9th MARCH ~ HISTORY ON THIS DAY

please enjoy your travel through time on the 9th day of March, with interesting events, births & deaths on this day in history

9th March History Timeline

1200s / the 13th century on the 9th of March

1276 : AUGSBURG in Germany became a free imperial city, which is a self-ruling city that has a certain amount of autonomy. Augsburg is located in the state of Bavaria, approximately 50km west of Munich.

Augsburg From Above | A Bird’s-Eye View of the Bavaria City | Flying Guide (DW Travel verified video)

1700s / the 18th century on the 9th of March

1776 ~ The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith was published.

1796 ~ Napoléon Bonaparte married Joséphine de Beauharnais, his 1st wife.

1800s / the 19th century on the 9th of March

1815 ~ The 1st battery operated clock was described by Francis Ronalds in the Philosophical Magazine.

1842 ~ The 1st documented discovery of gold in California occurred at Rancho San Francisco. The California Gold Rush began 6 years later in 1848.

1900s / the 20th century on the 9th of March

1933 ~ The Emergency Banking Act to Congress was submitted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the first of his New Deal policies, during the Great Depression.

1957 ~ The Andreanof Islands earthquake hit the Aleutian Islands with a severe maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII. Ground movement caused $5 million in damages, and a destructive tsunami affected Hawaii.

1959 : The BARBiE DOLL debuted at the American International Toy Fair in New York, USA. At Eleven inches tall, with a waterfall of blond hair, Barbie was the 1st mass-produced toy doll in the United States with adult features. The woman behind Barbie was Ruth Handler, the co-founder of Mattel, Inc. When Ruth noticed her young daughter ignored her baby dolls to play make-believe with paper dolls of adult women, she realized there was an important niche in the market for a toy that allowed little girls to imagine the future.

The Evolution Of The Barbie Doll From the 1950s To Today, see how Barbie has changed over time (The Talko verified video)

1960 ~ Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implanted the first shunt, which he invented, into a patient, which allowed the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis.

Today in History for March 9th by Associated Press

Video features : Journalist Edward R. Murrow took on Senator Joe McCarthy’s anti communist campaign, commedian George Burns died in 1996…

Today in History for March 9th (Associated Press verified video)

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