September 9 - This Day in History

September 9 : General Interest
1893: President's child born in White House

Frances Folsom Cleveland, the wife of President Grover Cleveland, gives birth to a daughter, Esther, in the White House... read more


American Revolution
1776 : Congress renames the nation "United States of America"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-renames-the-nation-united-states-of-america


Automotive
1966 : President Johnson signs the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-johnson-signs-the-national-traffic-and-motor-vehicle-safety-act


Civil War
1863 : Yankees capture Chattanooga
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/yankees-enter-chattanooga-tennessee


Cold War
1976 : Mao Zedong Dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mao-zedong-dies


Crime
1919 : The Boston police department goes on strike
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-boston-police-department-goes-on-strike


Disaster
1954 : Powerful earthquake rocks Algeria
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/powerful-earthquake-rocks-algeria


General Interest
1971 : Riot at Attica prison
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/riot-at-attica-prison

1976 : Chairman Mao dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/chairman-mao-dies


Hollywood
1939 : Audiences are treated to surprise preview of Gone with the Wind
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/audiences-are-treated-to-surprise-preview-of-gone-with-the-wind


Literary
1910 : Alice B. Toklas moves in permanently with Gertrude Stein
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/alice-b-toklas-moves-in-permanently-with-gertrude-stein


Music
1963 : Lesley Gore sings "It's My Party" on American Bandstand
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lesley-gore-sings-quotits-my-partyquot-on-american-bandstand


Old West
1850 : California becomes the 31st state in record time
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/california-becomes-the-31st-state-in-record-time


Presidential
1893 : Cleveland baby born in White House
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cleveland-baby-born-in-white-house


Sports
1965 : Sandy Koufax pitches perfect game
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sandy-koufax-pitches-perfect-game


Vietnam War
1967 : Hackney receives Medal of Honor
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hackney-receives-medal-of-honor

1969 : Ho Chi Minh buried in Hanoi
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ho-chi-minh-buried-in-hanoi

1972 : DeBellevue becomes leading American Ace
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/debellevue-becomes-leading-american-ace


World War I
1914 : U.S. Secretary of State Lansing demands recall of Austro-Hungarian ambassador
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-secretary-of-state-lansing-demands-recall-of-austro-hungarian-ambassador


World War II
1942 : Japanese bomb U.S. mainland
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japanese-bomb-us-mainland

1943 : Allies land at Salerno and Taranto
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/allies-land-at-salerno-and-taranto