SEPTEMBER 9 IN HISTORY

1804 - Major fire breaks out in Bucharest: Curtea Domneasca (the historic Princely Court) and part of the city are destroyed
1861 - Birth of actress Agatha Barsescu (d. November 22, 1939)
1878 - King Carol I adopts title of 'Royal Highness', which is subsequently acknowledged internationally
1896 - Death of Matei Millo, playwright, major actor and animator of the Romanian scene (b. November 24/25, 1814)
1926 - Visit to Italy by Prime minister Alexandru Averescu, on which occasion the Romanian-Italian Friendship and Cordial Collaboration Pact is inked
1956 - Birth of Silviu Lung, outstanding sportsman/Honored Master of Sports, former goalkeeper of the Romanian national soccer team and of the Universitatea Craiova and Steaua Bucharest club teams
1966 - Death of mathematician Octav Mayer, member of the Romanian Academy (b. September 22, 1895)
1977 - Birth of Gina Gogean, multiple world, Olympic and European gymnastics champion
1991 - Death of sociologist, jurist and historian Henri H. Stahl, member of the Romanian Academy. (b. November 4, 1901)
1992 - Death of painter and writer Margareta Sterian (b. March 16, 1897)
2011 - The Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (BOR), Daniel, pays canonical visit to the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of Germany, Austria and Luxembourg, at the invitation of Archbishop Seraphim, Metropolitan of Germany, Central and Northern Europe, agerpres reports.