A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
March 9: Day of the Week
March 9, 2024 was the 69th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 297 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is samedi.
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Here’s the March calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
March 9 Historical Event(s)
1500
The fleet of Pedro Alvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas.
1566
David Rizzio, private secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, is murdered in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland.
1765
After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually committed suicide.
1842
The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.
1847
Mexican-American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz.
1933
Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.
1944
The Soviet Air Forces conduct heavy bombing on Tallinn, Estonia, killing up to 800 people, mostly civilians.
1954
McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, “A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy”, produced by Fred Friendly.
1956
Soviet military suppresses a mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev’s de-Stalinization policy.
1991
Massive demonstrations are held against Slobodan Milošević in Belgrade.
Who were born on March 9?
1568
Aloysius Gonzaga, Italian saint (d. 1591)
1814
Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet (d. 1861)
1894
Frank Arnau, German writer (d. 1976)
1909
Derk Bodde, American sinologist (d. 2003)
1929
Desmond Hoyte, Prime Minister and President of Guyana (d. 2002)
1942
Mark Lindsay, American musician (Paul Revere & The Raiders)
1950
Danny Sullivan, American race car driver
1966
Tony Lockett, Australian footballer
1971
Diego Torres, Argentine singer
1990
Araz Özbiliz, Turkish footballer
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