March 9 in history
Events on March 9
Notable events that happened on March 9 in past years.
- 2023
A shooting in the Alsterdorf quarter of Hamburg, Germany, kills eight people and injures another eight.
Wikipedia article: 2023 Hamburg shooting - 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.
Wikipedia article: 2012–2014 Salvadoran gang truce - 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.
Wikipedia article: Comet Hale–Bopp - 1977
The Hanafi Siege: In a 39-hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings.
Wikipedia article: 1977 Washington, D.C., attack and hostage taking - 1961
Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a dog and a human dummy, and demonstrating that the Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight.
Wikipedia article: Korabl-Sputnik 4 - 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.
Wikipedia article: 1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake - 1946
Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, kills 33 and injures hundreds more.
Wikipedia article: Bolton Wanderers F.C. - 1944
World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia.
Wikipedia article: Bombing of Tallinn in World War II - 1916
Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.
Wikipedia article: Mexican Revolution - 1862
American Civil War: USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (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.
Wikipedia article: American Civil War - 1842
The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.
Wikipedia article: Gold - 1796
Napoléon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.
Wikipedia article: Napoleon - 1701
Safavid troops retreat from Basra, ending a three-year occupation.
Wikipedia article: Safavid Iran - 1226
Khwarazmian sultan Jalal ad-Din conquers the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.
- 141 BC
Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China.
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