Birthdates Which Occur on March 9:
1454 Amerigo Vespucci Italian explorer (America)
1564 David Fabricius Essens Germany, astronomer (discover variable star)
1568 Aloysius "Luigi" van Gonzaga Italian prince/jesuit/saint
1697 Friederike C Neuber German actress/author (Allerkostbarste Schatz)
1735 August Bernhard Valentin Herbing composer
1737 Josef Myslivecek composer
1753 Jean-Baptiste Klber French general/architect (Mainz, Fleurus)
1758 Franz Joseph Gall German/French physician (frenology)
1777 Alexander Orlowski Polish painter/cartoonist/graphic artist
1791 George Hayward US, surgeon, 1st to use ether
1810 Jean-Georges Kastner composer
1812 Jakob Eduard Schmolzer composer
1814 Taras Shevchenko Ukraine, national poet/painter/prof of Kiev [NS]
1824 Leland Stanford (Gov/Sen)/found Stanford U
1826 Jean Joseph Bott German violinist/composer
1839 Felix Huston Robertson Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1928
and Modest P Mussorgsky Russian composer (Boris Godunov) [OS]
1848 Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick composer
1850 Alexandre Luigini composer
1859 Richard Englnder [Peter Altenberg], Austria, author (Lebensabend)
1874 Johann Richard Ohlsson composer
1875 Martin Fallas Shaw composer
1877 Emil Abderhalden Swiss physiologist/bio-chemist
1881 Enver Pasja Turkish general/politician
and Ernest Bevin British minister of Labour/Foreign affairs
1890 Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov Soviet foreign minister (UN)
1892 David Garnett England, novelist/editor (Lady into Fox)
and Frank Puglia Sicily Italy, actor (Black Orchid, Jungle Book)
and Joseph Weinheber Austria poet/writer (Adel und Untergang)
and Vita Sackville-West England, novelist/poet (The Land)
1893 Edgar Scauflaire Belgian muralist/decorator
and Hans Munch composer
19-- Bradley Lockerman Milford Conn, actor (Shep-General Hospital)
and Finn Carter actress (As the World Turns)
and George Jenesky actor (Nick-Days of Our Life)
and Gregory Hex rocker (Kik Tracee-Hot Wire)
and Iris Chacon Puerto Rico, spanish personality (Iris Chacon Show)
and Joe Gallison Boston Mass, actor (PT-109, Neil-Days of our Lives)
and Lauren Koslow Boston Mass, actress (Margo-Bold & Beautiful)
and Tom Amandes IL, actor (Steve Gerard-Pursuit Of Happiness)
and Walter Mercado Ponce Puerto Rico, astrologer (Walter Mercado Show)
1900 Aimone duke of Spoleta/Aosta Italian king of Croatia (1941-43)
1902 Edward Durell Stone US, architect (US Embassy, New Delhi)
and Will Greer Frankfort Ind, actor (Grandpa Walton-The Waltons)
1905 Flix L V L J Labisse French painter (libidoscaphes)
and Grigori Kozintsev Kiev Ukraine, director (Hamlet, King Lear)
and Peter C Quennell English biographer/critic (Byron in Italy)
and Rex Warner English poet/writer (Wild Goose Chase)
1907 Henry Leland Clarke composer
1908 Luiz Cosme composer
1910 Ed[uard] Hoornik Dutch writer/poet (Survivor)
and Samuel Barber West Chester Pa, composer (Pulitz, School for Scandal)
1911 Ramon Campbell Batista composer
1913 Ger[ar]da Brautigam journalist/Dutch 2nd Chamber (PvdA)
1914 Fred Clark Lincoln Calif, actor (Burns & Allen, Auntie Mame, Hazard)
1917 Dante B Fascell (Rep-D-FL, 1955- )
1918 Marguerite Chapman Chatham NY, actress (Spy Smasher, Flight to Mars)
and Mickey Spillane mystery writer (I, the Jury)
1920 Carl Betz Pitts, actor (Alex Stone-Donna Reed Show)
1922 Herbert P Douglas Jr Pitts, long jumper (Olympic-bronze-1948)
1923 Andr Courrges France, fashion designer (introed the miniskirt)
and James Buckley (Sen-R-NY)
1924 Konstantin Iliev composer
1926 Celso Garrido Lecca composer
and Gerrit A Kooy Dutch sociologist (Apartheid & work in South Africa)
and Irene Papas Corinth Greece, actress (Moses The Lawgiver)
1927 Hans Ludwig Schilling composer
and Jack Jensen baseball player (AL MVP 1958)
and John Beckwith composer
1929 Hugh Desmond Hoyte president (Guyana, 1985-92)
1930 Harrie J B Aarts Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
and Thomas Schippers Kalamazoo Mich, conductor (Amahl & Night Visitors)
1931 Taina Elg Helsinki Finland, actress (Hercules in NY, Les Girls)
1932 Heere Heeresma Dutch writer (Han de Wit goes in development aid)
1933 Lloyd Price Kenner La, singer (Just Because)
and William Francis McBeth composer
1934 Joyce Van Patten Queens NY, actress (Good Guys, Don Rickles Show)
and Yuri Gagarin Russia, cosmonaut, 1st man into space (aboard Vostok 1)
1935 Keely Smith Norfolk Va, singer (Mrs Louie Prima)
and Sister Bernard Ncube South African nun
1936 Marty Ingels Bkln NY, comedian (I'm Dickens He's Fenster)
and Mickey Gilley Ferriday La, country singer (Urban Cowboy)
and [Aino] Elina Salo Sipoo Finland, actress (Hamlet Goes Business)
1938 Charles Siebert Kenosha Wisc, actor (One Day at A Time, Trapper John)
1940 Raul Julia PR, actor (Addams Family, Kiss of the Spider Woman)
1941 Ger van Each sculptor
and Trish Van Devere [Patricia Dressel], Tenafly NJ, actress (Changeling)
1942 John Cale Welsh/US bassist/altviolist/singer (Velvet Underground)
and Mark Lindsay Eugene Or, rock vocalist/sax (Paul Revers & Raiders)
1943 Bobby Fischer US, world chess champion (1972-75)
1944 Trevor Burton rocker (Move)
1945 Laura Lee [Rundless], singer (Dirty Man, Women's Love Rights)
and Ray Royer rocker (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale)
and Robin Trower London, guitarist (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale)
1946 German Semyonovich Arzamazov Russia, cosmonaut
1948 Jamie Lyn Bauer Phoenix Az, actr (Young & Restless, Centerfold Girls)
and Jeffrey Osborne Providence RI, rock vocalist (On the Wings of Love)
and Jimmy Fadden Long Beach Calif, singer (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
1949 Kalevi Aho composer
1950 Danny Sullivan Indy-car racer (over 10 wins)
1952 Iuliana Semenova USSR, basketball (Olympic-gold-1976)
and William Kirby Cullen Santa Ana Calif, actor (How the West Was Won)
1953 Henritte J Toll actress (Soldier of Orange)
1954 Charmain Elaine Sylvers rocker
and Keven Wade Chappaqua NY, screen writer (Working Girls)
1955 Ornella Muti Rome Italy, actress (Flash Gordon, Most Beautiful Wife)
and Teo Fabi formula-1 Indy-car racer (rookie of year-1983)
1957 Faith Daniels news anchor (CBS-TV)
and Jon Engen Oslo Norway, US biathelete (Olympics-1994)
1958 Martin Fry rock vocalist (ABC-All of My Heart)
1959 Barbie doll
and Kato [Brian] Kaelin actor (Beach Fever)/OJ roommate/witness
and Lonny Price NYC, actor (Muppets Take Manhattan)
1962 Brian Green Columbus Indiana, actor (Sam Fowler-Another World)
1963 Kent Ferguson Cedar Rapids Iowa, US diver (Olympic-92)
1965 Brian Bosworth quarterback (Seattle)
1966 Juliette Binoche Paris France, actress (Unbearable Lightness)
1967 Curt Schreiner Albany NY, biathelete (Olympics-1994)
and Eric Flaim Pembroke Mass, short track skater (Olympics-1994)
1970 Melissa Rathburn-Nealy US soldier (Iraqi POW)
1971 Emmanuel Lewis Bkln NY, actor (Webster)
1973 David Prinosil Olmutz Czech, tennis star (1995 ATP Newport)
1975 Roy Makaay soccer player (Vitesse)
Deaths Which Occured March 9:
1566 David Riccio Italian singer/secretary of Mary Stuart, murdered
1620 Aegidius Albertinus German writer (Lucifer Knigreich), dies at 59
1661 Jules Mazarin Italian cardinal/premier of France, dies at 58
1688 Claude Mellan French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at 89
1693 Antonio Caraffa Italian general (Eperieser Bloedgericht), dies at 46?
1706 Johann Pachelbel composer, dies at 52
1747 Jacob Campo Weyerman S Neth adventurer/painter/writer, dies at 69
1800 Dominique Della-Maria composer, dies at 31
1819 Janos Fusz composer, dies at 41
1824 Jacobus J Cramer priest of Holland/Zealand/Friesland, dies at 79
1827 Franz Xaver Gerl composer, dies at 62
1831 Friedrich M Klinger German (stage)author (Plimplamplasko), dies at 79
1870 Theodore Labarre composer, dies at 65
1877 Mark Prager Lindo English/Dutch author (Neth Spectator), dies at 58
1895 Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Austrian writer (Masochism), dies at 59
1913 Eberhard Nestle German biblical scholar, dies at 61
1918 [Benjamin] Franc[lin] Wedekind German writer/press sec, dies at 53
1931 Ida B Wells-Barnett famous black, dies at 78 in Chicago
1938 Sydney Baynes composer, dies at 59
1941 Carlos Pedrell composer, dies at 62
1943 Oskar Hks Czech marathon runner/antifascist, dies in Auschwitz
1955 Matthew A Henson met Peary on 6/4/1909 at North Pole, dies
1962 Howard Engstrom Boston, a designer of Univac computer dies at 59
1964 Johanna W "Mina" Bakker actress (Boefje), dies at 87
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck Prussian general strategist, dies at 93
1965 Anthon van der Horst composer, dies at 66
1969 Riad chief of staff of Egyptian army, dies
Richard Crane actor (Surfside 6), dies at 50
1971 Jean-Pierre Guezek composer, dies at 36
1974 Earl W Sutherland Jr US pharmacologist (Nobel 1971), dies at 58
1975 Joseph Dunninger NYC, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger), dies at 82
Shirley Ross actress (Night Vision, Mindkiller), dies at 62
1979 Barbara Mullen actress (Talk of a Million), dies at 64
1980 Olga Chekova actress (Moulin Rouge, Pawns of Possession), dies at 82
1981 Max Delbrck German/US biologist (Nobel 1969), dies
1982 Alan Badel actor (Shogun), dies of a heart attack at 58
Rex Marshall TV announcer (Circuit Rider, Herman Hickman Show), dies
Richard A Butler England, min of Finance, dies at 79
1983 Faye Emerson actress (I've Got a Secret), dies of cancer at 65
1986 Ned Calmer TV host (In the First Person), dies at 78
1988 Kurt Georg Kiesinger West German chancellor (1966-69), dies at 83
1989 Robert Mapplethorpe US photographer, dies
1992 Felipe Turich actor (Lawless), dies
Jack McEdward actor, dies at 94
James Brooks US mural painter (Flight, La Guardia Airport NY), dies
Menachem W Begin premier Israel (1977-80, 81-83, Nobel 1979), dies
1993 Ad de Gessel actor (Everything For Our Soldiers), dies
Bob Crosby swing-era bandleader (Bobcats), dies of cancer at 79
C Northcote Parkinson British wit (Parkinson's Law), dies at 83
1994 Charles Bukowski street poet/novelist, dies at of pneumonia at 79
Fernando Rey Spanish actor (French Connection), dies of cancer at 76
1995 Ruud van den Hende Dutch sports reporter, dies at 63
Holidays Which Occur March 9:
Belize Baron Bliss Day
Ukraine Taras Shevchenko (Ukrainian poet) Day (2/25 OS) (1814)
World Amerigo Vespucci Day (1451)
Religious Observances on March 9:
394 Ang, RC Commemoration of Gregory, bishop of Nyssa
1440 RC Mem of St Frances of Rome, patron of motorists, housewives
Things to Remember for March 9:
American Woman's History month
Flowers-jonquil, violet & daffodil Gems-bloodstone & aquamarine
International Hamburger & Pickle Month-Red Cross Month
Music in our Schools Month
1997 Total solar eclipse in East Asia (2m50s)
Highlights in History Which Occur March 9:
1452 Pope Nicolaas I crowns Frederik III RC-German emperor
1496 Jews are expelled from Carintha Austria
1497 Nicolaus Copernicus 1st recorded astronomical observation,
1500 Pedro Cabral departs with 13 ships to India
1522 -16] Marten Luther preaches his Invocavit
1551 Emperor Karel appoints son Philip as heir to the throne
1617 Sweden & Russia sign Peace of Stolbowa
1640 Pierre Corneilles "Horace," premieres in Paris
1642 English Queen Henriette Mary arrives in Hellevoetsluis
1697 Czar Peter the Great begins tour of West-Europe
1701 France, Cologne & Bavaria sign alliance
1721 English Chancellor Exchequer John Aislabie confined in London Tower
1741 English fleet under admiral Ogle begins assault on Cartagena
1745 Bells for 1st American carillon shipped from England to Boston
1796 Napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine de Beauharnais
1798 Dr George Balfour becomes 1st naval surgeon in the US navy
1820 -11) Philippines chases out foreigners; about 125 die
and James Monroe's daughter Maria marries in the White House
1822 Charles Graham of NY patents artificial teeth
1839 Prussian govt limits work week for children to 51 hours
1841 US Supreme Court rules Negroes are free (Amistad Incident)
1842 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco," premieres in Milan
1844 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Ernani," premieres in Venice
1849 Carl Nikolais opera "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor," premieres
1858 Albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox
1860 1st Japanese ambassador arrives in SF en route to Washington
1861 Confederate currency authorized-$50, $100, $500, $1,000
1862 "Monitor" (Union) & "Merrimack" (Rebel) battle in Hampton Roads
1864 Ulysses S Grant is appointed commander of Union Army
1868 The opera "Hamlet" is produced (Paris)
1873 Royal Canadian Mounted Police founded
1882 False teeth patented
and J Palisa discovers asteroid #223 Rosa
1889 Battle at Gallabat (Metema): Mahdi's beat Abyssinian emperor John IV
and Kansas passes 1st general antitrust law in US
1893 Congo cannibals killed 1000s of Arabs
1895 Montreal AAA beat Queens Univ (Kingston Ont) for the Stanley Cup
1897 Premiere of Gustav Mahlers 3rd Symphony (Berlin)
1902 Composer Gustav Mahler marries Alma Schindler
1904 Brandon's Lester Patrick becomes 1st hockey defenseman to score a goal
1907 1st involuntary sterilization law enacted, Indiana
and Lady Gregory's "Rising of the Moon," premieres in Dublin
1914 Henry Colijn appointed as director of Bataafsche Petroleum Me
and US Sen Albert Fall (Teapot Dome) demands "Cubanisering of Mexico"
1915 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #799 Gudula
1916 General Fransisco "Poncho" Villa invades US (17 killed)
and Germany declares war against Portugal
1918 Russian Bolshevik Party becomes the Communist Party
and Ukrainian mobs massacre Jews of Seredino Buda
and Wageningen School opens
1922 Eugene O'Neill's "Hairy Ape," premieres in NYC
and KJR-AM in Seattle Washington begins radio transmissions
1923 Amsterdam taxi strike ended
and Elmer Rice' "Adding Machine," premieres in NYC
1924 South Slavia votes with Italy to annex Fiume (Rijeka)
1926 Bertha Landes elected 1st woman mayor of Seattle
1929 Marcel Pagnol's "Marius," premieres in Paris
1932 Eamon De Valera becomes president of Ireland
and Henry Pu-Yi installed as head of Manchuria
1933 Bulgarian communists Dimitrov, Popov & Vassili arrested in Berlin
and New Deal legislation begins
1943 Delft opposition group-Pahud de Mortanges overthrown
and Greek Jews of Salonika are transported to Nazi extermination camps
and K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1562 Gondolatsch & #1732 Heike
1945 334 US B-29 Superfortresses attack Tokyo with 70,000 fire bomb
and Japanese proclaim the "independence" of Indo-China
1946 Dutch troops land at Batavia/Semarang
1948 Temporary Indonesian government installed in Batavia
1950 Willie Sutton robs Manufacturers Bank of $64,000 in NYC
1952 Heinz Neuhaus wins Europe Heavyweight Boxing title
1953 A G Wilson discovers asteroid #1915 Quetzalcoatl
and Josef Stalin buried in Moscow
1954 Edward R Murrow criticizes Sen Joseph McCarthy (See it Now)
and WMUR TV channel 9 in Manchester, NH (ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus exiled to Seychelles
and K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1990 Pilcher
and Weather forecasting phone line set up in London England
1957 8.1 earthquake shakes Andreanof Islands, Alaska
1961 Mine cave-in in Japan, kills 72
and Sputnik 9 carries Chernushka (dog) into orbit
and Supremes release "I Want A Guy" & "Never Again"
1962 Egyptian Pres Nasser declares Gaza belongs to Palestinians
and US advisors in South-Vietnam join the fight
1966 Andrew Brimmer becomes 1st black governor of Federal Reserve Board
1967 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #1790 Volkov
1968 Grammy Awards-Sgt Pepper's wins 4 awards
1976 Islander Glenn Resch's 10th shut-out opponent-Blues 4-0
1977 Hanafi Moslems invade 3 buildings in Wash DC, siege ended Mar 11th
1979 1st extraterrestrial volcano discovered (Jupiter's satellite Io)
and France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1980 Flemish/Walloon battles in Belgium, 40 injured
1981 Dan Rather becomes primary anchorman of CBS-TV News
and E Bowell discovers asteroids #3057 Malaren, #3106 Morabito & #3667
1983 Caryl Churchill's "Fen," premieres in London
and Zimbabwe opposition leader Joshua Nkomo flees to Botswana
1984 Emile Gumbs' Anguilla National Alliance wins elections
and John Lennon releases "Borrowed Time"
and Phila 76'ers block 20 Seattle shots tying NBA regulation game record
1985 Laura Johnson (Falcon Crest) & Harry Hamlin (LA Law) wed
1986 Soviet probe Vega 2 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,030 km
1988 President Reagan presides at unveiling of Knute Rockne stamp
1989 Eastern Airlines files for bankruptcy
and Roger Kingdom runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.36 sec)
and Senate rejects Bush's nomination of John Tower as Defense Secretary
and Soviet Union officially submits to jurisdiction of the World Court
and US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1990 Dr Antonia Novello sworn-in as US surgeon general
1991 Joe Dumaars (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 62 games
and US 70th manned space mission STS 39 (Discovery 12) launches into orbit
1993 Pittsburgh Penguins begin NHL record 17 game winning streak
and Rodney King in court says he thinks he heard cops yell racial slurs
1994 Asteroid #2060 Chiron eclipses m11.9 star
1995 Mexican peso worth 7.55 pesos to a dollar (record)
and President Konstantine Karamanlis (88) of Greece, resigns
Your Special Reminders for March 9:
1991 86øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1996 11øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 68th day of the year with 297 days left (Numerology = 3)
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