It happened one 09 September

1776 : United States of America


On September 9, 1776, the American Continental Congress gave a name to the new nation created from the United Colonies : United States of America.

1893 : A baby born in the White House


On September 9, 1893, the young First Lady Frances Cleveland, gave birth to a girl named Esther, at the White House. Frances was married to President Grover Cleveland during his first term, in the Blue Room of the White House. Grover Cleveland is the only president who had two non-consecutive terms, who was married in the White House and whom child was born in the White House.

1954 : Earthquake in Algeria


On September 9, 1954, an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 on the Richter scale hit Orleansville (now Chlef). 90% of the city were destroyed. 1600 people were killed and 14,000 wounded during the earthquake and its aftershocks.

1969 : Funeral of Ho Chi Minh


On September 9, 1969, the burial of the spiritual leader of North Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh, is followed by 250,000 people in Hanoi, including the Soviet Prime Minister Kosygin, the Chinese Vice Premier Li Hsien-nien and the prince of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk. Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the independence of Vietnam in 1945 but peace talks were sabotaged by some French politicians and military that had led to war of Indochina with the French and the Vietnam War between the communist North and the South supported by the United States.

2001 : Assassination of Commander Massoud


On September 9, Commander Massoud, spiritual leader and anti-Taliban military, was assassinated by members of al-Qaeda disguised as journalists. The date of his death is a national holiday in Afghanistan.

Latest news : 09 September

Republic Day in North Korea
September 9 is the Day of the Republic in Democratic People's Republic of Korea which commemorates the founding of the country on September 9, 1948. During this joyous day of celebration, Korean folklore is in the spotlight.
Independance Day in Tajikistan
September 9 is the Independence Day in Tajikistan which commemorates its independence, gained on September 9, 1991 when the Soviet Union broke out.

Quote of the day : 09 September

Cardinal de Richelieu
Give me six lines written by the most honorable of men, and I will find an excuse in them to hang him.

Birthdays : 09 September

Armand Jean du Plessis (Cardinal de Richelieu), French politician (1585)
Leon Tolstoï, Russian writer (1828)
Sergio Osmeña, 4th President of the Philippines (1878)
Harland "Colonel" Sanders, Founder of the Kentucky Fried Chicken company (1890)
James Hilton, English writer (1900)
Phyllis A. Whitney, American writer (1903)
Joseph E. Levine, American producer (1905)
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, 9th President of the Italian Republic (1992-1999) (1918)
Jacques Marin, French actor (1919)
Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician (1920)
Hans Dehmelt, German-American physicist, Nobel Prize for Physics (1922)
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, American physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1923)
Cliff Robertson, American actor (1923)
Jane Greer, American actress (1924)
Claude Nougaro, French singer (1929)
Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist (C, Unix) (1941)
Otis Redding, American singer (1941)
David A. Stewart, English musicien (Eurythmics) (1952)
Eric Serra, French composer (1959)
Hugh Grant, English actor (1960)
Georg Hackl, German luger (1966)
Adam Sandler, American comedian (1966)
Akshay Kumar, Indian actor (1967)
Jon Drummond, American athlete (1968)
Rachel Hunter, New Zealand model (1969)
Henry Thomas, American actor (1971)
Goran Višnjić, Croatian actor (1972)
Emma de Caunes, French actress (1976)
Kurt Ainsworth, American basketball player (1978)
Luka Modrić, Croatian footballer (1985)
Ophélie-Cyrielle Etienne, French swimmer (1990)

They left us one 09 September

Guillaume le Conquérant (William I), King of England and Duke of Normandy (1087)
Jules Grévy, French politician (1891)
Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet (1899)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter and illustrator (1901)
Mao Zedong, French politician (1976)
Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet (1978)
Jack Warner, American Canadian producer (1978)
Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst (1981)
Yılmaz Güney, Turkish director (1984)
Burgess Meredith, American actor (1997)
Ruth Roman, American actress (1999)
Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan military commander and spiritual leader (2001)
Edward Teller, Hungarian-American nuclear physicist (2003)
Gérard Brach, French screenwriter (2006)

Tip of the Day : 09 September

Clean your parasol


Before storing your parasol, it must be cleaned. For this, prepare a basin of water, soap and ammonia, put on a pair of rubber gloves and rubbed the parasol with a brush dipped in the mixture.
Once the parasol is clean, hose it down and put it to dry.
Once dry, you can then store it in a place that is not damp.

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