Page 6: Historical Events In March - 09
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
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 this day in history.
1943 Greek Jews of Salonika are transported to Nazi extermination camps on March - 09.
1943 On March - 09 oskar Hêks, Czech marathon runner/antifascist, dies in Auschwitz
1945 On March - 09 334 US B-29 Superfortresses attack Tokyo with 120,000 fire bomb
1945 Japanese proclaim the "independence" of Indo-China on March - 09.
1946 Dutch troops land at Batavia/Semarang on this day in history.
1947 US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button on this day in history.
1947 On March - 09 stanley Jackson, cricketer (20 Tests for England 1893-1905), dies
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 Brigadier General Edwin K Wright, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA on March - 09.
1949 England beat South Africa by scoring 174 runs in 94 minutes on March - 09.
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 On March - 09 edgar Rice Burroughs the US novelist, author of the 'Tarzan' books, dies
1950 On March - 09 willie Sutton robs Manufacturers Bank of $64,000 in New York NY
1950 On March - 09 willie Sutton robs Manufacturers Bank of $64,000 in NYC
1952 Heinz Neuhaus wins Europe Heavyweight Boxing title on this day in history.
1953 Josef Stalin buried in Moscow on March - 09.
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 On this day in history 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 Matthew A Henson, met Peary on 6/4/1909 at North Pole, dies at 88 on this day in history.
1956 On March - 09 archbishop Makarios of Cyprus arrested & exiled to Seychelles
1956 Weather forecasting phone line set up in London England on this day in history.
1957 On March - 09 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 this day in history barbie, the popular girls' doll, debuted, over 800 million sold
1959 On March - 09 the first known radar contact is made with Venus
1959 "Juno" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 16 performances on March - 09.
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