March 9
Today is the 68th day of 2017, there are 297 days left in the year.
1796 - Napoleon Bonaparte married Josephine de Beauharnais, widow of a former French officer executed during the revolution.
1841 - The Supreme Court, in United States v. The Amistad, ruled in favor of a group of Africans captured by U.S. authorities after they had seized control of a Spanish schooner, La Amistad, that was transporting them to a life of slavery in Cuba; the justices ruled, 7-1, that the Africans had been illegally enslaved, and should be set free.
1862 - The first battle between two ironclad ships, the Monitor and the Merrimack, occurred, which revolutionized naval warfare.
1907 - Indiana's General Assembly passed America's first involuntary sterilization law, one aimed at "confirmed criminals, idiots, imbeciles, and rapists" in state custody. (This law was struck down in 1921 by the Indiana Supreme Court, but a new law was passed in 1927 that was repealed in 1974.)
1916 - More than 400 Mexican raiders led by Pancho Villa attacked Columbus, New Mexico, killing 18 Americans.
1933 - The special session of Congress known as the "100 Days" opened, launching President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.
1945 - During World War II, U.S. B-29 bombers began launching incendiary bomb attacks against Tokyo, resulting in an estimated 100,000 deaths.
1964 - The Supreme Court issued its N.Y. Times v. Sullivan ruling, raising the standard for public officials to prove they'd been libeled in their official capacity by news organizations.
1977 - About a dozen armed Hanafi Muslims invaded three buildings in Washington, D.C., killing one person and taking more than 130 hostages. (The siege ended two days later.)
1987 - Chrysler Corp. announced it had agreed to buy the financially ailing American Motors Corp.
1990 - Dr. Antonia Novello was sworn in as both the first Hispanic and woman to be U.S. surgeon general.
1992 - Former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin died in Tel Aviv at age 78.
1997 - Gangsta rapper The Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace) was killed in a still-unsolved drive-by shooting in Los Angeles; he was 24.
2007 - Former FBI agent Robert Levinson went missing after checking out of a hotel on Iran's Kish (kihsh) Island a day before his 59th birthday; his fate remains unknown.
Birthdays
22 - Cierra Ramirez (actress)
28 - Klariza Clayton (actress)
30 - Bow Wow (rapper)
31 - Brittany Snow (actress)
34 - Maite Perroni (actress)
34 - Clint Dempsey (soccer player)
37 - Matt Barnes (basketball player)
37 - Matthew Gray Gubler (actor)
38 - Oscar Isaac (actor)
38 - Melina Perez (professional wrestler)
53 - Steve Wilkos (radio host)
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Today in Sports History - March 9
1923 - NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens outscore Ottawa Senators, 3-2, in two games.
1936 - Babe Ruth turns down an offer from the Cincinnati Reds to make a comeback as a baseball player.
1946 - Ted Williams is offered $500,000 to play in the Mexican League; he turns down the offer.
1958 - George Yardley (Detroit Pistons) became the first NBA player to score 2,000 points in a season. He did it in 72 games.
1964 - Paul Silas of Creighton grabs an NCAA Tournament record 27 rebounds in a game against Oklahoma.
1979 - Commissioner Bowie Kuhn orders Major League Baseball to give equal access to female reporters.
1980 - Gordie Howe and his two sons skated on a line together for the Hartford Whalers. National Hockey League history was made when the event occurred about midway through a game against the Boston Bruins.
1984 - The Philadelphia 76ers tie an NBA record by blocking 20 shots in a game against the Seattle Supersonics.
1984 - Tim Witherspoon knocks out Greg Page in 12 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
1995 - Major League Baseball owners approve two new expansion teams: the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
Today is the 68th day of 2017, there are 297 days left in the year.
1796 - Napoleon Bonaparte married Josephine de Beauharnais, widow of a former French officer executed during the revolution.
1841 - The Supreme Court, in United States v. The Amistad, ruled in favor of a group of Africans captured by U.S. authorities after they had seized control of a Spanish schooner, La Amistad, that was transporting them to a life of slavery in Cuba; the justices ruled, 7-1, that the Africans had been illegally enslaved, and should be set free.
1862 - The first battle between two ironclad ships, the Monitor and the Merrimack, occurred, which revolutionized naval warfare.
1907 - Indiana's General Assembly passed America's first involuntary sterilization law, one aimed at "confirmed criminals, idiots, imbeciles, and rapists" in state custody. (This law was struck down in 1921 by the Indiana Supreme Court, but a new law was passed in 1927 that was repealed in 1974.)
1916 - More than 400 Mexican raiders led by Pancho Villa attacked Columbus, New Mexico, killing 18 Americans.
1933 - The special session of Congress known as the "100 Days" opened, launching President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.
1945 - During World War II, U.S. B-29 bombers began launching incendiary bomb attacks against Tokyo, resulting in an estimated 100,000 deaths.
1964 - The Supreme Court issued its N.Y. Times v. Sullivan ruling, raising the standard for public officials to prove they'd been libeled in their official capacity by news organizations.
1977 - About a dozen armed Hanafi Muslims invaded three buildings in Washington, D.C., killing one person and taking more than 130 hostages. (The siege ended two days later.)
1987 - Chrysler Corp. announced it had agreed to buy the financially ailing American Motors Corp.
1990 - Dr. Antonia Novello was sworn in as both the first Hispanic and woman to be U.S. surgeon general.
1992 - Former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin died in Tel Aviv at age 78.
1997 - Gangsta rapper The Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace) was killed in a still-unsolved drive-by shooting in Los Angeles; he was 24.
2007 - Former FBI agent Robert Levinson went missing after checking out of a hotel on Iran's Kish (kihsh) Island a day before his 59th birthday; his fate remains unknown.
Birthdays
22 - Cierra Ramirez (actress)
28 - Klariza Clayton (actress)
30 - Bow Wow (rapper)
31 - Brittany Snow (actress)
34 - Maite Perroni (actress)
34 - Clint Dempsey (soccer player)
37 - Matt Barnes (basketball player)
37 - Matthew Gray Gubler (actor)
38 - Oscar Isaac (actor)
38 - Melina Perez (professional wrestler)
53 - Steve Wilkos (radio host)
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Today in Sports History - March 9
1923 - NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens outscore Ottawa Senators, 3-2, in two games.
1936 - Babe Ruth turns down an offer from the Cincinnati Reds to make a comeback as a baseball player.
1946 - Ted Williams is offered $500,000 to play in the Mexican League; he turns down the offer.
1958 - George Yardley (Detroit Pistons) became the first NBA player to score 2,000 points in a season. He did it in 72 games.
1964 - Paul Silas of Creighton grabs an NCAA Tournament record 27 rebounds in a game against Oklahoma.
1979 - Commissioner Bowie Kuhn orders Major League Baseball to give equal access to female reporters.
1980 - Gordie Howe and his two sons skated on a line together for the Hartford Whalers. National Hockey League history was made when the event occurred about midway through a game against the Boston Bruins.
1984 - The Philadelphia 76ers tie an NBA record by blocking 20 shots in a game against the Seattle Supersonics.
1984 - Tim Witherspoon knocks out Greg Page in 12 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
1995 - Major League Baseball owners approve two new expansion teams: the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
