What Happened on March 9?
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EVENTS ON MARCH 9
American Civil War
Year:
1862
American Civil War: USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (rebuilt from the engines and lower hull of the USS Merrimack) fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
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Mexican–American War
Year:
1847
Mexican–American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Year:
1842
Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, Nabucco, receives its première performance in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera composers.
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Gold
Year:
1842
The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.
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Demonstration of 9 March 1883
Year:
1883
Demonstration of 9 March 1883 : Parisian anarchists, unemployed and carpenters narrowly miss the Presidential palace during a violent protest; first use of the black flag as a symbol of anarchism by Louise Michel.
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Inter Milan
Year:
1908
Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
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World War II
Year:
1942
World War II: Dutch East Indies unconditionally surrendered to the Japanese forces in Kalijati, Subang, West Java, and the Japanese completed their Dutch East Indies campaign.
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Great Depression
Year:
1933
Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.
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Mexican Revolution
Year:
1916
Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Year:
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.
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BIRTHS ON MARCH 9
Malcolm Smith (motorcyclist)
Year of birth:
1941
Malcolm Smith, Canadian-American motorcycle racer (died 2024)
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Raul Julia
Year of birth:
1940
Raul Julia, Puerto Rican actor (died 1994)
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Malcolm Bricklin
Year of birth:
1939
Malcolm Bricklin, American businessman, founded Bricklin and Yugo
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Bernard Landry
Year of birth:
1937
Bernard Landry, Canadian lawyer, politician and Premier of Quebec (died 2018)
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Trish Van Devere
Year of birth:
1941
Trish Van Devere, American actress
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Ernesto Miranda
Year of birth:
1941
Ernesto Miranda, American criminal (died 1976)
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John Cale
Year of birth:
1942
John Cale, Welsh musician, composer, singer, songwriter and record producer
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Ion Caramitru
Year of birth:
1942
Ion Caramitru, Romanian actor and artistic director (died 2021)
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Mark Lindsay
Year of birth:
1942
Mark Lindsay, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer
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Brian Redman
Year of birth:
1937
Brian Redman, English race car driver
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DEATHS ON MARCH 9
Paul Elmer More
Year of death:
1937
Paul Elmer More, American journalist and critic (born 1864)
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Otto Freundlich
Year of death:
1943
Otto Freundlich, German painter and sculptor (born 1878)
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Vagn Walfrid Ekman
Year of death:
1954
Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer and academic (born 1874)
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Mikao Usui
Year of death:
1926
Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (born 1865)
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Willard Metcalf
Year of death:
1925
Willard Metcalf, American painter and academic (born 1858)
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Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
Year of death:
1895
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian journalist and author (born 1836)
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Sondre Norheim
Year of death:
1897
Sondre Norheim, Norwegian-American skier (born 1825)
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Frank Wedekind
Year of death:
1918
Frank Wedekind, German author and playwright (born 1864)
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Miroslava Stern
Year of death:
1955
Miroslava Stern (Miroslava), Czech-Mexican actress (born 1925)
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Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
Year of death:
1964
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (born 1870)
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HOLIDAYS ON MARCH 9
Gregory of Nyssa
Christian feast day: Gregory of Nyssa (Episcopal Church (United States))
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March 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day: March 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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List of Teachers' Days
Teachers' Day or Eid Al Moalim (Lebanon)
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Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria
Christian feast day: Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (Coptic Orthodox Church)
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Pacian
Christian feast day: Pacian
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Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
Christian feast day: Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
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Frances of Rome
Christian feast day: Frances of Rome
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Catherine of Bologna
Christian feast day: Catherine of Bologna
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