What Happened on 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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

"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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

"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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

"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... Read more

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... Read more

"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... Read more

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... Read more

"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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more