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Famous Births
that occured on March 9
1454 Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer
1564 David Fabricius, German astronomer
1697 Friederike C Neuber, German actress
1839 Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer
1950 Danny Sullivan, Indy-car racer
Historical Events
that occured on March 9
1496 Jews were expelled from Carintha Austria.
1500 Pedro Cabral departed with 13 ships to India.
1562 Kissing in public was banned in Naples.
1617 Sweden & Russia signed the Peace of Stolbowa.
1697 Czar Peter the Great began a tour of West-Europe.
1701 France, Cologne & Bavaria signed an alliance.
1820 Foreigners were chased out of the Philippines.
1858 Albert Potts patented the street mailbox.
1873 The Royal Canadian Mounted Police was founded.
1893 Congo cannibals killed thousands of Arabs.
1916 Germany declared war against Portugal.
1942 Construction began on the Alaska Highway.
1961 Sputnik 9 carried Chernushka (a dog) into orbit.
1962 U.S. advisors in South-Vietnam joined the fight.
1997 Steve Elkington won the Doral-Ryder Golf Open.
That's all for today.
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