Page 6: Historical Events In March - 09

1941  Carlos Pedrell, composer, dies at 62 on March - 09.   

1942  Construction of the Alaska Highway began on this day in history.   

1943  On March - 09 delft opposition group-Pahud de Mortanges overthrown   

1943  Greek Jews of Salonika are transported to Nazi extermination camps on March - 09.   

1943  Oskar Hêks, Czech marathon runner/antifascist, dies in Auschwitz on March - 09.   

1945  On March - 09 334 US B-29 Superfortresses attack Tokyo with 120,000 fire bomb   

1945  On this day in history japanese proclaim the "independence" of Indo-China   

1946  On March - 09 dutch troops land at Batavia/Semarang   

1947  On March - 09 uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button   

1947  On this day in history stanley Jackson, cricketer (20 Tests for England 1893-1905), dies   

1947  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill on this day in history.   

1948  On March - 09 provisionary Indonesian government installed in Batavia   

1949  Brigadier General Edwin K Wright, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA on March - 09.   

1949  On March - 09 england beat South Africa by scoring 174 runs in 94 minutes   

1949  On this day in history the first all-electric dining car was placed in service -- on the Illinois Central Railroad.   

1949  On March - 09 brigadier Gen Edwin K Wright, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA   

1950  On March - 09 edgar Rice Burroughs the US novelist, author of the 'Tarzan' books, dies   

1950  Willie Sutton robs Manufacturers Bank of $64,000 in New York NY on March - 09.   

1950  Willie Sutton robs Manufacturers Bank of $64,000 in NYC on March - 09.   

1952  On this day in history heinz Neuhaus wins Europe Heavyweight Boxing title   

1953  On this day in history josef Stalin buried in Moscow   

1954  On this day in history this was the day that critics called"TV’s coming of age." Edward R. Murrow presented his report on Joseph R. McCarthy, the controversial Wisconsin Senator, .   

1954  On March - 09 wNBT-TV (now WNBC-TV), New York, broadcast the first local color television commercials   

1954  1st local color TV coml WNBT-TV (WNBC-TV) NYC (Castro Decorators) on March - 09.   

1955  On March - 09 matthew A Henson, met Peary on 6/4/1909 at North Pole, dies at 88   

1956  Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus arrested & exiled to Seychelles on March - 09.   

1956  On this day in history weather forecasting phone line set up in London England   

1957  On this day in history 8.1 earthquake shakes Andreanof Islands, Alaska   

1957  On this day in history in the Andreanof Islands, Alaska a 8.8 quake, one of the 10 Largest Earthquakes in the World and one of the 15 Largest Earthquakes in the United States.   

1957  On March - 09 in the Fox Islands, Alaska a 7.1 earthquake occurred   

1958  On March - 09 george Yardley (Pistons) is 1st NBAer to score 2,000 points in season   

1959  On March - 09 barbie, the popular girls' doll, debuted, over 800 million sold   

1959  On this day in history the first known radar contact is made with Venus   

1959  On March - 09 "Juno" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 16 performances   

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1213  Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (d. 1271) was born on March - 09.   

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  On this day in history birth of david Fabricius, Essens Germany, astronomer (discoved variable star)   

1568  On this day in history birth of aloysius "Luigi" van Gonzaga, Italian prince/jesuit/saint   

1629  On March - 09 birth of tsar Alexis I of Russia (d. 1676)   

1697  On March - 09 birth of friederike C Neuber, German actress/author (Allerkostbarste Schatz)   

1720  Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (d. 1790) was born on March - 09.   

1202  Death of King Sverre of Norway on March - 09.   

1422  On March - 09 death of jan Zelivsky, Hussite priest (b. 1380)   

1440  Death of St Frances of Rome, Italian nun (b. 1384) on this day in history.   

1566  On March - 09 death of david Riccio, Italian singer/secretary of Mary Stuart, murdered   

1620  Aegidius Albertinus, German writer (Lucifer's Kingdom), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1649  On March - 09 death of james Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (b. 1606)   

1661  Jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1688  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at 89 on March - 09.