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 this day in history delft opposition group-Pahud de Mortanges overthrown   

1943  On March - 09 greek Jews of Salonika are transported to Nazi extermination camps   

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

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

1945  Japanese proclaim the "independence" of Indo-China on March - 09.   

1946  On this day in history dutch troops land at Batavia/Semarang   

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

1947  Stanley Jackson, cricketer (20 Tests for England 1893-1905), dies on March - 09.   

1947  On March - 09 uS Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill   

1948  Provisionary Indonesian government installed in Batavia on this day in history.   

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

1949  England beat South Africa by scoring 174 runs in 94 minutes on March - 09.   

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

1949  Brigadier Gen Edwin K Wright, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA on this day in history.   

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 March - 09.   

1952  Heinz Neuhaus wins Europe Heavyweight Boxing title on this day in history.   

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

1954  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, on this day in history.   

1954  WNBT-TV (now WNBC-TV), New York, broadcast the first local color television commercials on this day in history.   

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

1955  Matthew A Henson, met Peary on 6/4/1909 at North Pole, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1956  Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus arrested & exiled to Seychelles on this day in history.   

1956  On March - 09 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  In the Fox Islands, Alaska a 7.1 earthquake occurred on March - 09.   

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

1959  Barbie, the popular girls' doll, debuted, over 800 million sold on this day in history.   

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

1959  "Juno" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 16 performances on this day in history.   

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

1285  Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (d. 1318) was born on March - 09.   

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  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  Friederike C Neuber, German actress/author (Allerkostbarste Schatz) was born on this day in history.   

1720  Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.   

1202  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  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  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at 89 on March - 09.