march 9 in history...

1796
napolean bonaparte married josephine de beauharnais, widow of a former french officer executed during the revolution.

1841
the supreme court ruled that the amistad slaves were free.

1862
the first battle between two ironclad ships, the monitor (union) and merricmack (confederate) occured, revolutionizing naval warfare.

1933
the special session of congress known as the "100 days" opened, launching FDR's "new deal". (often mistaken for being FDR's "nude eel")

1959
first barbie doll produced (they used one of barbies ribs to create ken later on)

1964
u.s. supreme court issued n.y. times v. sullivan ruling, first ford mustang produced.

1990
dr. antonio novello was sworn in as both the first hispanic and woman to be us surgeon general.

famous people born on march 9th:
mickey spillane, yuri gagarin, raul julia, bobby fischer, linda fiorentino, and rappers, "chingy" and "'lil bow wow".

march 9 is also:
national no smoking day (UK)
feast of st. frances of rome
baron bliss day (belize)