March 9

Events

Pre-1600

• 141 BC – Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1226 – Khwarazmian sultan Jalal ad-Din conquers the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1230 – Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus in the Battle of Klokotnitsa.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1500 – The fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

• 1701 – Safavid troops retreat from Basra, ending a three-year occupation.Template:Sfn
• 1765 – After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually died by suicide.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1776 – Scottish philosopher Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations, ushering in the classical period of political economy.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1796 – Napoléon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1811 – Paraguayan forces defeat Manuel Belgrano at the Battle of Tacuarí.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1815 – Francis Ronalds describes the first battery-operated clock in the Philosophical Magazine.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1841 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the United States v. The Amistad case that captive Africans who had seized control of the ship carrying them had been taken into slavery illegally.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1842 – Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, Nabucco, receives its première performance in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera composers.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1842 – The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1847 – Mexican–American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1862 – American Civil War: Template:USS and Template:Ship (rebuilt from the engines and lower hull of the USS Merrimack) fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1883 – Demonstration of 9 March 1883 : Parisian anarchists, unemployed and carpenters narrowly miss the Presidential palace during a violent protest; first use of the black flag as a symbol of anarchism by Louise Michel.<ref name=":1">Template:Citation</ref>

1901–present

• 1908 – Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1916 – Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1933 – Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• 1942 – World War II: Dutch East Indies unconditionally surrendered to the Japanese forces in Kalijati, Subang, West Java, and the Japanese completed their Dutch East Indies campaign.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1944 – World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1945 – World War II: A coup d'état by Japanese forces in French Indochina removes the French from power.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1945 – World War II: Allied forces carry out firebombing over Tokyo, destroying most of the capital and killing over 100,000 civilians.<ref name="burning_2011_03_wired_com">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• 1946 – Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, kills 33 and injures hundreds more.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1954 – McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1956 – Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1957 – The 8.6 Template:M Andreanof Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands, causing over $5 million in damage from ground movement and a destructive tsunami.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1959 – The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• 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.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1961 – Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a dog and a human dummy, and demonstrating that the Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1974 – The Mars 7 Flyby bus releases the descent module too early, missing Mars.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1976 – Forty-two people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster, the deadliest cable car accident in history.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1977 – The Hanafi Siege: In a 39-hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1978 – President Soeharto inaugurated Jagorawi Toll Road, the first toll highway in Indonesia, connecting Jakarta, Bogor and Ciawi, West Java.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1987 – Chrysler announces its acquisition of American Motors Corporation.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2000 – Nupedia, a multi-language online encyclopedia, is launched.<ref name="hive">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• 2011 – Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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.<ref name="EF">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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.<ref name="France24">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2023 – A shooting in the Alsterdorf quarter of Hamburg, Germany, kills eight people and injures another eight.<ref name="Guardian_2023-03-10">Template:Cite news</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

• 1451 – Amerigo Vespucci, Italian cartographer and explorer, namesake of the Americas (died 1512)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1534 – Joseph of Anchieta, Spanish Jesuit saint and missionary (died 1597)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1564 – David Fabricius, German theologian, cartographer and astronomer (died 1617)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1568 – Aloysius Gonzaga, Italian saint, namesake of Gonzaga University (died 1591)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

• 1662 – Franz Anton von Sporck, German noble (died 1738)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1697 – Friederike Caroline Neuber, German actress (died 1760)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1737 – Josef Mysliveček, Czech violinist and composer (died 1781)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1749 – Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French journalist and politician (died 1791)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1753 – Jean-Baptiste Kléber, French general (died 1800)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1758 – Franz Joseph Gall, German neuroanatomist and physiologist (died 1828)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1763 – William Cobbett, English journalist and author (died 1835)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1806 – Edwin Forrest, American actor and philanthropist (died 1872)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1814 – Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet and playwright (died 1861)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1815 – David Davis, American jurist and politician (died 1886)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1820 – Samuel Blatchford, American lawyer and jurist (died 1893)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1824 – Amasa Leland Stanford, American businessman and politician, founded Stanford University (died 1893)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1847 – Martin Pierre Marsick, Belgian violinist, composer, and educator (died 1924)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1850 – Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic (died 1925)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1856 – Eddie Foy, Sr., American actor and dancer (died 1928)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1863 – Mary Harris Armor, American suffragist (died 1950)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1887 – Fritz Lenz, German geneticist and physician (died 1976)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1890 – Rupert Balfe, Australian footballer and lieutenant (died 1915)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1890 – Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician and diplomat, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1986)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1891 – José P. Laurel, Filipino lawyer, politician and President of the Philippines (died 1959)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1892 – Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian politician (died 1971)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1892 – Vita Sackville-West, English author, poet, and gardener (died 1962)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

• 1902 – Will Geer, American actor (died 1978)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1904 – Paul Wilbur Klipsch, American soldier and engineer, founded Klipsch Audio Technologies (died 2002)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1910 – Samuel Barber, American pianist and composer (died 1981)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1911 – Clara Rockmore, American classical violin prodigy and theremin player (died 1998)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1915 – Johnnie Johnson, English air marshal and pilot (died 2001)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1918 – George Lincoln Rockwell, American sailor and politician, founded the American Nazi Party (died 1967)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1918 – Mickey Spillane, American crime novelist (died 2006)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1920 – Franjo Mihalić, Croatian-Serbian runner and coach (died 2015)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1921 – Carl Betz, American actor (died 1978)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1922 – Ian Turbott, New Zealand-Australian former diplomat and university administrator (died 2016)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1923 – James L. Buckley, American lawyer, judge, and politician (died 2023)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1923 – André Courrèges, French fashion designer (died 2016)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1923 – Walter Kohn, Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1926 – Joe Franklin, American radio and television host (died 2015)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1927 – Jackie Jensen, American baseball player (died 1982)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1928 – Gerald Bull, Canadian-American engineer and academic (died 1990)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1928 – Keely Smith, American singer and actress (died 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1929 – Desmond Hoyte, Guyanese lawyer, politician and President of Guyana (died 2002)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1929 – Zillur Rahman, Bangladeshi politician, 19th President of Bangladesh (died 2013)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1930 – Ornette Coleman, American saxophonist, violinist, trumpet player, and composer (died 2015)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1931 – Jackie Healy-Rae, Irish politician (died 2014)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1932 – Qayyum Chowdhury, Bangladeshi painter and academic (died 2014)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1932 – Walter Mercado, Puerto Rican astrologer and actor (died 2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1933 – Lloyd Price, American R&B singer-songwriter (died 2021)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1933 – David Weatherall, English physician, geneticist, and academic (died 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1933 – Artt Frank, American jazz drummer and biographer (died 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1934 – Yuri Gagarin, Russian colonel, pilot, and cosmonaut, first human in space (died 1968)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1934 – Joyce Van Patten, American actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1935 – Andrew Viterbi, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Qualcomm Inc.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1936 – Mickey Gilley, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2022)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1936 – Marty Ingels, American actor and comedian (died 2015)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1937 – Bernard Landry, Canadian lawyer, politician and Premier of Quebec (died 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1937 – Harry Neale, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1937 – Brian Redman, English race car driver<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1939 – Malcolm Bricklin, American businessman, founded Bricklin<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Yugo<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1940 – Raul Julia, Puerto Rican actor (died 1994)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1941 – Jim Colbert, American golfer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1941 – Ernesto Miranda, American criminal (died 1976)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1941 – Trish Van Devere, American actress<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1941 – Malcolm Smith, Canadian-American motorcycle racer (died 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1942 – John Cale, Welsh musician, composer, singer, songwriter and record producer<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• 1942 – Ion Caramitru, Romanian actor and artistic director (died 2021)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1942 – Mark Lindsay, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1943 – Bobby Fischer, American chess player and author (died 2008)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1943 – Charles Gibson, American journalist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1944 – Lee Irvine, South African cricketer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1945 – Robert Calvert, English singer-songwriter and playwright (died 1988)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1945 – Dennis Rader, American serial killer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1945 – Robin Trower, English guitarist and vocalist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1946 – Alexandra Bastedo, English actress (died 2014)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1946 – Bernd Hölzenbein, German footballer and scout (died 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1946 – Warren Skaaren, American screenwriter and producer (died 1990)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1947 – Keri Hulme, New Zealand author and poet (died 2021)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1948 – Emma Bonino, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1948 – Eric Fischl, American painter and sculptor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1948 – Jeffrey Osborne, American singer and drummer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1949 – Neil Hamilton, Welsh lawyer and politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1949 – Tapani Kansa, Finnish singer (died 2025)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1950 – Doug Ault, American baseball player and manager (died 2004)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1950 – Andy North, American golfer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1950 – Howard Shelley, English pianist and conductor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1951 – Helen Zille, South African journalist, politician and Premier of the Western Cape<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1952 – Bill Beaumont, English rugby player and manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1954 – Carlos Ghosn, Brazilian-Lebanese-French business executive<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1954 – Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer, Irish republican politician, and hunger striker<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (died 1981)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1954 – Jock Taylor, Scottish motorcycle racer (died 1982)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1955 – Teo Fabi, Italian race car driver<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1955 – Józef Pinior, Polish academic and politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1956 – Mark Dantonio, American football player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1956 – Shashi Tharoor, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1956 – David Willetts, English academic and politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1958 – Linda Fiorentino, American actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1958 – Paul MacLean, Canadian ice hockey player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1959 – Tom Amandes, American actor<ref name="AP"/>
• 1959 – Takaaki Kajita, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1959 – Lonny Price, American actor, director, and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1960 – Finn Carter, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1960 – Željko Obradović, Serbian basketball player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1961 – Rick Steiner, American wrestler<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1961 – Darrell Walker, American basketball player and coach<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1962 – Jan Furtok, Polish football player and manager (died 2024)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1963 – Ivan Henjak, Croatian-Australian rugby league player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1963 – Terry Mulholland, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1963 – Jean-Marc Vallée, Canadian director and screenwriter (died 2021)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1964 – Juliette Binoche, French actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1964 – Phil Housley, American ice hockey player and coach<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1965 – Brian Bosworth, American football player and actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1965 – Benito Santiago, Puerto Rican baseball player<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1966 – Brendan Canty, American drummer and songwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1966 – Tony Lockett, Australian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1968 – Youri Djorkaeff, French footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1969 – Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1969 – Kimberly Guilfoyle, American lawyer and journalist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1970 – Naveen Jindal, Indian businessman and politician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1970 – Martin Johnson, English rugby player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1970 – Shannon Leto, American musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
• 1971 – Emmanuel Lewis, American actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1972 – Jodey Arrington, American politician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1972 – Jean Louisa Kelly, American actress and singer<ref name="AP"/>
• 1972 – Kerr Smith, American actor<ref name="AP"/>
• 1973 – Aaron Boone, American baseball player and manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1973 – Liam Griffin, English race car driver<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1974 – Mark Harrity, Australian cricketer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1975 – Adonal Foyle, Vincentian-American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1975 – Juan Sebastián Verón, Argentine footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1977 – Radek Dvořák, Czech ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1977 – Mark Tookey, Australian rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1978 – Chris Phillips, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1979 – Oscar Isaac, Guatemalan-American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1979 – Jordan Klepper, American comedian<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1980 – Matt Barnes, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1980 – Chingy, American rapper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1980 – Matthew Gray Gubler, American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1981 – Antonio Bryant, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1981 – Chad Gilbert, American musician, songwriter, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
• 1981 – Clay Rapada, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1982 – Ryan Bayley, Australian cyclist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1982 – Érika de Souza, Brazilian basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1982 – Mirjana Lučić-Baroni, Croatian tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1983 – Clint Dempsey, American soccer player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1983 – Wayne Simien, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – Abdoulay Konko, French footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – Julia Mancuso, American skier<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1985 – Brent Burns, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Jesse Litsch, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Pastor Maldonado, Venezuelan race car driver<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Parthiv Patel, Indian cricketer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Bryan Bickell, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Damien Brunner, Swiss ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Colin Greening, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Brittany Snow, American actress and producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1987 – Daniel Hudson, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1987 – Bow Wow, American rapper and actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Taeyeon, South Korean singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – Daley Blind, Dutch footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – YG, American rapper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1991 – Jooyoung, South Korean singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1993 – George Baldock, Greek footballer (died 2024)<ref name="TheTimes-obit">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1993 – Miikka Salomäki, Finnish ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1993 – Suga, South Korean rapper, songwriter and record producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Morgan Rielly, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – Cierra Ramirez, American actress and singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – Nadeo Argawinata, Indonesian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – Chika, American rapper<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref>
• 1998 – Najee Harris, American football running back<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1999 – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Finnish ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2000 – Khaby Lame, Senegalese-Italian social media personality<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2001 – Jeon Somi, South Korean-Canadian singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2002 – Usman Garuba, Spanish basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2003 – Sunisa Lee, American gymnast<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 886 – Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi, Muslim scholar and astrologer (born 787)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1202 – Sverre of Norway,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> King of Norway and founder of the House of Sverre
• 1440 – Frances of Rome, Italian nun and saint (born 1384)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1444 – Leonardo Bruni, Italian humanist (born c. 1370)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1463 – Catherine of Bologna, Italian nun and saint (born 1463)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1566 – David Rizzio, Italian-Scottish courtier and politician (born 1533)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

• 1649 – James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish soldier and politician (born 1606)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1649 – Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier and politician (born 1590)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1661 – Cardinal Mazarin, Italian-French academic and politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1602)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1709 – Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, English courtier and politician (born 1638)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1808 – Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (born 1739)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1810 – Ozias Humphry, English painter and academic (born 1742)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1825 – Anna Laetitia Barbauld, English poet, author, and critic (born 1743)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1831 – Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger, German author and playwright (born 1752)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1847 – Mary Anning, English paleontologist (born 1799)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1851 – Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist, discovered electromagnetism and the element aluminium (born 1777)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1876 – Louise Colet, French poet (born 1810)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1888 – William I, German Emperor (born 1797)<ref>Template:Cite wikisource</ref>
• 1895 – Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian journalist and author (born 1836)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1897 – Sondre Norheim, Norwegian-American skier (born 1825)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

• 1918 – Frank Wedekind, German author and playwright (born 1864)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1925 – Willard Metcalf, American painter and academic (born 1858)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1926 – Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (born 1865)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1937 – Paul Elmer More, American journalist and critic (born 1864)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1943 – Otto Freundlich, German painter and sculptor (born 1878)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1954 – Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer and academic (born 1874)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1955 – Miroslava Stern (Miroslava), Czech-Mexican actress (born 1925)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1964 – Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (born 1870)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1969 – Abdul Munim Riad, Egyptian general (born 1919)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1971 – Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, Coptic Orthodox Pope (born 1902)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1974 – Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr., American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1974 – Harry Womack, American singer (born 1945)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1983 – Faye Emerson, American actress (born 1917)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1983 – Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Kurt Georg Kiesinger, German lawyer, politician and Chancellor of Germany (born 1904)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (born 1946)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1991 – Jim Hardin, American baseball player (born 1943)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1992 – Menachem Begin, Belarusian-Israeli soldier, politician and Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1913)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1993 – C. Northcote Parkinson, English historian and author (born 1909)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Charles Bukowski, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (born 1920)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Eddie Creatchman, Canadian wrestler, referee, and manager (born 1928)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Fernando Rey, Spanish actor (born 1917)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – Edward Bernays, Austrian-American propagandist (born 1891)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1996 – George Burns, American comedian, actor, and writer (born 1896)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – Jean-Dominique Bauby, French journalist and author (born 1952)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – Terry Nation, Welsh author and screenwriter (born 1930)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper, songwriter, and actor (born 1972)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1999 – Harry Somers, Canadian pianist and composer (born 1925)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1999 – George Singh, Belizean jurist and Chief Justice of Belize (born 1937)<ref name="obit">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2000 – Jean Coulthard, Canadian composer and educator (born 1908)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2003 – Stan Brakhage, American director and cinematographer (born 1933)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2003 – Bernard Dowiyogo, Nauruan politician, President of Nauru (born 1946)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2004 – John Mayer, Indian composer (born 1930)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2006 – Tom Fox, American activist (born 1951)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 2006 – Anna Moffo, American soprano (born 1932)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2006 – John Profumo, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for War (born 1915)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2007 – Brad Delp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1951)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 2007 – Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1921)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2010 – Willie Davis, American baseball player and manager (born 1940)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2010 – Doris Haddock, American activist and politician (born 1910)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2010 – Wilfy Rebimbus, Indian singer (born 1942)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2010 – Henry Wittenberg, American wrestler (born 1918)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2011 – David S. Broder, American journalist and academic (born 1929)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2013 – Max Jakobson, Finnish journalist and diplomat (born 1923)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2013 – Merton Simpson, American painter and art collector (born 1928)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2015 – James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, Northern Irish soldier and politician (born 1920)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2016 – Robert Horton, American actor (born 1924)<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
• 2016 – Clyde Lovellette, American basketball player and coach (born 1929)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2017 – Howard Hodgkin, British painter (born 1932)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2018 – Jo Min-ki, Korean actor (born 1965)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2020 – John Bathersby, Australian Catholic bishop (born 1936)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2021 – James Levine, American conductor and pianist (born 1943)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2021 – Roger Mudd, American journalist (born 1928)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2023 – Chaim Topol, Israeli actor (born 1935)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Catherine of Bologna<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Forty Martyrs of Sebaste<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Frances of Rome<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Pacian<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (Coptic Orthodox Church)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Gregory of Nyssa (Episcopal Church (United States))<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • March 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Teachers' Day or Eid Al Moalim (Lebanon)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Sources

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External links

• BBC: On This Day
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• Historical Events on March 9