What are the important events that happened on March 9? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

March 9: Facts & Myths About This Day

March 9 is the 69^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 297 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 25, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 474,984 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hexacontaenneagon’ day.

Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 326 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,096 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

March 9 Historical Events

• 1009 –
  First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.
• 1276 –
  Augsburg becomes an Imperial Free City.
• 1566 –
  David Rizzio, private secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, is murdered in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland.
• 1811 –
  Paraguayan forces defeat Manuel Belgrano at the Battle of Tacuarí.
• 1847 –
  Mexican-American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz.
• 1916 –
  Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against Columbus, New Mexico.
• 1945 –
  The Bombing of Tokyo by the United States Army Air Forces began, one of the most destructive bombing raids in history.
• 1956 –
  Soviet military suppresses a mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev’s de-Stalinization policy.
• 1959 –
  The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
• 1990 –
  Dr. Antonia Novello is sworn in as Surgeon General of the United States, becoming the first female and Hispanic American to serve in that position.

Who were born on March 9?

• 1763 –
  William Cobbett, English journalist and author (d. 1835)
• 1900 –
  Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (d. 1948)
• 1918 –
  Mickey Spillane, American writer (d. 2006)
• 1932 –
  Walter Mercado, Puerto Rican astrologist and actor
• 1934 –
  Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut and the first human in space (d. 1968)
• 1958 –
  Jack Kenny, American television writer and producer
• 1964 –
  Juliette Binoche, French actress
• 1975 –
  Juan Sebastián Verón, Argentine footballer
• 1983 –
  Maite Perroni, Mexican singer (RBD)
• 1989 –
  Taeyeon (Kim Tae-yeon), South Korean singer (Girls’ Generation)

Who died on March 9?

• 1422 –
  Jan Zelivsky, Hussite priest (b. 1380)
• 1895 –
  Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer and journalist (b. 1836)
• 1918 –
  Frank Wedekind, writer (b. 1864)
• 1960 –
  Jack Beattie, Northern Irish politician (b. 1886)
• 1991 –
  Jim Hardin, former Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves pitcher (b. 1943)
• 1993 –
  Bob Crosby, American bandleader and vocalist (b. 1913)
• 1994 –
  Maurice Purtill, American Big Band drummer (b. 1916)
• 1996 –
  George Burns, American actor and singer (b. 1896)
• 2005 –
  Chris LeDoux, American country singer and rodeo competitor (b. 1948)
• 2007 –
  Brad Delp, American singer (Boston) (b. 1951)