What Happened On March 9

What Happened On Mar 9 Events

1513 Mar 9 Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici (Leo X) elected Pope
Pope Leo X (11 December 1475 – 1 December 1521) was Pope from 1513 to his death. He was the last non-priest to be elected Pope. He is known primarily for the sale of indulgences to recons...
1781 Mar 9
to 1781 May 8
 Battle of Pensacola
On April 28, siege operations finally got underway. By May 1 they had emplaced a battery of cannons overlooking the Queen's Redoubt, and begun digging trenches toward an even more advanta...
1841 Mar 9 The Survivors Of The Amistad Mutiny Are Freed
The Supreme Court issued a ruling on March 9, 1841, freeing the remaining thirty-five survivors of the Amistad mutiny. Although seven of the nine justices on the court hailed from Southe...
1847 Mar 9
to 1847 Mar 29
 Siege of Veracruz
The Battle of Veracruz was a 20-day siege of the key Mexican seaport of Veracruz, during the Mexican-American War. Lasting from March 9 to March 29, 1847, it began with the first large-sc...
1914 Mar 9 "Tango Tangles" (film) is Released
Tango Tangles is a 1914 American-made motion picture starring Charlie Chaplin and Fatty Arbuckle. Chaplin appears with no moustache. The action takes place in a dance hall, with a drunken...
1916 Mar 9
to 1916 Mar 15
 Fifth Battle Of The Isonzo
The Fifth Battle of the Isonzo was fought from March 9-15, 1916 between the armies of the Kingdom of Italy and those of Austria-Hungary. The Italians, under immense pressure from the Fren...
1916 Mar 9 Germany Declares War on Portugal
Despite its old alliance with Britain, Portugal did not form a part of the system of alliances which became enemies in World War I and thus kept its neutrality during the first years of w...
1945 Mar 9 "Children Of Paradise" Is Released
Les Enfants du Paradis, released as Children of Paradise in North America, is a 1945 film by French director Marcel Carné, made during the Nazi occupation of France. Set among the Parisia...
1945 Mar 9 Japanese Army Officials Intern French Indochina Authorities, Assume Control of French Asian Territory
During World War II, the French were defeated by the Germans in 1940. For French Indochina, this meant that the colonial authorities became Vichy French, allies of the German-Italian Axis...
1946 Mar 9 Burnden Park Disaster
On 9th March 1946 Bolton Wanderers played Stoke City in a FA Cup tie. Over 80,000 people entered the Burnden Park ground before the club closed the gates. Some locked out fans decided to ...
1948 Mar 9 "I Remember Mama" Is Released
The play was adapted for a 1948 feature film written by DeWitt Bodeen and directed by George Stevens. The film begins with eldest daughter Katrin completing the last lines of her autob...
1954 Mar 9 Murrow Attacks Senator Joseph McCarthy On 'See It Now'
Having reported discrete episodes in the Cold War, Murrow and Friendly decided to expose the architect of the paranoia, McCarthy himself. On 9 March 1954 See It Now employed audiotapes an...
1955 Mar 9 "East Of Eden" Is Released
This truncated screen version of John Steinbeck's best-seller was the first starring vehicle for explosive 1950s screen personality James Dean, who plays Cal Trask, the "bad" son of tacit...
1959 Mar 9 FDA Approves Immunex's Thiotepa
Why would this drug be used? Thiotepa is used to treat lymphoma and cancers of the breast, ovary, bladder, and other cancer types. It may also be used to control the fluid that can b...
1962 Mar 9 "Knife In The Water" Is Released
Knife in the Water (Polish: Nóż w wodzie) is a 1962 film directed by Roman Polański. It features only three characters and deals with rivalry and sexual tension.
1964 Mar 9 Ford Mustang is First Produced
The Ford Mustang is an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. It was initially based on the second generation North American Ford Falcon, a compact car. Production began in De...
1965 Mar 9 Martin Luther King, Jr. Leads Second March from Selma to Montgomery
Immediately after "Bloody Sunday", Martin Luther King Jr. began organizing a second march to be held on Tuesday, March 9, 1965, calling for people across the country to join him. Hundreds...
1966 Mar 9
to 1966 Mar 10
 Battle of A Shau
The Battle of A Shau was waged in 1966 during the Vietnam War between the Viet Cong and the forces of the United States and South Vietnam. The battle began on March 9 and lasted until Mar...
1968 Mar 9 Pat Miletich Is Born
Patrick Jay Miletich (Miletić in Croatian) (born March 9, 1968 in Davenport, Iowa), is a mixed martial artist (MMA) well known for his fights within the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UF...
1981 Mar 9 The Rolling Stones Release 'Sucking in the Seventies'
Sucking in the Seventies is the fourth official compilation album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1981. As the successor to 1975's Made in the Shade, it covers material from 1974's It'...
1984 Mar 9 Splash is released
Splash is a 1984 American fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Ron Howard and written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original ...
1987 Mar 9 U2 releases fifth studio album, "The Joshua Tree"
The Joshua Tree is the fifth studio album by Irish rock band U2, released 9 March 1987 on Island Records. Recording took place from July to November 1986 at Windmill Lane Studios in Dubli...
1993 Mar 9 Overkill releases I Hear Black
I Hear Black is the sixth studio album by thrash metal band Overkill in 1993 on Atlantic Records. It was the band's first to feature drummer Tim Mallare. Produced by Alex Perialas (Ant...
1997 Mar 9 Biggie Smalls killed in Los Angeles
Wallace traveled to California in February 1997 to promote his upcoming album and record a music video for its lead single, "Hypnotize". On March 5, 1997 he gave a radio interview with Th...
1997 Mar 9 The Notorious B.I.G. Dies
Wallace traveled to California in February 1997 to promote his upcoming album and record a music video for its lead single, "Hypnotize". On March 5, 1997 Wallace gave a radio interview wi...
1999 Mar 9 Scorpions release Eye II Eye
Eye II Eye is the fourteenth studio album by German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1999. It is a radical departure in that Eye II Eye is much more pop-oriented than their previou...
2000 Mar 9 Nupedia is Founded
Nupedia was an English-language Web-based encyclopedia whose articles were written by experts and licensed as free content. It was founded by Jimmy Wales and underwritten by Bomis, with L...
2004 Mar 9 America's Next Top Model Cycle 2 Episode 9
Title: The Girl Who Is Afraid of Snakes This was the cycle's recap episode. It was so named because April was afraid when they were told that they needed to handle such creatures in a ...
2005 Mar 9 America's Next Top Model Cycle 4 Episode 2
The cycle began with Jay Manuel, the show's director of photography, taking the fourteen contestants to an LA movie, where they met the judges, Nigel Barker, Janice Dickinson and Nolé Mar...
2005 Mar 9 South Park Episode 901 - "Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina"
Mr. Garrison goes to great lengths to get what he’s always wanted…a sex change. As he enjoys his new womanly attributes, the rest of the town gets in touch with their inner feelings too. ...
2009 Mar 9 Rascal Flatts Released "Here Comes Goodbye" Video
"Here Comes Goodbye" is the first single from Rascal Flatts' upcoming album Unstoppable. Check out www.unstoppablecd.com for more info; and while you're there, pick up your own Unstoppabl...
2010 Mar 9 Crystal Bowersox Performs 'Give Me One Reason' on American Idol
If her straight-outta-the-hospital performance on last week's "American Idol" established Crystal Bowersox as the unlikely front-runner, well, her Tuesday night (March 9) performance defi...
2010 Mar 9 Florida Panthers defeat Minnesota Wild, 3-2
You've got to feel for the poor off-ice official in charge of counting Wild shots Tuesday night. As seldom as the Wild actually registered one, this yawning, heavy-eyed, bored-out-of-h...
2010 Mar 9 Milwaukee Bucks defeat Boston Celtics, 86-84
Ray Allen had a difficult time explaining why he attempted only three shots last night against the Bucks. He attributed it to a lack of ball movement, and many times in the 86-84 loss, th...
2010 Mar 9 Toronto Maple Leafs defeat Boston Bruins, 4-3
Luca Caputi had to share the spotlight during his big homecoming after Nikolai Kulemin stole the show with an overtime goal. Kulemin scored 4:11 into overtime to give the Toronto Maple...
2011 Mar 9 Wisconsin Senate Passes Anti-Union Bill
Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate voted today to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from public workers after discovering a way to bypass the chamber's missing Democrats. The...
2011 Mar 9 Yemeni Doctors Accuse Government of Violating International Law with Use of Nerve Gas on Protesters
Doctors from the scene of violent anti-government protests in Yemen's capital Tuesday night said that what was originally thought to be tear gas fired by government forces on demonstrator...