Page 6: Historical Events In March - 09

1941  Carlos Pedrell, composer, dies at 62 on March - 09.   

1942  On March - 09 construction of the Alaska Highway began   

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

1943  On this day in history greek Jews of Salonika are transported to Nazi extermination camps   

1943  Oskar Hêks, Czech marathon runner/antifascist, dies in Auschwitz on this day in history.   

1945  On March - 09 334 US B-29 Superfortresses attack Tokyo with 120,000 fire bomb   

1945  Japanese proclaim the "independence" of Indo-China on March - 09.   

1946  On March - 09 dutch troops land at Batavia/Semarang   

1947  On March - 09 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 this day in history.   

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  On March - 09 england beat South Africa by scoring 174 runs in 94 minutes   

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

1949  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1950  Willie Sutton robs Manufacturers Bank of $64,000 in NYC on March - 09.   

1952  On this day in history heinz Neuhaus wins Europe Heavyweight Boxing title   

1953  Josef Stalin buried in Moscow on March - 09.   

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 March - 09 wNBT-TV (now WNBC-TV), New York, broadcast the first local color television commercials   

1954  On this day in history 1st local color TV coml WNBT-TV (WNBC-TV) NYC (Castro Decorators)   

1955  On March - 09 matthew A Henson, met Peary on 6/4/1909 at North Pole, dies at 88   

1956  On this day in history archbishop Makarios of Cyprus arrested & exiled to Seychelles   

1956  On March - 09 weather forecasting phone line set up in London England   

1957  On March - 09 8.1 earthquake shakes Andreanof Islands, Alaska   

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 this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history in the Fox Islands, Alaska a 7.1 earthquake occurred   

1958  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1959  The first known radar contact is made with Venus on March - 09.   

1959  "Juno" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 16 performances on March - 09.   

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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  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  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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1566  On March - 09 death of david Riccio, Italian singer/secretary of Mary Stuart, murdered   

1620  On March - 09 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  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