Page 8: Historical Events In March - 09

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

1984  Emile Gumbs' Anguilla National Alliance wins elections on this day in history.   

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

1985  On March - 09 laura Johnson (Falcon Crest) & Harry Hamlin (LA Law) wed   

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 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 March - 09.   

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

1988  On this day in history kurt Georg Kiesinger, West German chancellor (1966-69), dies at 83   

1989  Eastern Airlines files for bankruptcy on March - 09.   

1989  On this day in history 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  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on March - 09.   

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

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

1990  On this day in history 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 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 March - 09.   

1993  On March - 09 ad van Gessel, Dutch actor (Everything For Our Soldiers), dies   

1994  On this day in history iRA launch first of 3 mortar attacks on London's Heathrow Airport   

1994  On March - 09 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 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  Ian Ballantine, publisher, dies of heart attack at 79 on this day in history.   

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 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 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  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  On this day in history birth of david Fabricius, Essens Germany, astronomer (discoved variable star)   

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 March - 09.   

1202  On March - 09 death of king Sverre of Norway   

1422  On this day in history death of jan Zelivsky, Hussite priest (b. 1380)   

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

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 this day in history.   

1649  On March - 09 death of james Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (b. 1606)   

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.