Historical Events for 9th September 2024

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1583 - Sinking of the English ship Squirrel off the Azores with explorer and founder of Newfoundland, Humphrey Gilbert, on board
1767 - Colegio de San Ignacio de Loyola Vizcaínas - the oldest continuously operating educational institution in Mexico, opens for the education of girls and women in Mexico City
1914 - First fully mechanized unit in the British Army created - the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade (WWI)
1915 - Association for the Study of Negro Life and History formed in Chicago by Carter G. Woodson and others. Now the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.
1932 - Steamboat SS Observation explodes in NYC East River with 71 killed
1972 - Connection found between Mammoth Cave Ridge and Flint cave systems in Kentucky, joining 144 miles of passages - making it the world's longest known cave system (later mapped at 420 miles)
1978 - 3rd game of Boston Massacre; NY Yankees beat Red Sox, 7-0
1983 - Challenger returns to Kennedy Space Center via Sheppard AFB, Texas
2000 - US Open Women's Tennis: Venus Williams wins her first US title; beats fellow American Lindsay Davenport 6-4, 7-5
2013 - 44 people are killed and 45 are injured after a bus crashes into a ravine in Northern Guatemala

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