9 March
Notable Births
Sunisa Lee
b. 2003
American artistic gymnast (born 2003)
Usman Garuba
b. 2002
Spanish basketball player (born 2002)
Jeon Somi
b. 2001
South Korean and Canadian singer (born 2001)
Khaby Lame
b. 2000
Senegalese-Italian influencer (born 2000)
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
b. 1999
Finnish ice hockey player (born 1999)
Najee Harris
b. 1998
American football player (born 1998)
Nadeo Argawinata
b. 1997
Indonesian professional footballer
Chika (rapper)
b. 1997
American rapper (born 1997)
Cierra Ramirez
b. 1995
American actress and singer (born 1995)
Morgan Rielly
b. 1994
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1994)
George Baldock
b. 1993
English-Greek footballer (1993–2024)
Miikka Salomäki
b. 1993
Finnish ice hockey player
Suga
b. 1993
South Korean rapper (born 1993)
Daley Blind
b. 1990
Dutch footballer (born 1990)
YG (rapper)
b. 1990
American rapper (born 1990)
Taeyeon
b. 1989
South Korean singer (born 1989)
Daniel Hudson
b. 1987
American baseball player (born 1987)
Bow Wow (rapper)
b. 1987
American rapper and actor (born 1987)
Bryan Bickell
b. 1986
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1986)
William Cobbett
b. 1763
English pamphleteer, farmer and journalist (1763–1835)
Notable Deaths
Chaim Topol
d. 2023
Israeli actor (1935–2023)
James Levine
d. 2021
American conductor and pianist (1943–2021)
Roger Mudd
d. 2021
American broadcast journalist (1928–2021)
Jo Min-ki
d. 2018
South Korean actor (1965–2018)
Howard Hodgkin
d. 2017
British painter and printmaker (1932–2017)
Robert Horton (actor)
d. 2016
American actor (1924–2016)
Clyde Lovellette
d. 2016
American basketball player (1929–2016)
James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead
d. 2015
British politician (1920–2015)
Max Jakobson
d. 2013
Finnish diplomat and journalist (1923–2013)
David S. Broder
d. 2011
American journalist (1929–2011)
Willie Davis (baseball)
d. 2010
American baseball player (1940–2010)
Doris Haddock
d. 2010
American political activist
Wilfy Rebimbus
d. 2010
Indian singer and songwriter (1942–2010)
Henry Wittenberg
d. 2010
American wrestler
Brad Delp
d. 2007
American rock musician (1951–2007)
Glen Harmon
d. 2007
Canadian ice hockey player
Tom Fox (Quaker)
d. 2006
American activist (1951–2006)
Anna Moffo
d. 2006
American opera singer, television personality, and actress (1932–2006)
John Profumo
d. 2006
British politician (1915–2006)
John Mayer (composer)
d. 2004
Indian composer and musician
On This Day in History
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2023
A shooting in the Alsterdorf quarter of Hamburg, Germany, kills eight people and injures another eight.
2023 Hamburg shooting
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.
Giuseppe Conte
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.
Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil
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.
2012–2014 Salvadoran gang truce
2011
Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.
Space Shuttle Discovery
2000
Nupedia, a multi-language online encyclopedia, is launched.
Nupedia
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.
Comet Hale–Bopp
1987
Chrysler announces its acquisition of American Motors Corporation.
Chrysler
1978
President Soeharto inaugurates Jagorawi Toll Road, the first toll highway in Indonesia, connecting Jakarta, Bogor and Ciawi, West Java.
Suharto
1977
The Hanafi Siege: In a 39-hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings.
1977 Washington, D.C., attack and hostage taking
1976
Forty-two people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster, the deadliest cable car accident in history.
1976 Cavalese cable car crash
1974
The Mars 7 Flyby bus releases the descent module too early, missing Mars.
Mars 7
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.
Trans World Airlines
1961
Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a dog and a human dummy, and demonstrating that the Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight.
Korabl-Sputnik 4
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.
Belding Hibbard Scribner
1959
The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
Barbie
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.
1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake
1956
Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.
Red Army
1954
McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
McCarthyism
1946
Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, kills 33 and injures hundreds more.
Bolton Wanderers F.C.