On This Day - March 9th

Featured Event:

Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (1862) 🪖

On this day in 1862 during the American Civil War, the ironclads Monitor and Virginia (formerly Merrimack) battled in the harbour at Hampton Roads, Virginia

Other Events:

432 BC: The Parthenon was consecrated in Athens. 🏛️

1796: Napoleon Bonaparte, future emperor of France, married Joséphine; he had the marriage annulled in 1810. 💍

1945: The U.S. Army Air Forces bombed Tokyo with napalm, causing fires that destroyed a quarter of the city and killed some 80,000 civilians. 💣

1959: Barbie, a toy doll that became an international sensation despite criticism, was introduced by Mattel, Inc. 🧍🏻‍♀️

Holidays:

Teacher's Day 🇱🇧

Featured Birthdays:

1454: Amerigo Vespuci 🇮🇹 (Explorer)

1934: Yuri Gagarin 🇷🇺 (Cosmonaut)

1943: Bobby Fischer 🇺🇸 (Chess Player)

2000: Khaby Lame 🇸🇳 (Most-Followed Tik Toker)

Featured Deaths:

1888: Wilhelm I 🇩🇪 (1st German Emperor)

1988: Kurt Kiesinger 🇩🇪 (Politician)

1996: George Burns 🇺🇸 (Comedian)

1997: The Notorious B.I.G. 🇺🇸 (Rapper)