History for September 9

History for September 9 - On-This-Day.com
Colonel Harland Sanders 1890, Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder 1923, Cliff Robertson 1925 
  

Otis Redding 1941, Tom Wopat 1951, Adam Sandler 1966 


490 B.C. - The Battle of Marathon took place between the invading Persian army and the Athenian Army. The marathon race was derived from the events that occurred surrounding this battle.


1776 - The second Continental Congress officially made the term "United States", replacing the previous term "United Colonies."


1948 - North Korea became the People's Democratic Republic of Korea.


1957 - The first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction was signed into law by republican U.S. President Eisenhower.


1971 - Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings retired from the National Hockey League (NHL).


1979 - Tracy Austin, at 16, became the youngest player to win the U.S. Open women’s tennis title.


1986 - Ted Turner presented the first of his colorized films on WTBS in Atlanta, GA.


1994 - The U.S. agreed to accept about 20,000 Cuban immigrants a year. This was in return for Cuba's promise to halt the flight of refugees.