882 – Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (d. 1962)

1890 – Colonel Sanders, an American businessman, founded KFC (d. 1980)

1900 – James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter (d. 1954)

1911 – Paul Goodman, American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1972)

1941 – Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist, created the C programming language (d. 2011)

1949 – Joe Theismann, American football player and sportscaster

1966 – American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter Adam Sandler.

1984 – Brad Guzan, American soccer player

 

 Holiday Spotlight

 Teddy Bear Day

The teddy bear was created to commemorate President Theodore Roosevelt's refusal to shoot a bear during a hunting trip in 1902. This incident inspired the creation of the teddy bear, named after Roosevelt. The plush toy bear gained massive popularity and remains a beloved item today, often given as a gift or used to commemorate special events.

 

Holidays And Observance.

 Bonza Bottler Day

Care Bears Share Your Care Day

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Day

I'm on Top of It Day  

International Buy a Priest a Beer Day

International Sudoku Day

National Boss/Employee Exchange Day  

National Steak Au Poivre Day

National Teddy Bear Day

Testers Day

Wienerschnitzel Day

Wonderful Weirdoes Day

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