AP Highlight in History: On Sept. 9, 1956, Elvis Presley made the first of three appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
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1850
California became the 31st state of the union.
1893
President Grover Cleveland's wife, Frances, gave birth to a daughter, Esther, in the White House.
1926
The National Broadcasting Co. was created as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Radio Corporation of America.
1948
The People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) was created.
1957
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction.
1965
Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched a perfect game in a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
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1971
Prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, N.Y., beginning a four-day siege that claimed 43 lives.
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1976
Communist Chinese leader Mao Zedong died in Beijing at age 82.
1993
The Palestine Liberation Organization agreed to recognize Israel's right to exist, and Israel agreed to recognize the PLO as the representative of the Palestinian people.
1997
Sinn Fein, the Irish Republican Army's political ally, formally renounced violence as it took its place in talks on Northern Ireland's future.
2003
The Boston Roman Catholic Archdiocese agreed to pay $85 million to 552 people to settle clergy sex abuse cases.
2005
Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown, the principal target of harsh criticism of the Bush administration's response to Hurricane Katrina, was relieved of his onsite command.
2009
Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., shouted "You lie!" during President Barack Obama's speech to Congress on health care.
