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This day in history: 9 September

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Key facts

418 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 9 September.
Entries come from Wikipedia’s day pages and are ordered by page views.
2025: Several Russian drones incur on Polish airspace and are subsequently shot down, marking the first time a NATO member has engaged Russian military assets.

Holidays and observances

Armored Forces Day (Ukraine)

California Admission Day (California, United States)

Children's Day (Costa Rica)

Christian feast day: Blessed Euthymia Üffing

Christian feast day: Blessed Francisco Gárate Aranguren

Christian feast day: Blessed Maria Torribia

Christian feast day: Charles Lowder (Church of England)

Christian feast day: Ciarán of Clonmacnoise

Christian feast day: Constance, Nun, and her Companions (Episcopal Church)

Christian feast day: Our Lady of Arantzazu (Oñati, Spain; Philippines

Christian feast day: Peter Claver

Christian feast day: September 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Events

2025Several Russian drones incur on Polish airspace and are subsequently shot down, marking the first time a NATO member has engaged Russian military assets.

2025Six people are killed when Israel carries out an airstrike on Doha in a failed attempt to decapitate the Hamas leadership.

2016The government of North Korea conducts its fifth and reportedly biggest nuclear test. World leaders condemn the act, with South Korea calling it "maniacal recklessness".

2015Elizabeth II becomes the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.

2014The album Songs of Innocence by U2 is digitally released at no charge to all customers of the iTunes Music Store, appearing automatically in the "purchased" section of over 500 million users worldwide.

2012A wave of attacks kills more than 100 people and injure 350 others across Iraq.

2012The Indian space agency puts into orbit its heaviest foreign satellite yet, in a streak of 21 consecutive successful PSLV launches.

2009The Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.

2006Space Shuttle Program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-115 to resume assembling the International Space Station. It is the first ISS assembly mission after the Columbia disaster back in 2003.

2001Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.

1994Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-64.

1993Israeli–Palestinian peace process: The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.

1991Tajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.

1990Batticaloa massacre: Massacre of 184 Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Army in Batticaloa District.

1988Vietnam Airlines Flight 831 crashes in Khu Khot, Thailand, while on approach to Don Muang International Airport, killing 76.

1976Two Aeroflot flights collide in mid-air over Anapa, Soviet Union, killing 70.

1972In Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration and mapping team discovers a link between the Mammoth and Flint Ridge cave systems, making it the longest known cave passageway in the world.

1971The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, eventually resulting in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.

1970A British airliner is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and flown to Dawson's Field in Jordan.

1969Allegheny Airlines Flight 863 collides in mid-air with a Piper PA-28 Cherokee over Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana, killing all 83 people on board both aircraft.

1969In Canada, the Official Languages Act comes into force, making French equal to English throughout the Federal government.

1966The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.

1965Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion ($10–12 billion in 2005 dollars) in damages, becoming the first hurricane to cause over $1 billion in unadjusted damage.

1965The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is established.

1956Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.

1954The 6.7 Mw Chlef earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 1,243 people were killed and 5,000 were injured.

1948Kim Il Sung is appointed as premier of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). This is celebrated annually as its national holiday.

1945World War II and Second Sino-Japanese War: The Empire of Japan formally surrenders to China.

1944World War II: The Fatherland Front takes power in Bulgaria through a military coup in the capital and armed rebellion in the country. A new pro-Soviet government is established.

1943World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.

1942World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon.

1940George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.

1940Treznea Massacre in Transylvania.

1939Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government.

1939World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.

1936The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRP Afonso de Albuquerque and destroyer Dão mutiny against the Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup and declare their solidarity with the Spanish Republic.

1926Yleisradio (YLE), the Finnish national public broadcasting company, begins its broadcasts.

1924Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.

1923Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.

1922The Greco-Turkish War effectively ends with Turkish victory over the Greeks in Smyrna.

Born on this day

2003Luke Hughes, American ice hockey player

2001Hailey Van Lith, American basketball player

2000Ricky Pearsall, American football player

1998Jordan Nwora, Nigerian-American basketball player

1996Gabby Williams, American-French basketball player

1994Clinton Gutherson, Australian rugby league player

1994Yuliana Korolkova, Russian model and beauty pageant titleholder

1993Cameron Cullen, Australian rugby league player

1993Crazy Mary Dobson, American wrestler

1993Sharon van Rouwendaal, Dutch swimmer

1992Damian McGinty, Northern Irish actor and singer

1992Shannon Boyd, Australian rugby league player

1991Danilo Pereira, Bissauan-Portuguese footballer

1991Hunter Hayes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1991Kelsey Asbille, American actress

1991Lauren Daigle, American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter

1991Oscar, Brazilian footballer

1990Andrew Smith, American basketball player (died 2016)

1990Billy Hamilton, American baseball player

1990Haley Reinhart, American singer-songwriter and actress

1990Jordan Tabor, English footballer (died 2014)

1990Shaun Johnson, New Zealand rugby league player

1989Alfonzo Dennard, American football player

1989Casey Hayward, American football player

1988Danilo D'Ambrosio, Italian footballer

1988Will Middlebrooks, American baseball player

1987Afrojack, Dutch-Surinamese DJ, record producer, and remixer

1987Ahmed Elmohamady, Egyptian footballer

1987Andrea Petkovic, German tennis player

1987Markus Jürgenson, Estonian footballer

1987Nicole Aniston, American actress and model

1986Chamu Chibhabha, Zimbabwean cricketer

1986Keith Yandle, American hockey player

1986Luc Mbah a Moute, Cameroonian basketball player

1986Michael Bowden, American baseball player

1986Timothy Granaderos, American actor and model

1985J. R. Smith, American basketball player

1985Luka Modrić, Croatian footballer

1985Martin Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1984Brad Guzan, American soccer player

Died on this day

2025Mark Norell, American vertebrate paleontologist (born 1957).

2024Caterina Valente, Italian-French singer and dancer (born 1931)

2024James Earl Jones, American actor (born 1931)

2024John Cassaday, American comic book artist and writer (born 1971)

2015Annemarie Bostroem, German poet, playwright, and songwriter (born 1922)

2015Einar H. Ingman Jr., American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1929)

2015K. Kunaratnam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (born 1934)

2014Firoza Begum, Bangladeshi singer (born 1930)

2014Graham Joyce, English author and educator (born 1954)

2014Montserrat Abelló i Soler, Spanish poet and translator (born 1918)

2013Alberto Bevilacqua, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1934)

2013Saul Landau, American journalist, director, and author (born 1936)

2013Sunila Abeysekera, Sri Lankan scholar and activist (born 1952)

2012John McCarthy, Australian footballer (born 1989)

2012Mike Scarry, American football player and coach (born 1920)

2012Ron Tindall, English footballer and manager (born 1935)

2012Verghese Kurien, Indian engineer and businessman, founded Amul (born 1921)

2006Gérard Brach, French director and screenwriter (born 1927)

2006Matt Gadsby, English footballer (born 1979)

2006Richard Burmer, American composer and engineer (born 1955)

2006William Bernard Ziff Jr., American businessman, founded Ziff Davis (born 1930)

2004Caitlin Clarke, American actress (born 1952)

2004Ernie Ball, American guitarist and businessman (born 1930)

2003Don Willesee, Australian telegraphist and politician, 29th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (born 1916)

2003Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (born 1908)

2001Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan commander and politician, Afghan Minister of Defense (born 1953)

2000Julian Critchley, English lawyer and politician (born 1930)

1999Arie de Vroet, Dutch footballer and manager (born 1918)

1999Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (born 1946)

1999Ruth Roman, American actress (born 1922)

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“He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.”

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