Today is Monday, September 9, the 253rd day of 2024. There are 113 days left in the year.
Today in History:
On September 9, 1957, Althea Gibson became the first black tennis player to win the US National Championships, now known as the US Open.
Also this date:
In 1776, the Second Continental Congress formally adopted the name “United States of America”, replacing the “United Colonies of North America”.
In 1850, California was admitted as the 31st state of the United States.
In 1919, about 1,100 members of Boston’s 1,500-member police force went on strike. The strike was broken by Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge with replacements.
In 1948, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) was proclaimed.
In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction, a measure primarily concerned with protecting voting rights. It also established a Civil Rights Division in the US Department of Justice.
In 1971, inmates seized control of the maximum security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York, taking 42 employees hostage and demanding improvements in inmate treatment and living conditions.
In 2022, King Charles III gave his first speech to Britain as its new monarch, pledging to carry on the “lifelong service” of his mother Queen Elizabeth II, who died a day earlier.
Today’s birthdays:
- Singer Dee Dee Sharp is 79 years old.
- Former NFL quarterback Joe Theismann is 75.
- Actor Angela Cartwright is 72 years old.
- Musician-producer Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) is 72 years old.
- Actor Hugh Grant is 64 years old.
- Late. Chris Coons, D-Del., is 61.
- The actress Constance Marie is 59.
- Actor Adam Sandler is 58 years old.
- Actress Julia Sawalha (suh-WAHL’-hah) is 56.
- Model Rachel Hunter is 55.
- Actor Eric Stonestreet is 53.
- Actor Henry Thomas is 53.
- Actor Goran Visnjic (VEEZ’-nihch) is 52.
- Pop-jazz singer Michael Bublé (boo-BLAY’) is 49.
- Actress Michelle Williams is 44.
- Actor Zoe Kazan is 41 years old.
- Soccer player Luka Modrić is 39.
- Country singer-songwriter Hunter Hayes is 33 years old.