370 Historic Events for March 9
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| 1942 |
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John Cale, Welsh/US bassist/altviolist/singer (Velvet Underground)
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| 1942 |
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Bert Campaneris, shortstop (Oakland A's)
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| 1943 |
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Oskar Hˆks, Czech marathon runner/antifascist, dies in Auschwitz
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| 1943 |
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Greek Jews of Salonika are transported to Nazi extermination camps
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| 1943 |
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Delft opposition group-Pahud de Mortanges overthrown
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| 1943 |
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Bobby Fischer, US, world chess champion (1972-75)
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| 1944 |
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Trevor Burton, rocker (Move)
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| 1944 |
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Geoff Arnold, cricketer (England medium-pacer in 34 Tests 1967-75)
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| 1944 |
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Lee Irvine, cricketer (South African batsman, only Tests in 1970)
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| 1945 |
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Laura Lee, [Rundless], singer (Dirty Man, Women's Love Rights)
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Robin Trower, London, guitarist (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale)
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Ray Royer, rocker (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale)
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| 1945 |
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Japanese proclaim "independence" of Indo-China
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| 1945 |
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334 US B-29 Superfortresses attack Tokyo with 120,000 fire bomb
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| 1946 |
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Gherman Semyonovich Arzamazov, Russian cosmonaut (backup TM-6)
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| 1946 |
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Ted Williams is offered $500,000 to play in Mexican League, he refuses
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| 1946 |
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Dutch troops land at Batavia/Semarang
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| 1947 |
Death |
Stanley Jackson, cricketer (20 Tests for England 1893-1905), dies
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| 1947 |
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US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill
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| 1947 |
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US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
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| 1948 |
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Jeffrey Osborne, Providence RI, rock vocalist (On the Wings of Love)
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| 1948 |
Birth |
Jimmy Fadden, Long Beach Calif, singer (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
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| 1948 |
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Jamie Lyn Bauer, Phoenix Az, actr (Young and Restless, Centerfold Girls)
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| 1948 |
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Provisionary Indonesian government installed in Batavia
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| 1949 |
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Brigadier Gen Edwin K Wright, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA
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