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 Championship, now known as the US Open.
Also on 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 US state.
In 1919, approximately 1,100 members of Boston’s 1,500-member police force went on strike. The strike was broken by Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge with replacement officers.
In 1948, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) was proclaimed.
In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the first civil rights law passed by Congress since Reconstruction, a measure primarily concerned with protecting voting rights. It also established a civil rights division within the U.S. Department of Justice.
In 1971, inmates took control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York, taking 42 staff members hostage and demanding improvements in the inmates’ treatment and living conditions.
In 2022, King Charles III gave his first speech to Britain as a new monarch, pledging to continue the “lifelong service” of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, who died a day earlier.
Today’s Birthdays:
- Singer Dee Dee Sharp is 79.
- Former NFL quarterback Joe Theismann is 75.
- Actor Angela Cartwright is 72.
- Musician-producer Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) is 72.
- Actor Hugh Grant is 64.
- Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., is 61.
- Actor Constance Marie is 59.
- Actor Adam Sandler is 58.
- Actor 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.
- Actor Michelle Williams is 44.
- Actor Zoe Kazan is 41.
- Footballer Luka Modrić is 39.
- Country singer-songwriter Hunter Hayes is 33.
