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 this day in history.   

1984  On March - 09 john Lennon releases "Borrowed Time"   

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  On March - 09 soviet probe Vega 2 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,030 km   

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 March - 09.   

1988  On March - 09 president Reagan presides at unveiling of Knute Rockne stamp   

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

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

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

1989  On March - 09 soviet Union officially submits to jurisdiction of the World Court   

1989  On March - 09 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1989  Robert Mapplethorpe, US photographer, dies at 42 on March - 09.   

1990  On March - 09 dr Antonia Novello sworn-in as first hispanic/female US surgeon general   

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 this day in history uS 70th manned space mission STS 39 (Discovery 12) launches into orbit   

1992  Felipe Turich, actor (Lawless), dies on March - 09.   

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

1993  On this day in history 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  On this day in history baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays   

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 March - 09.   

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

1995  President Konstantine Karamanlis (88) of Greece, resigns on this day in history.   

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

1996  Alan Hugh Iliffe, psychologist, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1997  On March - 09 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 this day in history.   

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

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 March - 09.   

1568  Aloysius "Luigi" van Gonzaga, Italian prince/jesuit/saint was born on this day in history.   

1629  On March - 09 birth of tsar Alexis I of Russia (d. 1676)   

1697  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of king Sverre of Norway   

1422  On March - 09 death of jan Zelivsky, Hussite priest (b. 1380)   

1440  On this day in history death of st Frances of Rome, Italian nun (b. 1384)   

1566  On March - 09 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 this day in history 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 March - 09 claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at 89