Year 1776
Publication of Adam Smith’s famous book on economics, ‘The Wealth of Nations’.
MARCH 9
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9 March: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 9 March.
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09 March: Teachers' Day in Lebanon
Year 1796
Napoleon Bonaparte married Josephina, his first wife.
Year 1945
World War II- US B-29 bombers struck Tokyo, Japan. More than 1 lakh people died in it.
Year 1959
The Barbie doll made its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
Year 1961
Successful launch of Russian spacecraft Sputnik 9 with a human dummy and a dog.
Year 1992
Poet-writer Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan awarded the first Saraswati Award by the Vice President of India at a function organized by the K. K. Birla Pratishthan in New Delhi.
Born 1454
Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian merchant, explorer, and navigator.
Born 1824
Amasa Leland Stanford, an American industrialist, and politician. He is the founder of Stanford University.
Born 1836
Navalram Pandya, a Gujarati critic, playwright, poet, essayist, editor, educationist, and a social reformer.
Born 1934
Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet Air Forces pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space.
Born 1943
Robert Fischer, an American chess grandmaster.
Born 1951
Ustad Zakir Hussain, an Indian tabla player.
Born 1956
Shashi Tharoor, an Indian politician, writer, and former international diplomat.
Born 1985
Parthiv Patel, an Indian cricketer.
Died 1851
Hans Christian Orsted, a Danish physicist and chemist.
Died 1947
Jhaverchand Meghani, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1896)
Died 1969
Sir Homi Mody, a noted Indian-Parsi businessman associated with Tata Group and an administrator of India.
Died 1992
Menachem Begin, the sixth Prime Minister of Israel.
Died 1994
Devika Rani, an actress in Indian films.
Died 2012
Joy Mukherjee, an Indian film actor, and director.
Died 2013
Viren J. Shah, Indian businessman and politician, 21st Governor of West Bengal (b. 1926)