Interesting things that happened March 9th:
See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Birthdays on this date: In 1454 Amerigo Vespucci, we could be called Vespucciland In 1824 Leland Stanford, railroad tycoon, governor, senator, founded Stanford University In 1910 Samuel Barber, composer In 1918 Mickey Spillane, mystery writer In 1934 Yuri Gagarin, first man into space + Joyce Van Patten In 1935 Keely Smith (in Norfolk, Virginia) In 1936 Glenda Jackson, actor (Hopscotch), M.P. (Hampstead) In 1940 Raul Julia, actor In 1943 Bobby Fischer, chess player + Trish Van Devere In 1948 Jeffery Osborne In 1950 Danny Sullivan In 1957 Faith Daniels In 1965 Brian Bosworth, football player In 1971 Emmanual Lewis, actor Events worth noting: In 1661 Cardinal Jules Mazarin, the chief minister of France, died. In 1796 Napoleon Bonaparte married Josephine de Beauharnais. In 1822 Charles Graham of N. Y. was granted a patent for artificial teeth. In 1841 The U.S. Supreme Court rules that Africans who seized control of the Amistad slave ship had been illegally forced into slavery, and thus are free under American law. In 1847 U.S. forces under Gen. Winfield Scott invade Mexico three miles south of Vera Cruz, the largest U.S. amphibious landing until World War II. In 1860 First Japanese ambassador to the U.S. In 1862 The ironclads "USS Monitor" (Union) and "CSS Virginia" (Rebel, formerly USS Merrimack) have their famous encounter at Hampton Roads. It was a standoff. In 1954 Edward R. Murrow criticizes Sen. McCarthy on "See it Now". + First local color TV commercial WNBT-TV (WNBC-TV) New York, NY (Castro Decorators). In 1967 Svetlana Alliluyeva, daughter from Josef Stalin, walks into the US embassy in New Delhi and requests political assylum. (or Mar. 6?) And remember ... Foot Health Month International Hamburger and Pickle Month National Frozen Food Month National Furniture Refinishing Month National Nutrition Month (US) National Peanut Month National Women's History Month Red Cross Month Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month = = = To get back issues, send "get pga pga.MMDD" (where MMDD is something like 0317) in a message to majordomo@ml.mystery.com. -- ------- ------ ----- ---- --- -- - - - - - - - - - Although efforts have been taken to ensure the accuracy of this information, several errors have been found in the past. Don't place any bets on the basis of what you find here. -- Gabe User Contributions:
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