Page 8: Historical Events In March - 09

1983  On March - 09 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  On this day in history john Lennon releases "Borrowed Time"   

1985  Laura Johnson (Falcon Crest) & Harry Hamlin (LA Law) wed on this day in history.   

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

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

1986  NASA announces searchers found remains of Challenger astronauts on this day in history.   

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

1986  On this day in history ned Calmer, TV host (In the First Person), dies at 78   

1987  Chrysler Corporation offered to buy American Motors Corporation on this day on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1989  Eastern Airlines files for bankruptcy on this day in history.   

1989  Senate rejects Bush's nomination of John Tower as Defense Secretary on this day in history.   

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  Robert Mapplethorpe, US photographer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

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 March - 09.   

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

1992  On March - 09 felipe Turich, actor (Lawless), dies   

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

1993  On March - 09 ad van Gessel, Dutch actor (Everything For Our Soldiers), dies   

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

1994  On this day in history charles Bukowski, author/poet, dies of leukemia at 73   

1995  Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays on March - 09.   

1995  On this day in history 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   

1995  Mexican peso worth 7.55 pesos to a dollar (record) on March - 09.   

1995  On this day in history president Konstantine Karamanlis (88) of Greece, resigns   

1995  Ian Ballantine, publisher, dies of heart attack at 79 on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history alan Hugh Iliffe, psychologist, dies at 77   

1997  Notorius B I G, [Biggie Small, Chris Walkin], rapper, shot dead at 24 on March - 09.   

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 this day in history.   

2011  On this day in history space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.   

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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  David Fabricius, Essens Germany, astronomer (discoved variable star) was born on this day in history.   

1568  On this day in history 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  Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.   

1202  Death of King Sverre of Norway on this day in history.   

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  On March - 09 death of david Riccio, Italian singer/secretary of Mary Stuart, murdered   

1620  On this day in history aegidius Albertinus, German writer (Lucifer's Kingdom), dies at 59   

1649  On this day in history 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 this day in history.