What Happened on March 9
Historical Events
- 141 BC Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne of the Han Dynasty in China and rules for 54 years
- 1522 Martin Luther begins preaching his "Invocavit Sermons" in the German city of Wittenberg, reminding citizens to trust God's word rather than violence and thus helping bring to a close the revolutionary stage of the Reformation
- 1776 Adam Smith publishes the influential economics book "The Wealth of Nations"
- 1918 Russian Bolshevik Party becomes the Communist Party
- 1933 US Congress is called into special session by FDR, beginning its "100 days"
- 1961 Soviet flight Sputnik 9 carries and returns from orbit a dog named Chernushka (Blackie), frogs and a guinea pig
- More Historical Events
Mar 9 in Film & TV
- 1981 Dan Rather becomes primary anchorman of CBS-TV News
Mar 9 in Music
- 1842 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco" premieres in Milan
Mar 9 in Sport
- 1908 Italian football club Inter Milan founded as Foot-Ball Club Internazionale
Did You Know?
Did You Know?Barbie makes her debut at the American Toy Fair in New York. Over a billion have been sold worldwide since.
On March 9, 1959
Amerigo Vespucci
Leland Stanford
Vyacheslav Molotov
José P. Laurel
Yuri Gagarin
Bobby FischerWould You Believe?
Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in the Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended
On March 9, 1974
Famous Weddings
- 1796 French Leader Napoléon Bonaparte (26) marries 1st wife Joséphine de Beauharnais (32), changing her name from Rose
- 1902 Austrian composer Gustav Mahler (41) marries Alma Schindler (22) in Vienna, Austria
- 1985 Actors Laura Johnson (Falcon Crest) & Harry Hamlin (LA Law) wed
More Weddings & Divorces
Johann Pachelbel
Hans Christian Ørsted
Frank Wedekind
Menachem Begin
Willie Davis
John GutfreundArticles, Photos and Quiz
Great Blizzard of 1891
A train derailed in England due to the ferocious snowstorm of 1891
March 9, 1891One-Man War Finally Ends
Japanese soldier Hiroo Onoda finally surrendered on this day – nearly 30 years after the Second World War had ended.
March 9, 1974Weekly Quiz for March 9 -15
Who was murdered on the Ides of March in 44 BC? Which scientific theory is Albert Einstein most famous for? In what decade did the Barbie doll debut in NYC?
