On this day: 9 March

Selected events and births on 9 March, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1009 – The first recorded use of the name of Lithuania appeared in Latin in the Annals of Quedlinburg, written in Saxony-Anhalt, present-day Germany. Read more: Name of Lithuania Annals of Quedlinburg Saxony-Anhalt
• 1776 – Scottish philosopher Adam Smith published his book The Wealth of Nations, the first classical treatise on political economy. Read more: Adam Smith The Wealth of Nations Classical economics
• 1842 – Awaking from a nap under a tree at Rancho San Francisco, Francisco López made the first popularly documented discovery of gold in California. Read more: Rancho San Francisco Gold California
• 1842 – Nabucco, an opera by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi that established his reputation, premiered at La Scala in Milan. Read more: Nabucco Giuseppe Verdi La Scala
• 1891 – Kaʻiulani was appointed the heir apparent to the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Read more: Kaʻiulani Heir apparent Hawaiian Kingdom
• 1910 – A seventeen-month-long strike, which at its peak involved 15,000 coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers across 65 mines, began in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S. Read more: 1910–1911 Westmoreland County coal strike Coal mining United Mine Workers of America
• 1933 – U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt submitted the Emergency Banking Act to the United States Congress, the first of his New Deal policies. Read more: Franklin D. Roosevelt Emergency Banking Act of 1933 United States Congress
• 1959 – The popular fashion doll Barbie debuted at the American International Toy Fair in New York City. Read more: Barbie North American International Toy Fair
• 1967 – Svetlana Alliluyeva, the daughter of former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, defected to the United States. Read more: Svetlana Alliluyeva Joseph Stalin

Born on this day

• 1935 – Andrew Viterbi, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Qualcomm Inc. Read more: Andrew Viterbi Qualcomm
• 1939 – Malcolm Bricklin, American businessman, founded Bricklin and Yugo Read more: Malcolm Bricklin Bricklin SV-1 Yugo
• 1948 – Emma Bonino, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Read more: Emma Bonino Minister of Foreign Affairs (Italy)
• 1951 – Helen Zille, South African journalist, politician and Premier of the Western Cape Read more: Helen Zille Premier of the Western Cape
• 1956 – Shashi Tharoor, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs Read more: Shashi Tharoor Minister of External Affairs (India)
• 1959 – Takaaki Kajita, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Takaaki Kajita Nobel Prize in Physics
• 1998 – Najee Harris, American football running back Read more: Najee Harris
• 1999 – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Finnish ice hockey player Read more: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
• 2000 – Khaby Lame, Senegalese-Italian social media personality Read more: Khaby Lame
• 2001 – Jeon Somi, South Korean-Canadian singer Read more: Jeon Somi
• 2002 – Usman Garuba, Spanish basketball player Read more: Usman Garuba
• 2003 – Sunisa Lee, American gymnast Read more: Sunisa Lee

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