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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.

Citazione del giorno : 09 Marzo

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.

Compleanni : 09 Marzo

Honore Mirabeau, Scrittore francese (1749)
Jean-Baptiste Kleber, Generale francese (1753)
Vyacheslav Molotov, Politico russo (1890)
Samuel Barber, Compositore americano (1910)
Mickey Spillane, Scrittore americano (1918)
Zillur Rahman, Presidente del Bangladesh (1929)
Gilles Perrault, Scrittore francese (1931)
Youri Gagarine, Cosmonauta russo (1934)
Jean-Jacques Debout, Compositore francese (1940)
Robin Trower, Musicista inglese (Procol Harum) (1945)
Jim Cregan, Musicista inglese (1946)
Bobby Sands, Deputato al Parlamento, Regno Unito e IRA (1954)
Ornella Muti, Attrice italiana (1955)
Juliette Binoche, Attrice francese (1964)
Marianne Basler, Attrice belga (1964)
Valérie Lemercier, Attrice francese (1964)
Youri Djorkaeff, Calciatore francese (1968)
Yamila Diaz-Rahi, Top model argentina (1976)
Vincent Defrasne, Biathleta francese (1977)
Brittany Snow, Attrice americana (1983)
Julia Mancuso, Sciatore americana (1984)

Ci hanno lasciato un 09 Marzo

Pierre Dupont de l'Étang, Generale francese (1840)
Joseph Guillemot, Atleta francese (1975)
Menachem Begin, Primo Ministro di Israele, Premio Nobel per la Pace (1992)
Charles Bukowski, Scrittore americano (1994)
Fernando Rey, Attore spagnolo (1994)
George Burns, Attore americano (1996)
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