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MONDAY, Sept. 9, 2024

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On this day...

1911-First airmail service (British Post Office)

1944-Allied forces liberate Luxembourg

1945-Japanese in S. Korea, Taiwan, China, Indochina surrender to Allies

1948 Bkln Dodger Rex Barney no-hits NY Giants, 2-0

1948-People's Democratic Republic of Korea proclaimed

1956-Elvis Presley appears on national TV for first time (Ed Sullivan)

1965-Tibet is made an autonomous region of China

1968-First U.S. Open, held as an "open" (Arthur Ashe-wins)

1971-1,000 convicts seize Attica, NY prison

1977-First TRS-80 computer sold

1983-Challenger returns to Kennedy Space Center via Sheppard AFB, Texas

1989-Steffi Graf beats Martina Navratalova for the U.S. Open championship

1990-Bush & Gorbachev meet in Helsinki & urge Iraq to leave Kuwait






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