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 Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.
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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)
1566
David Rizzio, private secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, is murdered in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland.
1896
Prime Minister Francesco Crispi resigns following the Italian defeat at the Battle of Adowa.
1916
Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against Columbus, New Mexico.
1933
Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.
1944
World War II: Japanese troops counter-attack American forces on Hill 700 in Bougainville in a battle that would last five days.
1967
Trans World Airlines Flight 553, a Douglas DC-9-15, crashes in a field in Concord Township, Ohio following a mid-air collision with a Beechcraft Baron, killing 26.
1977
The Hanafi Muslim Siege: In a thirty-nine hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings, killing two and taking 149 hostage.
1989
Financially-troubled Eastern Air Lines filed for bankruptcy.
1990
Dr. Antonia Novello is sworn in as Surgeon General of the United States, becoming the first female and Hispanic American to serve in that position.
2011
Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.
Who were born on March 9?
1454
Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer and cartographer (d. 1512)
1629
Tsar Alexis I of Russia (d. 1676)
1749
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, French writer and politician (d. 1791)
1763
William Cobbett, English journalist and author (d. 1835)
1856
Eddie Foy, American singer and dancer (d. 1928)
1909
Derk Bodde, American sinologist (d. 2003)
1937
Brian Redman, English racing driver
1958
Jack Kenny, American television writer and producer
1963
Terry Mulholland, American baseball player
1985
Jesse Litsch, American baseball player
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