September 9

Scott Winters September 9, 2024 1 Comment

A quick look at Today in History, check out some Celebrity Birthdays, and find out what Days of the Year to celebrate.

TODAY IN HISTORY:

1776 – The second Continental Congress officially came up with the term “United States”, replacing the previous term “United Colonies.”

1791 – Washington, DC, the capital of the United States, was named after President George Washington.

1836 – Abraham Lincoln received his license to practice law.

1850 – California became the 31st state.

1893 – President Grover Cleveland’s wife, Frances Cleveland, gave birth to a daughter, Esther. She became the first President’s child to be born in the White House.

1904 – In New York, NY, Mounted police were used for the first time.

1926 – NBC (The National Broadcasting Company) was created by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA).

1938 – The Detroit Lions moved games to Briggs Stadium.

1947 – The very first computer bug…a moth lodged in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.

1956 – Elvis Presley made his first appearance on the Ed Sullivan TV show “Toast of the Town.” He was shown from just the waist up during the performance. Elvis would make a total of three appearances on the show.

1957 – President Dwight Eisenhower signed the first civil rights bill to be passed by Congress since Reconstruction.

1965 – Hurricane Betsy made its second landfall near New Orleans, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion in damages. It became the first hurricane to cause over $1 billion in unadjusted damage.

1965 – The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development was established.

1966 – The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

1971 – Gordie Howe, of the Detroit Red Wings, retired from the National Hockey League.

1972 – In Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration discovered a link between the Mammonth and Flint Ridge cave systems, making it the longest known cave passageway in the world.

1986 – Ted Turner presented the first of his colorized films on TV’s WTBS.

1987 – Mickey Spillane’s TV show “Mike Hammer” aired for the last time.

1994 – The Space Shuttle “Discovery” blasted off on an 11-day mission.

1995 – Amtrak’s Broadway Limited service made its final run between New York City, NY and Chicago, IL.

1998 – Independent counsel Kenneth Starr delivered to Congress 36 boxes of material from his investigation of President Bill Clinton.

1998 – Four tourists who had paid $32,500 each were taken in submarine to view the wreckage of the Titanic. The ship was 2-1/2 miles deep in the Atlantic off the coast of Newfoundland.

1999 – The Sega Dreamcast 128-bit video game system went on sale. By 1:00 pm all Toys R Us locations in the U.S. had sold out.

2008 – The iTunes Music Store reached 100 million songs sold.

2009 – The iTunes Music Store reached 8.6 billion songs sold.

2014 – Apple unveiled the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, Apple Watch, Apple Watch Sport, and Apple Watch Edition.

2015 – Queen Elizabeth II became the longest ever reigning monarch by surpassing 23,226 days, 16 hours and 23 minutes.

BIRTHDAYS:

Joe Theismann – 75 years old (1949) – Football Player, TV Host (“ESPN”, “NFL Network”)

Tom Wopat – 73 years old (1951) – Actor, singer (TV’s “The Dukes of Hazzard”)

Angela Cartwright – 72 years old (1952) – Actress (Played Brigitta Von Trapp in “The Sound of Music”, TV’s “Make Room For Daddy”, played Penny Robinson on “Lost in Space”)

David A. Stewart – 72 years old (1952) – Guitarist (Eurythmics)

Hugh Grant – 64 years old (1960) – Actor (“Four Weddings and a Funeral”, “Notting Hill”, “Bridget Jones’ Diary”)

Constance Marie – 59 years old (1965) – Actress (“Selena”, TV’s “George Lopez”, “Santa Barbara”, “Dirty Dancing”)

Adam Sandler – 58 years old (1966) – Comedian, actor (TV’s “Saturday Night Live”, movies “Billy Madison”, “Happy Gilmore”, “The Longest Yard”, “Jack and Jill”, “Grown-Ups”, “Grown-Ups 2”)

Scott DeFreitas – 55 years old (1969) – Actor (TV’s “As the World Turns”)

Eric Stonestreet – 53 years old (1971)- Actor (Plays Cameron Tucker on TV’s “Modern Family”)

Henry Thomas – 53 years old (1971) – Actor (Played Elliott Taylor in “ET: The Extra-Terrestrial”, “Dear John”, “Legends of the Fall”)

Michael Bublé – 49 years old (1975) – Singer

Michelle Williams – 44 years old (1980) – Actress (TV’s “Dawson’s Creek”, movies “Brokeback Mountain”, “Blue Valentine”, “Halloween H20: 20 Years Later”, “Dick”, “Shutter Island”)