John Legend attends the Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on September 9, 2018. During the ceremony, he won an Emmy Award, securing his coveted EGOT status. File photo: Gregg DeGuire/UPI
Boats mangled by Hurricane Irma lie in disarray in Bayshore Harbor in Miami on September 11, 2017. On September 9, 2017, Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida, leaving millions of Florida residents without power. The Category 5 storm killed more than 130 people in the Caribbean and the United States. File photo: Ken Cedeno/UPI
Relatives of more than 100 people killed in the September 13, 1999 explosion in an eight-story residential building cry at the site of the explosion in Moscow on September 13, 2000. Photo from the archive of Maxim Marmur/UPI
Usher vacuums the red carpet at the White House in Washington, D.C. on June 29. On September 9, 1893, First Lady Frances Folsom Cleveland gives birth to her daughter at the White House. Esther Cleveland was the first presidential child born at the residence. File photo: Kevin Dietsch/UPI
A woman cleans a golden statue of former helmsman Mao Zedong as he sits in front of a communist-themed souvenir shop at a Chinese Revolution tourist site in Yan’an, Shaanxi province, April 5. On September 9, 1976, Mao died at the age of 82. File photo by Steven Shaver/UPI
September 9 (UPI) — On this historic day:
In 1543, Mary Stuart was crowned Queen of Scots at the age of 9 months.
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In 1776, the Second Continental Congress officially changed the name of the new American nation from the United Colonies to the United States.
In 1850, California became the 31st state.
In 1893, First Lady Frances Folsom Cleveland gives birth to her daughter in the White House. Esther Cleveland was the first presidential child born in the White House.
In 1908, Orville Wright made the first one-hour airplane flight during a series of tests at Fort Myer, Virginia.
In 1919, Boston police went on strike, sparking riots. Law enforcement pushed for better wages and working conditions, and the strike underscored the growing power of labor unions in the United States.
In 1956, rock and roll singer Elvis Presley made his first appearance on national television. The Ed Sullivan Show.
In 1971, more than 1,000 prisoners stormed the state prison in Attica, New York, and took hostages. Four days later, 28 convicts and nine hostages were killed when state police retook the prison. The total death toll was later raised to 43.
In 1976, Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong died at the age of 82.
In 1985, President Ronald Reagan condemned apartheid as “systematic institutionalized racial discrimination” and imposed a series of economic sanctions against South Africa.
In 1990, Liberian President Samuel Doe was assassinated by rebels after visiting the headquarters of West African peacekeeping forces in Monrovia.
In 1993, in a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, the PLO recognized the right of the State of Israel to exist in peace and security. In turn, Rabin declared the PLO to be the representative of the Palestinian people.
In 1999, an explosion in a residential building in Moscow killed more than 100 people. The explosion was blamed on militants from the breakaway Chechen republic.
In 2003, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston agreed to pay $85 million in claims from more than 500 people who said they were sexually abused by priests.
In 2009, U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., shouted, “You’re lying!” during President Barack Obama’s speech on health care reform to a joint session of Congress. Wilson’s outburst drew sharp criticism from colleagues, and he apologized to Obama for his “inappropriate and regrettable” behavior and for allowing “my emotions to get the better of me.”
In 2010, a federal judge in California ruled that the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy barring gays from serving openly in the U.S. military was unconstitutional.
In 2015, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II became England’s longest-reigning monarch, surpassing the record set by her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria more than a century ago.
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In 2017, Hurricane Irma hit Florida, leaving millions in the state without power. The Category 5 storm killed more than 130 people in the Caribbean and the United States.
In 2018, John Legend became the first black male to earn EGOT status, winning Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards. He capped off his EGOT with a win at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards as a producer for NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert. The show also earned Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice EGOTs.
In 2019, scientists announced the discovery of the earliest direct evidence of milk consumption in the teeth of 6,000-year-old British farmers.
In 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state emergency due to the growing number of polio cases being detected in wastewater in many jurisdictions.
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