9 Mairch
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The 9t o Mairch is the 68t day o the year (69t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 297 days ti come.
Events
- 1276 - Augsburg, in Bavarie, becomes a free imperial ceety.
- 1566 - David Rizzio, private secretar o Mary, Queen o Scots, is murthert at the Palace o Holyroodhouse.
- 1848 - The Bundestag in Frankfurt declares black, reid an gowd as Germany's naitional colours.
- 1888 - William I, German Emperor dees.
- 1908 - Inter Milan is foondit.
- 1945 - Warld War II: American bombin o Tokyo begins.
- 1959 - The first Barbie doll goes on sale.
- 1961 - Sputnik 9 successfully launches.
- 1997 - Comet Hale-Bopp is observed durin an eclipse.
- 2006 - NASA scientists propale the possibility o watter exeestin o Saturn's muin Enceladus.
- 2011 - Enda Kenny becomes Taoiseach (Prime meenister) o the Republic o Ireland.
- 2011 - The Space Shuttle Discovery launches for the last time.
- 2016 - A Solar eclipse is seen ower Sootheast Asie an the Paceefic Ocean.
- 2018 - The 2018 Winter Paralympic Gemmes in Pyeongchang, Sooth Korea, stairt.
- 2020 - COVID-19 pandemic: Brunei, Cyprus, Guernsey an Panama record thair first COVID-19 cases.
- 2020 - COVID-19 pandemic: The lockdoon ower Northren Italy is extendit tae cover the whole kintra.
Births
- 1454 - Amerigo Vespucci, Italian splorer an cairtmaker (d. 1512)
- 1814 - Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet (d. 1861)
- 1865 - Mary Cameron, Scots penter (d. 1921)
- 1890 - Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet politeecian (d. 1986)
- 1895 - Isobel Baillie, Scots soprano (d. 1980)
- 1931 - León Febres Cordero, Preses o Ecuador (d. 2008)
- 1932 - Bobby Seith, Scots fitbawer an manager
- 1934 - Yuri Gagarin, Soviet-Roushie pilot an cosmonaut, first man in space (d. 1968)
- 1943 - Bobby Fischer, American-Icelandic chess player (d. 2008)
- 1954 - Jim Stewart, Scots fitbawer
- 1954 - Bobby Sands, Proveesional Erse Republican Airmy member an hunger striker (d. 1981)
- 1956 - David Willetts, Inglish politeecian
- 1959 - Takaaki Kajita, Japanese pheesicist
- 1960 - Elsa Cayat, French psychoanalyst an writer (d. 2015)
- 1962 - Peter Wishart, Scots muisicker (Runrig) an politeecian
- 1964 - Juliette Binoche, French actress
- 1968 - Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Inglis space scientist an braidcaster
- 1973 - Gary Holt, Scots fitbawer
- 1975 - Roy Makaay, Dutch fitbawer
- 1978 - Lucas Neill, Australian fitbawer
- 1983 - Clint Dempsey, American fitbawer
- 1990 - Daley Blind, Dutch fitbawer
Daiths
- 1566 - David Rizzio, private secretar tae Mary, Queen o Scots (b. 1533)
- 1661 - Cardinal Mazarin, Italian-French cardinal an statesman (b. 1602)
- 1840 - George Gleig, Scots meenister (b. 1753)
- 1851 - Hans Christian Ørsted, Dens pheesicist an chemist (b. 1777)
- 1888 - William I, German Emperor (b. 1797)
- 1917 - Bob Martin, Scots gowfer (b. 1853)
- 1952 - Alexandra Kollontai, Roushie revolutionary (b. 1872)
- 1988 - Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Chancellor o Wast Germany (b. 1904)
- 1992 - Menachem Begin, Prime meenister o Israel (b. 1913)
- 1996 - George Burns, American actor (b. 1896)
- 2002 - Hamish Henderson, Scots poet (b. 1919)
- 2006 - John Profumo, Inglis politeecian (b. 1915)
Halidays
- 9 Mairch is the eat day o the follaein saunts:
- St. Frances of Rome
- St. Catherine of Bologna
- St. Anthony
- St. Bosa
- St. Pacian
- Teacher's Day (Lebanon)
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