Chicago Daily Tribune

ON SEPTEMBER 9 ...

In 1776 the Second Continental Congress made the term “United States” official, replacing “United Colonies.”

In 1850 California became the 31st state.

In 1893 Frances Cleveland, wife of President Grover Cleveland, gave birth to a daughter, Esther, in the White House; it was the first time a president’s child was born in the executive mansion.

In 1926 the National Broadcasting Co. was created by the Radio Corporation of America.

In 1948 the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) was created.

In 1956 Elvis Presley made the first of three appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”

In 1957 President Dwight Eisenhower signed into law the first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction.

In 1971 prisoners seized control of the maximumsecurity Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, N.Y., beginning a siege that ended up claiming 43 lives.

In 1976 Communist Chinese leader Mao Zedong died in Beijing at age 82. Also in 1976 JVC unveiled its new VHS videocassette recorder during a presentation in Tokyo.

In 1991 boxer Mike Tyson was indicted in Indianapolis on a charge of raping Desiree Washington, a beauty pageant contestant; Tyson later was convicted.

In 1993 PLO leaders and Israel agreed to recognize each other, clearing the way for a peace accord.

In 1994 the United States agreed to accept at least 20,000 Cuban immigrants a year in return for Cuba’s promise to halt the flight of refugees. Also in 1994 prosecutors in Los Angeles said they would not seek the death penalty against O.J. Simpson.

In 1996, promising safer skies, President Bill Clinton issued orders to tighten airport security and challenged Congress to support a $1.1 billion anti-terrorism crackdown.

In 1997 Sinn Fein, the IRA’s political ally, formally renounced violence as it took its place in talks on Northern Ireland’s future.

In 1998 independent counsel Kenneth Starr delivered to Congress 36 boxes of material concerning his investigation of President Bill Clinton.

In 2001 Afghanistan’s military opposition leader Ahmed Shah Massood was fatally wounded in a suicide attack by assassins posing as journalists. Also in 2001 Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hit three home runs against the Colorado Rockies to give him 63 for the season, passing Roger Maris’ once-magical mark and moving him closer to Mark McGwire’s record.

In 2003 the Boston Roman Catholic Archdiocese agreed to pay $85 million to 552 people to settle clergy sex abuse cases. Also in 2003 France’s leading undertaker estimated the country’s death toll from a summer heat wave at 15,000.

In 2005 Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown, the principal target of harsh criticism of the Bush administration’s response to Hurricane Katrina, was relieved of his onsite command.

In 2013 Russia offered to push the Syrian government to put its vast chemical weapons arsenal and infrastructure under United National control. Syria is accused of using sarin to kill more than 1,400 people Aug. 21.

In 2016 Jerry Reinsdorf, an architect of the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls championship teams of the 1990s was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, along with Shaquille O'Neal, Allen Iverson, Yao Ming, Sheryl Swoopes and coach Tom Izzo.