Historical Events for 9th September 2023

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1919 - Boston's police force goes on strike
1932 - Spanish Cortes grants Catalonia autonomy
1942 - 1st bombing on continental US soil at Mount Emily, Oregon during WWII by Japanese planes
1944 - US 113th cavalry passes Belgian-Dutch borders
1950 - 1st use of TV laugh track by "The Hank McCune Show" in the US
1964 - German DR government allows short visits to West Germany
1970 - Feyenoord wins soccer's Club World Cup
1972 - West German equestrian rider Liselott Linsenhoff follows her dressage teams gold in Mexico City with the individual dressage title at her home Olympics in Munich
2013 - US Open Men's Tennis: Spaniard Rafael Nadal wins his second US title; beats Novak Đoković 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
2016 - North Korea conducts its fifth nuclear test at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, at the time its largest ever test at 10 kilotons but superseded by the 2017 test

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