Born:
Luis Barragan, born in Mexico City, Mexico, architect, modernist, minimalist, important 20th century architect, significant landscape designer, self-taught, influenced by writings of Ferdinand Bac
More Notable Birthdays on March 9:
1964 - Juliette Binoche, born in Paris, France, actress, Unbearable Lightness
1943 - Bobby Fischer, born in Chicago, eleventh World Chess Champion, American chess Grandmaster
1934 - Yuri Gagarin, born in Russia, cosmonaut, 1st man into space, aboard Vostok 1
1918 - Mickey Spillane, Frank, born in Brooklyn, New York, mystery writer, I the Jury
1892 - Vita Sackville-West, born in England, novelist/poet, The Land
