Year 1543
9-months-old Mary Stuart became the queen of Scotland.
SEPTEMBER 9
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9 September: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 9 September.
Year 1791
Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, was named after President George Washington.
Year 1839
John Herschel took the first glass plate photograph.
Year 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).
Year 1845
California became the 31st State of the United States.
Year 1892
Amalthea, the third moon of Jupiter was discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.
Year 1911
The first airmail service in Britain began, operating between Hendon and Windsor.
Year 1985
Deaf and Dumb swimmer Taranath Shenoy swam across English Chanel for the third time.
Year 1990
184 Tamil civilians were killed by Shri Lankan Army in Batticaloa District.
Year 1997
Pradeep Thipsena, Chess player, won the Grandmaster title.
Year 2002
The Rafiganj train wreck happened in Bihar, India.
Year 2012
The Indian Space Research Organization puts into orbit its heaviest foreign satellite yet, in a streak of 21 consecutive successful PSLV launches.
Year 2015
Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.
Year 2016
The government of North Korea conducts its fifth and reportedly biggest nuclear test.
Born 1585
Cardinal de Richelieu, French statesman and chief minister to Louis XIII from 1624, who crushed all opposition to the monarchy.
Born 1737
Luigi Galvani, Physicist, physician, biologist, and philosopher. He discovered Animal Electricity. He is recognized as the pioneer of bioelectromagnetics.
Born 1828
Leo Tolstoy, Russian author, and playwright. He is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time.
Born 1850
Bharatendu Hrishchndra, Indian poet, and playwright commonly referred as the “Father of Modern Hindi”.
Born 1890
Colonel Sanders, American businessman, founded (Kentucky Fried Chicken) KFC.
Born 1899
Kalki Krishnamurthy, an Indian writer, journalist, poet, critic, and Indian independence activist.
Born 1904
Feroze Khan, Indian-Pakistani field hockey player and coach (d. 2005)
Born 1905
Brahmarishi Hussain Sha, Indian philosopher and poet (d. 1981)
Born 1941
Dennis Ritchie, an American computer scientist, created the C programming language.
Born 1941
Syed Abid Ali, Indian cricketer
Born 1966
Adam Sandler, American actor, comedian, and producer.
Born 1967
Akshay Kumar, Indian actor.
Born 1974
Vikram Batra, Indian Army Officer. Honored with Parma Veer Chakra.
Born 1975
Raj Kundra, an Indian British businessman.
Died 1087
William the conqueror, As a Duke of Normandy William, conquered England and took the throne as William I.
Died 1513
King James IV, King of Scotland, died at the Battle of Flodden Field, defeated by English troops.
Died 1942
Shirish Kumar, Indian Freedom fighter.
Died 1960
Jigar Moradabadi, Indian Urdu Poet.
Died 1976
Mao Tse Tung, Chinese communist revolutionary who founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949.
Died 1978
Jack Warner, Canadian Entrepreneur. He founded Warner Brother’s Studio along with his brother Sam Warner.
Died 2003
Edward Teller, Hungarian entrepreneur. Known as the Father of the hydrogen bomb who raised the bar for warfare’s destructive capabilities.
Died 2012
Verghese Kurien, an Indian engineer, and businessman founded Amul.