Page 6: Historical Events In March - 09

1941  On this day in history carlos Pedrell, composer, dies at 62   

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

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

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

1943  On March - 09 oskar Hêks, Czech marathon runner/antifascist, dies in Auschwitz   

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

1945  On March - 09 japanese proclaim the "independence" of Indo-China   

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

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 March - 09.   

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

1948  On this day in history provisionary Indonesian government installed in Batavia   

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

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

1950  On this day in history 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  Heinz Neuhaus wins Europe Heavyweight Boxing title on March - 09.   

1953  On March - 09 josef Stalin buried in Moscow   

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 March - 09.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1956  Weather forecasting phone line set up in London England on this day in history.   

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 March - 09.   

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

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 March - 09.   

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 this day in history.   

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1213  On March - 09 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  Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America) was born on this day in history.   

1564  On March - 09 birth of david Fabricius, Essens Germany, astronomer (discoved variable star)   

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

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

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 March - 09.   

1566  Death of David Riccio, Italian singer/secretary of Mary Stuart, murdered on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58   

1688  On this day in history claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at 89