Historical Events In March - 09

1983  Faye Emerson, actress (I've Got a Secret), dies of cancer at 65 on this day in history.   

1984  On March - 09 emile Gumbs' Anguilla National Alliance wins elections   

1984  John Lennon releases "Borrowed Time" on March - 09.   

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

1986  On March - 09 nASA announces searchers found remains of Challenger astronauts   

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 March - 09.   

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

1988  On March - 09 kurt Georg Kiesinger, West German chancellor (1966-69), dies at 83   

1989  On March - 09 eastern Airlines files for bankruptcy   

1989  Senate rejects Bush's nomination of John Tower as Defense Secretary on March - 09.   

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

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

1989  Robert Mapplethorpe, US photographer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history dr Antonia Novello sworn-in as first hispanic/female US surgeon general   

1990  On March - 09 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   

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

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

1993  On this day in history rodney King in court says he thinks he heard cops yell racial slurs   

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  Charles Bukowski, author/poet, dies of leukemia at 73 on this day in history.   

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  Mexican peso worth 7.55 pesos to a dollar (record) on this day in history.   

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

1995  On March - 09 ian Ballantine, publisher, dies of heart attack at 79   

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

1997  Notorius B I G, [Biggie Small, Chris Walkin], rapper, shot dead at 24 on this day in history.   

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

1285  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (d. 1318)   

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

1697  Friederike C Neuber, German actress/author (Allerkostbarste Schatz) was born on March - 09.   

1720  Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (d. 1790) was born on March - 09.   

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  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 March - 09 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