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, Joe Theismann 1949, Tom Wopat 1951


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."


1942 - Japan dropped incendiaries over NE in an attempt to set fire to the forests in Oregon and Washington. The forest did not ignite.


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 U.S. President Eisenhower.


1965 - French President Charles de Gaulle announced that France was withdrawing from NATO to protest the domination of the U.S. in the organization.


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


1998 - Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr delivered to the U.S. Congress 36 boxes of material concerning his investigation of U.S. President Clinton.