History for March 9

History for March 9 - On-This-Day.com
Amerigo Vespucci 1454, Mickey Spillane 1918 - Author, Yuri Gagarin 1934


Bobby Fischer 1943 - Chess player, Linda Fiorentino 1960 - Actress, Juliette Binoche 1964 - Actress


1820 - The U.S. Congress passed the Land Act that paved the way for westward expansion of North America.


1832 - Abraham Lincoln announced that he would run for a political office for the first time. He was unsuccessful in his run for a seat in the Illinois state legislature.


1862 - During the U.S. Civil War, the ironclads Monitor and Virginia (built from the remnants of the USS Merrimack fought to a draw in a five-hour battle at Hampton Roads, Virginia.


1863 - General Ulysses Grant was appointed commander-in-chief of the Union forces.


1936 - The German press warned that all Jews who vote in the upcoming elections would be arrested.


1959 - Mattel introduced Barbie at the annual Toy Fair in New York.


1964 - Production began on the first Ford Mustang.


1975 - Work began on the Alaskan oil pipeline.