From The Associated Press - 1 hr 32 mins ago - & The UPI Almanac. Today is Wednesday, Sept. 9, the 252nd day of 2009. There are 113 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Sept. 9, 1776, the second Continental Congress made the term "United States" official, replacing "United Colonies."
On this date:
In 1830, Charles Durant flew a balloon from New York City across the Hudson River to Perth Amboy, N.J. In 1850, California became the 31st state of the union. In 1893, Frances Cleveland, wife of President Grover Cleveland, gave birth to a daughter, Esther, in the White House; it was the first time a president's child was born in the executive mansion. In 1919, some 1,100 members of Boston's 1,500-man police force went on strike, plunging the city into chaos. (The strike was broken by Massachusetts Gov. Calvin Coolidge, who brought in replacement officers.) In 1943, Allied forces landed at Salerno and Taranto. In 1948, the People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) was declared. In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction. In 1965, Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched a perfect game in a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs.In 1971, prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, N.Y., beginning a siege that ended up claiming 43 lives.In 1976, Communist Chinese leader Mao Zedong died in Beijing at age 82. In 1990, Liberian President Samuel Doe was captured and killed by rebels after visiting the headquarters of West African peacekeeping forces in Monrovia. In 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. In 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. Ten years ago: Former Republican Sen. John Danforth opened an independent inquiry into the 1993 siege of the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas. A massive explosion tore apart a Moscow apartment building, killing about a hundred people. Israel released 199 Palestinian security prisoners as part of a new peace deal. Baseball Hall-of-Fame pitcher Jim "Catfish" Hunter died in Hertford, N.C., at age 53. In 2001, Afghanistan's military opposition leader Ahmed Shah Massood was fatally wounded in a suicide attack by assassins posing as journalists. In 2003, the Boston Roman Catholic Archdiocese agreed to pay $85 million to 552 people to settle clergy sex abuse cases. Five years ago: Secretary of State Colin Powell told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that abuses by government-supported Arab militias in Sudan qualified as genocide against the black African population in the Darfur region. A powerful car bomb exploded outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, killing 10 people. In 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. One year ago: President George W. Bush announced he would keep U.S. force strength in Iraq largely intact until the next administration, drawing rebukes from Democrats who wanted the war ended and a bigger boost of troops in troubled Afghanistan. Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of assassinated former Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto, took office as Pakistan's president.
Today's Birthdays:
Actor Cliff Robertson is 86. Actor Topol is 74. R&B singer Luther Simmons is 67. Singer Inez Foxx is 67. Singer Dee Dee Sharp is 64.Rock singer-musician Doug Ingle is 63. Country singer Freddy Weller is 62. College Football Hall of Famer and former NFL player Joe Theismann is 60. Actor Tom Wopat is 58. Actress Angela Cartwright is 57. Musician-producer Dave Stewart is 57. Actor Hugh Grant is 49. Actor Adam Sandler is 43. Actor David Bennent is 43. Rock singer Paul Durham (Black Lab) is 41. Model Rachel Hunter is 40. Actor Goran Visnjic is 37. Pop-jazz singer Michael Buble is 34. Latin singer Maria Rita is 32. Actress Michelle Williams is 29.
Today In Entertainment History September 9
In 1926, the National Broadcasting Co. (NBC) was incorporated by the Radio Corp. of America. In 1950, "The Hank McCune Show" became the first TV show to feature a laugh track. In 1956, Elvis Presley made his first of three appearances on the "Ed Sullivan Show." He sang "Love Me Tender," "Hound Dog," "Don't Be Cruel" and "Ready Teddy."In 1972, Miles Davis premiered his new nine-piece band in New York. Unlike other bands Davis had formed, this one was comprised of mostly unknown musicians. In 1973, Todd Rundgren recorded the voices of 1,000 fans in San Francisco for the left track of his song "Sons of 1984." He had recorded over 5,000 fans in New York for the right track. In 1982, singers Al Green and Patti LaBelle made their Broadway debuts in the gospel-inspired stage musical "Your Arm's Too Short to Box with God." In 1995, singer Chynna Phillips of Wilson Phillips married actor William Baldwin. In 1996, bluegrass legend Bill Monroe died in Springfield, Tennessee, at the age of 84. Singer Tom Petty's wife, Jane, filed for legal separation after 22 years of marriage, citing "irreconcilable differences." Ten years ago: Actress Ruth Roman died in Laguna Beach, Calif., at age 76. In 1997, actor Burgess Meredith died after suffering melanoma and Alzheimer's disease. He was 89. In 2008, Noel Gallagher of Oasis was injured when a man ran on stage at their concert in Toronto and shoved Gallagher into a speaker.
Thought for Today:
"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal." — Hannah More, English author and social reformer (1745-1833). [Keep your nose-to-the-grindstone "indoctrination" to yourself, busybody. — Ed.]
In 1971, prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, N.Y., beginning a siege that ended up claiming 43 lives.
In 1976, Communist Chinese leader Mao Zedong died in Beijing at age 82. In 1990, Liberian President Samuel Doe was captured and killed by rebels after visiting the headquarters of West African peacekeeping forces in Monrovia. In 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. In 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. Ten years ago: Former Republican Sen. John Danforth opened an independent inquiry into the 1993 siege of the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas. A massive explosion tore apart a Moscow apartment building, killing about a hundred people. Israel released 199 Palestinian security prisoners as part of a new peace deal. Baseball Hall-of-Fame pitcher Jim "Catfish" Hunter died in Hertford, N.C., at age 53. In 2001, Afghanistan's military opposition leader Ahmed Shah Massood was fatally wounded in a suicide attack by assassins posing as journalists. In 2003, the Boston Roman Catholic Archdiocese agreed to pay $85 million to 552 people to settle clergy sex abuse cases. Five years ago: Secretary of State Colin Powell told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that abuses by government-supported Arab militias in Sudan qualified as genocide against the black African population in the Darfur region. A powerful car bomb exploded outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, killing 10 people. In 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. One year ago: President George W. Bush announced he would keep U.S. force strength in Iraq largely intact until the next administration, drawing rebukes from Democrats who wanted the war ended and a bigger boost of troops in troubled Afghanistan. Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of assassinated former Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto, took office as Pakistan's president.
In 1972, Miles Davis premiered his new nine-piece band in New York. Unlike other bands Davis had formed, this one was comprised of mostly unknown musicians. In 1973, Todd Rundgren recorded the voices of 1,000 fans in San Francisco for the left track of his song "Sons of 1984." He had recorded over 5,000 fans in New York for the right track. In 1982, singers Al Green and Patti LaBelle made their Broadway debuts in the gospel-inspired stage musical "Your Arm's Too Short to Box with God." In 1995, singer Chynna Phillips of Wilson Phillips married actor William Baldwin. In 1996, bluegrass legend Bill Monroe died in Springfield, Tennessee, at the age of 84. Singer Tom Petty's wife, Jane, filed for legal separation after 22 years of marriage, citing "irreconcilable differences." Ten years ago: Actress Ruth Roman died in Laguna Beach, Calif., at age 76. In 1997, actor Burgess Meredith died after suffering melanoma and Alzheimer's disease. He was 89. In 2008, Noel Gallagher of Oasis was injured when a man ran on stage at their concert in Toronto and shoved Gallagher into a speaker.
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