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 9th September History

1000 – Battle of Svolder, Viking Age.

1087 – William Rufus becomes King of England, taking the title William II

1141 – Yelü Dashi, the Liao dynasty general who founded the Qara Khitai, defeats the Seljuq and Kara-Khanid forces at the Battle of Qatwan.

1379 – Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Habsburg lands between the 
Habsburg dukes Albert III and Leopold III.

1488 – Anne becomes sovereign Duchess of Brittany, becoming a central figure in the struggle for influence that leads to the union of Brittany and France.

1493 – Battle of Krbava Field, a decisive defeat of Croats in Croatian struggle against the invasion by the Ottoman Empire.

1513 – James IV of Scotland is defeated and dies in the Battle of Flodden, 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.

1561 – The ultimately unsuccessful Colloquy of Poissy opens in an effort to reconcile French Catholics and Protestants.

1739 – Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.

1776 – The Continental Congress officially names its 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 confirms 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 transfers a third of Texas's claimed territory  to federal control in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10 million of Texas's pre-annexation 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.

1892 – Amalthea, third moon of Jupiter is 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.

1922 – The Greco-Turkish War effectively ends with Turkish victory over the Greeks in Smyrna.

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

1924 – Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.

1926 – In the United States the National Broadcasting Company is formed.

1936 – The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRP Afonso de Albuquerque and destroyer Dão mutinied against Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup and declared their solidarity with the Spanish Republic.

1939 – World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.

1939 – Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government.

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

1942 – World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs 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: The Empire of Japan formally surrenders to China.

1947 – First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.

1948 – Kim Il-sung declares the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

1954 – The 6.7 Mw Chlef earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 1,243 people were killed and 5,000 were injured.

1965 – The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is established.

1965 – Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion ($10–12 billion in 2005 dollars) in damages, becoming the first hurricane to cause over $1 billion in unadjusted damage.

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.

1969 – In Canada, the Official Languages Act comes into force, making French equal to English throughout the Federal government.

1970 – A British airliner is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and flown to Dawson's Field in Jordan.

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

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.

1986 – India national cricket team plays their last ODI Cricket match in Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium during Australia tour..

1990 – Batticaloa massacre: Massacre of 184 Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Army in Batticaloa District.

1991 – Tajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.

1993 – The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.

1999 – Sega releases the first 128-bit video game console, the Dreamcast.

2001 – Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.

2009 – The Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.

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

2012 – A wave of attacks kill more than 100 people and injure 350 others across Iraq.

2015 – Elizabeth II became the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.

2016 – Fifth nuclear weapon testing by North Korea is completed.

Births

214 – Aurelian, Roman emperor (d. 275)

384 – Honorius, Roman emperor (d. 423)

1349 – Albert III, Duke of Austria (d. 1395)

1427 – Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1464)

1466 – Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (d. 1523)

1558 – Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur (d. 1602)

1585 – Cardinal Richelieu, French cardinal and politician (d. 1642)

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

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

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

1894 – Arthur Freed, American composer and producer 

1894 – Humphrey Mitchell, Canadian trade union leader and politician, 14th Canadian Minister of Labour 

1894 – Bert Oldfield, Australian cricketer and soldier

1898 – Frankie Frisch, American baseball player and manager 

1899 – Waite Hoyt, American baseball player and sportscaster 

1899 – Bruno E. Jacob, American academic, founded the National Forensic League (d. 1979)

1900 – James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter 

1903 – Lev Shankovsky, Ukrainian military historian 

1903 – Edward Upward, English author 

1903 – Phyllis A. Whitney, American author 

1904 – Feroze Khan, Indian-Pakistani field hockey player and coach 

1904 – Arthur Laing, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Veterans Affairs 

1905 – Joseph E. Levine, American film producer, founded Embassy Pictures

1905 – Brahmarishi Hussain Sha, Indian philosopher and poet 

1906 – Ali Hadi Bara, Iranian-Turkish sculptor and educator 

1907 – Leon Edel, American author and critic 

1908 – Cesare Pavese, Italian poet and author 

1908 – Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral 

1911 – Paul Goodman, American author, poet, and playwright 

1911 – John Gorton, Australian lieutenant and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia 

1914 – John Passmore, Australian philosopher and academic 

1918 – Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Italian lawyer and politician, 9th President of Italy 

1919 – Gottfried Dienst, Swiss footballer and referee 

1919 – Jimmy Snyder, American sportscaster

1920 – Neil Chotem, Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor

1920 – Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician and physicist 

1920 – Robert Wood Johnson III, American businessman and philanthropist 

1922 – Bernard Bailyn, American historian, author, and academic

1922 – Hoyt Curtin, American composer and producer 

1922 – Hans Georg Dehmelt, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

1922 – Manolis Glezos, Greek journalist and politician

1922 – Warwick Estevam Kerr, Brazilian geneticist, entomologist, and engineer

1923 – Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 

1923 – Jimmy Perry, English actor, singer, and screenwriter

1923 – Cliff Robertson, American actor 

1924 – Jane Greer, American actress 

1924 – Russell M. Nelson, American captain, surgeon, and religious leader

1924 – Rik Van Steenbergen, Belgian cyclist 

1926 – Louise Abeita, Isleta Pueblo (Native American) writer, poet, and educator

1926 – Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Egyptian theologian and author

1927 – Elvin Jones, American drummer and bandleader 

1927 – Tatyana Zaslavskaya, Russian sociologist and economist 

1928 – Moses Anderson, American bishop 

1928 – Sol LeWitt, American painter and sculptor 

1929 – Claude Nougaro, French singer-songwriter 

1930 – Francis Carroll, Australian archbishop

1931 – Robin Hyman, English author and publisher

1931 – Zoltán Latinovits, Hungarian actor and author 

1931 – Shirley Summerskill, English physician and politician

1931 – Margaret Tyzack, English actress 

1934 – Nicholas Liverpool, Dominican lawyer and politician

1935 – Gopal Baratham, Singaporean neurosurgeon and author 

1935 – Nadim Sawalha, Jordanian-born English actor

1935 – Chaim Topol, Israeli actor, singer, and producer

1936 – William Bradshaw, Baron Bradshaw, English academic and politician

1938 – John Davis, English anthropologist and academic

1938 – Jay Ward, American baseball player, coach, and manager 

1939 – Ron McDole, American football player

1940 – Hugh Morgan, Australian businessman

1941 – Syed Abid Ali, Indian cricketer

1941 – Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter and producer

1941 – Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist, created the C programming language

1942 – Inez Foxx, American singer

1942 – Danny Kalb, American singer and guitarist 

1943 – Frank Clark, English footballer, manager and chairman

1945 – Ton van Heugten, Dutch motocross racer

1945 – Doug Ingle, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player

1946 – Jim Keays, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter 

1947 – David Rosenboom, American composer and educator

1947 – Freddy Weller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1947 – T. M. Wright, American author, poet, and illustrator 

1949 – John Curry, English figure skate

1949 – Daniel Pipes, American historian and author

1949 – Joe Theismann, American football player and sportscaster

1949 – Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesian general and politician

1950 – Gogi Alauddin, Pakistani squash player and coach

1950 – John McFee, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1951 – Alexander Downer, Australian economist and politician, 34th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Australia

1951 – Tom Wopat, American actor and singer

1952 – Angela Cartwright, English-American actress

1952 – Per Jørgensen, Norwegian singer and trumpet player

1952 – David A. Stewart, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1955 – John Kricfalusi, Canadian voice actor, animator, director, and screenwriter

1957 – Pierre-Laurent Aimard, French pianist and educator

1959 – Tom Foley, American baseball player and coach

1959 – Éric Serra, French composer and producer

1960 – Hugh Grant, English actor and producer

1960 – Bob Hartley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1960 – Bob Stoops, American football player and coach

1960 – Kimberly Willis Holt, American author

1963 – Chris Coons, American lawyer and politician

1963 – Roberto Donadoni, Italian footballer and manager

1963 – Neil Fairbrother, English test cricketer

1964 – Aleksandar Hemon, Bosnian-American author and critic

1964 – Skip Kendall, American golfer

1965 – Dan Majerle, American basketball player and coach

1965 – Marcel Peeper, Dutch footballer

1966 – Georg Hackl, German luger and coach

1966 – Kevin Hatcher, American ice hockey player

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

1966 – Brian Smith, Australian-Irish rugby player and coach

1967 – B. J. Armstrong, American basketball player and sportscaster

1967 – Chris Caffery, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1968 – Jon Drummond, American sprinter and coach

1968 – Clive Mendonca, English footballer

1968 – Lisa Lougheed, Canadian singer, dancer, and voice actor

1968 – Julia Sawalha, English actress

1969 – Rachel Hunter, New Zealand model and actress

1969 – Natasha Stott Despoja, Australian politician

1970 – Natalia Streignard, Spanish-Venezuelan actress

1971 – Eric Stonestreet, American actor

1971 – Henry Thomas, American actor and guitarist

1972 – Mike Hampton, American baseball player and coach

1972 – Natasha Kaplinsky, English journalist

1972 – Jakko Jan Leeuwangh, Dutch speed skater

1972 – Miriam Oremans, Dutch tennis player

1972 – Félix Rodríguez, Dominican baseball player

1972 – Goran Višnjić, Croatian-American actor

1973 – Kazuhisa Ishii, Japanese baseball player

1974 – Vikram Batra, Indian captain 

1974 – Shane Crawford, Australian footballer and television host

1974 – Marcos Curiel, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1974 – Gok Wan, English fashion stylist, author, and television host

1975 – Michael Bublé, Canadian singer-songwriter and actor

1975 – Anton Oliver, New Zealand rugby player

1976 – Hanno Möttölä, Finnish basketball player

1976 – Joey Newman, American composer and conductor

1976 – Aki Riihilahti, Finnish footballer and coach

1976 – Kristoffer Rygg, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer

1977 – Kyle Snyder, American baseball player and coach

1977 – Fatih Tekke, Turkish footballer and manager

1978 – Kurt Ainsworth, American baseball player and businessman, co-founded Marucci Sports

1978 – Shane Battier, American basketball player and sportscaster

1979 – Wayne Carlisle, Northern Irish footballer and coach

1979 – Nikki DeLoach, American singer

1980 – Todd Coffey, American baseball player

1980 – Václav Drobný, Czech footballer 

1980 – David Fa'alogo, New Zealand rugby league player

1980 – Michelle Williams, American actress

1982 – John Kuhn, American football player

1982 – Graham Onions, English cricketer

1982 – Ai Otsuka, Japanese singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress

1982 – Eugênio Rômulo Togni, Brazilian footballer

1983 – Vitolo, Spanish footballer

1983 – Kyle Davies, American baseball player

1983 – Edwin Jackson, American baseball player

1983 – Cleveland Taylor, English footballer

1984 – Jaouad Akaddar, Moroccan footballer 

1984 – Brad Guzan, American soccer player

1984 – James Hildreth, English cricketer

1984 – Michalis Sifakis, Greek footballer

1985 – Martin Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1985 – Luka Modrić, Croatian footballer

1986 – Michael Bowden, American baseball player

1986 – Chamu Chibhabha, Zimbabwean cricketer

1986 – Luc Mbah a Moute, Cameroonian basketball player

1986 – Keith Yandle, American hockey player

1987 – Markus Jürgenson, Estonian footballer

1987 – Alexis Palisson, French rugby player

1987 – Andrea Petkovic, German tennis player

1988 – Danilo D'Ambrosio, Italian footballer

1988 – Will Middlebrooks, American baseball player

1989 – Alfonzo Dennard, American football player

1990 – Shaun Johnson, New Zealand rugby league player

1990 – Haley Reinhart, American singer-songwriter and actress

1990 – Andrew Smith, American basketball player 

1990 – Jordan Tabor, English footballer 

1991 – Oscar, Brazilian footballer

1991 – Hunter Hayes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1991 – Danilo Pereira, Bissauan-Portuguese footballer

1991 – Yevgeni Ponyatovskiy, Russian footballer

1992 – Shannon Boyd, Australian rugby league player

1992 – Damian McGinty, Northern Irish actor and singer

1992 – Kristiāns Pelšs, Latvian ice hockey player (d. 2013)

1993 – Ryōhei Katō, Japanese gymnast

1993 – Sharon van Rouwendaal, Dutch swimmer

1994 – Clinton Gutherson, Australian rugby league player

1997 – Billy Bainbridge, Australian rugby league player