History for March 9

History for March 9 - On-This-Day.com 

Mickey Spillane 1918 - Author

• 1820 - The U.S. Congress passed the Land Act that paved the way for westward expansion of North America.
• 1822 - Charles M. Graham received the first patent for artificial teeth.
• 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.
• 1905 - In Manchuria, Japanese troops surrounded 200,000 Russian troops that were retreating from Mudken.
• 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.