September 9^th in history

Encyclopædia Britannica presents people and events from this day in history:

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: Biography of the Day

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, whose work reflected the aims of the Symbolist movement and greatly influenced French art through his innovations in style and subject matter, died on this day in 1901.

 

Death of Mao: 9 September 1976 - This Day in History

Marxist revolutionary Mao Zedong, who died this day in 1976, emerged as the undisputed Chinese Communist Party leader following the Long March (1934–35) and dominated China in the period after the communist takeover in 1949.

More Events on this day:

1956: Rock and roll star Elvis Presley made his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.

1948: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) was proclaimed, setting the stage for the Korean War.

1861: Sally Louisa Tompkins was commissioned a cavalry captain; she was the only woman to be commissioned in the Confederate army. 

1774: The Suffolk Resolves, protesting the Intolerable Acts, were passed at a meeting in Massachusetts.

1087: The English king William I (the Conqueror) died from an injury suffered while attempting to capture the town of Mantes and was later buried at St. Stephen's Church.

 

William Bligh: Biography of the Day

William Bligh

"The very high opinion he has of himself makes him hold every one of our profession with contempt, perhaps envy. Nay, the Navy is but a sphere for fops and lubbers to swarm in without one gem to vie in brilliancy to himself"

An officer who served under William Bligh

Born this day in 1754, William Bligh was the English admiral who commanded the HMS Bounty at the time of the celebrated mutiny on that ship. After sailing to Tahiti and picking up breadfruit trees to be transported to the West Indies, the ship had returned as far as the Friendly Islands (Tonga) when it was suddenly seized by Fletcher Christian, the master's mate, on April 28, 1789.

 

Boston Police Strike: 9 September 1919 - This Day in History

Denied the right to unionize, 80 percent of Boston's police went on strike this day. In response to robberies and riots, Mayor Andrew J. Peters called in Boston companies of the state militia to restore order and break the strike. Later, Governor Calvin Coolidge—who initially had refused to act to prevent the Boston Police Strike but who came to be regarded as the hero of the episode—sent in the entire Massachusetts militia even though the situation was then under control. Declaring, “There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time,” Coolidge gained a national reputation as a staunch supporter of law and order.

More Events on this day:

1956: Rock and roll star Elvis Presley made his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.

1948: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) was proclaimed, setting the stage for the Korean War.

1861: Sally Louisa Tompkins was commissioned a cavalry captain; she was the only woman to be commissioned in the Confederate army. 

1774: The Suffolk Resolves, protesting the Intolerable Acts, were passed at a meeting in Massachusetts.

1087: The English king William I the Conqueror died from an injury suffered while attempting to capture the town of Mantes and was later buried at St. Stephen's Church.