Birthdates Which Occur on September 9:
384 Flavius Honorius emperor East Roman Republic (395-423)
1583 Girolamo Frescobaldi composer
1585 Armand-Jean du Plessicide de Richelieu premier of France (1624-42)
1618 Joan Cererols composer
1629 Cornelis Tromp Dutch lt-adm-gen/son of Maarten Tromp
1646 Zeger B van Espen Flemish theologist
1664 Johann Christoph Pez composer
1687 Jean-Baptiste Maurice Quinault composer
1695 Joseph Thadd„us Stammel Austrian sculptor
1752 Johann Friedrich Christmann composer
1754 William Bligh nasty ship's captain (HMS Bounty)
1769 Cornelis F van Maanen Dutch minister of Justice (1807..42)
1789 William Cranch Bond US, astronomer (codiscovered Hyperion)
1809 William Radford Commander (Union Navy), died in 1890
1817 Speed Smith Fry Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1819 Martin Luther Smith Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1866
1822 Napoleon J K P Bonaparte French prince/member National Convention
1826 Frederich I W L Grand Duke of Baden (1856-1907)
and Thomas John Lucas Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1908
1828 Leo Tolstoy Russia, novelist (War & Peace, Anna Karenina) [NS]
1834 Joseph H Shorthouse English writer (John Inglesant)
and William MacRae Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1882
1840 Gentil T Antheunis Flemish poet/music/composer
1850 Harishchandra India, poet/dramatist/father of modern Hindi
and Leopoldo Miguez composer
1853 Frederick R Spofforth Australia, cricketer (Demon)
1855 Houston S Chamberlain British/German race theorist
1858 Benjamin Kidel English Sudan (Control of the Tropics)
1865 Edwin Lehare composer
1868 Mary Austin Ill, feminist/nature writer (Land of Little Rain)
1872 Delilah L Beasley US author/columnist (Negro trail-blazers)
and Josef Stransky composer
1873 Edward Burlingame Hill composer
1877 Frank Chance baseball player/manager, Tinkers to Evers to Chance
1880 Viking Eggeling Sweden, artist/film maker (Diagonal Symphony)
1887 Alfred M Landon (R-Ks) pres candidate (1932, 1936)
and Raymond Walburn Plymouth In, actor (Christmas in July)
1890 Harland Sanders colonel/CEO (Kentucky Fried Chicken)
1892 Bruno Sturmer composer
1896 Fritz Reuter composer
1898 Frank "Fordham Flash" Frisch NYC, baseball player (NL MVP 1931)
1899 Louis Cheslock composer
and Neil Hamilton Lynn Mass, actor (Commisioner Gordon-Batman)
19-- Jennie Kwan Glendale Calif, actress (Samantha Woo-Calif Dreams)
and Ken LaRon actor (Keith-Bold & Beautiful)
and Nick Ramus Seattle Wash, actor (Gus-Falcon Crest)
and Randy Stumpf Belleville Ill, actor (Joey Dee-Flatbush)
1900 James Hilton English novelist (Goodbye Mr Chips)
1905 Maurice Charles mile Barlier French resistance fighter
1907 Pinky Tomlin Eureka Springs Ark, singer/actor (Tip-Waterfront)
1908 Cesare Pavese Italian writer (La belle estate)
and John Haeton US, bobsled (Olympic-silver-1928, 48)
1909 Kwame Nkrumah communist/premier Gold Coast/president Ghana (1960-66)
1912 Kurt Sanderling Arys Germany, conductor (E Berlin Symph 1960-77)
1915 Guus [August] Oster Dutch actor/director (Carr‚)
1919 Jacques Marin Paris, actor (Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo)
and Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder gambler/sportscaster (lay you 5 to 1)
and Richard Webb Bloomington IL, actor (Invisible Monster, Git)
1920 Michael Aldridge Glastonbury England, actor (Murder in Cathedral)
1921 Andrzej Dobrowolski composer
1924 Jane Greer Wash DC, actress (Prisoner of Zenda, Clown)
and Nino Bibbia Italy, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1948)
1925 Cliff Robertson La Jolla Calif, actor (Charly)/spokesman for AT&T
1926 Jake Carey US R&B-singer (Flamingos-I Know Better)
1927 Elvin Jones rocker
1928 Julian E "Cannonball" Adderley US, jazz musician (Black Messiah)
1929 Stan Parris (Rep-R-VA, 1973-74, 81- )
1930 Paolo Castaldi composer
1932 Ali Doelman-Pel Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
and Sylvia Miles NYC, actress (Midnight Cowboy, Farewell My Lovely)
1934 Sonia Sanchez US playwright/poet (The Bronx is Next)
1935 [Chaim] Topol Tel Aviv Israel, actor (Fiddler on the Roof)
1936 Augustinius Franz Kropfreiter composer
1937 Mikhail N Tai Latvia, World chess champion (1960-61)
1938 Richard Sharpe English rugby player
1939 Howard P McKeon (Rep-R-California)
1940 Joe Negroni rock vocalist (Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers)
1941 Curtis Otto Bismark Curtis-Smith composer
and Les Braid England, bass (Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good)
and Otis Redding Dawson Ga, rock bassist (Sitting on the Dock of the Bay)
1942 Inez Foxx Greensboro NC, rocker (Mockingbird, Hi Diddle Diddle)
and John Linder (Rep-R-Georgia)
and Luther Simmons rocker (Main Ingredient
1943 George Roger Waters keyboardist (Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall)
1944 Olga de Haas Dutch ballerina
1945 Dee Dee Sharpe [Dione Larue], US singer (I Love You Anyway)
1946 Billy Preston Tx, singer/pianist, 5th Beatle (David Brenner Show)
and Doug Ingle Omaha Nebraska, rock vocalist/keyboards (Iron Butterfly)
and Pete Gavin rocker
1947 David Rosenboom composer
and Freddy Weller Georgia, rocker (Paul Revers & The Raiders)
and Lol Creme [Lawrence Creme], England, rock vocalist/guitarist (10cc)
and Lynn Fitzgerald marathoner (ran 133 miles 939 yards in 24 hrs)
1949 Joe Theismann NFL QB (Redskins)/sportscaster
and John Curry England, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1976)
1950 Tom Wopat Lodi WI, actor (Durning Rage, Christmas Comes to Willow)
1951 Corry Konings Dutch singer
and Michael Keaton Pitts Pa, actor (Gung Ho, Batman)
and Robert Desiderio Bronx NY, actor (Det Kennedy-Heart of the City)
1952 Angela Cartwright England (Make Room for Daddy, Lost in Space)
and David Stewart rock guitarist (Eurtyhmics-Here Comes the Rain Again)
1954 Walter Paul Davis Pineville NC, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1976)
1956 Anatoli Pavlovich Artsebarsky Russia, colonel/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-12)
1958 Lita Ford London England, vocalist (Kiss Me Deadly, Runaways)
1960 Hugh Grant London England (4 Weddings & a Funeral)
1962 Aleta Rzepecki Sill Detroit Mich, bowler (1983 WIBC single)
1963 Leslie Thompson Burlington Vt, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
1965 Brenda Epperson actress (Ashley Abbott-Young & Restless)
1966 Adam Sandler comedian (SNL, Billy Madison)
and David Bennent Lausanne, actor (Tin Drum, Legend)
1969 Scott DeFreitas Newton Mass, actor (Andy Dixon-As the World Turns)
1972 Miriam Oremans Berlicum Neth, tennis star
Deaths Which Occured September 9:
9 -BC- Nero Claudius Drusus Roman general strategist, dies
1087 William I The Conqueror, King of England/Duke of Normandy, dies
1438 Eduard [Dom Duarte] King of Portugal (1433-38)/writer, dies
1488 Fran‡ois II of Bretagne dies
1513 James IV king of Scotland (1488-1513), dies in battle at 40
1573 Andr‚ de Resende Portuguese dominican/humanist, dies
1683 Algernon Sidney English Whig politician/plotter, beheaded
1713 Giovanni A di Bartlommeo Viscardi Swiss architect, dies
1770 Bernard S Albinus [Weiss], German surgeon/anatomist, dies at 73
Georg D Ehret German/English cartoonist, dies at 62
1803 Armand-Emmanuel Trial composer, dies at 32
1810 Johann Baptiste Hagenauer Austrian sculptor, dies at 78
1815 John Singleton Copley British painter, dies at 77
1817 Paul Cuffe entrepreneur/civil rights activist, dies at 58
1832 Bernhard Joseph Klein composer, dies at 39
1841 Augustin P de Candolle Swiss botanist, dies at 63
1866 Gergely Czuczor Hungarian/Czech poet/translator, dies at 65
1876 American Horse Sioux chief, dies in battle
1878 Jacobo Ficher composer, dies at 18
1888 John van Swieten Dutch governor of West-Sumatra, dies at 71
1898 St‚phane Mallarm‚ French publisher (L'aprŠs-midi d'un faune), dies
1901 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec French painter, dies
Willem baron of Goltstein of Oldenaller minister of Cologne dies
1902 Titus AJ van Asch van W˜ck governor Suriname (1891-97), dies
1912 Jaroslav Vrchlicky [Emil Fr¡da], Czech poet, dies at 59
1913 Count Paul J Smet de Naeyer Belgian politician, dies
1926 David Lobo actor, dies in an accident^
Greta Lobo-Braakensiek actress, dies in an accident^
1931 Lujo [Ludwig J von] Brentano German economist dies at 86
1941 Gustav Ehrismann German germanist, dies at 85
1942 Zsigmond M¢ricz Hungarians writer (R¢zsa S ndor), dies
1944 Cut P Musch Dutch resistance fighter, murdered by Nazis
1951 Cecil Gray composer, dies at 56
Gibson Gowland actor (Greed), dies at 74
1954 Alfred Gradstein composer, dies at 49
1957 Ettore Pozzoli composer, dies at 84
1959 Max d' Ollone composer, dies at 84
1960 Armas Toivo Valdemar Maasalo composer, dies at 75
1962 Pat Rooney vaudevillian (Night club), dies at 82
1963 Earnest Kantorowicz German/US historian, dies at 68
John Schouten Dutch ARP chairman, dies
1964 Charles O'Neill composer, dies at 82
1965 Julian Antonio Carillo-Trujillo composer, dies at 90
Julian Carrillo-Trujillo composer, dies at 90
1966 Antonio Massana composer, dies at 76
Leon de Smet Flemish painter, dies
Nestor Paiva actor, dies of cancer at 61
1967 Helen Flint actress (Sea Devils), dies after being hit by a car at 69
1969 Katherine Singleton actress/Miss Universe (1926), dies at 65
1971 Billy Gilbert (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday), dies at 76
1973 Samuel N Behrman US stage/screenwriter (Quo Vardis), dies at 80
1974 Sultan Ismail Hajibeyov composer, dies at 55
1975 Ethel Griffies actress (Billy Liar, Birds), dies at 97
John McGiver actor (Patty Duke Show, Jimmy Stewart Show), dies at 61
Minta Durfee actress (Keystone Comedies, Mickey), dies at 85
1976 Mao Tse-Tung Chinese communist party chairman (1949-76), dies at 82
1977 John Breeden actor, dies at 73
1978 Jack L Warner US movie production (Warner Bros), dies at 86)
1979 Solon Michaelides composer, dies at 73
1982 Frederic Dannay [Ellery Queen], US, detective writer, dies
1984 Walter Kaufmann composer, dies at 77
1987 Gerrit John Heijn senior executive (Ahold), kidnapped/murdered
1989 Tim Hovey actor (Slim Carter, Man Afraid), dies of a drug overdose
1991 Edwin M McMillan US, chemist (neptunium, plutonium, Nobel 1951), dies
John Lawrence doctor, dies
Joop H Zwart Spanish fighter/publicist (Black Widow), dies
Paul Michael Lombardi actor, dies of AIDS at 31
1993 Helen O'Connell singer (Green Eyes), dies of cancer at 73
1994 Patrick O'Neal US actor (King Rat, Night of the Iguana), dies at 66
Roy Castle actor (Dr Who & the Daleks), dies of lung Cancer
Holidays Which Occur September 9:
Bulgaria Anniversary of Socialist Revolution in Bulgaria (1944)
California Admission Day (1850)
Italy Salerno Day-Allied landing (1943)
Luxembourg Liberation Day (1944)
North Korea Republic Day (1948)
Religious Observances on September 9:
Ang Commemoration of Constance & her companions
Christian St Gorgonius, martyr
RC St-Omer, Swiss bishop of Th‚rouanne
1654 RC-US Memorial of Peter Claver, priest
Things to Remember for September 9:
Bourbon Month
Flowers-morning glory & aster Gem-sapphire
Hot Breakfast Month
13 Days Astrological sign: Virgo
4 Days [England] Buddy Holly Week (1976)
29 Days Harvest Moon Days (full moon closest to equinox)
Highlights in History Which Occur September 9:
701 St Sergius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1492 Columbus' fleet sets sail west
1513 Battle of Flodden Fields; English defeat James IV of Scotland
1556 Pope Paul IV refuses to crown Ferdinand of Austria emperor
1561 Sermon of Poissy
1567 Lomaraal van Egmond & Philip van Hoorne captured
1591 -10] Battle at Flores Azores: Spanish beat English
1675 New England colonies declare war on Wampanoag indians
1683 Expelled Polish & Lotharings reach Wienerwald
1739 Slave revolt in Stono SC led by Jemmy (25 whites killed)
1776 Continental Congress renames "United Colonies," "United States"
1817 Alexander Lucius Twilight, probably 1st black to graduate from US
college, receives BA degree at Middlebury College
1830 Charles Durant, 1st US aeronaut, flies a balloon from Castle Garden,
NYC to Perth Amboy, NJ
1839 John Herschel takes 1st glass plate photograph
1841 Great Lakes steamer "Erie" sinks off Silver Creek NY, kills 300
1850 California becomes 31st state
and Territories of New Mexico & Utah created
1857 H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #56 Melete
1860 H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #61 Danae
1862 Lee splits his army & sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry
1863 Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN
1867 Luxembourg gains independence
1875 Lotta's Fountain (Kearny & Market) dedicated
1878 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #189 Phthia
1880 President Hayes visits SF
1881 Egyptian military coup under colonel Arab "El Wahid"
1890 A Charlois discovers asteroids #297 Caecilia & #298 Baptistina
1892 Almalthea, moon of Jupiter, discovered
and E E Barnard at Lick discovers Amalthea, 5th Jupiter moon
1895 American Bowling Congress formed (NYC)
1898 Ottawa Football Club re-organizes into the Rough Riders
1899 French Capt Alfred Dreyfus sentenced on unjust grounds
1903 6 km long Engadin-railroad tunnel of Switzerland inaugurated
1904 Boston Herald again refers to NY baseball club as Yankees, when
it reports "Yankees take 2," Yankee name not official till 1913
1908 Orville Wright makes 1st 1-hr airplane flight, Fort Myer, Va
and Russia takes part of Poland
1909 Heavyweight Jack Johnson & Al Kaufman fight to no decision in SF
1911 1st European airpost (Hendon to Windsor, England)
1912 J Verdrines becomes 1st to fly over 100 mph (107 mph/172 kph)
1913 Assn for Study of Negro Life & History organizes in Chicago
1914 -12] Belgian offensive from Antwerp
and Battle of Marne (German advance stalls, Paris saved)
and Boston Brave George Davis no-hits Phila Phillies, 7-0
1915 Assn for study of Negro Life & History forms by Carter G Woodson
1918 Dutch govt of Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms
1919 Boston's police force forms strike
1920 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #938 Chlosinde
1922 St Louis Brown "Baby Doll" Jacobson hits 3 triples beating Tigers 16-0
and Turkish troops conquer Smyrna (bloodbath among Greek citizens)
and William T Cosgrave replaces Irish premier Collins
1923 Albin Stenroos runs world record 20 km (1:07:11.2)
1926 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1067 Lunaria
and National Broadcasting Co created by Radio Corporation of America
and Train disaster at Wassenaar Neth, 4 die
1927 Tony Lazzeri Day at Yankee Stadium
1928 M Wolf discovers asteroid #1365 Henyey
and Silvio Cator of Haiti, sets then long jump record at 26' ¬"
1929 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1160 Illyria
1932 Frank Crosetti ties record, striking out twice in 1 inning
and Mine strikes at Belgian Borinage ended
and Spanish Cortes grants Catalonia autonomy
and Steamboat SS Observation explodes in NYC East River (71 killed)
1934 Armas Toivonen becomes 1st European marathoner (2:52:29.0)
and G Kaufman & M Hart's "Merrily We Roll Along," premieres in NYC
#1383 Limburgia, #1384 Kniertje, #1670 Minnaert & #1925 Franklin-Adams
and H Van Gent discovers asteroids #1336 Zeelandia, #1337 Gerarda,
1936 Yanks clinch 8th AL pennant
1939 Nazi army reaches Warsaw
and Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1535 Paijanne
1940 28 German aircrafts shot down above England
and W Donald McNeill wins US Tennis Open
1942 1st bombing on continental US soil, Mount Emily Oregon (WW II)
and Compulsory work for women, children & old males in Batavia
1943 15 German JU-88's sink Italian sailboat Rome
and Italy surrenders to Allies
and Lt-Gen Bradley flies to Marrakech/Prestwick Algiers
and Red Army occupies Bachmatsj
and US, British & French troops land in Salerno (operation Avalanche)
1944 Allied forces liberate Luxembourg
and Bulgaria liberated from Nazi control (National Day)
and Resistance fighter Cut Musch arrested in Nijverdal Neth
and US 113th cavalry passes Belg-Dutch borders
and Very strong hurricane hits Netherland
1945 Japanese in S Korea, Taiwan, China, Indochina surrender to Allies
and Jimmie Foxx hits his 534th & final HR
and Phila A's Dick Fowler no-hits St Louis Brown, 1-0
1948 Bkln Dodger Rex Barney no-hits NY Giants, 2-0
and People's Democratic Republic of Korea proclaimed
1950 1st use of TV laugh track-Hank McCune
and Massive arrests of communists in France
1951 1st broadcast of "Love of Life" on CBS-TV
1953 KGTV TV channel 10 in San Diego, CA (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
and WFIE TV channel 14 in Evansville, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 Earthquake strikes Orl‚ansville Algeria: 1,400 killed
and Indians becomes 1st Cleveland team to win 100 games in a season
1956 African Party for Liberation of Guinea-Bissau & Cape Verde forms
and Elvis Presley appears on national TV for 1st time (Ed Sullivan)
and K Reinmuth & I Groenevel discovers asteroid #1691 Oort
and Kenneth R Rosewall wins US Tennis Open
1957 "Diana" by Paul Anka reaches #1
and Nashville's new Hattie Cotton Elementary School dynamited
1958 Pirate Roberto Clemente ties record of 3 triples in a game
and Race riots in Notting Hill Gate, London
1959 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2065 Spicer
1960 4th American Football League plays 1st game (Denver 13, Boston 10)
1962 Rodney G Laver wins US Tennis Open
and Soviet economist Liberman plead for autonomous businesses
and WNYS (now WIXT) TV channel 9 in Syracuse, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
1964 German DR govt allows short visits to West Germany
and John Osborne's "Inadmissable Evidence," premieres in London
1965 Fran‡ois Mitterrand nominated for French presidency
and Sandy Koufax pitches his 4th no-hitter, a perfect game vs Cubs (1-0)
and Tibet is made an autonomous region of China
1966 John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at an avante-garde art exposition
1967 1st successful test flight of a Saturn V
and T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2120 Tyumenia
and Uganda declares independence from Great Britain
1968 1st US Open, held as an "open" (Arthur Ashe-wins)
and Arthur Ashe defeats Tom Okker to win US Tennis Open
and Minn Tommy Krammer passes for 6 touchdowns vs Green Bay (42-7)
and WGIQ TV channel 43 in Louisville, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
and WVPT TV channel 51 in Staunton, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1969 Allegheny 853 collides with Piper Cherokee above Indiana, kills 82
and Seaplane crashes at Indianapolis, kills 83
and Smallest US Tennis Open single session-131 (men's doubles final only)
and WCVN TV channel 54 in Covington, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1970 Feyenoord wins World Cup
1971 1,000 convicts seize Attica, NY prison
and John Lennon & Yoko Ono appear on Dick Cavett Show (ABC-TV)
and John Lennon releases "Imagine" album
and NHL great Gordie Howe retires
1974 Billie Jean King wins her last US Open title beating Evonne Goolagong
and Jimmy Connors (22) defeats Ken Rosewall (39) to win US Tennis Open
1975 Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova (18) asks political asylum
and Viking 2 launched toward orbit around Mars, soft landing
1977 1st TRS-80 computer sold
and Harvard College discovers asteroid #2267 Agassi
and N Chernykh discovers asteroids #3233 Krisbarons & #3409
1978 3rd game of Boston Massacre; Yanks beat Red Sox 7-0
and Balt Orioles pull their 7th triple play (5-4-3 vs Toronto)
and Chris Evert wins her 4th consecutive US Open beating Pam Shriver
and Iraqi Ayatollah Khomeini calls for uprising in Irani army
1979 John McEnroe defeats Vitas Gerulaitis in All-NYer US Open final
and Sid Bernstein offers $« billion for a Beatle reunion
and Tracy Austin (16y8m28d) becomes young US Open champ being Chris Evert
and Yusef Islam (Cat Stevens) weds Fouzia Ali at Kensington Mosque
1981 Vernon E Jordan resigns as president of National Urban League
1982 Columbia mated with SRBs & external tank in preparation for STS-5
and Conestoga 1, 1st private commercial rocket, makes suborbital flight
1983 Challenger returns to Kennedy Space Center via Sheppard AFB, Texas
and Radio Shack announces their color computer 2 (Coco2)
and Vitas Gerulatis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat
100th ranked male tennis player
1984 Calif Angel Michael Witt is 11th to pitch a perfect baseball game
and John McEnroe wins his 4th US Tennis Open defeating Ivan Lendl
1985 President Reagan proclaims sanctions against South Africa
and Race riot in Birmingham England
1986 NYC jury indicts Gennadly Zakharov (Soviet UN employee) of spying
1987 Gary Hart admits on "Nightline," to cheating on his wife
and Largest US Tennis Open single night session (total) 21,016
and Larry Bird (Celtics), begins NBA free throw streak of 59
and Nolan Ryan strikes out his 4,500th batter
1988 Chris Evert defaults at US Open due to a stomach flu
and US swamps New Zealand at 27th America`s Cup: NZ set to appeal
1989 Steffi Graf defeats Martina Navratilova to win US Tennis Open
1990 Bush & Gorbachev meet in Helsinki & urge Iraq to leave Kuwait
and Liberia president Samuel K Doe is captured by Mr Johnson's forces
and Pete Sampras (19y28d) becomes youngest US Open Male Tennis champ
beating Andre Agassi
1991 Mike Tyson indicted for rape of Desiree Washington
and Only 1,695 fans watch Boston Red Sox play Cleveland
1992 1st time Baltimore Orioles draw 3 million fans at home
and MTV awards - Howard Stern appears as Fartman
and Robin Yount, is 17th to get 3,000 hits
1993 Croupier of casino in Bristol England, shoots a 4, a record 8 times
and PLO recognizes state of Israel
and Ukraine premier Leonid Koetsjma, resigns
1994 Space shuttle STS 64 (Discovery 20), launches into orbit
and Tu-22 crashes into Aeroflot Tu-134a at Zhukovsky, 7 killed
1995 "Broadway Limited" last train ride (began in 1902)
and Dean St Station in Brooklyn, is 6th MTA station to close since 1904
and Ice Skater Nancy Kerrigan (25) weds her agent Jerry Solomon (41)
and Steffi Graf defeats Monica Seles to win US Tennis Open
1841 Great Lakes steamer 'Erie' sinks off Silver Creek, New York,
killing 300 German & Norwegian immigrants and crew.
1963 Landslide into lake behind Vaiont Dam emptys the lake,
creating 200 foot wave that kills 3-4,000. (Italy)
1969 Allegheny Airlines flight 853 collides with Piper Cherokee
above Shelbyville, Indiana killing all 82 & student pilot.
Your Special Reminders for September 9:
1883 48øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1915 94øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 252nd day of year with 113 days left (Numerology = 9)
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