Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
| September 9 | ||
| 337 | Constantine's three sons, already Caesars, each take the title of Augustus. Constantine II and Constans share the west while Constantius II takes control of the east. | |
| 1087 | William the Conquerer, Duke of Normandy and King of England, dies in Rouen while conducting a war which began when the French king made fun of him for being fat. | |
| 1513 | King James IV of Scotland is defeated and killed by English at Flodden. | |
| 1585 | Pope Sixtus V deprives Henry of Navarre of his rights to the French crown. | |
| 1776 | The term "United States" is adopted by the Continental Congress to be used instead of the "United Colonies." | |
| 1786 | George Washington calls for the abolition of slavery. | |
| 1791 | French Royalists take control of Arles and barricade themselves inside the town. | |
| 1834 | Parliament passes the Municipal Corporations Act, reforming city and town governments in England. | |
| 1850 | California, in the midst of a gold rush, enters the Union as the 31st state. | |
| 1863 | The Union Army of the Cumberland passes through Chattanooga as they chase after the retreating Confederates. The Union troops will soon be repulsed at the Battle of Chickamauga. | |
| 1886 | The Berne International Copyright Convention takes place. | |
| 1911 | An airmail route opens between London and Windsor. | |
| 1915 | A German zeppelin bombs London for the first time, causing little damage. | |
| 1926 | The Radio Corporation of America creates the National Broadcasting Co. | |
| 1942 | A Japanese float plane, launched from a submarine, makes its first bombing run on a U.S. forest near Brookings, Oregon. | |
| 1943 | Allied troops land at Salerno, Italy and encounter strong resistance from German troops. | |
| 1970 | U.S. Marines launch Operation Dubois Square, a 10-day search for North Vietnamese troops near DaNang. | |
| 1976 | Communist Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung died in Beijing at age 82. | |
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| 1585 | Duc Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu, French cardinal and statesman who helped build France into a world power under the leadership of King Louis XIII. | |
| 1828 | Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist (War and Peace, Anna Karenina). | |
| 1887 | Alfred M. Landon, Republican governor of Kansas who carried only two states in his overwhelming defeat for the presidency by Franklin Roosevelt in 1936. | |
| 1890 | Colonel Harland Sanders, originator of Kentucky Fried Chicken fast-food restaurants. | |
| 1900 | James Hilton, British novelist who authored Lost Horizon and Goodbye Mr. Chips and created the imaginary world of "Shangri-La." | |
| 1934 | Sonia Sanchez, poet. | |
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I'd like to suggest a topic for Vietnam Magazine:
NSA Naval Hospital, DaNANG, Vietnam. This was a unique medical facility. We treated thousands of combat casualties. As a Navy Corpsman, I was there, Aug 67-Aug 68. My specialty was X-ray Tech. I also helped out in Receiving 1, and unloading casualties from the choppers.
Yes, I have pictures. A fellow Corpsman, Jim Rockett, who worked Receiving 1 at this time, lives near me. He also has valuable input.
Rarely have I seen anything in any media that details this part of that war. Yet many men are alive today because of this facility.
You can see some of my pictures of the Hospital on my Facebook page. It's time our story was told.
Thank you