Page 8: Historical Events In March - 09

1983  Faye Emerson, actress (I've Got a Secret), dies of cancer at 65 on March - 09.   

1984  Emile Gumbs' Anguilla National Alliance wins elections on this day in history.   

1984  On March - 09 john Lennon releases "Borrowed Time"   

1985  Laura Johnson (Falcon Crest) & Harry Hamlin (LA Law) wed on March - 09.   

1985  The most requested movie in history,"Gone With The Wind", went on sale in video stores across the U.S. for the first time on March - 09.   

1986  16th Easter Seal Telethon raises $30,100,000 on this day in history.   

1986  On March - 09 nASA announces searchers found remains of Challenger astronauts   

1986  Soviet probe Vega 2 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,030 km on March - 09.   

1986  On this day in history ned Calmer, TV host (In the First Person), dies at 78   

1987  On this day in history chrysler Corporation offered to buy American Motors Corporation on this day.   

1988  On March - 09 president Reagan presides at unveiling of Knute Rockne stamp   

1988  On this day in history kurt Georg Kiesinger, West German chancellor (1966-69), dies at 83   

1989  Eastern Airlines files for bankruptcy on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history senate rejects Bush's nomination of John Tower as Defense Secretary   

1989  Soviet Union officially submits to jurisdiction of the World Court on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1989  Robert Mapplethorpe, US photographer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history dr Antonia Novello sworn-in as first hispanic/female US surgeon general   

1990  On this day in history in St. John's Newfoundland Premier Clyde Wells confirms he will rescind Newfoundland's approval of the Meech Lake Accord; approved by the previous Peckford administration; this will effectively kill the Accord   

1991  US 70th manned space mission STS 39 (Discovery 12) launches into orbit on this day in history.   

1992  Felipe Turich, actor (Lawless), dies on this day in history.   

1993  Rodney King in court says he thinks he heard cops yell racial slurs on this day in history.   

1993  Ad van Gessel, Dutch actor (Everything For Our Soldiers), dies on March - 09.   

1994  IRA launch first of 3 mortar attacks on London's Heathrow Airport on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history charles Bukowski, author/poet, dies of leukemia at 73   

1995  Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays on this day in history.   

1995  In the Atlantic, Fisheries Minister Brian Tobin orders Canadian fisheries patrol vessel to seize a Spanish trawler for illegally taking undersized turbot outside Canada's 200-mile offshore limit on this day in history.   

1995  Mexican peso worth 7.55 pesos to a dollar (record) on March - 09.   

1995  On this day in history president Konstantine Karamanlis (88) of Greece, resigns   

1995  Ian Ballantine, publisher, dies of heart attack at 79 on this day in history.   

1996  Alan Hugh Iliffe, psychologist, dies at 77 on March - 09.   

1997  On this day in history notorius B I G, [Biggie Small, Chris Walkin], rapper, shot dead at 24   

2006  NASA's Cassini-Huygens spacecraft discovers geysers of a liquid substance shooting from Saturn's moon Enceladus, signaling a possible presence of water on this day in history.   

2011  On March - 09 space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.   

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1213  On this day in history birth of hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (d. 1271)   

1285  Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (d. 1318) was born on March - 09.   

1454  Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America) was born on March - 09.   

1564  David Fabricius, Essens Germany, astronomer (discoved variable star) was born on March - 09.   

1568  Aloysius "Luigi" van Gonzaga, Italian prince/jesuit/saint was born on this day in history.   

1629  On March - 09 birth of tsar Alexis I of Russia (d. 1676)   

1697  On this day in history birth of friederike C Neuber, German actress/author (Allerkostbarste Schatz)   

1720  On this day in history birth of philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (d. 1790)   

1202  On this day in history death of king Sverre of Norway   

1422  Death of Jan Zelivsky, Hussite priest (b. 1380) on March - 09.   

1440  Death of St Frances of Rome, Italian nun (b. 1384) on this day in history.   

1566  Death of David Riccio, Italian singer/secretary of Mary Stuart, murdered on March - 09.   

1620  On March - 09 aegidius Albertinus, German writer (Lucifer's Kingdom), dies at 59   

1649  Death of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (b. 1606) on March - 09.   

1661  Jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1688  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at 89 on this day in history.