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- Ohio became the 17th U.S. state. (1803)
- Frédéric Chopin, composer, was born in Poland. (1810, but the date is disputed)
- Nebraska became the 37th U.S. state. (1867)
- Ulysses S. Grant declared Yellowstone a "public park or pleasuring ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people." (1872)
- Peace Corps established by President John F. Kennedy. (1961)
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- Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week, March 2 – 8, 2009
- National School Breakfast Week, March 2 – 6, 2009.
- Newspapers in Education Week, March 2 - 6, 2009
- Read Across America 2009
- African slave trade was officially abolished by the U.S. Congress. (1807)
- Texas Independence Day marks the day the Texas State Declaration of Independence was enacted. (1836)
- Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. (1904)
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- National Sleep Awareness Week, March 1 - 8, 2009
- National Sportsmanship Day 2009
- George M Pullman, inventor of the railway sleeping car known as a Pullman Car, was born. (1831)
- Florida became the 27th U.S. state. (1845)
- Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. (1847)
- "The Star-Spangled Banner" became the official national anthem of the United States. (1931)
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- Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer best known for The Four Seasons, was born. (1648)
- First U.S. Congress session convened in New York. (1789)
- Vermont became the 14th U.S. state (1791).
- The U.S. Senate declared that future Senate sessions would officially end at noon on March 4. (1851)
- Knute Rockne, College Football Hall of Famer and Notre Dame football coach, was born. (1888)
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- The Boston Massacre occurred. (1770)
- Soviet Union moved its national capital from Petrograd to Moscow. (1918)
- Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared a "bank holiday," closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions. (1933)
- Josef V. Stalin, Soviet dictator, died at the age of 73. (1953)
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- Michelangelo, painter and sculptor, was born. (1475)
- Alamo was recaptured by Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna. (1836)
- Silly Putty was invented. (1950)
- Ethel and Julius Rosenberg's trial for espionage began. (1951)
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- Aristotle, philosopher and mathematician, died. (322 BC)
- Explorer Roald Amundsen announced the discovery of the South Pole. (1912)
- Monopoly game was invented by Charles Darrow. (1933)
- The Selma to Montgomery civil rights march began. (1965)
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- Ground Water Awareness Week, March 8 - 14, 2009
- Daylight saving time begins in the United States and most of Canada. (2009)
- International Women's Day is celebrated in many countries as a national holiday.
- Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. (1618)
- New York Stock Exchange is founded. (1817)
- Playground father Joseph Lee was born in Massachusetts (1862).
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- Purim, a Jewish holiday, is celebrated. March 9, 2009
- Amerigo Vespucci, explorer for whom America is named, was born in Florence, Italy. (1454)
- Union Monitor and the Confederate Merrimac, the first naval iron-clad ships, battled in the American Civil War. (1862)
- Barbie doll was born. (1959)
- Saccharin, an artificial sweetener in use since the turn of the century, was banned by the FDA. (1977)
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- First paper money was issued in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. (1690)
- First census in Great Britain. (1801)
- Harriet Tubman Day is recognized, marking the death of Tubman in 1913. Nicknamed the "Moses of her people," Harriet made 19 trips on the Underground Railroad and freed over 300 slaves.
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- Holi, Hindu Festival of Colors, (2009)
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was published. (1818)
- Johnny Appleseed, a.k.a. John Chapman, an apple-tree-planting American pioneer, died. (1847)
- Great Blizzard of 1888 occurred.
- Alexander Fleming, bacteriologist best known for discovering penicillin, died. (1955)
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- World Kidney Day 2009
- Uranus was discovered by Sir William Herschel. (1781)
- Coca-Cola was sold in glass bottles for the first time. (1894)
- Andrew Carnegie offered the city of New York $5.2 million for the construction of 65 branch libraries. (1901)
- First Girl Scouts group was organized in Savannah, Georgia. (1912)
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- Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon reached Florida. (1513)
- First impeachment trial of a U.S. President (Andrew Johnson) began. (1868)
- The Honeywell vs. Sperry trial, over who could claim to be the inventor of the first automatic electronic digital computer, ended. (1972)
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- Pi Day, a day to learn about the magic number 3.14...
- White Day, a similar holiday to Valentine's Day, is celebrated in Japan and Korea.
- Eli Whitney was granted a patent for the cotton gin. (1794)
- Albert Einstein, physicist and Nobel laureate, was born in Germany. (1879)
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- National Poison Prevention Week, March 15 - 21, 2009
- National Inhalants & Poison Awareness Week, March 15 - 21, 2009
- Christopher Columbus arrived home in Spain after completing his first voyage to the Western Hemisphere. (1493)
- Andrew Jackson, the 7th U.S. president, was born in the Carolinas. (1767)
- Maine became the 23rd U.S. state. (1820)
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- Brain Awareness Week, March 16 - 22, 2009
- Caroline Lucretia Herschel, the first modern female astronomer, was born in Germany. (1750)
- James Madison, 4th president of the United States, was born. (1751)
- United States Military Academy was opened at West Point, New York. (1802)
- Freedom's Journal, the first black newspaper, began publication in New York City. (1827)
- American Robert H. Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket. (1926)
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- Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated by those of Irish heritage, in Ireland and around the world. (2009)
- Rubber band was patented by Stephen Perry of London. (1845)
- National Gallery of Art was officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. (1941)
- Element 98, californium, a newly created radioactive element, was announced by scientists. (1950)
- Mia Hamm, soccer star and Olympian, was born in Selma, Alabama. (1972)
- Oil spilled as the tanker Amoco Cadiz broke in two off the coast of Brittany. (1978)
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- Discovery of four of Jupiter's moons (Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto) was published by Galileo Galilei, Italian mathematician and astronomer. (1610)
- Stamp Act was repealed by British Parliament. (1766)
- Rudolph Diesel, inventor of the internal-combustion engine, now known as a diesel engine, was born in France. (1858)
- CQD ("Seek you, danger") shipping distress call was introduced. "SOS" replaced it two years later. (1904)
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- Major League Soccer Season Starts (2009)
- Campfire USA celebrates its Absolutely Incredible Kid Day. 2009
- Swallows have traditionally returned to the Mission San Juan Capistrano in California on St. Joseph's Day since 1776.
- David Livingstone, Scottish explorer and missionary in Africa who discovered Victoria Falls was born in Scotland. (1813)
- William Jennings Bryan, gifted orator and three-time presidential candidate, was born. (1860)
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- First Day of Spring, 2009
- Norouz, Persian New Year celebrated (2008)
- Dutch East India Company was established. (1602)
- Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, was first published in book form. (1852)
- Mr. Rogers, of the long-running PBS children's television show, was born. (1928)
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- International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Pocahontas, known for establishing and maintaining peaceful relationships between her Native American tribe and British colonists, died in England. (1617)
- Johann Sebastian Bach, composer and best known of the German musicians, was born. (1685)
- Code Napoleon was adopted as French civil law. (1804)
- "God Bless America," written by Irving Berlin, was recorded by Kate Smith. (1939)
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- World Water Day
- Randolph Caldecott, for whom the prestigious Caldecott Medal is named, was born. (1846)
- Puerto Rico abolished slavery. (1873)
- Raymond Loewy made a sketch of a futuristic sports car for Studebaker. (1961)
- Equal Rights Amendment passed in the U.S. Senate and was sent to the states for ratification. (1972)
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- World Meteorological Day, 2009
- "Give me liberty or give me death" speech opposing British policy was given by Patrick Henry. (1775)
- Lewis and Clark expedition left Fort Clatsop, leaving behind the houses and tools they had made as a gift to the Clatsop Indian tribe in thanks for their hospitality (1806)
- Rocket expert Wernher von Braun was born. (1912)
- Benito Mussolini founded the Fascist Party. (1919)
- Pakistan became a republic. (1956)
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- American Diabetes Alert Day 2009
- "Father of Minerology" George Agricola was born. (1490)
- Magician Harry Houdini, famous for escapes, was born. (1874)
- World Tuberculosis Day is celebrated to mark the discovery of the TB bacterium by Robert Koch. (1882)
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- Greece celebrates its Independence Day with parades and festivals.
- Maryland's first colonists arrived. (1634)
- European Economic Community (EEC) was established. (1957)
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- High Renaissance painter Raffaello Sanzio Raphael was born. (1483)
- Tennessee Williams, American playwright and novelist, was born. (1911)
- Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman appointed to the Court, was born. (1930)
- Spinach growers erected a statue of the cartoon character Popeye in Crystal City, Texas. (1937)
- Dr. Jonas Salk announced development of a vaccine against the virus that causes polio. (1953)
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- Formula 1 World Championship begins in Melbourne, Australia (2009)
- X-ray discoverer William von Roentgen, a German physicist, was born. (1845)
- First long-distance telephone call was made. (1884)
- Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich was born. (1927)
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- National Cherry Blossom Festival, March 28 - April 12, 2009
- National 4-H Conference, March 28 – April 2, 2009
- Spanish Civil War came to an end as Nationalist forces occupied Madrid. (1939)
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States, died in Washington D.C. (1969)
- Strongest earthquake in American history rocked Alaska. (1964)
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- Cy Young, the baseball great for whom the pitching award is named, was born. (1867)
- United States withdrew from Vietnam, two months after the signing of the Vietnam peace agreement. (1973)
- Mariner 10, U.S. space probe, became the first spacecraft to visit the planet Mercury. (1974)
- Ice dam formed at the source of the Niagara River and almost stopped the falls. (1848)
- Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants. (2004)
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- Vincent Van Gogh, painter, was born in France. (1853)
- Alaska is purchased for $7.2 million by United States. (1867)
- President Ronald Reagan was shot outside a Washington D.C. hotel by John Hinckley Jr. (1981)
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- Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, was completed. (1889)
- U.S. Virgin Islands. America takes possession of the Danish West Indies after paying $25 million to Denmark. (1917)
- Cesar Chavez, migrant and farm worker champion, was born. (1927)
- The Dalai Lama fled Chinese oppression in Tibet and was granted asylum by India. (1959)
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