Historical Events  -  September 9

1543 – 9-months-old Mary Stuart became the queen of Scotland. 

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

1839 – John Herschel took the first glass plate photograph.

1812 – The Bank of Hindustan General Bank in Bengal and the Bengal Bank became the first banks in India to issue paper currency. (India’s first printed banknote).

1845 – California became the 31st State of the United States.

1892 – Amalthea, the third moon of Jupiter was discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.

1911 – The first airmail service in Britain began, operating between Hendon and Windsor.

1985 – Deaf and Dumb swimmer Taranath Shenoy swam across English Chanel for the third time.

199 0 – 184 Tamil civilians were killed by Shri Lankan Army in Batticaloa District.

1997 – Pradeep Thipsena, Chess player, won the Grandmaster title.

2002 – The Rafiganj train wreck happened in Bihar, India.

2012 – The Indian Space Research Organization puts into orbit its heaviest foreign satellite yet, in a streak of 21 consecutive successful PSLV launches.

2015– Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.

2016– The government of North Korea conducts its fifth and reportedly biggest nuclear test.

Famous Birthdays – September 9

1585 – Cardinal de Richelieu, French statesman and chief minister to Louis XIII from 1624, who crushed all opposition to the monarchy.

1737 – Luigi Galvani, Physicist, physician, biologist, and philosopher. He discovered Animal Electricity. He is recognized as the pioneer of bioelectromagnetics.

1828 – Leo Tolstoy, Russian author, and playwright. He is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time.

1850 – Bharatendu Hrishchndra, Indian poet, and playwright commonly referred as the “Father of Modern Hindi”. 

1890 – Colonel Sanders, American businessman, founded (Kentucky Fried Chicken) KFC.

1899 – Kalki Krishnamurthy, an Indian writer, journalist, poet, critic, and Indian independence activist.

1941 – Dennis Ritchie, an American computer scientist, created the C programming language.

1966 – Adam Sandler, American actor, comedian, and producer.

1967 – Akshay Kumar, Indian actor. 

1974 – Vikram Batra, Indian Army Officer. Honored with Parma Veer Chakra.

1975 – Raj Kundra, an Indian British businessman.

 

Death Anniversaries – September 9

1087 – William the conqueror, As a Duke of Normandy William, conquered England and took the throne as William I.

1513 – King James IV, King of Scotland, died at the Battle of Flodden Field, defeated by English troops.

1942 – Shirish Kumar, Indian Freedom fighter.

1960 – Jigar Moradabadi, Indian Urdu Poet.

1976 – Mao Tse Tung, Chinese communist revolutionary who founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949.

1978 – Jack Warner, Canadian Entrepreneur. He founder Warner Brother’s Studio along with his brother Sam Warner.

2003 – Edward Teller, Hungarian entrepreneur. Known as Father of the hydrogen bomb who raised the bar for warfare’s destructive capabilities.

2012 – Verghese Kurien, Indian engineer, and businessman, founded Amul.