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September 9

4 sourced moments from September 9 in history: The Stono Rebellion ignites colonial Carolina (1739); California became the 31st U.S. state (1850); The first computer "bug" was a real moth (1947), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on September 9

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1991 History · Modern

Tajikistan's 1991 independence led straight into civil war

Tajikistan's Supreme Soviet proclaimed independence on 9 September 1991; within two years about 50,000 people had died in a civil war.

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1947 Technology · Computing & AI

The first computer "bug" was a real moth

In 1947, engineers pulled an actual insect out of a Harvard computer and taped it into the logbook — "first actual case of bug being found."

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1850 Geography · Countries

California became the 31st U.S. state

On September 9, 1850, gold-rush California vaulted into the Union as a free state, skipping the usual territorial wait entirely.

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1739 Society & Economy · Politics & Law

The Stono Rebellion ignites colonial Carolina

On a Sunday morning near a Carolina river, dozens of enslaved Africans seized weapons and marched south toward freedom in Spanish Florida.

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