This Day in History
09 Mar 1009
First known written mention of Lithuania in the annals of Quedlinburg
09 Mar 1230
Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus near the village of Klokotnitsa
09 Mar 1551
Emperor Karel appoints son Philip as heir to the throne
09 Mar 1562
Kissing in public banned in Naples (punishable by death)
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Battle of the Ironclads
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Supreme Court rules on Amistad slave ship mutiny case
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China’s last emperor is Japanese puppet
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The Barbie doll makes its debut
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Firebombing of Tokyo
On this day U.S. warplanes launch a new bombing offensive against Japan dropping 2000 tons of incendiary bombs on Tokyo over the course of the next 48 hours....
Marines hand over control of I Corps region
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Marines continue to land at Da Nang
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Bobby Fischer born
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Pancho Villa attacks Columbus, New Mexico
Angered over American support of his rivals for the control of Mexico the peasant-born revolutionary leader Pancho Villa attacks the border town of Columbus N...
Virginia Woolf delivers her first novel, The Voyage Out
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Comedian George Burns dies at age 100
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Japanese power plant leaks radioactive waste
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Rapper Notorious B.I.G. is killed in Los Angeles
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