Cover of Elvis Presley
SEPTEMBER 9
1971:More than 1,000 prisoners seize control of maximum-security Attica
Correctional Facility near Buffalo, N.Y. For the next four days, they
will lay siege to D Yard of the prison, demanding better living
conditions and holding prison guards hostage. Forty-three people will
ultimately die in the ensuing violence, most of them inmates killed when
state troopers storm the prison yard.
1956: Elvis "The Pelvis" Presley sings "Don't Be Cruel," "Hound Dog," "Love Me Tender" and "Ready Teddy" in the first of his three appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show. Fifty-four million viewers, nearly 83 percent of the U.S. television audience, tune in to CBS to watch.
1963: The giant panda Li Li gives birth to a cub named Ming
Ming at the Beijing Zoo. Ming Ming is the first panda born and bred in
captivity.
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