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March 9, 1997 Senior Golf Slam March 9, 1997 Steve Elkington wins Doral-Ryder Golf Open March 9, 1996 Javed Miandad's last international in Pak's WC QF loss to India March 9, 1996 Jayasuriya hammers 82 off 44 balls (13x4 3x6) vs. England in WC QF March 9, 1996 STS 75 (Columbia 19), lands March 9, 1995 Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays March 9, 1995 Mexican peso worth 7.55 pesos to a dollar (record) March 9, 1995 President Konstantine Karamanlis (88) of Greece, resigns March 9, 1994 IRA launch 1st of 3 mortar attacks on London's Heathrow Airport March 9, 1993 19th People's Choice Awards March 9, 1993 7th Soul Train Music Awards March 9, 1993 Pittsburgh Penguins begin NHL record 17 game winning streak March 9, 1993 Rodney King in court says he thinks he heard cops yell racial slurs March 9, 1991 "Les Miserables," opens at Lyric Theatre, Brisbane March 9, 1991 5th American Comedy Award: Dennis Wolfberg March 9, 1991 Joe Dumaars (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 62 games March 9, 1991 U.S. 70th manned space mission STS 39 (Discovery 12) launches into orbit March 9, 1990 Dr. Antonia Novello sworn-in as 1st hispanic/female U.S. surgeon general March 9, 1989 Eastern Airlines files for bankruptcy March 9, 1989 Roger Kingdom runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.36 sec) March 9, 1989 Senate rejects Bush's nomination of John Tower as Defense Secretary March 9, 1989 Soviet Union officially submits to jurisdiction of the World Court March 9, 1989 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site March 9, 1988 President Reagan presides at unveiling of Knute Rockne stamp March 9, 1987 Chrysler Corp offered to buy American Motors Corp for $1 billion March 9, 1986 16th Easter Seal Telethon raises $30,100,000 March 9, 1986 Juli Inkster wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open March 9, 1986 NASA announces searchers found remains of Challenger astronauts March 9, 1986 Soviet probe Vega 2 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,030 km March 9, 1985 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Katarina Witt (GDR) March 9, 1985 Laura Johnson (Falcon Crest) and Harry Hamlin (LA Law) wed March 9, 1984 Emile Gumbs' Anguilla National Alliance wins elections March 9, 1984 John Lennon releases "Borrowed Time" March 9, 1984 Philadelphia 76'ers block 20 Seattle shots tying NBA regulation game record March 9, 1984 Tim Witherspoon beats Greg Page in 12 for heavyweight boxing title March 9, 1983 Caryl Churchill's "Fen," premieres in London March 9, 1983 Zimbabwe opposition leader Joshua Nkomo flees to Botswana March 9, 1981 Dan Rather becomes primary anchorman of CBS-TV News March 9, 1980 Flemish/Walloon battles in Belgium, 40 injured March 9, 1980 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Sunstar '80 Golf Tournament March 9, 1979 Bowie Kuhn orders baseball to give equal access to female reporters March 9, 1979 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island March 9, 1978 Ice Dance Championship at Ottawa Canada won by Linichuk and Karponosov March 9, 1978 Ice Pairs Championship at Ottawa won by Rodnina and Zaitsev (URS) March 9, 1978 Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Ottawa won by Anett Potzsch (GDR) March 9, 1978 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Ottawa won by Charles Tickner (USA) March 9, 1977 Hanafi Moslems invade 3 buildings in Washington D.C., siege ended Mar 11th March 9, 1977 Adm Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), becomes 12th director of CIA replacing acting director Knoche March 9, 1976 1st female cadets accepted to West Point Military Academy March 9, 1976 Islander Glenn Resch's 10th shut-out opponent-Blues 4-0 March 9, 1975 "Lieutenant" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 9 performances March 9, 1974 Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended March 9, 1972 Players on White Sox vote 31-0 in favor of a strike, if necessary March 9, 1971 J M Noreiga takes 9-95 WI vs. India at Port-of-Spain March 9, 1968 10th Grammy Awards: Up Up and Away, Sgt Pepper's wins 4 March 9, 1967 Svetlana Allilueva, Stalin's daughter, defected to the West March 9, 1966 Andrew Brimmer becomes 1st black governor of Federal Reserve Board March 9, 1964 1st Ford Mustang produced March 9, 1964 Creighton's Paul Silas grabs Midwest record 27 rebounds against Okla March 9, 1964 Supreme Court issues New York Times vs. Sullivan decision, public officials must prove malice to claim libel and recover damages March 9, 1963 Beatles began 1st British tour, supporting Tommy Roe and Chris Montez March 9, 1962 Egyptian President Nasser declares Gaza belongs to Palestinians March 9, 1962 U.S. advisors in South-Vietnam join the fight March 9, 1961 1st animal returned from space, dog named Blackie aboard Sputnik 9 March 9, 1961 Mine cave-in in Japan, kills 72 March 9, 1961 Sputnik 9 carries Chernushka, a dog, into orbit March 9, 1961 Supremes release "I Want A Guy" and "Never Again" March 9, 1959 "Juno" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 16 performances March 9, 1959 1st known radar contact is made with Venus March 9, 1959 Barbie, the popular girls' doll, debuted, over 800 million sold March 9, 1958 George Yardley (Pistons) is 1st NBAer to score 2,000 points in season March 9, 1957 8.1 earthquake shakes Andreanof Islands, Alaska March 9, 1956 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus arrested and exiled to Seychelles March 9, 1956 Weather forecasting phone line set up in London England March 9, 1954 1st local color TV coml WNBT-TV (WNBC-TV) New York City (Castro Decorators) March 9, 1954 Edward R. Murrow criticizes Sen Joseph McCarthy (See it Now) March 9, 1954 WMUR TV channel 9 in Manchester, NH (ABC) begins broadcasting March 9, 1953 Josef Stalin buried in Moscow March 9, 1952 Heinz Neuhaus wins Europe Heavyweight Boxing title March 9, 1950 Willie Sutton robs Manufacturers Bank of $64,000 in New York City March 9, 1949 Brigadier Gen Edwin K. Wright, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA March 9, 1949 England beat South Africa by scoring 174 runs in 94 minutes March 9, 1948 Provisionary Indonesian government installed in Batavia March 9, 1947 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill March 9, 1947 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button March 9, 1946 Dutch troops land at Batavia/Semarang March 9, 1946 Ted Williams is offered $500,000 to play in Mexican League, he refuses March 9, 1945 334 U.S. B-29 Superfortresses attack Tokyo with 120,000 fire bomb March 9, 1945 Japanese proclaim "independence" of Indo-China March 9, 1943 Delft opposition group-Pahud de Mortanges overthrown March 9, 1943 Greek Jews of Salonika are transported to Nazi extermination camps March 9, 1942 Construction of the Alaska Highway began March 9, 1936 Babe Ruth turns down Reds to make a comeback as a player March 9, 1933 Bulgarian communists Dimitrov, Popov and Vassili arrested in Berlin March 9, 1933 Congress is called into special session by FDR, and began its "100 days" March 9, 1932 Eamon De Valera becomes president of Ireland March 9, 1932 Former Chinese emperor Henry Pu-Yi installed as head of Manchuria March 9, 1929 Marcel Pagnol's "Marius," premieres in Paris March 9, 1926 Bertha Landes elected 1st woman mayor of Seattle March 9, 1924 South Slavia aproves Italy's annexation of Fiume (Rijeka) March 9, 1923 Amsterdam taxi strike ended March 9, 1923 Elmer Rice's "Adding Machine," premieres in New York City March 9, 1923 NHL Championship: Mont Canadiens outscore Ottawa Senators, 3-2, in 2 March 9, 1922 Eugene O'Neill's "Hairy Ape," premieres in New York City March 9, 1922 KJR-AM in Seattle Washington begins radio transmissions March 9, 1918 Russian Bolshevik Party becomes the Communist Party March 9, 1918 Ukrainian mobs massacre Jews of Seredino Buda March 9, 1918 Wageningen Agricultural College Netherlands opens March 9, 1916 General Fransisco "Poncho" Villa invades U.S. (17 killed) March 9, 1916 Germany declares war against Portugal March 9, 1916 Pancho Villa leads Mexican band raid on Columbus NM, killing 12 March 9, 1914 Henry Colijn appointed as director of Bataafsche Petroleum Co March 9, 1914 U.S. Sen Albert Fall (Teapot Dome) demands "Cubanisation of Mexico" March 9, 1907 1st involuntary sterilization law enacted, Indiana March 9, 1907 Lady Gregory's "Rising of the Moon," premieres in Dublin March 9, 1904 Brandon's Lester Patrick becomes 1st hockey defenseman to score a goal March 9, 1902 Composer Gustav Mahler marries Alma Schindler in Vienna March 9, 1897 Premiere of (parts of) Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony (Berlin) March 9, 1897 Cleveland Spiders sign Louis Sockalexis, full-blooded Penobscot March 9, 1897 Indian, fans start calling the team Indians (in 1915 becomes official) March 9, 1895 Stanley Cup: Montreal Victorias awarded cup, as Queens University (Kingston Ont) loses to Montreal AAA, 5-1 March 9, 1893 Congo cannibals killed 1000s of Arabs March 9, 1889 Battle at Gallabat (Metema): Mahdi's beat Abyssinian emperor John IV March 9, 1889 Kansas passes 1st general antitrust law in U.S. March 9, 1882 False teeth patented March 9, 1873 Royal Canadian Mounted Police founded March 9, 1868 The opera "Hamlet" premieres in Paris March 9, 1864 Ulysses S. Grant is appointed commander of Union Army March 9, 1862 "Monitor" (Union) and "Merrimack" (Rebel) battle in Hampton Roads March 9, 1861 Confederate currency authorized-$50, $100, $500, $1,000 March 9, 1860 1st Japanese ambassador arrives in San Francisco en route to Washington March 9, 1858 Albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox March 9, 1849 Carl Nikolais opera "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor," premieres March 9, 1844 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Hernani," premieres in Venice March 9, 1842 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco," premieres in Milan March 9, 1841 U.S. Supreme Court rules Negroes are free (Amistad Incident) March 9, 1839 Prussian government limits work week for children to 51 hours March 9, 1822 Charles Graham of New York patents artificial teeth March 9, 1820 Philippines chases out foreigners; about 125 die March 9, 1820 James Monroe's daughter Maria marries in the White House March 9, 1798 Dr. George Balfour becomes 1st naval surgeon in the U.S. navy March 9, 1796 Napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine de Beauharnais March 9, 1745 Bells for 1st American carillon shipped from England to Boston March 9, 1741 English fleet under Admiral Ogle begins assault on Cartagena March 9, 1721 English Chancellor Exchequer John Aislabie confined in London Tower March 9, 1701 France, Cologne and Bavaria sign alliance March 9, 1697 Czar Peter the Great begins tour of West-Europe March 9, 1642 English Queen Henriette Mary arrives in Hellevoetsluis Neth March 9, 1640 Pierre Corneilles "Horace," premieres in Paris March 9, 1617 Sweden and Russia sign Peace of Stolbowa March 9, 1562 Kissing in public banned in Naples (punishable by death) March 9, 1551 Emperor Karel appoints son Philip as heir to the throne March 9, 1522 Marten Luther preaches his Invocavit March 9, 1500 Pedro Cabral departs with 13 ships to India March 9, 1497 Nicolaus Copernicus 1st recorded astronomical observation, March 9, 1496 Jews are expelled from Carintha Austria March 9, 1452 Pope Nicolaas I crowns Frederik III RC-German emperor |