TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023.
Today’s highlight in history
On Sept. 9, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction, a measure primarily concerned with protecting voting rights; it also established a Civil Rights Division in the U.S. Department of Justice.
On this date
In 1776, the second Continental Congress made the term “United States” official, replacing “United Colonies.”
In 1850, California became the 31st state of the union.
In 1919, some 1,100 members of Boston’s 1,500-man police force went on strike.
In 1942, a Japanese plane launched from a submarine off the Oregon coast dropped a pair of incendiary bombs in a failed attempt at igniting a massive forest fire; it was the first aerial bombing of the U.S. mainland by a foreign power.
In 1956, Elvis Presley made the first of three appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”
In 1960, in the first regularseason American Football League game, the Denver Broncos defeated the Boston Patriots, 13-10.
prisoners seized control of the maximumsecurity Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, N.Y.,
In 1971,
beginning a siege that ended up claiming 43 lives.
In 1991, Mike Tyson was indicted in Indianapolis on a charge of raping a beauty pageant contestant. (Tyson was convicted and ended up serving three years of a sixyear prison sentence.)
In 2015, Queen Elizabeth II became the longest reigning monarch in British history, serving as sovereign for 23,226 days (about 63 years and seven months), according to Buckingham Palace, surpassing Queen Victoria, her great-great-grandmother.
In 2016, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, speaking at an LGBTQ+ fundraiser in New York City, described half of Republican Donald Trump’s supporters as “a basket of deplorables,” a characterization for which she ended up expressing regret.
CBS chief Les Moonves resigned, hours after six more women accused him of sexual misconduct.
In 2018, Today’s birthdays
Singer Dee Dee Sharp is 78. Former NFL player Joe Theismann is 74. Musician John McFee is 73. Actor Tom Wopat is 72. Actor Angela Cartwright is 71. Musician Dave Stewart is 71. Actor Hugh Grant is 63. Actor Charles Esten is 58. Actor Constance Marie is 58. Actor Adam Sandler is 57. Model Rachel Hunter is 54. Actor Eric Stonestreet is 52. Actor Henry Thomas is 52. Singer Michael Bublé is 48. Actor Michelle Williams is 43.