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370 Historic Events for March 9

1841 US Supreme Court rules Negroes are free (Amistad Incident) Event
1842 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco," premieres in Milan Event
1844 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Hernani," premieres in Venice Event
1848 Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer Birth
1849 Carl Nikolais opera "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor," premieres Event
1850 Alexandre Luigini, composer Birth
1858 Albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox Event
1859 Richard Engl„nder, [Peter Altenberg], Austria, author (Lebensabend) Birth
1860 1st Japanese ambassador arrives in SF en route to Washington Event
1861 Confederate currency authorized-$50, $100, $500, $1,000 Event

1862 "Monitor" (Union) and "Merrimack" (Rebel) battle in Hampton Roads Event
1864 Ulysses S Grant is appointed commander of Union Army Event
1865 Margaret Murray Washington, wife of Booker T/head (NACW 1896..1918) Birth
1868 The opera "Hamlet" premieres in Paris Event
1870 Theodore Labarre, composer, dies at 65 Death
1873 Royal Canadian Mounted Police founded Event
1874 Johann Richard Ohlsson, composer Birth
1875 Martin Fallas Shaw, composer Birth
1877 Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemist Birth
1877 Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Neth Spectator), dies at 58 Death
1881 Ernest Bevin, British minister of Labour/Foreign affairs Birth
1881 Enver Pasja, Turkish general/politician Birth
1882 False teeth patented Event
1883 Umberto Saba, writer Birth
1885 Ringgold "Ring" Lardner, baseball player Birth