Event:
Charles Durant, 1st U.S. aeronaut, flies a balloon from Castle Garden, New York City to Perth Amboy, New Jersey
More Notable Events on September 9:
1993 PLO recognizes state of Israel
1990 Bush and Gorbachev meet in Helsinki and urge Iraq to leave Kuwait
1965 Tibet is made an autonomous region of China
1956 Elvis Presley's 1st appearance on Ed Sullivan's Show
1942 Japanese planes drop incendiary bombs on Oregon
