Today in History Today is Wednesday, Sept. 9, the 253rd day of 2020. There are 113 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 9, 1776, the second Continental Congress made the term “United States” official, replacing “United Colonies.” On this date: In 1543, Mary Stuart was crowned Queen of Scots at Stirling Castle, nine months after she was born. In 1850, California became the 31st state of the union. In 1942, during World War II, a Japanese plane launched from a submarine off the Oregon coast dropped a pair of incendiary bombs in a failed attempt at igniting a massive forest fire; it was the first aerial bombing of the U.S. mainland by a foreign power. In 1948, the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) was declared. In 1956, Elvis Presley made the first of three appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” In 1971, prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York, beginning a siege...
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