On Sept. 9, 1976, Communist Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung died in Beijing at age 82. (Go to article.)
On Sept. 9, 1887, Alfred Landon, the American politician who ran against Franklin Roosevelt for United States president in 1936, was born. Following his death on Oct. 12, 1987, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
On September 9, 1882, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about Oscar Wilde's tour of America. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
On this date in:
1850 California became the 31st state of the union.
1893 President Grover Cleveland's wife, Frances, gave birth to a daughter, Esther, in the White House.
1926 The National Broadcasting Co. was created as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Radio Corporation of America.
1948 The People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) was created.
1956 Elvis Presley made the first of three appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
1957 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction.
1965 Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched a perfect game in a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
1971 Prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, N.Y., beginning a four-day siege that claimed 43 lives.
1993 The Palestine Liberation Organization agreed to recognize Israel's right to exist, and Israel agreed to recognize the PLO as the representative of the Palestinian people.
1997 Sinn Fein, the Irish Republican Army's political ally, formally renounced violence as it took its place in talks on Northern Ireland's future.
2003 The Boston Roman Catholic Archdiocese agreed to pay $85 million to 552 people to settle clergy sex abuse cases.
2005 Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown, the principal target of harsh criticism of the Bush administration's response to Hurricane Katrina, was relieved of his onsite command.
2009 Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., shouted "You lie!" during President Barack Obama's speech to Congress on health care.
Current Birthdays
Hugh Grant turns 50 years old today.
87 Cliff Robertson
Actor
75 Topol
Actor ("Fiddler on the Roof")
61 Joe Theismann
Football player, sportscaster
59 Tom Wopat
Actor ("Dukes of Hazzard")
58 Angela Cartwright
Actress ("The Danny Thomas Show," "Lost in Space")
58 Dave Stewart
Rock musician, producer (Eurythmics)
45 Constance Marie
Actress ("George Lopez")
44 Adam Sandler
Actor, comedian
41 Rachel Hunter
Model
38 Goran Visnjic
Actor ("ER")
35 Michael Buble
Singer
30 Michelle Williams
Actress
Historic Birthdays
Alfred Landon
9/9/1887 - 10/12/1987
American governor of Kansas (1933-7) and unsuccessful Republican presidential candidate (1936)
(Go to obit.)
61 Luigi Galvani
9/9/1737 - 12/4/1798
Italian physician and physicist
63 William Bligh
9/9/1754 - 12/7/1817
English admiral; commanded the HMS Bounty
74 Fremont Lawson
9/9/1850 - 8/19/1925
American newspaper editor and publisher
70 Max Reinhardt
9/9/1873 - 10/31/1943
Austrian stage and screen director
69 James Agate
9/9/1877 - 6/6/1947
English drama critic for the London Sunday Times (1923-47)
54 James Hilton
9/9/1900 - 12/20/1954
English novelist
80 Granville Hicks
9/9/1901 - 6/18/1982
American critic, novelist and teacher
26 Otis Redding
9/9/1941 - 12/10/1967
American soul singer and songwriter
44 John Curry
9/9/1949 - 4/15/1994
English Olympic gold medal-winning figure skater (1976 )
From NYtimes
On Sept. 9, 1887, Alfred Landon, the American politician who ran against Franklin Roosevelt for United States president in 1936, was born. Following his death on Oct. 12, 1987, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
On September 9, 1882, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about Oscar Wilde's tour of America. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
On this date in:
1850 California became the 31st state of the union.
1893 President Grover Cleveland's wife, Frances, gave birth to a daughter, Esther, in the White House.
1926 The National Broadcasting Co. was created as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Radio Corporation of America.
1948 The People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) was created.
1956 Elvis Presley made the first of three appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
1957 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction.
1965 Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched a perfect game in a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
1971 Prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, N.Y., beginning a four-day siege that claimed 43 lives.
1993 The Palestine Liberation Organization agreed to recognize Israel's right to exist, and Israel agreed to recognize the PLO as the representative of the Palestinian people.
1997 Sinn Fein, the Irish Republican Army's political ally, formally renounced violence as it took its place in talks on Northern Ireland's future.
2003 The Boston Roman Catholic Archdiocese agreed to pay $85 million to 552 people to settle clergy sex abuse cases.
2005 Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown, the principal target of harsh criticism of the Bush administration's response to Hurricane Katrina, was relieved of his onsite command.
2009 Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., shouted "You lie!" during President Barack Obama's speech to Congress on health care.
Current Birthdays
Hugh Grant turns 50 years old today.
87 Cliff Robertson
Actor
75 Topol
Actor ("Fiddler on the Roof")
61 Joe Theismann
Football player, sportscaster
59 Tom Wopat
Actor ("Dukes of Hazzard")
58 Angela Cartwright
Actress ("The Danny Thomas Show," "Lost in Space")
58 Dave Stewart
Rock musician, producer (Eurythmics)
45 Constance Marie
Actress ("George Lopez")
44 Adam Sandler
Actor, comedian
41 Rachel Hunter
Model
38 Goran Visnjic
Actor ("ER")
35 Michael Buble
Singer
30 Michelle Williams
Actress
Historic Birthdays
Alfred Landon
9/9/1887 - 10/12/1987
American governor of Kansas (1933-7) and unsuccessful Republican presidential candidate (1936)
(Go to obit.)
61 Luigi Galvani
9/9/1737 - 12/4/1798
Italian physician and physicist
63 William Bligh
9/9/1754 - 12/7/1817
English admiral; commanded the HMS Bounty
74 Fremont Lawson
9/9/1850 - 8/19/1925
American newspaper editor and publisher
70 Max Reinhardt
9/9/1873 - 10/31/1943
Austrian stage and screen director
69 James Agate
9/9/1877 - 6/6/1947
English drama critic for the London Sunday Times (1923-47)
54 James Hilton
9/9/1900 - 12/20/1954
English novelist
80 Granville Hicks
9/9/1901 - 6/18/1982
American critic, novelist and teacher
26 Otis Redding
9/9/1941 - 12/10/1967
American soul singer and songwriter
44 John Curry
9/9/1949 - 4/15/1994
English Olympic gold medal-winning figure skater (1976 )
From NYtimes
