main events that happened in world history on March 09
Here’s a list of some notable events that occurred on March 9 in history:
141 BC: Liu Che, also known as Emperor Wu of Han, ascended to the throne of the Han Dynasty in China.
1566: David Rizzio, the private secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots, is murdered by a group of Protestant lords in Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1796: Napoleon Bonaparte married Josephine de Beauharnais, his first wife, in a civil ceremony in Paris, France.
1862: The first battle of the Civil War’s Peninsula Campaign takes place at Hampton Roads, Virginia, as Union troops attempt to capture Richmond.
1933: The U.S. Congress passes the Emergency Banking Act, which reopens the country’s banks and helps stabilize the financial system during the Great Depression.
1959: The first Barbie doll was introduced by Mattel at the American International Toy Fair in New York City.
1977: The Hanafi Siege begins as 12 gunmen take over three buildings in Washington, D.C., including the Islamic Center and the B’nai B’rith headquarters.
1997: Rapper The Notorious B.I.G. is killed in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles, California.
2011: A 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami strike off the coast of Japan, resulting in the deaths of over 15,000 people and causing the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.