Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 9
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This is a list of selected September 9 anniversaries that appears on the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition may be controversial, or on a day that is or soon will be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors.September 9: Republic Day in North Korea (1948); Independence Day in Tajikistan (1991)
- 1513 – War of the League of Cambrai: King James IV of Scotland (pictured) was killed at the Battle of Flodden Field in Northumberland while leading an invasion of England.
- 1850 – As part of the Compromise of 1850, California was admitted into the United States as a free state instead of a slave state where slavery was legal.
- 1971 – Prisoners rioted and seized control of the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York, USA, taking thirty-three guards hostage. The uprising ended four days later after state police and guards raided the prison, leaving almost 40 hostages and inmates dead from the ensuing gunfire.
- 2001 – Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, was assassinated in Afghanistan.
- 2004 – A car bomb exploded outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, killing at least nine people and injuring over 150 others.
More events: September 8 – September 9 – September 10
