Historical Events on September 9.

1. 1543, 9th September – 9-months-old Mary Stuart became the queen of Scotland. 

2. 1791, 9th September – Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, was named after President George Washington.

3. 1839, 9th September – John Herschel took the first glass plate photograph.

4. 1812, 9th September – The Bank of Hindustan General Bank in Bengal and the Bengal Bank became the first banks in India to issue paper currency. (India’s first printed banknote).

5. 1845, 9th September – California became the 31st State of the United States.

6. 1892, 9th September – Amalthea, the third moon of Jupiter was discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.

7. 1911, 9th September – The first airmail service in Britain began, operating between Hendon and Windsor.

8. 1985, 9th September – Deaf and Dumb swimmer Taranath Shenoy swam across English Chanel for the third time.

9. 1990, 9th September – 184 Tamil civilians were killed by Shri Lankan Army in Batticaloa District.

10. 1997, 9th September – Pradeep Thipsena, Chess player, won the Grandmaster title.

11. 2002, 9th September – The Rafiganj train wreck happened in Bihar, India.

12. 2012, 9th September – The Indian Space Research Organization puts into orbit its heaviest foreign satellite yet, in a streak of 21 consecutive successful PSLV launches.

13. 2015, 9th September – Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.

14. 2016, 9th September – The government of North Korea conducts its fifth and reportedly biggest nuclear test.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on September 9.

1. 1585 – Cardinal de Richelieu, French statesman and chief minister to Louis XIII from 1624, who crushed all opposition to the monarchy.

2. 1737 – Luigi Galvani, Physicist, physician, biologist, and philosopher. He discovered Animal Electricity. He is recognized as the pioneer of bioelectromagnetics.

3. 1828 – Leo Tolstoy, Russian author, and playwright. He is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time.

4. 1850 – Bharatendu Hrishchndra, Indian poet, and playwright commonly referred as the “Father of Modern Hindi”. 

5. 1890 – Colonel Sanders, American businessman, founded (Kentucky Fried Chicken) KFC.

6. 1899 – Kalki Krishnamurthy, an Indian writer, journalist, poet, critic, and Indian independence activist.

7. 1941 – Dennis Ritchie, an American computer scientist, created the C programming language.

8. 1966 – Adam Sandler, American actor, comedian, and producer.

9. 1967 – Akshay Kumar, Indian actor. 

10. 1974 – Vikram Batra, Indian Army Officer. Honored with Parma Veer Chakra.

11. 1975 – Raj Kundra, an Indian British businessman.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on September 9.

1. 1087 – William the conqueror, As a Duke of Normandy William, conquered England and took the throne as William I.

2. 1513 – King James IV, King of Scotland, died at the Battle of Flodden Field, defeated by English troops.

3. 1942 – Shirish Kumar, Indian Freedom fighter.

4. 1960 – Jigar Moradabadi, Indian Urdu Poet.

5. 1976 – Mao Tse Tung, Chinese communist revolutionary who founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949.

6. 1978 – Jack Warner, Canadian Entrepreneur. He founder Warner Brother’s Studio along with his brother Sam Warner.

7. 2003 – Edward Teller, Hungarian entrepreneur. Known as Father of the hydrogen bomb who raised the bar for warfare’s destructive capabilities.

8. 2012 – Verghese Kurien, Indian engineer, and businessman, founded Amul.

9. The first paper currency was issued by the Bank of Bengal. The notes of this bank were later printed by Perkins, Heath & Co. in England. They can be distinguished into at least 10 different types. They were issued in a wide range of denominations from Rs. 10 to Rs. 1000.

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-1896

Shyam Lal Gupt 'Parshad', freedom fighter, social worker and Padamshree awardee, was born in Narwal village near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh.

9-September-1898

Explosive Department of India was established at Nagpur. This is presently under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.

9-September-1920

Anglo Oriental College of Aligargh became Aligarh Muslim University. It was the first university to use the regional language.

9-September-1923

First magazine 'Kiran' was published by Ravikiran Mandal.

9-September-1941

Syed Abid Ali, great Indian medium pace-bowler and all-rounder, was born at Hyderabad.

9-September-1942

Shirish Kumar, martyr, died.

9-September-1944

Mahatma Gandhi conducted several talks between 9th September to 27the September with Mohammed Ali Jinnah regarding Pakistan.

9-September-1947

Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great philosopher, linguist, art historian, painter and critic, died at Needham, Boston.

9-September-1949

Hindi was accepted as the national language of India.

9-September-1952

Kishorlal Ghanshamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, passed away.

9-September-1981

Phiroz Edulji Palia, cricketer (two Tests for India, 29 runs & 0/13), died.

9-September-1991

Gold ornaments pledged by the Goans to the Portugese bank returned to owners.

9-September-1993

Narsimha Rao, Prime Minister, arrived in Seoul for a three-day visit.

9-September-1997

Designated court decides 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, in cases relating to Babri Masjid demolition in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992.

9-September-1997

G. K. Moopanar, Tamil Maanila Congress president, and his party colleagues Jayanthi Natarajan, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, and Peter Alphonse, resign from Rajya Sabha membership following a petition filed by Shiv Sena member Sanjay Nirupam seeking their disqualification 'for defecting from Congress(I)'.

9-September-1997

Pravin Thipsay becomes India's third chess Grand Master.

9-September-1999

Mahesh Bhupathi and Ai Sugiyama won the mixed doubles title in the U.S. Open.

9-September-1999

Mr. V. Sudarshan, Foreign Editor of The Pioneer till recently gets the Appan Menon Award.

9-September-2000

Venus Williams wins the women's singles in the U.S. Open championship.