September 9th in History
September 9th in History
- 1850: California becomes the 31st state of the United States
- 1892: Almalthea, a moon orbiting the planet Jupiter, discovered
- 1915: German Zepplins bomb London
- 1975: Czech tennis player Martina Navratilova defects to the West
- 1975: The United States launch the Viking 2 spacecraft to Mars
September 9th birthdays
- 1585: Cardinal Richelieu, French statesman
- 1737: Luigi Galvani, Italian physicist
- 1825: Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist
- 1960: Hugh Grant, Britsh actor
