TV show host Charles Kuralt

Events in 1934 and 10-9

Events in US in the birth year of Charles Kuralt

• Securities Exchange Act is passed, establishing the Securities and Exchange Commission.
• Federal Communications Commission is established to regulate communications.
• Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker ambushed by lawmen in Louisiana. John Dillinger is shot outside Chicago movie theater.
• Dust storms ruin about 100 million acres and damage another 200 million acres of cropland in Kansas, Texas, Colorado, and Oklahoma ("Dust Bowl").

Birthday Charles Kuralt (10-9) in history

• Day 10-9 year 1813: Commander Oliver Hazard Perry delivered his famous message, "We have met the enemy, and they are ours," after defeating the British at the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812.
• Day 10-9 year 1846: Massachusetts inventor Elias Howe received a patent for his sewing machine.
• Day 10-9 year 1939: Canada declared war on Germany, entering WWII.
• Day 10-9 year 1963: Twenty black students entered public schools in Birmingham, Mobile, and Tuskegee, Alabama, after President John F. Kennedy sent National Guardsman to end the standoff with Alabama Governor George Wallace.
• Day 10-9 year 1988: Steffi Graf achieved tennis' first Grand Slam since Margaret Court in 1970 by winning the U.S. Open women's final.
• Day 10-9 year 2002: Switzerland became the 190th member of the United Nations.