It happened one 09 March

1842 : Premiere of Nabucco


On March 9, 1842 held the first of Verdi's opera Nabucco, under its full name of Nebuchadnezzar, at La Scala in Milan.

1847 : Beginning of the siege of Vera Cruz


On March 9, 1847, during the Mexican-American war, the siege of Vera Cruz, Mexican port in the Gulf of Mexico, began and ended 20 days later by surrender and occupation of the city by U.S. forces. The war was for American territorial expansion to the Pacific coast and lasted from April 25, 1846 to February 2, 1848.

1957 : Andreanof Islands Earthquake


On March 9, 1957, an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 occurred in the Andreanof Islands in Alaska causing damage in the Aleutian Islands, the awakening of volcano Mount Vsevidof and a 16 m high tsunami in Hawaii.

1959 : Barbie Doll


On March 9, 1959, the Barbie doll debuted at a Toy Fair in New York. It costs $3. The doll was designed by Ruth Handler and is marketed by Mattel Toy Company.

1976 : Cavalese Cable Car


On March 9, 1976, in the ski resort of Cavalese in the Dolomites in Italy, a cable of a cable car broke killing 42 skiers crashing on the slopes of Mount Cermis.

Quote of the day : 09 March

Giuseppe Verdi
I adore art... when I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes, and my emotion and my joys are too much to bear.

Birthdays : 09 March

Honore Mirabeau, French writer (1749)
Jean-Baptiste Kleber, French general (1753)
Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician (1890)
Samuel Barber, American composer (1910)
Mickey Spillane, American writer (1918)
Zillur Rahman, President of Bangladesh (1929)
Gilles Perrault, French writer (1931)
Youri Gagarine, Russian cosmonaut (1934)
Jean-Jacques Debout, French composer (1940)
Robin Trower, English musician (Procol Harum) (1945)
Jim Cregan, English musician (1946)
Bobby Sands, Member of United Kingdom Parliament and IRA (1954)
Ornella Muti, Italian actress (1955)
Valérie Lemercier, French actress (1964)
Marianne Basler, Belgian actress (1964)
Juliette Binoche, French actress (1964)
Youri Djorkaeff, French Footballer (1968)
Yamila Diaz-Rahi, Argentine supermodel (1976)
Vincent Defrasne, French biathlete (1977)
Brittany Snow, American actress (1983)
Julia Mancuso, American skier (1984)

They left us one 09 March

Pierre Dupont de l'Étang, French general (1840)
Joseph Guillemot, French athlete (1975)
Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Peace Prize (1992)
Charles Bukowski, American writer (1994)
Fernando Rey, Spanish actor (1994)
George Burns, American actor (1996)

Tip of the Day : 09 March

Keep slugs away from your plants


To repel slugs, put some crushed eggshell at the feet of your plants.

* Warning

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