Page 8: Historical Events In March - 09

1983  On this day in history faye Emerson, actress (I've Got a Secret), dies of cancer at 65   

1984  Emile Gumbs' Anguilla National Alliance wins elections on March - 09.   

1984  John Lennon releases "Borrowed Time" on this day in history.   

1985  Laura Johnson (Falcon Crest) & Harry Hamlin (LA Law) wed on March - 09.   

1985  The most requested movie in history,"Gone With The Wind", went on sale in video stores across the U.S. for the first time on March - 09.   

1986  On March - 09 16th Easter Seal Telethon raises $30,100,000   

1986  NASA announces searchers found remains of Challenger astronauts on March - 09.   

1986  Soviet probe Vega 2 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,030 km on this day in history.   

1986  On March - 09 ned Calmer, TV host (In the First Person), dies at 78   

1987  Chrysler Corporation offered to buy American Motors Corporation on this day on March - 09.   

1988  President Reagan presides at unveiling of Knute Rockne stamp on this day in history.   

1988  Kurt Georg Kiesinger, West German chancellor (1966-69), dies at 83 on March - 09.   

1989  On March - 09 eastern Airlines files for bankruptcy   

1989  On this day in history senate rejects Bush's nomination of John Tower as Defense Secretary   

1989  On this day in history soviet Union officially submits to jurisdiction of the World Court   

1989  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1989  On March - 09 robert Mapplethorpe, US photographer, dies at 42   

1990  Dr Antonia Novello sworn-in as first hispanic/female US surgeon general on this day in history.   

1990  In St. John's Newfoundland Premier Clyde Wells confirms he will rescind Newfoundland's approval of the Meech Lake Accord; approved by the previous Peckford administration; this will effectively kill the Accord on this day in history.   

1991  On March - 09 uS 70th manned space mission STS 39 (Discovery 12) launches into orbit   

1992  On this day in history felipe Turich, actor (Lawless), dies   

1993  Rodney King in court says he thinks he heard cops yell racial slurs on March - 09.   

1993  Ad van Gessel, Dutch actor (Everything For Our Soldiers), dies on this day in history.   

1994  IRA launch first of 3 mortar attacks on London's Heathrow Airport on this day in history.   

1994  Charles Bukowski, author/poet, dies of leukemia at 73 on March - 09.   

1995  Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays on this day in history.   

1995  In the Atlantic, Fisheries Minister Brian Tobin orders Canadian fisheries patrol vessel to seize a Spanish trawler for illegally taking undersized turbot outside Canada's 200-mile offshore limit on this day in history.   

1995  On March - 09 mexican peso worth 7.55 pesos to a dollar (record)   

1995  On March - 09 president Konstantine Karamanlis (88) of Greece, resigns   

1995  On this day in history ian Ballantine, publisher, dies of heart attack at 79   

1996  On March - 09 alan Hugh Iliffe, psychologist, dies at 77   

1997  On this day in history notorius B I G, [Biggie Small, Chris Walkin], rapper, shot dead at 24   

2006  NASA's Cassini-Huygens spacecraft discovers geysers of a liquid substance shooting from Saturn's moon Enceladus, signaling a possible presence of water on March - 09.   

2011  On March - 09 space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.   

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1213  Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (d. 1271) was born on this day in history.   

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 March - 09.   

1629  On this day in history birth of tsar Alexis I of Russia (d. 1676)   

1697  Friederike C Neuber, German actress/author (Allerkostbarste Schatz) was born on March - 09.   

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

1440  On March - 09 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 March - 09.   

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 March - 09.   

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