TV actor Robert Blake

Events in 1933 and 18-9

Events in US in the birth year of Robert Blake

• Giuseppe Zangara executed for attempted assassination of President-elect Roosevelt in which Chicago Mayor Cermak is fatally shot. Background: Assassinations and Attempts in U.S. Since 1865
• Roosevelt inaugurated (“the only thing we have to fear is fear itself”); launches New Deal.
• Prohibition repealed. Background: Amendments to the Constitution of the United States
• Glass-Steagall Act bans banks from dealing in stocks and bonds.

Birthday Robert Blake (18-9) in history

• Day 18-9 year 1759: The French city of Quebec surrendered to the British after the September 13 battle on the Plains of Abraham. It was the final battle of the French and Indian Wars, and French General Montcalm and British General Wolfe died in battle.
• Day 18-9 year 1810: Chile declared independence, freed from Spanish rule.
• Day 18-9 year 1850: Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, which required the return of escaped slaves to their owners.
• Day 18-9 year 1851: The first edition of The New York Daily Times, which later became The New York Times, was published.
• Day 18-9 year 1947: The National Security Act, which unified the Army, Navy, and Air Force, was passed.
• Day 18-9 year 1961: Secretary-General of the UN Dag Hammarskjold was killed in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia).
• Day 18-9 year 1970: 27-year-old rock star, Jimi Hendrix, died in London.
• Day 18-9 year 1999: Sammy Sosa became the first player in major league baseball history to hit 60 homers in two seasons.