What happened on March 9? There are more than 264 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About March 9
March 9 is the 69th day of the year 2024. There are 297 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday. This day falls under the 10th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Ingram, Texas 78025 sunrise occured at 06:51 AM and sunset occured at 06:43 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Pisces. The modern birthstone for this month is Aquamarine while the mystical birthstone is Jade.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 326 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For March 9
- 141 BCLiu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han Dynasty of China.
- 1009First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.
- 1230Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus in the Battle of Klokotnitsa.
- 1276Augsburg becomes an Imperial Free City.
- 1500The fleet of Pedro Alvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas.
- 1566David Rizzio, private secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, is murdered in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland.
- 1765After 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.
- 1796Napoléon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.
- 1811Paraguayan forces defeat Manuel Belgrano at the Battle of Tacuarí.
- 1841The U.S. Supreme Court rules that captive Africans who had seized control of the ship carrying them had been taken into slavery illegally.
- 1842Giuseppe Verdi’s third opera, Nabucco, receives its première performance in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy’s foremost opera writers.
- 1842The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.
- 1847Mexican-American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz.
- 1862American Civil War: The USS Monitor and Ship CSS fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
- 1896Prime Minister Francesco Crispi resigns following the Italian defeat at the Battle of Adowa.
- 1910The Westmoreland County Coal Strike, involving 15,000 coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers, begins.
- 1916Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against Columbus, New Mexico.
- 1925Pink’s War: The first Royal Air Force operation conducted independently of the British Army or Royal Navy begins.
- 1933Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.
- 1944The Soviet Air Forces conduct heavy bombing on Tallinn, Estonia, killing up to 800 people, mostly civilians.
- 1944World War II: Japanese troops counter-attack American forces on Hill 700 in Bougainville in a battle that would last five days.
- 1945The Bombing of Tokyo by the United States Army Air Forces began, one of the most destructive bombing raids in history.
- 1946Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, 33 killed and hundreds injured
- 1954McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, “A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy”, produced by Fred Friendly.
- 1956Soviet military suppresses a mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev’s de-Stalinization policy.
- 1957A magnitude 8.3 earthquake in the Andreanof Islands, Alaska triggers a Pacific-wide tsunami causing extensive damage to Hawaii and Oahu.
- 1959The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
- 1960Dr. 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.
- 1961Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a human dummy nicknamed Ivan Ivanovich, and demonstrating that Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight.
- 1967Trans 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.
- 1976Forty-two people die in the 1976 Cavalese cable-car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date.
- 1977The Hanafi Muslim Siege: In a thirty-nine hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings, killing two and taking 149 hostage.
- 1989Financially-troubled Eastern Air Lines filed for bankruptcy.
- 1990Dr. Antonia Novello is sworn in as Surgeon General of the United States, becoming the first female and Hispanic American to serve in that position.
- 1991Massive demonstrations are held against Slobodan Milošević in Belgrade.
- 1997Comet 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.
- 2010The first same-sex marriages in Washington, D.C., take place.
- 2011Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.
Who Were Born On March 9?
- 1213Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (d. 1271)
- 1285Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (d. 1318)
- 1454Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer and cartographer (d. 1512)
- 1564David Fabricius, German astronomer (d. 1617)
- 1568Aloysius Gonzaga, Italian saint (d. 1591)
- 1627John Bowne, English-born American Quaker (d. 1695)
- 1629Tsar Alexis I of Russia (d. 1676)
- 1695Martín Sarmiento, Spanish writer and scholar (d.1772)
- 1720Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (d. 1790)
- 1737Josef Mysliveček, Czech composer (d. 1781)
- 1749Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, French writer and politician (d. 1791)
- 1753Jean-Baptiste Kleber, French general (d. 1800)
- 1758Franz Joseph Gall, German neuroscientist (d. 1828)
- 1763William Cobbett, English journalist and author (d. 1835)
- 1806Edwin Forrest, American actor and philanthropist (d. 1872)
- 1814Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet (d. 1861)
- 1815David Davis, American politician and jurist; United States Senator from Illinois and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. 1886)
- 1820Samuel Blatchford, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1893)
- 1825Alexander F. Mozhayskiy, Russian aviation pioneer (d. 1890)
- 1833Frederick A. Schroeder, industrialist and mayor of Brooklyn (d. 1899)
- 1839Phoebe Knapp, American hymn writer (d. 1908)
- 1856Eddie Foy, American singer and dancer (d. 1928)
- 1856Tom Roberts, Australian artist (d. 1931)
- 1887Fritz Lenz, German geneticist (d. 1976)
- 1887Phil Mead, English cricketer (d. 1958)
- 1890Rupert Balfe, Australian footballer (d. 1915)
- 1890Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician (d. 1986)
- 1891José P. Laurel, 3rd President of the Philippines (d. 1959)
- 1892Vita Sackville-West, English writer and gardener (d. 1962)
- 1894Frank Arnau, German writer (d. 1976)
- 1900Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (d. 1948)
- 1902Will Geer, American actor (d. 1978)
- 1904Paul Klipsch, American engineer (d. 2002)
- 1905Gerardus Philippus Helders, Dutch politician
- 1909Derk Bodde, American sinologist (d. 2003)
- 1910Samuel Barber, American composer (d. 1981)
- 1915Johnnie Johnson, British fighter pilot (d. 2001)
- 1918George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party (d. 1967)
- 1918Mickey Spillane, American writer (d. 2006)
- 1920Frank J. Dixon, American immunologist (d. 2008)
- 1921Carl Betz, American actor (d. 1978)
- 1921Dimitris Horn, Greek actor (d. 1998)
- 1923James L. Buckley, American politician
- 1923Nicola Zaccaria, Greek opera singer (bass) (d. 2007)
- 1923Walter Kohn, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1928Gerald Bull, Canadian artillery designer (d. 1990)
- 1929Desmond Hoyte, Prime Minister and President of Guyana (d. 2002)
- 1929Zillur Rahman, President of Bangladesh.
- 1930Ornette Coleman, American musician
- 1931Thore Skogman, Swedish entertainer (d. 2007)
- 1932Keely Smith, American singer
- 1932Walter Mercado, Puerto Rican astrologist and actor
- 1933Lloyd Price, American singer
- 1933Mel Lastman, Canadian politician
- 1934Del Close, American actor, writer and teacher (d. 1999)
- 1934Joyce Van Patten, American actress
- 1934Marlene Streit, Canadian golfer
- 1934Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut and the first human in space (d. 1968)
- 1935Andrew Viterbi, American scientist and businessman
- 1936Mickey Gilley, American musician and singer
- 1936Tom Sestak, American football player (d. 1987)
- 1937Bernard Landry, Premier of Quebec from 2001-2003
- 1937Brian Redman, English racing driver
- 1938Lill-Babs, Swedish singer
- 1940Raúl Juliá, Puerto Rican actor (d. 1994)
- 1941Ernesto Miranda, American litigant (d. 1976)
- 1942John Cale, Welsh musician (The Velvet Underground)
- 1942Mark Lindsay, American musician (Paul Revere & The Raiders)
- 1943Bobby Fischer, American chess player (d. 2008)
- 1943Charles Gibson, American television journalist
- 1943Colin Murdock, American voice actor
- 1943Trish Van Devere, American actress
- 1944Lee Irvine, South African cricketer
- 1945Dennis Rader, American serial killer
- 1945Robert Calvert, English singer (Hawkwind) (d. 1988)
- 1945Robin Trower, British rock musician
- 1946Jim Cregan, British rock musician
- 1947Chris Thompson, British rock musician
- 1947Keri Hulme, New Zealand writer
- 1948Emma Bonino, Italian politician
- 1948Jeffrey Osborne, American singer
- 1949Jamie Lyn Bauer, American actress
- 1949Tapani Kansa, Finnish singer
- 1950Danny Sullivan, American race car driver
- 1950Doug Ault, American baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1951Helen Zille, South African politician
- 1951Michael Kinsley, American journalist and editor
- 1951Zakir Hussain, Tabla player and Musician
- 1952Bill Beaumont, English rugby player
- 1954Bobby Sands, IRA member (d. 1981)
- 1955Ornella Muti, Italian actress
- 1955Teo Fabi, Italian racing driver
- 1956David Willetts, UK Minister of State for Universities and Science (Conservative)
- 1956Mark Dantonio, American football coach
- 1956Shashi Tharoor, Indian author & United Nations Under-Secretary General
- 1957Faith Daniels, American journalist
- 1957Mark Mancina, American composer
- 1957Mona Sahlin, Swedish politician
- 1958Jack Kenny, American television writer and producer
- 1958Linda Fiorentino, American actress
- 1958Martin Fry, English pop singer (ABC)
- 1961Darrell Walker, American basketball player
- 1961Mike Leach, American football coach
- 1961Rick Steiner, American wrestler
- 1962Jan Furtok, Polish footballer
- 1963David Pogue, Technology columnist and musician
- 1963Terry Mulholland, American baseball player
- 1964Herbert Fandel, German football referee
- 1964Juliette Binoche, French actress
- 1964Phil Housley, American ice hockey player
- 1964Steve Wilkos, American police officer and talk show host
- 1965Benito Santiago, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1965Brian Bosworth, American football player
- 1966Brendan Canty, American musician (Fugazi)
- 1966Michael Patrick MacDonald, American memorist
- 1966Tony Lockett, Australian footballer
- 1968Brian Heidik, American reality-show contestant
- 1968Johnny Kelly, American drummer (Type O Negative)
- 1968Youri Djorkaeff, French footballer
- 1969Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, American basketball player
- 1969Rob Dukes, American musician (Exodus)
- 1969Stefie Shock, Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1970David Guido Pietroni, Italian director and producer
- 1970Martin Johnson, English rugby player
- 1970Shannon Leto, American drummer and actor (30 Seconds to Mars)
- 1971C-Murder, American rapper
- 1971Diego Torres, Argentine singer
- 1971Emmanuel Lewis, American actor
- 1972Jean Louisa Kelly, American actress
- 1972Kerr Smith, American actor
- 1972Spencer Howson, Australian broadcaster
- 1973Aaron Boone, American baseball player
- 1975Chaske Spencer, American actor
- 1975Didiayer Snyder, Australian television personality
- 1975Juan Sebastián Verón, Argentine footballer
- 1975Roy Makaay, Dutch footballer
- 1976Ben Mulroney, Canadian television host
- 1976Thor Halvorssen Mendoza, Venezuelan human rights activist
- 1977Radek Dvořák, Czech ice hockey player
- 1977Yamila Diaz-Rahi, Argentine supermodel
- 1978Lucas Neill, Australian footballer
- 1979Melina Perez, American professional wrestler
- 1980Chingy, American rapper
- 1980Matthew Gray Gubler, American actor
- 1980Trent Croad, Australian footballer
- 1981Anders Nøhr, Danish footballer
- 1981Antonio Bryant, American football player
- 1981Clay Rapada, American baseball player
- 1983Clint Dempsey, American footballer
- 1983Ioannis Masmanidis, German footballer
- 1983Maite Perroni, Mexican singer (RBD)
- 1983Wayne Simien, American basketball player
- 1984Abdoulay Konko, French footballer
- 1984Julia Mancuso, American skier
- 1985Jesse Litsch, American baseball player
- 1985Parthiv Patel, Indian cricket player
- 1986Brittany Snow, American actress
- 1987Bow Wow, American rapper and actor
- 1988Alodia Gosiengfiao, Filipina cosplay artist and model
- 1989Taeyeon (Kim Tae-yeon), South Korean singer (Girls’ Generation)
- 1990Araz Özbiliz, Turkish footballer
- 1990Bilel Ifa, Tunisian footballer
- 1996Darsheel Safary, Indian actor
Who Died On March 9?
- 1202King Sverre of Norway
- 1422Jan Zelivsky, Hussite priest (b. 1380)
- 1440Saint Frances of Rome, Italian nun (b. 1384)
- 1566David Rizzio, Italian secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots (b. 1533)
- 1649Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (executed) (b. 1590)
- 1649James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (b. 1606)
- 1661Cardinal Mazarin, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1602)
- 1709Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, English diplomat (b. 1638)
- 1808Joseph Bonomi the Elder, architect (b. 1739)
- 1810Ozias Humphrey, English artist (b. 1842)
- 1851Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist (b. 1777)
- 1888William I, German Emperor (b. 1797)
- 1895Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer and journalist (b. 1836)
- 1897Jamal-al-Din Afghani, Afghan political activist and Islamic nationalist (b. 1838)
- 1897Sondre Norheim, Norwegian skier (b. 1825)
- 1918Frank Wedekind, writer (b. 1864)
- 1926Usui Mikao, Japanese founder of Reiki (b. 1865)
- 1937Paul Elmer More, American critic and essayist (b. 1864)
- 1945Margot Frank, German-born Dutch Jewish holocaust victim (b. 1926)
- 1954Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer (b. 1912)
- 1954V. Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer (b. 1874)
- 1960Jack Beattie, Northern Irish politician (b. 1886)
- 1964Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (b. 1870)
- 1966Pablo Birger, Argentine racing driver (b. 1924)
- 1969Abdul Munim Riad general and chief of staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces (b. 1919)
- 1971Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch (b. 1902)
- 1974Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
- 1975Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor (b. 1888)
- 1983Faye Emerson, American actress (b. 1917)
- 1983Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
- 1985Harry Catterick, English football manager (b. 1919)
- 1989Robert Mapplethorpe, American artist (b. 1946)
- 1991Jim Hardin, former Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves pitcher (b. 1943)
- 1992Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1913)
- 1993Bob Crosby, American bandleader and vocalist (b. 1913)
- 1993C. Northcote Parkinson, British historian and writer (b. 1909)
- 1994Charles Bukowski, American writer (b. 1920)
- 1994Eddie Creatchman, Canadian wrestler manager (b. 1928)
- 1994Fernando Rey, Spanish-born actor (b. 1917)
- 1994Maurice Purtill, American Big Band drummer (b. 1916)
- 1996George Burns, American actor and singer (b. 1896)
- 1997Christopher Wallace, American rapper (b. 1972)
- 1997Jean-Dominique Bauby, French Journalist & Author (b.1952), The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
- 1997Terry Nation, Welsh novelist and screenwriter, creator of the Daleks (b.1930)
- 1999Harry Somers, Canadian composer (b. 1925)
- 2000Ivo Robić, Croatian singer and songwriter (b. 1923)
- 2001Louiza Podimata, Greek actress (b. 1920)
- 2003Bernard Dowiyogo, President of Nauru (b. 1946)
- 2003Stan Brakhage, American filmmaker (b. 1933)
- 2004Albert Mol, Dutch actor (b. 1917)
- 2004Gerald Deskin, clinical child psychologist (b. 1929)
- 2004Rust Epique, former Crazy Town guitarist and frontman for the band, pre)Thing (b. 1968)
- 2005Chris LeDoux, American country singer and rodeo competitor (b. 1948)
- 2005István Nyers, Hungarian footballer (b. 1924)
- 2005Jeanette Schmid, Austrian professional whistler (b. 1924)
- 2005Kurt Lotz, German business executive, second postwar CEO of Volkswagen (b. 1912)
- 2006Geir Ivarsøy, Norwegian programmer, co-founder of Opera Software ASA (b. 1957)
- 2006John Profumo, British cabinet minister (b. 1915)
- 2006Laura Stoica, Romanian singer, composer and actress (b. 1967)
- 2007Brad Delp, American singer (Boston) (b. 1951)
- 2007Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)
- 2007Jeanne Hopkins Lucas, North Carolina politician (b. 1935)
- 2010'Granny D', American political activist (b. 1910)
- 2011David Broder, American journalist (b. 1929)
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