Today is Monday, September ninth, the 253rd day of the yr 2024. There are 113 days left within the yr.
Today in history:
On September 9, 1957, Althea Gibson became the primary black tennis player to win the U.S. National Championship, now generally known as the U.S. Open.
Also on this date:
In 1776, the Second Continental Congress officially adopted the name “United States of America,” replacing the “United Colonies of North America.”
In 1919, about 1,100 members of the 1,500-strong Boston Police Department went on strike. The strike was ended by the Governor of Massachusetts, Calvin Coolidge, through alternative officers.
In 1948, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) was proclaimed.
In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the primary civil rights bill passed by Congress since Reconstruction, primarily to guard the best to vote and to ascertain a Civil Rights Division inside the U.S. Department of Justice.
In 1971, inmates took control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York, taking 42 staff members hostage and demanding improvements within the treatment and living conditions of inmates.
In 2022, King Charles III gave his first speech to Britain as the brand new monarch, vowing to proceed the “lifelong service” of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, who died the day before.
Today's birthdays:
- Singer Dee Dee Sharp is 79.
- Former NFL quarterback Joe Theismann is 75.
- Actress Angela Cartwright is 72.
- Musician and producer Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) is 72.
- Actor Hugh Grant is 64.
- Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., is 61.
- Actress Constance Marie is 59.
- Actor Adam Sandler is 58.
- Actress Julia Sawalha (suh-WAHL'-hah) is 56.
- Model Rachel Hunter is 55.
- Actor Eric Stonestreet is 53.
- Actor Henry Thomas is 53.
- Actor Goran Visnjic (VEEZ'-nihch) is 52.
- Pop-jazz singer Michael Bublé (boo-BLAY') is 49.
- Actress Michelle Williams is 44.
- Actress Zoe Kazan is 41.
- The football player Luka Modrić is 39.
- Country singer-songwriter Hunter Hayes is 33.
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