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Notable anniversaries in history for today: March 9
- 200th: 1824 - Birth of Leland Stanford; American politician (Governor/Senator), founded Stanford University.
- 100th: 1924 - Italy annexes Fiume.
- 100th: 1924 - South Slavia aproves Italy's annexation of Fiume (Rijeka).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Joyce Van Patten in Queens, New York, USA; actress (Good Guys, Don Rickles Show).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Yuri Gagarin in Russia; cosmonaut, first man into space (aboard Vostok 1).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Geoff Arnold; cricket player (England medium-pacer in 34 Tests 1967-75).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Lee Irvine; cricket player (South African batsman, only Tests in 1970).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Trevor Burton; rocker (Move).
- 70th: 1954 - First local color TV commercial, on WNBT-TV (WNBC-TV) New York City, New York (Castro Decorators).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Keven Wade in Chappaqua, New York, USA; screen writer (Working Girls).
- 60th: 1964 - First Ford Mustang automobile produced.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Phil Housley in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; NHL defenseman (New Jersey Devils, Team USA Olympics-1998).
- 60th: 1964 - Creighton's Paul Silas grabs Midwest record 27 rebounds against Oklahoma.
- 60th: 1964 - Johanna W "Mina" Bakker; Dutch actress (Boefje), dies at age 87.
- 60th: 1964 - Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Prussian General/politician, dies at age 93.
- 60th: 1964 - US Supreme Court issues New York Times versus Sullivan decision, public officials must prove malice to claim libel and recover damages.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Mark Harrity; cricket player (promising South Australia left-arm fast bowler).
- 50th: 1974 - Earl W Sutherland Junior, US pharmacologist (Nobel Prize 1971), dies at age 58.
- 50th: 1974 - Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended.
- 50th: 1974 - Death of Felix Schlag at age 82 in Owosso, Michigan, USA; American professional photographer and sculptor, designer of Jefferson 5-cent coin (1938-).
- 40th: 1984 - Buena Vista releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Splash to theaters in the US. This is the first film release from Touchstone Pictures.
- 40th: 1984 - Birth of Julia Mancuso, US Olympic medalist.
- 40th: 1984 - Emile Gumbs' Anguilla National Alliance wins elections.
- 40th: 1984 - Philadelphia 76ers block 20 Seattle SuperSonics' shots tying NBA regulation game record.
- 40th: 1984 - Tim Witherspoon knocks out Greg Page in 12 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 30th: 1994 - Charles Bukowski, American author/poet, dies of leukemia at age 73 (born 1920).
- 30th: 1994 - Fernando Rey, Spanish actor (French Connection), dies of cancer at age 76.
- 30th: 1994 - Irish Republican Army launch first of three mortar attacks on London's Heathrow Airport.
- 30th: 1994 - John Harrison, South African correspondent (BBC), dies at age 48.
- 30th: 1994 - Lawrence E Spivak, journalist (Meet the Press), dies at age 93.
- 30th: 1994 - Louis Freeman, band leader, dies at age 100.
- 30th: 1994 - The TV show Thunder Alley premieres.
- 30th: 1994 - The ABC TV network debuts the series These Friends of Mine.
- 15th: 2009 - American pharmaceutical company Merck & Co announces it will acquire Schering-Plough for US$41.1 billion.
- 15th: 2009 - US President Barack Obama signs an executive order restoring funding for stem cell research.
- 10th: 2014 - Death of Mohammed Fahim, Vice President of Afghanistan (born c. 1957).
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