September 9th in History

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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