History for March 9

History for March 9 - On-This-Day.com
Amerigo Vespucci 1454 - Explorer, navigator, cartographer, America was named in honor Vespucci, Mickey Spillane 1918 - Author, Yuri Gagarin 1934


Bobby Fischer 1943 - Chess player, Linda Fiorentino 1960 - Actress, Emmanuel Lewis 1971 - Actor ("Webster")

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.