370 Historic Events for March 9
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| 1932 |
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Eamon De Valera becomes president of Ireland
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Heere Heeresma, Dutch writer (Han de Wit goes in development aid)
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| 1932 |
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Former Chinese emperor Henry Pu-Yi installed as head of Manchuria
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| 1933 |
Birth |
William Francis McBeth, composer
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Lloyd Price, Kenner La, singer (Just Because)
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| 1933 |
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Bulgarian communists Dimitrov, Popov and Vassili arrested in Berlin
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| 1933 |
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Congress is called into special session by FDR, and began its "100 days"
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| 1934 |
Birth |
Joyce Van Patten, Queens NY, actress (Good Guys, Don Rickles Show)
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| 1934 |
Birth |
Yuri Gagarin, Russia, cosmonaut, 1st man into space (aboard Vostok 1)
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Keely Smith, Norfolk Va, singer (Mrs Louie Prima)
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Sister Bernard Ncube, South African nun
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| 1936 |
Birth |
Mickey Gilley, Ferriday La, country singer (Urban Cowboy)
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| 1936 |
Birth |
[Aino] Elina Salo, Sipoo Finland, actress (Hamlet Goes Business)
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| 1936 |
Birth |
Marty Ingels, Bkln NY, comedian (I'm Dickens He's Fenster)
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| 1936 |
Event |
Babe Ruth turns down Reds to make a comeback as a player
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Grahame Chevalier, cricketer (one Test for S Afr 1970, 0 and 0*, 5-100)
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Charles Siebert, Kenosha Wisc, actor (One Day at A Time, Trapper John)
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| 1938 |
Death |
Sydney Baynes, composer, dies at 59
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Raul Julia, PR, actor (Addams Family, Kiss of the Spider Woman)
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Trish Van Devere, [Patricia Dressel], Tenafly NJ, actress (Changeling)
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Ger van Each, sculptor
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Jim Colbert, Elizabeth NJ, PGA golfer (1969 Monsanto Open)
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| 1941 |
Death |
Carlos Pedrell, composer, dies at 62
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| 1942 |
Event |
Construction of the Alaska Highway began
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Mark Lindsay, Eugene Or, rock vocalist/sax (Paul Revers and Raiders)
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