On this day... September 9:

On this day...

September 9:  Independence Day in Tajikistan (1991) 1493 – Ottoman Empire forces defeated the Croatian army at the Battle of Krbava Field. 1739 – The Stono Rebellion, at the time the largest slave rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies ofBritish America, erupted near Charleston, South Carolina. 1969 – Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 collided in mid-air with aPiper PA-28 Cherokee flown by a student pilot near Fairland, Indiana, US, destroying both planes and killing all occupants. 1990 – Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lankan Army massacred at least 184 Tamil refugees in the Batticaloa District. 2009 – The Dubai Metro (train pictured), the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula and the world's longest fully automated metro network, was ceremonially inaugurated at 9:09:09 PM.