# What happened on March 9 in history?

**Date:** March 9  
**Events recorded:** 45  
**Years spanned:** 141 BC – 2023  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/march/9/

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## Featured Event

**2023** — A shooting in the Alsterdorf quarter of Hamburg, Germany, kills eight people and injures another eight.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Hamburg_shooting)

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## Events on this date

- **141 BC** — Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posthumous_name))
- **1009** — First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuania))
- **1044** — The people of Constantinople riot against emperor Constantine IX Monomachos, whose preference of his mistress Maria Skleraina over empress Zoe Porphyrogenita is seen as an insult. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople))
- **1226** — Khwarazmian sultan Jalal ad-Din conquers the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anushtegin_dynasty))
- **1230** — Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus in the Battle of Klokotnitsa. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria))
- **1500** — The fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_%C3%81lvares_Cabral))
- **1701** — Safavid troops retreat from Basra, ending a three-year occupation. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safavid_Iran))
- **1765** — After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually died by suicide. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire))
- **1776** — Scottish philosopher Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations, ushering in the classical period of political economy. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Smith))
- **1796** — Napoléon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon))
- **1811** — Paraguayan forces defeat Manuel Belgrano at the Battle of Tacuarí. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Belgrano))
- **1815** — Francis Ronalds describes the first battery-operated clock in the Philosophical Magazine. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Ronalds))
- **1841** — The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the United States v. The Amistad case that captive Africans who had seized control of the ship carrying them had been taken into slavery illegally. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States))
- **1842** — Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, Nabucco, receives its première performance in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera composers. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Verdi))
- **1842** — The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold))
- **1847** — Mexican–American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War))
- **1862** — American Civil War: USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (rebuilt from the engines and lower hull of the USS Merrimack) fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War))
- **1883** — Demonstration of 9 March 1883:  Parisian anarchists, unemployed and carpenters narrowly miss the Presidential palace during a violent protest; first use of the black flag as a symbol of anarchism by Louise Michel. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonstration_of_9_March_1883))
- **1908** — Inter Milan is founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter_Milan))
- **1916** — Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against the border town of Columbus, New Mexico. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Revolution))
- **1933** — Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, the first of his New Deal policies. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression))
- **1942** — World War II: Dutch East Indies unconditionally surrenders to the Japanese forces in Kalijati, Subang, West Java, and the Japanese complete their Dutch East Indies campaign. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1944** — World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Tallinn_in_World_War_II))
- **1945** — World War II: A coup d'état by Japanese forces in French Indochina removes the French from power. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_coup_d'%C3%A9tat_in_French_Indochina))
- **1945** — World War II: Allied forces carry out firebombing over Tokyo, destroying most of the capital and killing over 100,000 civilians. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II))
- **1946** — Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, kills 33 and injures hundreds more. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C.))
- **1954** — McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism))
- **1956** — Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army))
- **1957** — The 8.6 Mw Andreanof Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands, causing over $5 million in damage from ground movement and a destructive tsunami. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_Andreanof_Islands_earthquake))
- **1959** — The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie))
- **1960** — Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belding_Hibbard_Scribner))
- **1961** — Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a dog and a human dummy, and demonstrating that the Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korabl-Sputnik_4))
- **1967** — Trans World Airlines Flight 553 crashes in a field in Concord Township, Ohio, following a mid-air collision with a Beechcraft Baron, killing 26 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_World_Airlines))
- **1974** — The Mars 7 Flyby bus releases the descent module too early, missing Mars. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_7))
- **1976** — Forty-two people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster, the deadliest cable car accident in history. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Cavalese_cable_car_crash))
- **1977** — The Hanafi Siege: In a 39-hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Washington%2C_D.C.%2C_attack_and_hostage_taking))
- **1978** — President Soeharto inaugurates Jagorawi Toll Road, the first toll highway in Indonesia, connecting Jakarta, Bogor and Ciawi, West Java. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suharto))
- **1987** — Chrysler announces its acquisition of American Motors Corporation. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler))
- **1997** — Comet Hale–Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a rare double feature as an eclipse permits Hale-Bopp to be seen during the day. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Hale%E2%80%93Bopp))
- **2000** — Nupedia, a multi-language online encyclopedia, is launched. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nupedia))
- **2011** — Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Discovery))
- **2012** — A truce between the Salvadoran government and gangs in the country goes into effect when 30 gang leaders are transferred to lower security prisons. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%E2%80%932014_Salvadoran_gang_truce))
- **2015** — Two Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil helicopters collide in mid-air over Villa Castelli, Argentina, killing all 10 people on board both aircraft, including French athletes Florence Arthaud, Camille Muffat and Alexis Vastine, as well as producers and guests for the French TV show Dropped. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocopter_AS350_%C3%89cureuil))
- **2020** — Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy, announces in a televised address and signs the decree imposing the first nationwide COVID-19 lockdown in the world. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Conte))
- **2023** — A shooting in the Alsterdorf quarter of Hamburg, Germany, kills eight people and injures another eight. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Hamburg_shooting))

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## Notable births on March 9

- **2003** — **Sunisa Lee** — American gymnast ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunisa_Lee))
- **2002** — **Usman Garuba** — Spanish basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usman_Garuba))
- **2001** — **Jeon Somi** — South Korean-Canadian singer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeon_Somi))
- **2000** — **Khaby Lame** — Senegalese-Italian social media personality ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaby_Lame))
- **1999** — **Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen** — Finnish ice hockey player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukko-Pekka_Luukkonen))
- **1998** — **Najee Harris** — American football running back ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najee_Harris))
- **1997** — **Nadeo Argawinata** — Indonesian footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadeo_Argawinata))
- **1997** — **Chika** — American rapper ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chika_(rapper)))
- **1995** — **Cierra Ramirez** — American actress and singer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cierra_Ramirez))
- **1994** — **Morgan Rielly** — Canadian ice hockey player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Rielly))

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## Notable deaths on March 9

- **2023** — **Chaim Topol** — Israeli actor (born 1935) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaim_Topol))
- **2021** — **James Levine** — American conductor and pianist (born 1943) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Levine))
- **2021** — **Roger Mudd** — American journalist (born 1928) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Mudd))
- **2020** — **John Bathersby** — Australian Catholic bishop (born 1936) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bathersby))
- **2018** — **Jo Min-ki** — Korean actor (born 1965) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Min-ki))
- **2017** — **Howard Hodgkin** — British painter (born 1932) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hodgkin))
- **2016** — **Robert Horton** — American actor (born 1924) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Horton_(actor)))
- **2016** — **Clyde Lovellette** — American basketball player and coach (born 1929) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Lovellette))
- **2015** — **James Molyneaux** — Baron Molyneaux of Killead, Northern Irish soldier and politician (born 1920) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Molyneaux%2C_Baron_Molyneaux_of_Killead))
- **2013** — **Max Jakobson** — Finnish journalist and diplomat (born 1923) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Jakobson))

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