Historical Events In March - 09

1983  Faye Emerson, actress (I've Got a Secret), dies of cancer at 65 on March - 09.   

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  On March - 09 nASA announces searchers found remains of Challenger astronauts   

1986  On this day in history soviet probe Vega 2 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,030 km   

1986  Ned Calmer, TV host (In the First Person), dies at 78 on March - 09.   

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

1988  President Reagan presides at unveiling of Knute Rockne stamp on March - 09.   

1988  Kurt Georg Kiesinger, West German chancellor (1966-69), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1989  On March - 09 eastern Airlines files for bankruptcy   

1989  On March - 09 senate rejects Bush's nomination of John Tower as Defense Secretary   

1989  Soviet Union officially submits to jurisdiction of the World Court on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1989  On this day in history robert Mapplethorpe, US photographer, dies at 42   

1990  Dr Antonia Novello sworn-in as first hispanic/female US surgeon general on March - 09.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1994  On March - 09 iRA launch first of 3 mortar attacks on London's Heathrow Airport   

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

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

1995  Ian Ballantine, publisher, dies of heart attack at 79 on March - 09.   

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 this day in history.   

2006  On this day in history nASA's Cassini-Huygens spacecraft discovers geysers of a liquid substance shooting from Saturn's moon Enceladus, signaling a possible presence of water.   

2011  On this day in history 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 March - 09.   

1285  Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (d. 1318) was born on this day in history.   

1454  Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America) was born on this day in history.   

1564  David Fabricius, Essens Germany, astronomer (discoved variable star) was born on March - 09.   

1568  On this day in history birth of aloysius "Luigi" van Gonzaga, Italian prince/jesuit/saint   

1629  Tsar Alexis I of Russia (d. 1676) was born on March - 09.   

1697  Friederike C Neuber, German actress/author (Allerkostbarste Schatz) was born on this day in history.   

1720  Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.   

1202  On this day in history death of king Sverre of Norway   

1422  Death of Jan Zelivsky, Hussite priest (b. 1380) on this day in history.   

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 March - 09.   

1620  Aegidius Albertinus, German writer (Lucifer's Kingdom), dies at 59 on March - 09.   

1649  Death of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (b. 1606) on this day in history.   

1661  On this day in history jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58   

1688  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at 89 on this day in history.