TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON: SEPTEMBER 9
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.
0337 Constantine’s three sons, already Caesars, each take the title of Augustus. Constantine II and Constans share the west while Constantius II takes control of the east.
1087 William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy and King of England, dies in Rouen while conducting a war which began when the French king made fun of him for being fat.
1739 Slave revolt in Stono SC led by Jemmy (25 whites killed)
1776 The term “United States” is adopted by the Continental Congress to be used instead of the “United Colonies.”
1786 George Washington calls for the abolition of slavery.
1850 California, in the midst of a gold rush, enters the Union as the 31st state.
1892 Almalthea, 5th moon of Jupiter, discovered
1926 The Radio Corporation of America creates the National Broadcasting Co.
1942 A Japanese float plane, launched from a submarine, makes its first bombing run on a U.S. forest near Brookings, Oregon.
1948 Kim Il-sung declares the establishment of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
1965 French President Charles de Gaulle announced that France was withdrawing from NATO to protest the domination of the U.S. in the organization.
1969 Canada’s Official Languages Act takes effect, making French equal to English as a language within the nation’s government.
1971 1,000 convicts seize Attica, NY prison
1986 Frank Reed was taken hostage in Lebanon by pro-Iranian kidnappers. The director of a private school in Lebanon was released 44 months later.
1990 Sri Lankan Army massacres 184 civilians of the Tamil minority in the Batticaloa District of Sri Lanka.
1991 Tajikistan Declares its Independence from the Soviet Union
1993 The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.
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.
1998 Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr delivered to the U.S. Congress 36 boxes of material concerning his investigation of U.S. President Clinton.
2007 Manuel Noriega’s sentence in the United States ends. Manuel Noriega, former military ruler of Panama, was released after 17 years of imprisonment in the US. He was imprisoned on charges of drug trafficking, money laundering, and racketeering.
REFERENCE: history.net, onthisday.com, thepeopleshistory.com, timeanddate.com, scopesys.com, on-this-day.com
