The 1850 Expansion of the Western Frontier
On September 9, 1850, Congress enacted the laws creating the Territory of Utah and the Territory of New Mexico—central measures of the Compromise of 1850. The acts established federal territorial ...
The Statehood Admission of California
On September 9, 1850, California entered the Union as the 31st state. Its admission followed an unusually rapid political transition: rather than first spending years as an organized U.S. territory, ...
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The Naming of Washington
On September 9, 1791, the three federal commissioners appointed by President George Washington—Thomas Johnson, Daniel Carroll, and David Stuart—formally designated the new federal city along the Potomac as the City ...
The Success of Father Flanagan’s Boys Town
On September 9, 1938, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released Boys Town, the landmark biographical drama starring Spencer Tracy as Father Edward J. Flanagan, the Catholic priest and social reformer who founded Boys Town ...
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The Signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1957
On September 9, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 into law from his temporary office at the naval base in Newport, Rhode Island. The ...
The Chaotic 1933 Miss America Pageant
On September 9, 1933, fifteen-year-old Marian Bergeron of West Haven, Connecticut, was crowned Miss America at Atlantic City’s Convention Hall, now Boardwalk Hall. Her victory concluded a five-day revival of ...
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Sandy Koufax and the Perfect Game
On September 9, 1965, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax threw a perfect game against the Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium, retiring all 27 batters he faced in a 1–0 ...
Joseph Leidy: “The Last Man Who Knew Everything”
Born in Philadelphia on September 9, 1823, Joseph Leidy became one of nineteenth-century America’s most wide-ranging scientists. An anatomist, paleontologist, parasitologist, and early microscopist, he conducted influential research on the ...
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The Breathless Poetry of Adelaide Crapsey
On September 9, 1878, the American poet, critic, teacher, and scholar of English meter Adelaide Crapsey was born in Brooklyn, New York. Raised in an intellectually engaged family, she graduated ...
Mary Hunter Austin and the Literature of the Southwest
On September 9, 1868, American writer, essayist, and advocate Mary Hunter Austin was born in Carlinville, Illinois. In 1888, she moved with her family to California’s San Joaquin Valley, an ...
The White House Birth of Esther Cleveland
On September 9, 1893, Esther Cleveland was born in the White House to President Grover Cleveland and First Lady Frances Folsom Cleveland. The Clevelands’ second daughter, Esther remains the first ...
Otis Redding and the Evolution of Stax Soul
On September 9, 1941, Otis Ray Redding Jr.—the pioneering singer, songwriter, and rhythm-and-blues icon—was born in Dawson, Georgia. Raised in Macon, Redding left school as a teenager to help support ...
Elvis Presley on The Ed Sullivan Show
On September 9, 1956, Elvis Presley made his first appearance on CBS’s The Ed Sullivan Show, a moment that became one of the defining television events of the rock-and-roll era ...
The Formal Naming of the United States of America
On September 9, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted a resolution directing that, in Continental commissions and other official instruments, the term “United Colonies” be replaced with “the United States.” ...
Dedication of the New York State Auxiliary Monument
On September 9, 1925, the New York State Auxiliary Monument was dedicated on Hancock Avenue at Gettysburg National Military Park. Designed by architect Edward Pearce Casey, with sculpture by Gerome ...
The Release of Soul Man
In September 1967, the influential soul duo Sam & Dave released “Soul Man,” their signature rhythm-and-blues single, on Stax Records. Written and produced by Isaac Hayes and David Porter, the ...
The Early Ambitions of Harland Sanders
On September 9, 1890, Harland David Sanders—the future “Colonel Sanders”—was born in Henryville, Indiana. After his father died during Sanders’s childhood, he assumed responsibilities at home early and began a ...
