March 9th, 1870

Born on March 9th, 1870

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What happened on March 9th?

March 9th, 1891

Kaʻiulani (pictured) was appointed the heir apparent to the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

March 9th, 1977

Twelve gunmen seized three buildings in Washington, D.C., and took 149 hostages in a 39-hour standoff that ended in two deaths.

March 9th, 1967

Svetlana Alliluyeva, the daughter of former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, defected to the United States.

March 9th, 1927

Former Royal Air Force officer Vivian Stranders (pictured) was convicted of industrial espionage by a French court.

March 9th, 1959

The popular fashion doll Barbie debuted at the American International Toy Fair in New York City.

March 9th, 1957

The Andreanof Islands earthquake struck Hawaii and the Aleutian Islands, causing more than $5 million in damage from ground movement and a destructive tsunami.

March 9th, 1956

In Tbilisi, Georgia, soldiers suppressed mass demonstrations against Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's policy of de-Stalinization.

March 9th, 1946

Thirty-three people were killed in a human crush at Burnden Park, a football stadium in Bolton, England.

March 9th, 1945

World War II: In a coup d'état, Imperial Japanese Army officers ousted the government of French Indochina.

March 9th, 1944

World War II: As part of the Battle of Narva, the Soviet Air Forces heavily bombed Tallinn, Estonia, killing up to 800 people, mostly civilians.

March 9th, 1933

U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt submitted the Emergency Banking Act to the United States Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.

March 9th, 1932

Éamon de Valera (pictured), a dominant political figure in 20th-century Ireland, became President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State.

March 9th, 1925

The Royal Air Force began a bombardment and strafing campaign against the mountain strongholds of Mahsud tribesmen in South Waziristan, present-day Pakistan.

March 9th, 1862

American Civil War: In the world's first battle between two ironclad warships, USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fought to a draw near the mouth of Hampton Roads in Virginia.

March 9th, 1847

Mexican–American War: The Siege of Veracruz began, the first large-scale amphibious assault conducted by United States military forces.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 9th

Same year
Born in 1870

53

Vladimir Lenin

Russian politician, communist theorist and the founder of the Soviet Union, one of the initiators and organizers of the Red Terror

*April 10th, 1870, Ulyanovsk †January 21st, 1924, Bolshiye Gorki

51

Ella Harper

American circus performer

*January 5th, 1870, Sumner County †December 19th, 1921, Nashville

83

Wilhelm Anschütz

German university professor

*September 24th, 1870, Halle (Saale) †September 15th, 1954, Kiel

67

Alfred Adler

Austrian psychotherapist (1870–1937)

*February 7th, 1870, Rudolfsheim †May 28th, 1937, Aberdeen

78

Franz Lehár

Komárom-born Austrian music composer (1870–1948)

*April 30th, 1870, Komárom †October 24th, 1948, Bad Ischl

81

Maria Montessori

Italian pedagogue and physician (1870-1952)

*August 31st, 1870, Chiaravalle †May 6th, 1952, Noordwijk

83

Ivan Bunin

Russian writer and poet (1870–1953)

*October 22nd, 1870, Voronezh †November 8th, 1953, 16th arrondissement of Paris

81

Michael Rostovtzeff

Russian historian of ancient history

*October 29th, 1870, Zhytomyr †October 20th, 1952, New Haven

71

Jean Perrin

French physicist (1872-1942)

*September 30th, 1870, Lille †April 17th, 1942, New York City

70

Julián Besteiro

Spanish academic and politician

*September 21st, 1870, Madrid †September 27th, 1940, Carmona

64

Emil Młynarski

Polish conductor, violinist, composer and pedagogue

*July 18th, 1870, Kybartai †April 5th, 1935, Warsaw

83

Albert Meyer

Swiss politician, editor of Neue Zürcher Zeitung and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1870-1953)

*March 13th, 1870, Fällanden †October 22nd, 1953, Zürich

71

Arthur Willard Pryor

American bandleader, composer, virtuoso trombonist with the Sousa Band

*September 22nd, 1870, St. Joseph †June 18th, 1942, West Long Branch

76

Henry Handel Richardson

Australian author

*January 3rd, 1870, Melbourne †March 20th, 1946, Fairlight

66

Winthrop Ames

American playwright

*November 25th, 1870, Easton †November 3rd, 1937, Boston

93

Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann

German astronomer (1870-1964)

*March 25th, 1870, Hamburg †January 19th, 1964, Hamburg

80

Marie-Louise Pailleron

French author (1870–1951)

*May 7th, 1870, Paris †February 12th, 1951, Paris

76

Christian X of Denmark

King of Denmark (1912–1947) and Iceland (1918–1944)

*September 26th, 1870, Charlottenlund Palace †April 20th, 1947, Amalienborg

74

Gustav Bauer

German trade unionist and chancellor (1870–1944)

*January 6th, 1870, Ozyorsk †September 16th, 1944, Berlin

74

Joseph C. Lincoln

Novelist, short story writer, poet

*February 13th, 1870, Brewster †March 10th, 1944

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1870 is a normal year and no leap year.

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