September 9 in history: • 1791 – The commissioners overseeing the construction of the United States' new capital city named it Washington, in honor of the first president. → go there • 1892 – At the Lick Observatory in California, Edward Emerson Barnard discovered Amalthea, a moon of Jupiter and the last natural satellite to be discovered by visual observation. → go there • 1939 – World War II: About 3,000 Polish Army troops began a nearly month-long defence of the Hel Peninsula during the German invasion of Poland. → go there • 1962 – French president Charles de Gaulle delivered his "speech to the German youth" to 20,000 people in the courtyard of Ludwigsburg Palace (pictured). → go there • 1999 – The first banknotes of the Portrait Series of the Singapore dollar were introduced by the Board of Commissioners of Currency. → go there Died 1611: Eleanor de' Medici Wiki link Born 1960: Hugh Grant Wiki link Born 1985: Luka Modrić Wiki link Pictured: Ludwigsburg Palace courtyard.