Interesting things that happened March 9th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1454 Amerigo Vespucci, we could be called Vespucciland
In 1824 Leland Stanford, railroad tycoon, governor, senator, founded
Stanford University
In 1910 Samuel Barber, composer, 1st American to find favor with
Toscanini
In 1918 Mickey Spillane, mystery writer
In 1934 Yuri Gagarin, first man into space
+ Joyce Van Patten, actor (Eight is Enough, The Odd Couple)
In 1935 Keely Smith (in Norfolk, Virginia), jazz and pop singer
In 1936 Glenda Jackson, actor (Hopscotch), M.P. (Hampstead)
In 1940 Raul Julia, actor (Addams Family, Kiss of the Spider Woman)
In 1943 Bobby Fischer, chess player
+ Trish Van Devere, actor (One is a Lonely Number, The Last Run)
In 1948 Jeffery Osborne, musician
In 1950 Danny Sullivan, race car driver (Indy 500 winner, 1985)
In 1957 Faith Daniels, TV news anchor
In 1965 Brian Bosworth, football player (Seahawks, 1987-89)
In 1971 Emmanuel Lewis, actor (Webster)
Events worth noting:
+ Feast Day of St. Francesca Romana, patron of motorists
+ Feast Day of St. Louise de Marillac, patron of widows
In 1661 Cardinal Jules Mazarin, the chief minister of France, died.
In 1796 Napoleon Bonaparte married Josephine de Beauharnais.
In 1822 Charles Graham of N. Y. was granted a patent for artificial
teeth.
In 1841 The U.S. Supreme Court rules that Africans who seized control of
the
Amistad slave ****p had been illegally forced into slavery, and
thus
are free under American law.
In 1847 U.S. forces under Gen. Winfield Scott invade Mexico three miles
south of Vera Cruz, the largest U.S. amphibious landing until
World
War II.
In 1860 First Japanese ambassador to the U.S.
In 1862 The ironclads "USS Monitor" (Union) and "CSS Merrimack"
(Confederate) have their famous encounter at Hampton Roads, VA.
It
was a standoff.
In 1954 Edward R. Murrow criticizes Sen. McCarthy on "See it Now".
+ First local color TV commercial WNBT-TV (WNBC-TV) New York, NY
(Castro Decorators).
And remember ...
Foot Health Month
International Hamburger and Pickle Month
National Frozen Food Month
National Furniture Refini****ng Month
National Nutrition Month (US)
National Peanut Month
National Women's History Month
Red Cross Month
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