FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Today is Friday, September 9, the 252nd day of 2011. There are 113 days left in the year.

1776 ― Continental Congress renames ``United Colonies," ``United States"

1942 ― First bombing on continental U.S. soil, Mount Emily, Ore. (WW2)

1943 ― Italy surrenders to the Allies

1944 ― Bulgaria liberated from Nazi control (often referred to as the invasion of Bulgaria by Russia) (National Day)

1945 ― Japanese in Korea, Taiwan, China, Indochina surrender to Allies

1948 ― People's Democratic Republic of Korea proclaimed

1956 ― Elvis Presley appears on national TV for first time (Ed Sullivan)

1965 ― Tibet is made an autonomous region of China

1971 ― John Lennon releases the ``Imagine" album

1990 ― Bush & Gorbachev meet in Helsinki and urge Iraq to leave Kuwait