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History of 9 September

  • 1993 – Israeli and PLO leaders agreed to recognize each other.
  • 1994 – The U.S. agreed to accept about 20,000 Cuban immigrants a year. This was in return for Cuba’s promise to halt the flight of refugees.
  • 1994 – The space shuttle Discovery blasted off on an 11-day mission.
  • 1995 – Amtrak’s Broadway Limited service made its final run between New York City, NY and Chicago, IL.
  • 1997 – Sinn Fein, the IRA’s political ally, formally renounced violence as it took its place in talks on Northern Ireland’s future.
  • 1998 – Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr delivered to the U.S. Congress 36 boxes of material concerning his investigation of U.S. President Clinton.
  • 1998 – Four tourists who had paid $32,500 each were taken in submarine to view the wreckage of the Titanic. The ship is 2 miles below the Atlantic off Newfoundland.
  • 1999 – The Sega Dreamcast game system went on sale. By 1:00pm all Toys R Us locations in the U.S. had sold out.
  • 2008 – The iTunes Music Store reached 100 million applications downloaded.
  • 2009 – The iTunes Music Store reached 1.8 billion applications downloaded.
  • 2014 – Apple unveiled the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, Apple Watch, Apple Watch Sport and Apple Watch Edition.
  • 2015 – Elizabeth II became the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.
  • 2016 – The government of North Korea conducts its fifth and reportedly biggest nuclear test. World leaders condemn the act, with South Korea calling it “maniacal recklessness”.

Celebrating Birthday Today

  • 1981 – Julie Gonzalo, Argentine-American actress
  • 1982 – John Kuhn, American football player
  • 1982 – Graham Onions, English cricketer
  • 1982 – Ai Otsuka, Japanese singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress
  • 1982 – Eugênio Rômulo Togni, Brazilian footballer
  • 1983 – Vitolo, Spanish footballer
  • 1983 – Kyle Davies, American baseball player
  • 1983 – Edwin Jackson, American baseball player
  • 1983 – Cleveland Taylor, English footballer
  • 1984 – Jaouad Akaddar, Moroccan footballer (d. 2012)
  • 1984 – Brad Guzan, American soccer player
  • 1984 – James Hildreth, English cricketer
  • 1984 – Michalis Sifakis, Greek footballer
  • 1985 – Martin Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1985 – Luka Modrić, Croatian footballer
  • 1985 – J. R. Smith, American basketball player
  • 1986 – Michael Bowden, American baseball player
  • 1986 – Chamu Chibhabha, Zimbabwean cricketer
  • 1986 – Luc Mbah a Moute, Cameroonian basketball player
  • 1986 – Keith Yandle, American hockey player
  • 1987 – Markus Jürgenson, Estonian footballer
  • 1987 – Alexis Palisson, French rugby player
  • 1987 – Andrea Petkovic, German tennis player
  • 1987 – Afrojack, Dutch-Surinamese DJ, record producer, and remixer[
  • 1988 – Danilo D’Ambrosio, Italian footballer
  • 1988 – Will Middlebrooks, American baseball player
  • 1989 – Alfonzo Dennard, American football player
  • 1989 – Casey Hayward, American football player
  • 1990 – Shaun Johnson, New Zealand rugby league player
  • 1990 – Haley Reinhart, American singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1990 – Andrew Smith, American basketball player (d. 2016)
  • 1990 – Jordan Tabor, English footballer (d. 2014)
  • 1991 – Lauren Daigle, American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter[
  • 1991 – Hunter Hayes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1991 – Oscar, Brazilian footballer
  • 1991 – Danilo Pereira, Bissauan-Portuguese footballer
  • 1992 – Shannon Boyd, Australian rugby league player
  • 1992 – Damian McGinty, Northern Irish actor and singer
  • 1992 – Kristiāns Pelšs, Latvian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
  • 1993 – Cameron Cullen, Australian rugby league player
  • 1993 – Crazy Mary Dobson, American wrestler
  • 1993 – Ryōhei Katō, Japanese gymnast
  • 1993 – Sharon van Rouwendaal, Dutch swimmer
  • 1994 – Clinton Gutherson, Australian rugby league player
  • 1997 – Billy Bainbridge, Australian rugby league player