1522: Martin Luther begins preaching his “Invocavit Sermons” in the German city of Wittenberg, reminding citizens to trust God’s word rather than violence and thus helping bring to a close the revolutionary stage of the Reformation.
1776: Adam Smith publishes the influential economics book “The Wealth of Nations.”
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1796: Napoleon Bonaparte, future emperor of France, married Joséphine; he had the marriage annulled in 1810.
1822: Charles Graham of NY granted the first US patent for artificial teeth.
1891: A five-day blizzard started in the south of England and killed 200 people.
1918: Russian Bolshevik Party becomes the Communist Party.
1933: US Congress is called into special session by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, beginning its “100 days” in which it passes 77 laws.
1931: The electron microscope is invented
German physicist Ernst Ruska is credited with the invention of the microscope. His first instrument allowed a resolution of 50 nanometers (billionths of a meter),
1950: Timothy Evans was hanged for the murder of his wife. Three years later John Christie admitted killing her and several other women.
1959: Barbie, a toy doll that became an international sensation despite criticism, was introduced by Mattel, Inc. The American toy company Mattel claims that more than one billion Barbie dolls have been sold so far, with about 3 dolls being sold every second.
1974: Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in the Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended.
1976: Forty-two people are killed when the Sabena Flight 571 is hijacked by Palestinian terrorists and forced to land in Entebbe, Uganda.
1976: The deadliest cable car accident in history occurs in Italy
43 people died when the cable car plunged 160 ft (50 meters) to the ground after the steel cable had snapped. 14-year-old Alessandra Piovesana was the only survivor.
1961: Ivan Ivanovich, a human dummy, travels into space
On its test flight on board the Soviet spacecraft Korabl-Sputnik 4 (also known as Sputnik 9), the mannequin was accompanied by a dog, reptiles, mice, and guinea pigs.
1981: Japanese power plant leaks radioactive waste
A nuclear accident at a Japan Atomic Power Company plant in Tsuruga, Japan, exposes 59 workers to radiation on this day in 1981. As seems all too common with nuclear power accidents, the officials in charge failed to timely inform the public.
1985: First Adopt-a-Highway sign goes up
1985: The first-ever Adopt-a-Highway sign is erected on Texas’s Highway 69. The highway was adopted by the Tyler Civitan Club, which committed to picking up trash along a designated two-mile stretch of the road.
1997: Rapper Notorious B.I.G. is killed in Los Angeles
Christopher Wallace, a.k.a Biggie Smalls, a.k.a. the Notorious B.I.G., is shot to death at a stoplight in Los Angeles. The murder was thought to be the culmination of an ongoing feud between rap music artists from the East and West coasts.
2006: British politician John Profumo—who, while serving as secretary of state for war, caused a major scandal in 1963 when it was revealed that he had an affair with Christine Keeler, a dancer who was also involved with the Soviet military attaché in London—died at age 91.
2021: Queen Elizabeth II publicly expresses “concern” after Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex interview, saying allegations including of racism will be dealt with privately.
1961: Space Dog Laika Launched to Her Death
Soviet flight Sputnik 9 carries and returns from orbit a dog named Chernushka (Blackie), frogs, and a guinea pig.
Births on This Day, March 9
1964: Juliette Binoche, 60 years
Juliette Binoche is a French actress. She has appeared in more than 60 films, particularly in French and English languages, and has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a César Award.
Kemi Adeosun, 57 years
Kemi Adeosun is a thoroughbred Accountant who was a key part of the former Ogun state Governor’s Mission to Build, which turned around the economic fortunes of the state. In November 2015, she was appointed Nigeria’s Minister of Finance by President Muhammadu Buhari. Adeosun was also elected chairman of the board of Afreximbank. She is 57 years old today. In November 2015, Adeosun Kemi was appointed Nigeria’s Minister of Finance by President Muhammadu Buhari.[13] During the annual general meeting of n Abuja to commemorate its 25th anniversary, Adeosun was elected chairman of the board of the bank.
Bobby Fischer (March 9, 1943 -January 17, 2008)
Robert James Fischer was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he won his first of a record eight US Championships at the age of 14. In 1964, he won with an 11–0 score, the only perfect score in the history of the tournament.
He died at the age of 64.
Ernest Bevin (March 9, 1881- April 14, 1951)
Winsford, Somerset of Ernest Bevin, one of the founding leaders of the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU), which soon became Britain’s largest trade union. He was Minister of Labour during the Second World War and created ‘Bevin Boys’; young men chosen by ballot to work down the mines as part of their war service. He died at the age of 70.
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