Associated Press
On Sept. 9, 1956, Elvis Presley made the first of three appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”
1850- California became the 31st state of the union.
1926- The National Broadcasting Co. was incorporated by the Radio Corporation of America.
1948- The People’s Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) was created.
1957- President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction.
1965- Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched a perfect game in a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
1971-Prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, N.Y., beginning a four-day siege that claimed 43 lives.
1976- Communist Chinese leader Mao Zedong died in Beijing at age 82.
1993- The Palestine Liberation Organization agreed to recognize Israel’s right to exist, and Israel agreed to recognize the PLO as the representative of the Palestinian people.
1997- Sinn Fein, the Irish Republican Army’s political ally, formally renounced violence as it took its place in talks on Northern Ireland’s future.
2001- Afghanistan’s military opposition leader Ahmed Shah Massood was fatally wounded in a suicide attack by assassins posing as journalists.
2003- The Boston Roman Catholic Archdiocese agreed to pay $85 million to 552 people to settle clergy sex abuse cases.
2009- Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., shouted “You lie!” during President Barack Obama’s speech to Congress on health care.
Today’s Birthdays:
Actress Michelle Williams turns 35 years old today.
Topol, Actor (“Fiddler on the Roof”), 80
Joe Theismann, Football player, sportscaster, 66
Tom Wopat, Actor (“Dukes of Hazzard”), 64
Angela Cartwright, Actress (“The Danny Thomas Show,” “Lost in Space”), 63
Dave Stewart, Rock musician, producer (Eurythmics), 63
Hugh Grant, Actor, 55
Christopher Coons, U.S. senator, D-Del., 52
Constance Marie, Actress (“George Lopez”), 50
Rachel Hunter, Model, 46
Goran Visnjic, Actor (“ER”), 43
Michael Buble, Singer, 40
Actor-comedian Adam Sandler turns 49 years old today.