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On this day – September 9th, 1543
On September 9th, 1543, at just nine months old, Mary Stuart was formally crowned as the Queen of the Scots. Mary had been Queen since her father’s death on December 14th, 1542, when was six days old. However, the crowning ceremony at Stirling Castle marked the official beginning of her reign as Mary Queen of Scots.
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On this day – September 9th, 1776
On September 9th, 1776 the Second Continental Congress declared the nation’s name to be the “United States of America.” This replaced the previous term the “United Colonies.”
