9 September, 1543
9-month-old Mary Stuart became the queen of Scotland.
9 September, 1791
Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, was named after President George Washington.
9 September, 1812
The first paper currency was issued by the Bank of Bengal. These notes were printed by Perkins, Heath & Co. in England and issued in various denominations from Rs. 10 to Rs. 1000.
9 September, 1839
John Herschel took the first glass plate photograph.
9 September, 1845
California became the 31st State of the United States.
9 September, 1892
Amalthea, the third moon of Jupiter, was discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.
9 September, 1898
The Explosives Department of India was established in Nagpur, under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
9 September, 1911
The first airmail service in Britain began, operating between Hendon and Windsor.
9 September, 1920
Anglo Oriental College of Aligarh became Aligarh Muslim University.
9 September, 1923
The first magazine ‘Kiran’ was published by Ravikiran Mandal.
9 September, 1944
Mahatma Gandhi began talks with Mohammed Ali Jinnah about Pakistan, running until 27th September.
9 September, 1947
Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, a renowned philosopher, linguist, and art historian, passed away in Needham, Boston.
9 September, 1949
Hindi was declared as the national language of India.
9 September, 1985
Deaf and mute swimmer Taranath Shenoy swam across the English Channel for the third time.
9 September, 1990
184 Tamil civilians were killed by the Sri Lankan Army in Batticaloa District.
9 September, 1991
Gold ornaments pledged by Goans to Portuguese banks were returned to their owners.
9 September, 1993
Prime Minister Narsimha Rao arrived in Seoul for a three-day visit.
9 September, 1997
Pradeep Thipsena won the Grandmaster title in chess.
9 September, 1997
A designated court decided to frame charges against 49 persons, including Shiv Sena Supremo Bal Thackeray, BJP president L. K. Advani, and former U.P. Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, related to the Babri Masjid demolition on December 6, 1992.
9 September, 1997
G. K. Moopanar and his colleagues Jayanthi Natarajan and Peter Alphonse resigned from Rajya Sabha membership following a petition filed by Shiv Sena member Sanjay Nirupam.
9 September, 1999
Mahesh Bhupathi and Ai Sugiyama won the mixed doubles title at the U.S. Open.
9 September, 1999
V. Sudarshan, former Foreign Editor of The Pioneer, received the Appan Menon Award.
9 September, 2000
Venus Williams won the women’s singles at the U.S. Open championship.
9 September, 2002
The Rafiganj train wreck occurred in Bihar, India.
9 September, 2012
The Indian Space Research Organization successfully launched its heaviest foreign satellite, marking the 21st consecutive successful PSLV launch.
9 September, 2015
Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.
9 September, 2016
North Korea conducted its fifth and reportedly largest nuclear test.
Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on September 9
9 September, 1585
Cardinal de Richelieu, French statesman and chief minister to Louis XIII from 1624, who crushed all opposition to the monarchy, was born.
9 September, 1737
Luigi Galvani, Physicist, physician, biologist, and philosopher. He discovered Animal Electricity and is recognized as the pioneer of bioelectromagnetics, was born.
9 September, 1828
Leo Tolstoy, Russian author, and playwright. He is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time, was born.
9 September, 1850
Bhartendu Harish Chander, father of modern Hindi literature, poet, and dramatist, was born.
9 September, 1872
Sarladevi Chaudharani, Bengali poet, was born.
9 September, 1890
Colonel Sanders, American businessman, founded Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), was born.
9 September, 1896
Shyam Lal Gupt ‘Parshad’, freedom fighter, social worker, and Padma Shri awardee, was born in Narwal village near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
9 September, 1899
Kalki Krishnamurthy, an Indian writer, journalist, poet, critic, and Indian independence activist, was born.
9 September, 1941
Dennis Ritchie, an American computer scientist who created the C programming language, was born.
9 September, 1941
Syed Abid Ali, Indian medium pace-bowler and all-rounder, was born at Hyderabad.
9 September, 1966
Adam Sandler, American actor, comedian, and producer, was born.
9 September, 1967
Akshay Kumar, Indian actor, was born.
9 September, 1974
Vikram Batra, Indian Army Officer, honored with Param Vir Chakra, was born.
9 September, 1975
Raj Kundra, an Indian-British businessman, was born.
Death Anniversaries of Famous People on September 9
9 September, 1087
William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, who conquered England and became William I, passed away.
9 September, 1513
King James IV, King of Scotland, died at the Battle of Flodden Field, defeated by English troops.
9 September, 1942
Shirish Kumar, Indian freedom fighter, passed away.
9 September, 1952
Kishorlal Ghanshamlal Mashruwala, great thinker, and philosopher of the Gandhi era, passed away.
9 September, 1960
Jigar Moradabadi, Indian Urdu Poet, passed away.
9 September, 1976
Mao Tse Tung, Chinese communist revolutionary who founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949, passed away.
9 September, 1978
Jack Warner, Canadian entrepreneur who co-founded Warner Brothers Studio with his brother Sam Warner, passed away.
9 September, 1981
Phiroz Edulji Palia, Indian cricketer (two Tests for India, 29 runs & 0/13), died.
9 September, 2003
Edward Teller, Hungarian physicist, known as the Father of the hydrogen bomb, passed away.
9 September, 2012
Verghese Kurien, Indian engineer and businessman, founder of Amul, passed away.
