This continues the “This Day in History” calendar series. Without the help of the local cachers, this would not be possible!
According to Wikipedia and other sources, on Sept 9th:
1543 – Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.
1850 – California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.
1926 – The U.S. National Broadcasting Company is formed.
1956 – Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
1971 – The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, which eventually results in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.
2010 – A natural gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno, California, creates a "wall of fire" more than 1,000 feet (300 m) high.