Today in History: September 9, Attica prison uprising begins
In contemporary times is Tuesday Sept the nd day of There are days left in the year In contemporary times in history On Sept prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo New York taking staff members hostage and demanding improvements to inmate therapy and living conditions Also on this date In the second Continental Congress formally adopted the name United States of America replacing the United Colonies of North America Related Articles AI shakes up the call center industry but a few tasks are still better left to the humans Decades-old mystery solved girl identified as New Hampshire serial killer s daughter President Donald Trump s administration announces immigration surge to begin in Chicago Musk s SpaceX spends billion to acquire spectrum licenses from EchoStar Judge skewers B Anthropic settlement with authors in pirated books event over AI training In California was admitted as the st U S state In about members of Boston s -member police force went on strike The strike was broken by Massachusetts Gov Calvin Coolidge with replacement officers In the People s Democratic Republic of Korea North Korea was declared In President Dwight D Eisenhower signed the first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction a measure primarily concerned with protecting voting rights It also established a Civil Rights Division in the U S Department of Justice In King Charles III gave his first speech to Britain as its new monarch vowing to carry on the lifelong system of his mother Queen Elizabeth II who died a day earlier In current times s Birthdays Singer Dee Dee Sharp is Former NFL quarterback Joe Theismann is Actor Angela Cartwright is Musician-producer Dave Stewart Eurythmics is Actor Hugh Grant is Sen Chris Coons D-Del is Actor Constance Marie is Actor Adam Sandler is Actor Julia Sawalha suh-WAHL -hah is Model Rachel Hunter is Actor Eric Stonestreet is Actor Henry Thomas is Actor Goran Visnjic VEEZ -nihch is Pop-jazz singer Michael Bubl boo-BLAY is Actor Michelle Williams is Actor Zoe Kazan is Soccer player Luka Modri is Country singer-songwriter Hunter Hayes is
