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This Day In History, Odd News and Facts For September 9, 2012

September 9, 2012

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English: Map of the Thirteen British Colonies ...

English: Map of the Thirteen British Colonies in North America around 1775, before independence. Nederlands: Kaart van de Dertien Britse koloniën in Noord-Amerika rond 1775, voor de onafhankelijkheid. Français : Carte des Treize Colonies britanniques d’Amérique du Nord vers 1775, avant leur indépendance. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

AMERICAN REVOLUTION Congress renames the nation “United States of America”, 1776

AUTOMOTIVE President Johnson signs the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act,1966

CIVIL WAR Yankees capture Chattanooga, 1863

COLD WAR Mao Zedong Dies, 1976

CRIME The Boston police department goes on strike, 1919

DISASTER Powerful earthquake rocks Algeria, 1954

GENERAL INTEREST Riot at Attica prison, 1971

Chairman Mao dies, 1976

HOLLYWOOD Audiences are treated to surprise preview of Gone with the Wind, 1939

LITERARY Alice B. Toklas moves in permanently with Gertrude Stein, 1910

OLD WEST California becomes the 31st state in record time,1850

PRESIDENTIAL Cleveland baby born in White House, 1893

SPORTS Sandy Koufax pitches perfect game, 1965

VIETNAM WAR Hackney receives Medal of Honor, 1967

Ho Chi Minh buried in Hanoi, 1969

DeBellevue becomes leading American Ace,1972

WORLD WAR I U.S. Secretary of State Lansing demands recall of Austro-Hungarian ambassador, 1914

WORLD WAR II Japanese bomb U.S. mainland, 1942

Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, 1943

This Day in Wisconsin History

1864 – (Civil War) Expedition in Alabama

1951 – Tom Wopat Born

1954 – Janesville Residents Debate Liquor Laws

1973 – Miss Wisconsin crowned Miss America

Today is National Teddy Bear Day, Weinerschnitzel Day and Grandparents Day

Your Daily Horoscope UPI horoscopes for Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012.

The almanac UPI Almanac for Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012.

And Now From The UPI News Desk;

Don’t try this at home — or elsewhere! Don’t try this at home — or elsewhere!

Understatement of the Week: John Kerry Understatement of the week:

1903 Ford Model A up for auction HERSHEY, Pa., Sept. 8 (UPI) — A 1903 Ford Model A, one of the oldest surviving cars made by Ford Motor Co., will be up for auction in Hershey, Pa., officials said.

Possible Renoir found at flea market ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 (UPI) — A woman at a Virginia flea market paid less than $60 for a box containing a painting that may be the work of French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

Waves sink Chicago Red Bull Flugtag CHICAGO, Sept. 8 (UPI) — The Red Bull Flugtag in Chicago was canceled Saturday because of “unsafe marine conditions,” officials said.

Pet monkey detained after biting woman SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., Sept. 8 (UPI) — A monkey being kept illegally in California as a pet is now in quarantine after biting a woman.

Contractors break into wrong house twice TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif., Sept. 8 (UPI) — Contractors mistakenly broke into a California house twice, thinking it was the foreclosed home they had been hired to clean out, a couple say.

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