Historical Events In September - 09

1948  "Hilarities (of 1949)" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 14 perfs on September - 09.  

1948  James Baskett, dies on this day in history.  

1950  On September - 09 the first use of TV laugh track-Hank McCune  

1950  On this day in history "Texas, Li'l Darlin'" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 293 perfs  

1951  1st broadcast of "Love of Life" on CBS-TV on this day in history.  

1951  On September - 09 cecil Gray, composer, dies at 56  

1952  On this day in history joseph Allen Sr, dies  

1953  On September - 09 kGTV TV channel 10 in San Diego, CA (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting  

1954  On this day in history alfred Gradstein, composer, dies at 49  

1956  On this day in history elvis Presley appears on the Ed Sullivan Show, drawing a TV audience estimated at over 50 million.  

1957  Nashville's new Hattie Cotton Elementary School dynamited on September - 09.  

1957  Ettore Pozzoli, composer, dies at 84 on September - 09.  

1958  On September - 09 charles Macartney, cricket (35 Tests 1907-26, 2131 runs 45 wkts), dies  

1959  Max d' Ollone, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1960  The birth of Hugh Grant, Britsh actor on this day in history.  

1960  Armas Toivo Valdemar Maasalo, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1962  Pat Rooney, vaudevillian (Night club), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1963  Landslide into Vaiont Dam emptys lake, kills 3-4,000 (Italy) on this day in history.  

1963  On September - 09 ernst Kantorowicz, German/US historian, dies at 68  

1964  Charles O'Neill, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1965  On September - 09 tibet is made an autonomous region of China  

1965  On this day in history julian Antonio Carillo-Trujillo, composer, dies at 90  

1966  John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at an avante-garde art exposition on September - 09.  

1966  Antonio Massana, composer, dies at 76 on September - 09.  

1967  On this day in history the first successful test flight of a Saturn V  

1967  Helen Flint, actress (Sea Devils), dies after being hit by a car at 69 on September - 09.  

1968  On September - 09 the fir1st US Open, Arthur Ashe wins  

1969  On this day in history allegheny 853 collides with Piper Cherokee above Indiana, kills 82  

1969  Cecil Dixon, cricketer (S Afr 1913-14, dismissed Hobbs twice), dies on September - 09.  

1971  On this day in history 1,000 convicts seize Attica, NY prison  

1971  On September - 09 detroit Red Wings hockey star Gordie Howe retires.  

1971  On this day in history forty-three people are killed when prisoners seize control of New York's Attica prison.  

1971  On September - 09 john Lennon &Yoko Ono appear on the Dick Cavett Show (ABC-TV)  

1971  On this day in history john Lennon releases the "Imagine" album  

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0214  Aurelian, Roman Emperor (d. 275) was born on September - 09.  

1349  On September - 09 birth of duke Albert III of Austria (d. 1395)  

1427  Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (d. 1464) was born on September - 09.  

1466  Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (d. 1523) was born on September - 09.  

1558  Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (d. 1602) was born on this day in history.  

1583  Girolamo Frescobaldi, composer was born on this day in history.  

1585  Armand-Jean du Plessicide de Richelieu, premier of France (1624-42) was born on this day in history.  

1618  On September - 09 birth of joan Cererols, composer  

0546  Death of St. Ciarán of Clonmacnoise, Irish bishop on September - 09.  

1000  Death of Olaf I of Norway on this day in history.  

1087  William I, The Conqueror, King of England/Duke of Normandy, dies on this day in history.  

1398  Death of King James I of Cyprus (b. 1334) on September - 09.  

1438  Eduard [Dom Duarte], King of Portugal (1433-38)/writer, dies on September - 09.  

1487  Death of Chenghua, Emperor of China (b. 1447) on this day in history.  

1488  Francois II of Bretagne, dies on September - 09.  

1513  James IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513), dies in battle at 40 on this day in history.