Historical Events In March - 09

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

1942  Construction of the Alaska Highway began on March - 09.   

1943  Delft opposition group-Pahud de Mortanges overthrown on March - 09.   

1943  Greek Jews of Salonika are transported to Nazi extermination camps on this day in history.   

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

1945  334 US B-29 Superfortresses attack Tokyo with 120,000 fire bomb on this day in history.   

1945  Japanese proclaim the "independence" of Indo-China on this day in history.   

1946  Dutch troops land at Batavia/Semarang on March - 09.   

1947  On this day in history uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button   

1947  Stanley Jackson, cricketer (20 Tests for England 1893-1905), dies on this day in history.   

1947  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill on March - 09.   

1948  On March - 09 provisionary Indonesian government installed in Batavia   

1949  On this day in history brigadier General Edwin K Wright, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA   

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

1949  The first all-electric dining car was placed in service -- on the Illinois Central Railroad on March - 09.   

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

1950  Edgar Rice Burroughs the US novelist, author of the 'Tarzan' books, dies on this day in history.   

1950  On March - 09 willie Sutton robs Manufacturers Bank of $64,000 in New York NY   

1950  Willie Sutton robs Manufacturers Bank of $64,000 in NYC on this day in history.   

1952  Heinz Neuhaus wins Europe Heavyweight Boxing title on March - 09.   

1953  Josef Stalin buried in Moscow on this day in history.   

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

1954  1st local color TV coml WNBT-TV (WNBC-TV) NYC (Castro Decorators) on this day in history.   

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

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

1956  Weather forecasting phone line set up in London England on March - 09.   

1957  8.1 earthquake shakes Andreanof Islands, Alaska on March - 09.   

1957  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 on this day in history.   

1957  In the Fox Islands, Alaska a 7.1 earthquake occurred on this day in history.   

1958  George Yardley (Pistons) is 1st NBAer to score 2,000 points in season on this day in history.   

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

1959  The first known radar contact is made with Venus on this day in history.   

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

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1213  On this day in history birth of hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (d. 1271)   

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

1454  Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America) was born on March - 09.   

1564  On this day in history birth of david Fabricius, Essens Germany, astronomer (discoved variable star)   

1568  Aloysius "Luigi" van Gonzaga, Italian prince/jesuit/saint was born on this day in history.   

1629  Tsar Alexis I of Russia (d. 1676) was born on March - 09.   

1697  On this day in history birth of friederike C Neuber, German actress/author (Allerkostbarste Schatz)   

1720  On March - 09 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 March - 09.   

1440  On this day in history death of st Frances of Rome, Italian nun (b. 1384)   

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  On this day in history death of james Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (b. 1606)   

1661  On March - 09 jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58   

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