1776 - September 9 - Congress renames the nation "United States of America"
On this day in 1776, the Continental Congress formally declares the name of the new nation to be the "United States" of America. This replaced the term "United Colonies," which had been in general... Read MORE...
www.history.com
September 9, 1776
Comments
On this day in 1776, the Continental Congress formally declares the name of the new nation to be the "United States" of America. This replaced the term "United Colonies," which had been in general... Read MORE...
www.history.com
September 9, 1776
Comments
1897 ad found in Sears & Roebuck Catalog
Colman's Mustard
Norwich, England
Visit Norwich, Norfolk, England!
1845 - September 9 – Potato blight breaks out in Ireland: beginning of the Great Famine.
"The Famine began quite mysteriously in September 1845 as leaves on potato plants suddenly turned black and curled, then rotted, seemingly the result of a fog that had wafted across the fields of... Read MORE...
http://www.historyplace.com
September 9, 1845
Comments
"The Famine began quite mysteriously in September 1845 as leaves on potato plants suddenly turned black and curled, then rotted, seemingly the result of a fog that had wafted across the fields of... Read MORE...
http://www.historyplace.com
September 9, 1845
Comments
1944 September 9 - The "Great Atlantic Hurricane" ravaged the east coast.
The storm killed 22 persons and caused 63 million dollars damage in the Chesapeake Bay area, then besieged New England killing 390 persons and causing another 100 million dollars damage.
The Weather Channel
September 9, 1944
Comments
The storm killed 22 persons and caused 63 million dollars damage in the Chesapeake Bay area, then besieged New England killing 390 persons and causing another 100 million dollars damage.
The Weather Channel
September 9, 1944
Comments
1800s Cooking Tips and RecipesTo Toast Ham
After boiling it well, take the skin off; cover the top with thick bread crumbs and ...Read MORE...
The Southbridge Journal, Southbridge, Massachusetts, April 18, 1873
Mount Vernon, New York, USA
1878 - Incendiaries At Work. A Costly Building Burned At Mount Vernon.
Destruction By Fire of Cornelius Corson's Forty-Thousand Dollar Barn-An Extravagant Building In Ashes.
A very large and costly barn on the property, a quarter of a mile north of the depot at Mount ... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - September 9, 1878
Comments
1878 - Incendiaries At Work. A Costly Building Burned At Mount Vernon.
Destruction By Fire of Cornelius Corson's Forty-Thousand Dollar Barn-An Extravagant Building In Ashes.
A very large and costly barn on the property, a quarter of a mile north of the depot at Mount ... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - September 9, 1878
Comments
Isaac Benesch
Furniture, Carpet & Stove House
285 & 287 N. Gay Street
Baltimore
Visit Baltimore, Maryland, USA!
Roswell, Chaves, New Mexico, USA
1942 - SIX KILLED AS TWO TRAINING PLANES CRASH AT ROSWELL. BOMBERS COLLIDE WHILE ON PRACTICE MISSION, ARMY REPORTS. ONE SHIP BURNS.
Roswell, N. M., Sept. 8 (AP) - A mid-air collision at 4000 feet between two Army training bombers cost the lives of six airmen Tuesday, two of them aviation cadets from the Roswell Army Flying... Read MORE...
Albuquerque Journal - Albuquerque, New Mexico - September 9, 1942
Comments
1942 - SIX KILLED AS TWO TRAINING PLANES CRASH AT ROSWELL. BOMBERS COLLIDE WHILE ON PRACTICE MISSION, ARMY REPORTS. ONE SHIP BURNS.
Roswell, N. M., Sept. 8 (AP) - A mid-air collision at 4000 feet between two Army training bombers cost the lives of six airmen Tuesday, two of them aviation cadets from the Roswell Army Flying... Read MORE...
Albuquerque Journal - Albuquerque, New Mexico - September 9, 1942
Comments
Madison, Indiana, USA
1872 - PROBABLY FATAL ACCIDENT
A farmer named John BONNETT met with a severe accident on the Canaan Road, about four o'clock Saturday afternoon. Mr. BONNETT was sitting in the rear of a wagon loaded with furniture, bedding,... Read MORE...
Madison Daily Courier - Madison, Indiana - September 9, 1872
Comments
1872 - PROBABLY FATAL ACCIDENT
A farmer named John BONNETT met with a severe accident on the Canaan Road, about four o'clock Saturday afternoon. Mr. BONNETT was sitting in the rear of a wagon loaded with furniture, bedding,... Read MORE...
Madison Daily Courier - Madison, Indiana - September 9, 1872
Comments
San Francisco, California, USA
1949 - CHINATOWN FIRE DAMAGE $20,000.
San Francisco, Sept. 9. (AP) - A three alarm fire his Chinatown early Thursday.
The blaze broke out in the basement of a vacant three story building on California street just above Grant. It was... Read MORE...
Reno Evening Gazette - Reno, Nevada - September 9, 1949
Comments
1949 - CHINATOWN FIRE DAMAGE $20,000.
San Francisco, Sept. 9. (AP) - A three alarm fire his Chinatown early Thursday.
The blaze broke out in the basement of a vacant three story building on California street just above Grant. It was... Read MORE...
Reno Evening Gazette - Reno, Nevada - September 9, 1949
Comments
1800s Advice and Etiquette for MenTime is precious, life short, and consequently not a single moment should be lost . Sensible men...Read MORE...
Practical Morality, Or, A Guide to Men and Manners... (1813). United Kingdom: J. Walker.
1947 September 9 –A moth lodged in a relay is found to be the cause of a malfunction in the Harvard Mark II electromechanical computer, logged as "First actual case of bug being found."
www.wikipedia.org
Visit , United States (USA) (American Colonies)!
1839 September 9 – In the Great Fire of Mobile, Alabama hundreds of buildings are burned.
www.wikipedia.org
Visit Mobile, Alabama, USA!
1930 ALBION, R. I. - Edward W. Theinert, 71, Socialist gubernatorial candidate in 1896, 1911, 1914, and 1924, dies.
Fitchburg Sentinel
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Visit Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA (Albion) (Manville) (Fairlawn) (Lonsdale)!
www.wikipedia.org
Visit , United States (USA) (American Colonies)!
1839 September 9 – In the Great Fire of Mobile, Alabama hundreds of buildings are burned.
www.wikipedia.org
Visit Mobile, Alabama, USA!
1930 ALBION, R. I. - Edward W. Theinert, 71, Socialist gubernatorial candidate in 1896, 1911, 1914, and 1924, dies.
Fitchburg Sentinel
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Visit Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA (Albion) (Manville) (Fairlawn) (Lonsdale)!
America - Did you know? President and Mrs. Benjamin Harrison were so afraid of the electric lights that had been newly...Read MORE...The World Almanac of the U.S.A, by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, 1996
Quebec - Did you know? Quebec has the oldest English language newspaper in North America.Despite being a French...Read MORE...
everything-everywhere.com
Picture of the DayVisit West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USA!
Discover the people who lived there, the places they visited and the stories they shared.
