March 9

March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). There are 297 days remaining.

Events:

• 1862 - first battle between two ironclad warships USS Monitor v CSS Virginia

Births:

• 1451 - Amerigo Vespucci
• 1890 - Vyacheslav Molotov, statesman (March 9 in the Gregorian calendar, 25 February in the Julian calendar; the Soviet Union switched in 1918)
• 1943 - Bobby Fischer, chess player

Deaths:

• 1144 - Pope Celestine II

Holidays and observances:

• Catholicism - Feast day of St Frances of Rome.

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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