Today In History March 9th 1734 - The Russians took Danzig (Gdansk) in Poland. 1745 - The first carillon was shipped from England to Boston, MA. 1788 - Connecticut became the 5th state to join the United States. 1793 - Jean Pierre Blanchard made the first balloon flight in North America. The event was witnessed by U.S. President George Washington. 1796 - Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine de Beauharnais were married. They were divorced in 1809. 1799 - The U.S. Congress contracted with Simeon North, of Berlin, CT, for 500 horse pistols at the price of $6.50 each. 1812 - Swedish Pomerania was seized by Napoleon. 1820 - The U.S. Congress passed the Land Act that paved the way for westward expansion of North America. 1822 - Charles M. Graham received the first patent for artificial teeth. 1832 - Abraham Lincoln announced that he would run for a political office for the first time. He was unsuccessful in his run for a seat in the Illinois state legislature. 1839 - The French Academy of Science announced the Daguerreotype photo process. 1858 - Albert Potts was awarded a patent for the letter box. 1859 - The National Association of Baseball Players adopted the rule that limited the size of bats to no more than 2-1/2 inches in diameter. 1860 - The first Japanese ambassador to the U.S. was appointed. 1862 - During the U.S. Civil War, the ironclads Monitor and Virginia fought to a draw in a five-hour battle at Hampton Roads, Virginia. 1863 - General Ulysses Grant was appointed commander-in-chief of the Union forces. 1897 - A patent was issued to William Spinks and William Hoskins for cue chalk. 1900 - In Germany, women petition Reichstag for the right to take university entrance exams. 1905 - In Egypt, U.S. archeologist Davies discovered the royal tombs of Tua and Yua. 1905 - In Manchuria, Japanese troops surrounded 200,000 Russian troops that were retreating from Mudken. 1905 - In Congo, Belgian Vice Gov. Costermans committed suicide following an investigation of colonial policy. 1906 - In the Philippines, fifteen Americans and 600 Moros were killed in the last two days of fighting. 1909 - The French National Assembly passed an income tax bill. 1910 - Union men urged for a national sympathy strike for miners in Pennsylvania. 1911 - The funding for five new battleships was added to the British military defense budget. 1916 - Mexican raiders led by Pancho Villa attacked Columbus, New Mexico. 17 people were killed by the 1,500 horsemen. 1929 - Eric Krenz became the first athlete to toss the discus over 160 feet. 1932 - Eamon De Valera was elected president of the Irish Free State and pledged to abolish all loyalty to the British Crown. 1933 - The U.S. Congress began its 100 days of enacting New Deal legislation. 1936 - The German press warned that all Jews who vote in the upcoming elections would be arrested. 1945 - Those Websters debuted on CBS radio. 1945 - During World War II, U.S. B-29 bombers launched incendiary bomb attacks against Japan. 1946 - The A.F.L. accused Juan Peron of using the army to establish a dictatorship over Argentine labor. 1949 - The first all-electric dining car was placed in service on the Illinois Central Railroad. 1954 - WNBT-TV (now WNBC-TV), in New York, broadcast the first local color television commercials. The ad was Castro Decorators of New York City. (New York) 1956 - British authorities arrested and deported Archbishop Makarios from Cyprus. He was accused of supporting terrorists. 1957 - Egyptian leader Nasser barred U.N. plans to share the tolls for the use of the Suez Canal. 1959 - Mattel introduced Barbie at the annual Toy Fair in New York. 1964 - Production began on the first Ford Mustang. 1965 - The first U.S. combat troops arrived in South Vietnam. 1967 - Svetlana Alliluyeva, Josef Stalins daughter defected to the United States. 1969 - The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour was canceled by CBS-TV. 1975 - Work began on the Alaskan oil pipeline. 1975 - Iraq launched an offensive against the rebel Kurds. 1977 - About a dozen armed Hanafi Muslims invaded three buildings in Washington, DC. They killed one person and took more than 130 hostages. The siege ended two days later. 1983 - The official Soviet news agency TASS says that U.S. President Reagan is full of bellicose lunatic anti-communism. 1985 - Gone With The Wind went on sale in video stores across the U.S. for the first time. 1986 - U.S. Navy divers found the crew compartment of the space shuttle Challenger along with the remains of the astronauts. 1987 - Chrysler Corporation offered to buy American Motors Corporation. 1989 - The U.S. Senate rejected John Tower as a choice for a cabinet member. It was the first rejection in 30 years. 1989 - In Maylasia, 30 Asian nations conferred on the issue of boat people. 1989 - In the U.S., a strike forced Eastern Airlines into bankruptcy. 1989 - In the U.S., President George H.W. Bush urged for a mandatory death penalty in drug-related killings. 1990 - Dr. Antonia Novello was sworn in as the first female and Hispanic surgeon general. 1993 - Rodney King testified at the federal trial of four Los Angeles police officers accused of violating his civil rights. (California) 1995 - The Canadian Navy arrested a Spanish trawler for illegally fishing off of Newfoundland. 2000 - In Norway, the coalition government of Kjell Magne Bondevik resigned as a result of an environmental dispute.
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