UPI Almanac for Monday, Sept. 9, 2024

Today is Monday, Sept. 9, the 253rd day of 2024 with 113 to follow.

The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Virgo. They include the Cardinal-duc de Richelieu, French statesman/Roman Catholic cardinal, in 1585; British Capt. William Bligh, of the HMS Bounty, in 1754; writer Leo Tolstoy in 1828; Baseball Hall of Fame member Frank Chance in 1876; Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Harland Sanders in 1890; musician Otis Redding in 1941; Football Hall of Fame member Joe Theismann in 1949 (age 75); musician John McFee (Doobie Brothers) in 1950 (age 74); actor/musician Tom Wopat in 1951 (age 73); musician Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) in 1952 (age 72); actor Angela Cartwright in 1952 (age 72); actor Hugh Grant in 1960 (age 64); actor Constance Marie in 1965 (age 59); actor Charles Esten in 1965 (age 59); actor Adam Sandler in 1966 (age 58); actor Rachel Hunter in 1969 (age 55); actor Henry Thomas in 1971 (age 53); actor Eric Stonestreet in 1971 (age 53); actor Goran Visnjic in 1972 (age 52); musician Michael Bublé in 1975 (age 49); actor Michelle Williams in 1980 (age 44); actor Timothy Granaderos in 1986 (age 38); musician Hunter Hayes in 1991 (age 33); actor Kelsey Asbille Chow in 1991 (age 33).

On this date in history:

In 1543, Mary Stuart is crowned Mary Queen of Scots at 9 months old.

In 1776, the second Continental Congress officially changed the new American nation's name from "United Colonies" to "United States."

In 1850, California became the 31st state.

In 1893, first lady Frances Folsom Cleveland gives birth to a daughter in the White House. Esther Cleveland was the first child of a president to be born in the White House.

In 1908, Orville Wright completed the first hourlong airplane flight during a series of tests in Fort Myer, Va.

In 1919, Boston police went on strike, prompting riots. Law enforcement sought better wages and working conditions, and the strike highlighted the growing influence of trade unions in the United States.

In 1956, rock 'n' roll singer Elvis Presley appeared on national television for the first time -- on The Ed Sullivan Show.

In 1971, more than 1,000 convicts took over the state prison at Attica, N.Y., and held hostages. Four days later, 28 convicts and nine hostages were killed as state police reclaimed the prison. The overall death toll was later set at 43.

In 1976, Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong died at age 82.

In 1985, President Ronald Reagan denounced apartheid as "systematic, institutionalized racial discrimination" and imposed a series of economic sanctions against South Africa.

In 1990, Liberian President Samuel Doe was killed by rebels after visiting the headquarters of West African peacekeeping forces in Monrovia.

In 1993, in a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, the PLO recognized the right of the state of Israel to exist in peace and security. In turn, Rabin declared the PLO the representative of the Palestinian people.

In 1999, more than 100 people died in the bombing of a Moscow apartment building. The blast was blamed on militants from the breakaway republic of Chechnya.

In 2003, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston agreed to pay $85 million in lawsuits by more than 500 people who said they sexually abused by priests.

In 2010, a federal judge in California ruled that the "don't ask, don't tell" policy preventing homosexuals from serving openly in the U.S. armed services was unconstitutional.

In 2015, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II became England's longest-serving monarch, surpassing the record set by her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, more than a century earlier.

In 2017, Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida, leaving millions in the state without power. The Category 5 storm was blamed for more than 130 deaths throughout the Caribbean and the United States.

In 2018, John Legend became the first Black man to earn EGOT status -- winning at the Emmys, Grammys, Oscars and Tonys. He completed his EGOT with a win at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards as producer on NBC's Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert. The show also earned Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice EGOTs.

In 2019, scientists announced the discovery of the earliest direct evidence of milk consumption in the 6,000-year-old teeth of British farmers.

In 2023, Coco Gauff rallied past Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus to win her first Grand Slam at the U.S. Open.

A thought for the day: "If you want to be a singer, you've got to concentrate on it 24 hours a day. You can't be a well driller, too." -- American musician Otis Redding