March 9

March 9 is the 68th day of the year (69th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 297 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 141 BC – Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han Dynasty of China.
• 632 – The Last Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of Prophet Muhammad.
• 1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.
• 1230 – Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus in the Battle of Klokotnitsa.
• 1276 – Augsburg becomes an Imperial Free City.
• 1500 – The fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas.
• 1566 – David Rizzio, private secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, is murdered in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland.
• 1765 – After a 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 may have actually committed suicide.
• 1796 – Napoléon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.
• 1811 – Paraguayan forces defeat Manuel Belgrano at the Battle of Tacuarí.
• 1841 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the United States v. The Amistad case that captive Africans who had seized control of the ship carrying them had been taken into slavery illegally.
• 1842 – Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, Nabucco, receives its première performance in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera writers.
• 1842 – The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.
• 1847 – Mexican–American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz.
• 1862 – American Civil War: The USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
• 1896 – Prime Minister Francesco Crispi resigns following the Italian defeat at the Battle of Adowa.
• 1908 – Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from the Milan Cricket and Football Club.
• 1910 – The Westmoreland County coal strike, involving 15,000 coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers, begins.
• 1916 – Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against Columbus, New Mexico.
• 1925 – Pink's War: The first Royal Air Force operation conducted independently of the British Army or Royal Navy begins.
• 1933 – Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.
• 1944 – World War II: Japanese troops counter-attack American forces on Hill 700 in Bougainville in a battle that would last five days.
• 1944 – World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia.
• 1945 – The Bombing of Tokyo by the United States Army Air Forces began, one of the most destructive bombing raids in history.
• 1945 – World War II: Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina.
• 1946 – Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, 33 killed and hundreds injured
• 1954 – McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
• 1956 – Soviet military suppresses mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.
• 1957 – A magnitude 8.3 earthquake in the Andreanof Islands, Alaska triggers a Pacific-wide tsunami causing extensive damage to Hawaii and Oahu.
• 1959 – The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
• 1960 – Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis.
• 1961 – Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a human dummy nicknamed Ivan Ivanovich, and demonstrating that Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight.
• 1967 – Trans World Airlines Flight 553, a Douglas DC-9-15, crashes in a field in Concord Township, Ohio following a mid-air collision with a Beechcraft Baron, killing 26.
• 1976 – Forty-two people die in the 1976 Cavalese cable car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date.
• 1977 – The Hanafi Siege: In a thirty-nine-hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings, killing two and taking 149 hostage.
• 1989 – Financially troubled Eastern Air Lines filed for bankruptcy.
• 1991 – Massive demonstrations are held against Slobodan Milošević in Belgrade.
• 1997 – Comet Hale–Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a rare double feature as an eclipse permits Hale-Bopp to be seen during the day.
• 2011 – Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.

Births

• 1213 – Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1271)
• 1285 – Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (d. 1318)
• 1454 – Amerigo Vespucci, Italian cartographer and explorer (d. 1512)
• 1564 – David Fabricius, German astronomer and theologian (d. 1617)
• 1568 – Aloysius Gonzaga, Italian saint (d. 1591)
• 1627 – John Bowne, English-American activist (d. 1695)
• 1695 – Martín Sarmiento, Spanish monk and scholar (d. 1772)
• 1720 – Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (d. 1790)
• 1727 – Johann Gottlieb Preller, German cantor, composer, and surveyor (d. 1786)
• 1737 – Josef Mysliveček, Czech composer (d. 1781)
• 1749 – Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French journalist and politician (d. 1791)
• 1753 – Jean Baptiste Kléber, French general (d. 1800)
• 1758 – Franz Joseph Gall, German neuroanatomist and physiologist (d. 1828)
• 1763 – William Cobbett, English journalist and author (d. 1835)
• 1806 – Edwin Forrest, American actor and philanthropist (d. 1872)
• 1814 – Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet (d. 1861)
• 1815 – David Davis, American politician and jurist (d. 1886)
• 1820 – Samuel Blatchford, American jurist (d. 1893)
• 1824 – Amasa Leland Stanford, American businessman and politician, founded Stanford University (d. 1893)
• 1833 – Frederick A. Schroeder, German-American businessman and politician (d. 1899)
• 1839 – Phoebe Knapp, American organist and composer (d. 1908)
• 1856 – Eddie Foy, Sr., American actor and dancer (d. 1928)
• 1856 – Tom Roberts, English-Australian painter (d. 1931)
• 1877 – Stuart Stickney, American golfer (d. 1932)
• 1884 – Johan Salonen, Finnish wrestler (d. 1938)
• 1886 – Kenneth Edwards, American golfer (d. 1952)
• 1887 – Fritz Lenz, German geneticist (d. 1976)
• 1887 – Phil Mead, English cricketer (d. 1958)
• 1890 – Rupert Balfe, Australian footballer (d. 1915)
• 1890 – Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs fr the Soviet Union (d. 1986)
• 1891 – José P. Laurel, Filipino politician, 3rd President of the Philippines (d. 1959)
• 1892 – Vita Sackville-West, English author, poet, and gardener (d. 1962)
• 1894 – Frank Arnau, German author (d. 1976)
• 1900 – Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (d. 1948)
• 1902 – Will Geer, American actor (d. 1978)
• 1904 – Paul Wilbur Klipsch, American engineer (d. 2002)
• 1905 – Gerard Helders, Dutch politician (d. 2013)
• 1909 – Derk Bodde, American sinologist and historian (d. 2003)
• 1910 – Samuel Barber, American pianist and composer (d. 1981)
• 1912 – Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow, English diplomat (d. 2013)
• 1915 – Johnnie Johnson, English pilot (d. 2001)
• 1918 – George Lincoln Rockwell, American sailor and politician, founded the American Nazi Party (d. 1967)
• 1918 – Mickey Spillane, American author (d. 2006)
• 1919 – Cengiz Dağcı, Ukrainian author and poet (d. 2011)
• 1920 – Frank J. Dixon, American immunologist (d. 2008)
• 1921 – Carl Betz, American actor (d. 1978)
• 1921 – Dimitris Horn, Greek actor (d. 1998)
• 1923 – James L. Buckley, American politician
• 1923 – André Courrèges, French fashion designer
• 1923 – Walter Kohn, Austrian-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1923 – Nicola Zaccaria, Greek opera singer (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Gerald Bull, Canadian engineer (d. 1990)
• 1929 – Desmond Hoyte, Guyanese politician, 3rd President of Guyana (d. 2002)
• 1929 – Zillur Rahman, Bangladeshi politician, 19th President of Bangladesh (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Ornette Coleman, American saxophonist and composer
• 1930 – Taina Elg, Finnish-American actress and dancer
• 1931 – Thore Skogman, Swedish actor and singer (d. 2007)
• 1931 – Sam Williams, American football player (d. 2013)
• 1932 – Walter Mercado, Puerto Rican astrologer and actor
• 1932 – Keely Smith, American singer
• 1933 – Mel Lastman, Canadian businessman and politician, 62nd Mayor of Toronto
• 1933 – Reinhard Lettmann, German bishop (d. 2013)
• 1933 – Lloyd Price, American singer-songwriter
• 1934 – Del Close, American actor, author, and educator (d. 1999)
• 1934 – Yuri Gagarin, Russian pilot and astronaut (d. 1968)
• 1934 – Marlene Streit, Canadian golfer
• 1934 – Joyce Van Patten, American actress
• 1935 – Andrew Viterbi, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Qualcomm Inc.
• 1936 – Mickey Gilley, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1936 – Marty Ingels, American actor
• 1936 – Tom Sestak, American football player (d. 1987)
• 1937 – Bernard Landry, Canadian lawyer and politician, 28th Premier of Quebec
• 1937 – Harry Neale, Canadian ice hockey coach and sportscaster
• 1937 – Brian Redman, English race car driver
• 1938 – Lill-Babs, Swedish singer and actress
• 1940 – Raúl Juliá, Puerto Rican-American actor (d. 1994)
• 1941 – Ernesto Miranda, American criminal, inspired the Miranda rights (d. 1976)
• 1942 – John Cale, Welsh singer-songwriter, violist, and producer (The Velvet Underground and Theatre of Eternal Music)
• 1942 – Mark Lindsay, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer (Paul Revere & the Raiders)
• 1943 – Bobby Fischer, American chess player (d. 2008)
• 1943 – Charles Gibson, American journalist
• 1943 – Trish Van Devere, American actress
• 1944 – Lee Irvine, South African cricketer
• 1944 – Paul C. P. McIlhenny, American businessman (d. 2013)
• 1945 – Robert Calvert, English singer-songwriter (Hawkwind) (d. 1988)
• 1945 – Dennis Rader, American serial killer
• 1945 – Robin Trower, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Procol Harum and The Paramounts)
• 1946 – Jim Cregan, English guitarist and songwriter (Blossom Toes, Streetwalkers, and Family)
• 1947 – Richard Adams, Filipino-American activist (d. 2012)
• 1947 – Keri Hulme, New Zealand author
• 1948 – Emma Bonino, Italian politician
• 1948 – Jeffrey Osborne, American singer and drummer (L.T.D.)
• 1948 – Chris Thompson, English singer and guitarist (Manfred Mann's Earth Band and Night)
• 1949 – Jaime Lyn Bauer, American actress
• 1949 – Tapani Kansa, Finnish singer
• 1950 – Doug Ault, American baseball player (d. 2004)
• 1950 – Danny Sullivan, American race car driver
• 1951 – Zakir Hussain, Indian tabla player, composer, and actor
• 1951 – Michael Kinsley, American journalist
• 1951 – Helen Zille, South African politician, 7th Premier of the Western Cape
• 1952 – Bill Beaumont, English rugby player
• 1954 – Bobby Sands, Irish politician (d. 1981)
• 1955 – Teo Fabi, Italian race car driver
• 1955 – Ornella Muti, Italian actress
• 1955 – Józef Pinior, Polish politician
• 1956 – Mark Dantonio, American football player and coach
• 1956 – Shashi Tharoor, Indian politician
• 1956 – David Willetts, English politician
• 1957 – Faith Daniels, American journalist
• 1957 – Mark Mancina, American composer
• 1957 – Mona Sahlin, Swedish politician
• 1958 – Linda Fiorentino, American actress
• 1958 – Martin Fry, English singer-songwriter (ABC and Vice Versa)
• 1958 – Jack Kenny, American screenwriter and producer
• 1958 – Peeter Võsu, Estonian politician
• 1958 – Branko Vukelić, Croatian politician, 11th Minister of Defence for Croatia (d. 2013)
• 1959 – Tom Amandes, American actor and director
• 1960 – Finn Carter, American actress
• 1959 – Lonny Price, American actor, screenwriter, and director
• 1961 – Mike Leach, American football player and coach
• 1961 – Rick Steiner, American wrestler
• 1961 – Darrell Walker, American basketball player
• 1962 – Jan Furtok, Polish footballer
• 1962 – Pete Wishart, Scottish singer and politician (Big Country and Runrig)
• 1963 – Ivan Henjak, Australian rugby player
• 1963 – Terry Mulholland, American baseball player
• 1963 – David Pogue, American columnist
• 1963 – Jean-Marc Vallée, Canadian director and screenwriter
• 1964 – Juliette Binoche, French actress and dancer
• 1964 – Herbert Fandel, German football referee
• 1964 – Phil Housley, American ice hockey player
• 1964 – Valérie Lemercier, French actress, singer, director
• 1964 – Aleksandr Puštov, Russian-Estonian footballer and manager
• 1964 – Steve Wilkos, American police officer and talk show host
• 1965 – Brian Bosworth, American football player
• 1965 – Benito Santiago, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1966 – Brendan Canty, American drummer and songwriter (Fugazi)
• 1966 – Tony Lockett, Australian footballer
• 1966 – Michael Patrick MacDonald, Irish-American author and activist
• 1968 – Youri Djorkaeff, French footballer
• 1968 – Brian Heidik, American reality show contestant, winner of Survivor: Thailand
• 1968 – Johnny Kelly, American drummer (Type O Negative, Danzig, A Pale Horse Named Death, and Seventh Void)
• 1968 – Robert Sledge, American bass player (Ben Folds Five)
• 1969 – Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, American basketball player
• 1969 – Kimberly Guilfoyle, American television host
• 1969 – Stefie Shock, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1970 – Martin Johnson, English rugby player
• 1970 – Shannon Leto, American drummer and actor (Thirty Seconds to Mars and The Wondergirls)
• 1970 – David Guido Pietroni, Italian director and producer
• 1971 – C-Murder, American rapper and actor
• 1971 – Emmanuel Lewis, American actor
• 1971 – Diego Torres, Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1972 – Spencer Howson, Australian radio host
• 1972 – Jean Louisa Kelly, American actress and singer
• 1972 – Kerr Smith, American actor
• 1973 – Aaron Boone, American baseball player
• 1975 – Roy Makaay, Dutch footballer
• 1975 – Didiayer Snyder, Australian model, author, and interior designer
• 1975 – Chaske Spencer, American actor
• 1975 – Juan Sebastián Verón, Argentinian footballer
• 1976 – Yamila Diaz-Rahi, Argentinian model
• 1976 – Ben Mulroney, Canadian television host
• 1977 – Radek Dvořák, Czech ice hockey player
• 1978 – MickDeth, American bass player (Eighteen Visions, Bleeding Through, and Clear) (b. 2013)
• 1978 – Lucas Neill, Australian footballer
• 1979 – Iryna Charnushenka-Stasiuk, Belarusian long jumper (d. 2013)
• 1979 – Melina Perez, American wrestler and actress
• 1980 – Chingy, American rapper and actor
• 1980 – Trent Croad, Australian footballer
• 1980 – Matthew Gray Gubler, American actor
• 1981 – Antonio Bryant, American football player
• 1981 – Anders Nøhr, Danish footballer
• 1981 – Clay Rapada, American baseball player
• 1982 – Mirjana Lučić-Baroni, Croatian tennis player
• 1983 – Clint Dempsey, American soccer player
• 1983 – Ioannis Masmanidis, German footballer
• 1983 – Maite Perroni, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress (RBD)
• 1983 – Wayne Simien, American basketball player
• 1984 – Brian Cusworth, American basketball player
• 1984 – Joe Gilgun, English actor
• 1984 – Abdoulay Konko, French footballer
• 1984 – Julia Mancuso, American skier
• 1985 – Brent Burns, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Jesse Litsch, American baseball player
• 1985 – Rachel Nabors, American illustrator
• 1985 – Parthiv Patel, Indian cricketer
• 1986 – Brittany Snow, American actress and singer
• 1987 – Bow Wow, American rapper and actor
• 1988 – Alodia Gosiengfiao, Filipino model, actress, and singer
• 1989 – Artem Borodulin, Russian figure skater
• 1989 – Kim Tae-yeon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (Girls' Generation)
• 1990 – Daley Blind, Dutch footballer
• 1990 – Bilel Ifa, Tunisian footballer
• 1990 – Aras Özbiliz, Turkish footballer
• 1991 – Domo Genesis, American rapper (Odd Future)
• 1991 – Brenna O'Brien, Canadian actress
• 1992 – Luis Armand Garcia, American actor
• 1993 – Larnell Cole, English footballer

Deaths

• 1202 – Sverre of Norway (b. 1145)
• 1422 – Jan Želivský, Czech priest (b. 1380)
• 1440 – Frances of Rome, Italian nun and saint (b. 1384)
• 1566 – David Rizzio, Italian secretary (b. 1533)
• 1649 – James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish politician (b. 1606)
• 1649 – Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (b. 1590)
• 1661 – Cardinal Mazarin, Italian-French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1602)
• 1709 – Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, English diplomat (b. 1638)
• 1808 – Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect, designed the Piercefield House and St James' Church (b. 1739)
• 1810 – Ozias Humphry, English painter (b. 1742)
• 1825 – Anna Laetitia Barbauld, English poet, author, and critic (b.1743)
• 1851 – Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist (b. 1777)
• 1888 – William I, German Emperor (b. 1797)
• 1895 – Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian journalist and author (b. 1836)
• 1897 – Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani, Afghan ideologist and activist (b. 1838)
• 1897 – Sondre Norheim, Norwegian skier (b. 1825)
• 1905 – Nikolai Anderson, German philologist (b. 1845)
• 1918 – Frank Wedekind, German playwright (b. 1864)
• 1926 – Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (b. 1865)
• 1937 – Paul Elmer More, American journalist and critic (b. 1864)
• 1944 – Jaan Kikkas, Estonian weightlifter (b. 1892)
• 1945 – Margot Frank, German-Dutch holocaust victim (b. 1926)
• 1947 – Jhaverchand Meghani, Indian poet (b. 1896)
• 1948 – Edgar de Wahl, Baltic German linguist (b. 1867)
• 1949 – Charles Bennett, English runner (b. 1870)
• 1954 – Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer (b. 1912)
• 1954 – Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer (b. 1874)
• 1960 – Jack Beattie, Irish politician (b. 1886)
• 1964 – Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (b. 1870)
• 1966 – Pablo Birger, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1924)
• 1969 – Abdul Munim Riad Egyptian general (b. 1919)
• 1971 – Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (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)
• 1985 – Harry Catterick, English footballer and manager (b. 1919)
• 1988 – Kurt Georg Kiesinger, German politician, 3rd Chancellor of Germany (b. 1904)
• 1989 – Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (b. 1946)
• 1991 – Jim Hardin, American baseball player (b. 1943)
• 1992 – Menachem Begin, Israeli politician, 6th Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
• 1993 – Bob Crosby, American singer (b. 1913)
• 1993 – C. Northcote Parkinson, English historian and author (b. 1909)
• 1994 – Charles Bukowski, German-American author and poet(b. 1920)
• 1994 – Eddie Creatchman, Canadian wrestler, referee, and manager (b. 1928)
• 1994 – Maurice Purtill, American drummer (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (b. 1916)
• 1994 – Fernando Rey, Spanish actor (b. 1917)
• 1994 – Gilbert Rondeau, Canadian politician (b. 1928)
• 1996 – George Burns, American actor and singer (b. 1896)
• 1996 – Harold Baigent, New Zealand actor (b. 1916)
• 1997 – Jean-Dominique Bauby, French journalist and author (b. 1952)
• 1997 – The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper (Junior M.A.F.I.A.) (b. 1972)
• 1997 – Terry Nation, Welsh author and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 1999 – Harry Somers, Canadian composer (b. 1925)
• 2000 – Jean Coulthard, Canadian composer and educator (b. 1908)
• 2000 – Ivo Robić, Croatian singer-songwriter (b. 1923)
• 2001 – Louiza Podimata, Russian-Greek actress (b. 1920)
• 2003 – Stan Brakhage, American director (b. 1933)
• 2003 – Bernard Dowiyogo, Nauruan politician, 2nd President of Nauru (b. 1946)
• 2004 – Gerald Deskin, American psychologist (b. 1929)
• 2004 – Rust Epique, American guitarist and painter (Crazy Town and pre)Thing) (b. 1968)
• 2004 – Albert Mol, Dutch actor and author (b. 1917)
• 2005 – Chris LeDoux, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
• 2005 – Kurt Lotz, German businessman (b. 1912)
• 2005 – István Nyers, Hungarian footballer (b. 1924)
• 2005 – Jeanette Schmid, Czech-Austrian whistler (b. 1924)
• 2006 – Tom Fox, American activist (b. 1951)
• 2006 – Geir Ivarsøy, Norwegian programmer, co-founded Opera Software ASA (b. 1957)
• 2006 – John Profumo, English politician (b. 1915)
• 2006 – Laura Stoica, Romanian singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1967)
• 2007 – Brad Delp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Boston, RTZ, and Beatlejuice) (b. 1951)
• 2007 – Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)
• 2007 – Jeanne Hopkins Lucas, American politician (b. 1935)
• 2010 – Willie Davis, American baseball player (b. 1940)
• 2010 – Doris Haddock, American activist (b. 1910)
• 2011 – David S. Broder, American journalist (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Peter Bergman, American comedian and actor (b. 1939)
• 2012 – Joy Mukherjee, Indian actor and director (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Tengiz Amirejibi, Georgian pianist (b. 1927)
• 2013 – David Farmbrough, English bishop (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Max Jakobson, Finnish journalist and diplomat (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Larry Martin, American paleontologist (b. 1943)
• 2013 – Viren J. Shah, Indian politician, 21st Governor of West Bengal (b. 1926)
• 2013 – A. R. Shaw, American educator and politician (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Merton Simpson, American painter (b. 1928)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Catherine of Bologna
  • Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
  • Frances of Rome
  • Gregory of Nyssa
  • Pacian
• Teachers' Day or Eid Al Moalim (Lebanon)

External links

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• BBC: On This Day
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