Historical Events In March - 09

1983  On this day in history faye Emerson, actress (I've Got a Secret), dies of cancer at 65   

1984  On this day in history emile Gumbs' Anguilla National Alliance wins elections   

1984  On this day in history john Lennon releases "Borrowed Time"   

1985  On March - 09 laura Johnson (Falcon Crest) & Harry Hamlin (LA Law) wed   

1985  On this day in history the most requested movie in history,"Gone With The Wind", went on sale in video stores across the U.S. for the first time.   

1986  On this day in history 16th Easter Seal Telethon raises $30,100,000   

1986  NASA announces searchers found remains of Challenger astronauts on this day in history.   

1986  Soviet probe Vega 2 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,030 km on March - 09.   

1986  On this day in history ned Calmer, TV host (In the First Person), dies at 78   

1987  On March - 09 chrysler Corporation offered to buy American Motors Corporation on this day.   

1988  On March - 09 president Reagan presides at unveiling of Knute Rockne stamp   

1988  Kurt Georg Kiesinger, West German chancellor (1966-69), dies at 83 on March - 09.   

1989  On March - 09 eastern Airlines files for bankruptcy   

1989  On this day in history senate rejects Bush's nomination of John Tower as Defense Secretary   

1989  Soviet Union officially submits to jurisdiction of the World Court on March - 09.   

1989  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1989  On March - 09 robert Mapplethorpe, US photographer, dies at 42   

1990  On March - 09 dr Antonia Novello sworn-in as first hispanic/female US surgeon general   

1990  On March - 09 in St. John's Newfoundland Premier Clyde Wells confirms he will rescind Newfoundland's approval of the Meech Lake Accord; approved by the previous Peckford administration; this will effectively kill the Accord   

1991  US 70th manned space mission STS 39 (Discovery 12) launches into orbit on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history felipe Turich, actor (Lawless), dies   

1993  On this day in history rodney King in court says he thinks he heard cops yell racial slurs   

1993  Ad van Gessel, Dutch actor (Everything For Our Soldiers), dies on this day in history.   

1994  IRA launch first of 3 mortar attacks on London's Heathrow Airport on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history charles Bukowski, author/poet, dies of leukemia at 73   

1995  Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history in the Atlantic, Fisheries Minister Brian Tobin orders Canadian fisheries patrol vessel to seize a Spanish trawler for illegally taking undersized turbot outside Canada's 200-mile offshore limit   

1995  Mexican peso worth 7.55 pesos to a dollar (record) on this day in history.   

1995  On March - 09 president Konstantine Karamanlis (88) of Greece, resigns   

1995  On this day in history ian Ballantine, publisher, dies of heart attack at 79   

1996  Alan Hugh Iliffe, psychologist, dies at 77 on March - 09.   

1997  On March - 09 notorius B I G, [Biggie Small, Chris Walkin], rapper, shot dead at 24   

2006  NASA's Cassini-Huygens spacecraft discovers geysers of a liquid substance shooting from Saturn's moon Enceladus, signaling a possible presence of water on March - 09.   

2011  Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights on this day in history.   

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1213  Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (d. 1271) was born on this day in history.   

1285  On March - 09 birth of emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (d. 1318)   

1454  On this day in history birth of amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America)   

1564  David Fabricius, Essens Germany, astronomer (discoved variable star) was born on March - 09.   

1568  On March - 09 birth of aloysius "Luigi" van Gonzaga, Italian prince/jesuit/saint   

1629  On this day in history birth of tsar Alexis I of Russia (d. 1676)   

1697  Friederike C Neuber, German actress/author (Allerkostbarste Schatz) was born on March - 09.   

1720  On this day in history birth of philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (d. 1790)   

1202  On March - 09 death of king Sverre of Norway   

1422  Death of Jan Zelivsky, Hussite priest (b. 1380) on this day in history.   

1440  Death of St Frances of Rome, Italian nun (b. 1384) on March - 09.   

1566  Death of David Riccio, Italian singer/secretary of Mary Stuart, murdered on March - 09.   

1620  Aegidius Albertinus, German writer (Lucifer's Kingdom), dies at 59 on March - 09.   

1649  Death of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (b. 1606) on March - 09.   

1661  Jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58 on March - 09.   

1688  On March - 09 claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at 89