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March 9 is the 68th day of the year (69th in leap years) ... The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz. [16]
Events. 1841 - The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Amistad case, concerning captive Africans who seized control of the slave-trading ship carrying them: the court rules that they had been taken into slavery illegally.
Events. 1841 - The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Amistad case, concerning captive Africans who seized control of the slave-trading ship carrying them: the court rules that they had been taken into slavery illegally.
March 9, 1945 (Friday) [ edit ] U.S. warplanes began a 48-hour firebombing of Tokyo that destroyed almost 16 square miles in and around the city and killed between 80,000 and 130,000 civilians.
March 3, 1969: Launch of Apollo 9 At 11:00 in the morning local time (1600 UTC), the United States launched Apollo 9 , with astronauts James McDivitt , David Scott and Rusty Schweickart , in a test of the Apollo Lunar Module 's ability to undock from, and then redock with, the lunar orbiter.
The longest official (soccer) football game in history took place at Edgeley Park, when Stockport County F.C. hosted Doncaster Rovers F.C. for a replay of a playoff game in Division Three of The Football League. The teams had played to a 2–2 tie at Doncaster, and were tied 2–2 at the end of 90 minutes regulation time and the extra 30 period.
Women's History Month. World Music Therapy Day. Zero Discrimination Day. ... March 9. National Get Over It Day. National Popcorn Lover's Day. National Meatball Day. World Kidney Day. March 10.
[50] 1st Lieutenant Harold W. Welch, who had fractured an arm and a leg, would be released March 21, and U.S. Army captains David I. Holland and Melvin J. Kessler would be set free on March 27. [51] Voters in New Hampshire overwhelmingly approved the first legal state lottery in the United States since 1895, with 114,987 in favor and only ...