03-08-2010, 07:43 PM
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Location: Maryland
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March 9th
1454 ~ Birthday of Amerigo Vespucci, Explorer & Cartographer.
1934 ~ Birthday of Yuri Gagarin, Cosmonaut, first human in space.
1943 ~ Birthday of Bobby Fischer, chess player.
1945 ~ A fire storm in Tokyo, caused by incendiary bombs from American bombers killed over 100,000 people.
1954 ~ CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow critically reviewed Wisconsin Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy's anti-Communism campaign on "See It Now”.
1959 ~ The debut of the Barbie doll.
1967 ~ Stalin's daughter defected to the West.
1990 ~ Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Clyde Wells confirmed he would rescind Newfoundland's approval of the Meech Lake Accord, effectively killing the Accord.
1996 ~ Death of George Burns, Actor.
2005 ~ The final broadcast by Dan Rather on CBS Evening News.
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