Page 8: Historical Events In March - 09

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

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

1984  On this day in history john Lennon releases "Borrowed Time"   

1985  Laura Johnson (Falcon Crest) & Harry Hamlin (LA Law) wed on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1986  16th Easter Seal Telethon raises $30,100,000 on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history nASA announces searchers found remains of Challenger astronauts   

1986  Soviet probe Vega 2 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,030 km on March - 09.   

1986  On this day in history ned Calmer, TV host (In the First Person), dies at 78   

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

1988  On this day in history president Reagan presides at unveiling of Knute Rockne stamp   

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

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

1989  Senate rejects Bush's nomination of John Tower as Defense Secretary on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history soviet Union officially submits to jurisdiction of the World Court   

1989  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1989  On March - 09 robert Mapplethorpe, US photographer, dies at 42   

1990  Dr Antonia Novello sworn-in as first hispanic/female US surgeon general on this day in history.   

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

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

1993  On March - 09 rodney King in court says he thinks he heard cops yell racial slurs   

1993  On this day in history ad van Gessel, Dutch actor (Everything For Our Soldiers), dies   

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  Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1995  President Konstantine Karamanlis (88) of Greece, resigns on March - 09.   

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

1996  On March - 09 alan Hugh Iliffe, psychologist, dies at 77   

1997  Notorius B I G, [Biggie Small, Chris Walkin], rapper, shot dead at 24 on March - 09.   

2006  On March - 09 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 March - 09 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 March - 09.   

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

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

1202  On March - 09 death of king Sverre of Norway   

1422  Death of Jan Zelivsky, Hussite priest (b. 1380) on March - 09.   

1440  Death of St Frances of Rome, Italian nun (b. 1384) on this day in history.   

1566  On this day in history 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  Death of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (b. 1606) on this day in history.   

1661  Jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58 on March - 09.   

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