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March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). There are 297 days remaining.
[edit] Events
- 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia
- 1230 - Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus near the village of Klokotnitsa.
- 1276 - Augsburg becomes an Imperial Free City.
- 1566 - David Rizzio, the private secretary to Mary I of Scotland, was murdered in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland.
- 1765 - After a public campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son had actually committed suicide.
- 1796 - Napoléon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.
- 1841 - The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Amistad case, concerning captive Africans who seized control of the slave-trading ship carrying them: the court rules that they had been taken into slavery illegally.
- 1842 - Giuseppe Verdi's third opera Nabucco premieres in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera writers.
- 1847 - Mexican-American War: United States forces under General Winfield Scott invade Mexico near Vera Cruz.
- 1856 - Sigma Alpha Epsilon: was founded in the Johnston Mansion House on the University of Alabama
- 1862 - American Civil War: The first battle between two ironclad warships - In a five-hour battle near Hampton Roads, Virginia the USS Monitor fights the CSS Virginia to a draw.
- 1908 - Inter Milan was founded.
- 1916 - Pancho Villa leads 1,500 Mexican raiders in an attack against Columbus, New Mexico, killing 17.
- 1924 - Italy annexes Fiume.
- 1932 - The Egyptian University rector "Ahmed Lotfy El-Said" resigned to protest against the transfer of Dr.Taha Hussein without the University permission. In 2003, an academic group called "March 9" was established in Egypt to defend academic rights and university independence.
- 1932 - The first Ford Flathead engine left the assembly line at Ford Motor Company.
- 1933 - Great Depression: The U.S. Congress begins its first 100 days of enacting New Deal legislation. President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress.
- 1935 - Hitler announced the creation of a new air force.
- 1945 - World War II: Bombing of Tokyo - American B-29 bombers attack Tokyo, Japan with incendiary bombs. The resulting fire storm kills over 100,000 people.
- 1954 - McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy," produced by Edward R. Murrow.
- 1957 - The magnitude 8.6 1957 Andreanof Islands Earthquake and tsunami occurs.
- 1959 - The Barbie doll debuts.
- 1964 - The first Ford Mustang rolls off the assembly line at Ford Motor Company.
- 1966 - Ronnie Kray murders George Cornell in the Blind Beggar pub.
- 1967 - Josef Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.
- 1975 - Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
- 1976 - Forty-two people die in a Cavalese cable-car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date.
- 1977 - Approximately a dozen armed Hanafi Muslims take over three buildings in Washington, DC, killing one person and taking more than 130 hostages. The hostage situation ends two days later.
- 1981 - Ketchup is declared a vegetable, to help public schools in the USA with the balanced meal plan.
- 1984 - The Competitive Enterprise Institute in founded in Washington, D.C.
- 1986 - United States Navy divers find the largely intact but heavily-damaged crew compartment of the Space Shuttle Challenger. The bodies of all seven astronauts were still inside.
- 1987 - Rock band U2 release the album The Joshua Tree.
- 1989 - A strike forces financially-troubled Eastern Air Lines into bankruptcy.
- 1990 - Dr. Antonia Novello is sworn in as Surgeon General of the United States, becoming the first female and Hispanic American to serve in that position.
- 1990 - Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Clyde Wells confirms he will rescind Newfoundland's approval of the Meech Lake Accord, effectively killing the Accord.
- 1991 - Massive demonstrations are held against Slobodan Milošević in Belgrade. Two people are killed and tanks are in the streets.
- 1993 - Rodney King testifies at the federal trial of four Los Angeles, California police officers accused of violating King's civil rights when they beat him during an arrest.
- 1997 - Rapper Notorious B.I.G. is shot and killed in Los Angeles.
- 2000 - The Tampa Bay Lightning National Hockey League club names Vincent Lecavalier the youngest captain of any sports team (19 years 43 days old), passing Detroit Red Wing Steve Yzerman's old record (21 years 149 days).
- 2004 - John Allen Muhammad is sentenced to death for his part in the Beltway sniper attacks of October 2002. Lee Boyd Malvo is sentenced to life in prison.
- 2004 - A terrorist attack on a restaurant in Istanbul kills one and injures 5.
- 2004 - The Federal Building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania was officially renamed the Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse, in honor of Ronald Reagan (40th President of the United States).
- 2005 - Dan Rather presents his final broadcast of the CBS Evening News.
- 2006 - Liquid Water discovered on Enceladus, the sixth largest moon of Saturn.
[edit] Births
- 1213 - Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (d. 1271)
- 1285 - Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (d. 1318)
- 1454 - Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer and cartographer (d. 1512)
- 1564 - David Fabricius, German astronomer (d. 1617)
- 1568 - Aloysius Gonzaga, Italian saint (d. 1591)
- 1629 - Tsar Alexis I of Russia (d. 1676)
- 1720 - Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (d. 1790)
- 1737 - Josef Mysliveček, Czech composer (d. 1781)
- 1749 - Honore Mirabeau, French writer and politician (d. 1791)
- 1753 - Jean-Baptiste Kleber, French general (d. 1800)
- 1758 - Franz Joseph Gall, German neuroscientist (d. 1828)
- 1763 - William Cobbett, English journalist and author (d. 1835)
- 1806 - Edwin Forrest, American Actor, philanthropist (d. 1872)
- 1814 - Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet (d. 1861)
- 1825 - Alexander F. Mozhaiski, Russian aviation pioneer (d. 1890)
- 1839 - Phoebe Knapp, American hymn writer (d. 1908)
- 1856 - Eddie Foy, American singer and dancer (d. 1928)
- 1887 - Phil Mead, English cricketeer (d. 1958)
- 1890 - Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician (d. 1986)
- 1892 - Vita Sackville-West, English writer and gardener (d. 1962)
- 1894 - Frank Arnau, German writer (d. 1976)
- 1900 - Howard Aiken, American computing pioneer (d. 1973)
- 1900 - Tomislav II of Croatia, 4th Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (d. 1948)
- 1902 - Will Geer, American actor (d. 1978)
- 1907 - Mircea Eliade, Romanian historian of religions and writer (d. 1986)
- 1909 - Derk Bodde, American sinologist
- 1910 - Samuel Barber, American composer (d. 1981)
- 1918 - George Lincoln Rockwell, American Nazi leader (d. 1967)
- 1918 - Mickey Spillane, American writer (d. 2006)
- 1923 - Walter Kohn, Austrian-born physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1929 - Desmond Hoyte, Prime Minister and President of Guyana (d. 2002)
- 1932 - Keely Smith, American singer
- 1932 - Walter Mercado, Puerto Rican astrologist and actor
- 1933 - Mel Lastman, Canadian politician
- 1934 - Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1968)
- 1934 - Del Close, American actor, improviser, writer, and teacher (d. 1999)
- 1935 - Andrew Viterbi, American telecommunications scientist and business man.
- 1936 - Tom Sestak, American football player (d. 1987)
- 1936 - Mickey Gilley, American musician and singer
- 1937 - Bernard Landry, Premier of Quebec from 2001-2003
- 1937 - Brian Redman, British racing driver
- 1938 - Lill-Babs, Swedish singer
- 1940 - Raúl Juliá, Puerto Rican actor (d. 1994)
- 1941 - Ernesto Miranda, American litigant (d. 1976)
- 1942 - John Cale, Welsh musician, (The Velvet Underground)
- 1942 - Mark Lindsay, American singer/musician (Paul Revere & The Raiders)
- 1943 - Bobby Fischer, American chess player
- 1943 - Charles Gibson, American television journalist
- 1945 - Robin Trower, British rock musician
- 1945 - Dennis Rader, American serial killer
- 1946 - Jim Cregan, British rock musician
- 1947 - Keri Hulme, New Zealandic writer
- 1948 - Jeffrey Osborne, American singer
- 1950 - Doug Ault, baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1950 - Danny Sullivan, American race car driver
- 1951 - Michael Kinsley, American journalist and editor
- 1951 - Helen Zille, South African politician
- 1954 - Bobby Sands, Irish republican (d. 1981)
- 1955 - Teo Fabi, Italian racing driver
- 1956 - David Willetts, UK Shadow Secretary for Education (Conservative)
- 1958 - Martin Fry, English pop singer (ABC)
- 1960 - Linda Fiorentino, American actress
- 1961 - Robert Rechsteiner, US Professional wrestler
- 1963 - Sean Salisbury, American football player
- 1963 - Terry Mulholland, American baseball player
- 1963 - David Pogue, Technology columnist and musician
- 1964 - Juliette Binoche, French actress
- 1964 - Phil Housley, American ice hockey player
- 1965 - Brian Bosworth, American football player
- 1965 - Benito Santiago, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1966 - Michael Patrick MacDonald, American memorist
- 1968 - Johnny Kelly, American drummer (Type O Negative)
- 1968 - Youri Djorkaeff, French footballer
- 1969 - Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, American basketball player
- 1970 - Shannon Leto, American drummer and occasional actor
- 1971 - Emmanuel Lewis, American actor
- 1971 - C Miller, American rapper
- 1972 - Kerr Smith, American actor
- 1972 - Spencer Howson, Australian radio broadcaster
- 1973 - Aaron Boone, American baseball player
- 1975 - Roy Makaay, Dutch footballer
- 1975 - Juan Sebastián Verón, Argentine footballer (soccer player)
- 1976 - Thor Halvorssen, Human rights activist
- 1977 - Radek Dvořák, Czech hockey player
- 1977 - Yamila Diaz, Argentine supermodel
- 1978 - Lucas Neill, Australian footballer
- 1979 - Melina Perez, WWE Diva
- 1980 - Chingy, American rapper
- 1981 - Antonio Bryant, American football player
- 1982 - Paul Ballard, English television presenter
- 1983 - Clint Dempsey, American football (soccer) player
- 1984 - Julia Mancuso, American Olympic gold medalist
- 1987 - Bow Wow, American rapper and actor
[edit] Deaths
- 1202 - King Sverre of Norway
- 1422 - Jan Zelivsky, Hussite priest (b. 1380)
- 1440 - St Frances of Rome, Italian nun (b. 1384)
- 1566 - David Rizzio, Italian secretary of Mary I of Scotland (b. 1533)
- 1649 - James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (b. 1606)
- 1649 - Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (executed) (b. 1590)
- 1661 - Jules Cardinal Mazarin, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1602)
- 1709 - Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, English diplomat
- 1808 - Joseph Bonomi the Elder, architect (b. 1739)
- 1851 - Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist (b. 1777)
- 1888 - William I, German Emperor, (b. 1797)
- 1897 - Sondre Norheim, Norwegian skier (b. 1825)
- 1937 - Paul Elmer More, American critic and essayist (b. 1864)
- 1954 - Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer (b. 1912)
- 1954 - V. Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer (b. 1874)
- 1960 - Jack Beattie, Northern Irish politician (b. 1886)
- 1964 - Paul Erich von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (b. 1870)
- 1971 - Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch (b. 1902)
- 1974 - Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
- 1975 - Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor (b. 1888)
- 1983 - Faye Emerson, American actress (b. 1917)
- 1983 - Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
- 1989 - Robert Mapplethorpe, American artist (b. 1946)
- 1992 - Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1913)
- 1993 - C. Northcote Parkinson, British historian and writer (b. 1909)
- 1994 - Charles Bukowski, American writer (b.1920)
- 1996 - George Burns, American actor and singer (b. 1896)
- 1997 - The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper (b. 1972)
- 2000 - Ivo Robić, Croatian singer and songwriter (b 1923)
- 2003 - Stan Brakhage, American filmmaker (b. 1933)
- 2003 - Bernard Dowiyogo, President of Nauru (b. 1946)
- 2004 - Albert Mol, Dutch actor (b.1917)
- 2004 - Alf Bicknell, British chauffeur (b.1928)
- 2004 - Robert Pastorelli, American actor (b. 1954)
- 2005 - Chris LeDoux, American Country singer (b. 1948)
- 2005 - István Nyers, Hungarian footballer (b. 1924)
- 2005 - Jeanette Schmid, Austrian professional whistler; aka Baroness Lips von Lipstrill (b. 1924)
- 2006 - John Profumo, British cabinet minister (b. 1915)
- 2006 - Geir Ivarsøy, Norwegian programmer, co-founder of Opera Software ASA (b. 1957)
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[edit] External links
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