This day in history
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Monday, 8 September 2014
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
of
British America
, erupted near
Charleston, South Carolina
.
1969
–
Allegheny Airlines Flight 853
collided in mid-air with a
Piper 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.
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