Revealing Historical Events on March 9

Discover important historical events that happened on March 9 in this video. From major political decisions to groundbreaking scientific discoveries, you'll be surprised to learn what happened on this date in history!

March 9 is a significant date in history and this video will take you through some of the most notable events that took place on this day. If you're a history buff or just curious about the past, this video is for you. Expand your knowledge and impress your friends with these interesting facts about March 9!

1562 Kissing in public banned in Naples (punishable by death)
1776 Adam Smith publishes the influential economics book "The Wealth of Nations"’
1841 US Supreme Court rules the kidnapped slaves from the Spanish schooner the Amistad are free
1856 Sigma Alpha Epsilon is founded in the Johnston Mansion House on the University of Alabama
1861 Us Confederate currency authorized - $50, $100, $500, $1,000
1862 USS Monitor and CSS Merrimack battle in Hampton Roads
1864 Ulysses S. Grant is named Commanding General of the U.S. (Union) Army
1933 US Congress is called into special session by President Franklin D Roosevelt, beginning its "100 days"
1945 334 US B-29 Superfortresses attack Tokyo with 120,000 fire bombs
1951 Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam submit a classified paper at the Los Alamos lab, in which they proposed their revolutionary new design, staged implosion, for a practical megaton-range hydrogen bomb
1953 Joseph Stalin's funeral is held in Moscow after four days of national mourning
1959 1st known radar contact is made with Venus
1959 Barbie makes her debut at the American Toy Fair in New York. Over a billion have been sold worldwide since.
1961 Soviet flight Sputnik 9 carries and returns from orbit a dog named Chernushka (Blackie), frogs and a guinea pig
1964 1st Ford Mustang produced
1964 Supreme Court issues NY Times vs Sullivan decision: public officials must prove malice to claim libel and recover damages
1966 Andrew Brimmer becomes 1st black governor of Federal Reserve Board
1974 Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in the Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended
1981 Dan Rather becomes primary anchorman of CBS-TV News
1986 NASA announces searchers found remains of Challenger astronauts
1989 Eastern Airlines files for bankruptcy
2006 Liquid water is discovered on Enceladus, the sixth largest moon of Saturn
2007 The US Justice Department releases an internal audit that found that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had acted illegally in its use of the USA Patriot Act to secretly obtain personal information about US citizens
2011 Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights
2015 US President Barack Obama signs an executive order declaring Venezuela a national security threat to the US
2023 Recording Industry Association of America's 2022 year-end report states vinyl record sales (41 million) exceeded CD sales (33 million) for the first time since 1987

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