WHAT HAPPENED ON 9. SEPTEMBER
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The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works is finalized. (9. September 1886)

World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army. (9. September 1914)

The Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922 effectively ends with Turkish victory over the Greeks in Smyrna. (9. September 1922)

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party. (9. September 1923)

Hanapepe Massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii. (9. September 1924)

In the United States the National Broadcasting Company is formed. (9. September 1926)

World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland. (9. September 1939)

Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government. (9. September 1939)

George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer. (9. September 1940)

Treznea Massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians kill 93 Romanian civilians in Treznea, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, as part of attempts to ethnic cleansing. (9. September 1940)

World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon. (9. September 1942)

World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy. (9. September 1943)

World War II: The Fatherland Front takes power in Bulgaria through a military coup in the capital and armed rebellion in the country. A new pro-Soviet government is established. (9. September 1944)

Second Sino-Japanese War: The Empire of Japan formally surrenders to China. (9. September 1945)

First case of a computer bug being found: a moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University. (9. September 1947)

Kim Il-sung declares the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. (9. September 1948)

Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time. (9. September 1956)

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is established. (9. September 1965)

Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion ($10–12 billion in 2005 dollars) in damages, becoming the first hurricane to top $1 billion in unadjusted damages. (9. September 1965)

The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. (9. September 1966)

   
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