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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
 In 1918 Mickey Spillane, mystery writer
 In 1934 Yuri Gagarin, first man into space
       + Joyce Van Patten
 In 1935 Keely Smith (in Norfolk, Virginia)
 In 1936 Glenda Jackson, actor (Hopscotch), M.P. (Hampstead)
 In 1940 Raul Julia, actor
 In 1943 Bobby Fischer, chess player
       + Trish Van Devere
 In 1948 Jeffery Osborne
 In 1950 Danny Sullivan
 In 1957 Faith Daniels
 In 1965 Brian Bosworth, football player
 In 1971 Emmanual Lewis, actor

Events worth noting:
 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 ship 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 Virginia" (Rebel,
         formerly USS Merrimack) have their famous encounter at Hampton Roads.
         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).
 In 1967 Svetlana Alliluyeva, daughter from Josef Stalin, walks into the US
         embassy in New Delhi and requests political assylum.  (or Mar. 6?)

And remember ...
 Foot Health Month
 International Hamburger and Pickle Month
 National Frozen Food Month
 National Furniture Refinishing Month
 National Nutrition Month (US)
 National Peanut Month
 National Women's History Month
 Red Cross Month

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Although efforts have been taken to ensure the accuracy of this information,
several errors have been found in the past.  Don't place any bets on the basis
of what you find here.  -- Gabe