Page 6: Historical Events In March - 09

1941  On this day in history carlos Pedrell, composer, dies at 62   

1942  On this day in history construction of the Alaska Highway began   

1943  On this day in history delft opposition group-Pahud de Mortanges overthrown   

1943  On March - 09 greek Jews of Salonika are transported to Nazi extermination camps   

1943  On this day in history oskar Hêks, Czech marathon runner/antifascist, dies in Auschwitz   

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 this day in history.   

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

1947  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button on this day in history.   

1947  On March - 09 stanley Jackson, cricketer (20 Tests for England 1893-1905), dies   

1947  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill on March - 09.   

1948  On March - 09 provisionary Indonesian government installed in Batavia   

1949  Brigadier General Edwin K Wright, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA on this day in history.   

1949  England beat South Africa by scoring 174 runs in 94 minutes on March - 09.   

1949  The first all-electric dining car was placed in service -- on the Illinois Central Railroad on this day in history.   

1949  Brigadier Gen Edwin K Wright, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA on March - 09.   

1950  On March - 09 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 March - 09.   

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  On March - 09 josef Stalin buried in Moscow   

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 March - 09 1st local color TV coml WNBT-TV (WNBC-TV) NYC (Castro Decorators)   

1955  Matthew A Henson, met Peary on 6/4/1909 at North Pole, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1956  Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus arrested & exiled to Seychelles on this day in history.   

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

1957  8.1 earthquake shakes Andreanof Islands, Alaska on March - 09.   

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 March - 09 george Yardley (Pistons) is 1st NBAer to score 2,000 points in season   

1959  On March - 09 barbie, the popular girls' doll, debuted, over 800 million sold   

1959  The first known radar contact is made with Venus on this day in history.   

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

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1213  On March - 09 birth of hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (d. 1271)   

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

1697  On March - 09 birth of friederike C Neuber, German actress/author (Allerkostbarste Schatz)   

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  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 this day in history.   

1620  Aegidius Albertinus, German writer (Lucifer's Kingdom), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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