Thursday, September 09, 2021

History for September 9

History for September 9 - On-This-Day.com
Colonel Harland Sanders 1890
  • 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."
  • 1836 - Abraham Lincoln received his license to practice law.
  • 1911 - Italy declared war on the Ottoman Turks and annexed Libya, Tripolitania, and Cyrenaica in North Africa.
  • 1957 - The first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction was signed into law by U.S. President Republican Dwight 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.

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