1900<\/strong> – In Germany, women petition Reichstag for the right to take university entrance exams.<\/p>\n 1905<\/strong> – In Egypt, U.S. archeologist Davies discovered the royal tombs of Tua and Yua.<\/p>\n 1905<\/strong> – In Manchuria, Japanese troops surrounded 200,000 Russian troops that were retreating from Mudken.<\/p>\n 1905<\/strong> – In Congo, Belgian Vice Gov. Costermans committed suicide following an investigation of colonial policy.<\/p>\n 1906<\/strong> – In the Philippines, fifteen Americans and 600 Moros were killed in the last two days of fighting.<\/p>\n 1909<\/strong> – The French National Assembly passed an income tax bill.<\/p>\n 1910<\/strong> – Union men urged for a national sympathy strike for miners in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n 1911<\/strong> – The funding for five new battleships was added to the British military defense budget.<\/p>\n 1916<\/strong> – Mexican raiders led by Pancho Villa attacked Columbus, New Mexico. 17 people were killed by the 1,500 horsemen.<\/p>\n 1929<\/strong> – Eric Krenz became the first athlete to toss the discus over 160 feet.<\/p>\n 1932<\/strong> – Eamon De Valera was elected president of the Irish Free State and pledged to abolish all loyalty to the British Crown.<\/p>\n 1933<\/strong> – The U.S. Congress began its 100 days of enacting New Deal legislation.<\/p>\n 1936<\/strong> – The German press warned that all Jews who vote in the upcoming elections would be arrested.<\/p>\n 1945<\/strong> – “Those Websters” debuted on CBS radio.<\/p>\n 1945<\/strong> – During World War II, U.S. B-29 bombers launched incendiary bomb attacks against Japan.<\/p>\n 1946<\/strong> – The A.F.L. accused Juan Peron of using the army to establish a dictatorship over Argentine labor.<\/p>\n 1949<\/strong> – The first all-electric dining car was placed in service on the Illinois Central Railroad.<\/p>\n 1954<\/strong> – 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)<\/p>\n 1956<\/strong> – British authorities arrested and deported Archbishop Makarios from Cyprus. He was accused of supporting terrorists.<\/p>\n 1957<\/strong> – Egyptian leader Nasser barred U.N. plans to share the tolls for the use of the Suez Canal.<\/p>\n 1959 <\/strong>– Mattel introduced Barbie at the annual Toy Fair in New York.<\/p>\n 1964<\/strong> – Production began on the first Ford Mustang.<\/p>\n 1965<\/strong> – The first U.S. combat troops arrived in South Vietnam.<\/p>\n 1967<\/strong> – Svetlana Alliluyeva, Josef Stalin’s daughter defected to the United States.<\/p>\n 1969<\/strong> – “The Smothers Brothers’ Comedy Hour” was canceled by CBS-TV.<\/p>\n 1975<\/strong> – Work began on the Alaskan oil pipeline.<\/p>\n 1975<\/strong> – Iraq launched an offensive against the rebel Kurds.<\/p>\n 1977<\/strong> – 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.<\/p>\n 1983<\/strong> – The official Soviet news agency TASS says that U.S. President Reagan is full of “bellicose lunatic anti-communism.”<\/p>\n 1985<\/strong> – “Gone With The Wind” went on sale in video stores across the U.S. for the first time.<\/p>\n 1986<\/strong> – U.S. Navy divers found the crew compartment of the space shuttle Challenger<\/i> along with the remains of the astronauts.<\/p>\n 1987<\/strong> – Chrysler Corporation offered to buy American Motors Corporation.<\/p>\n 1989<\/strong> – The U.S. Senate rejected John Tower as a choice for a cabinet member. It was the first rejection in 30 years.<\/p>\n 1989<\/strong> – In Malaysia, 30 Asian nations conferred on the issue of “boat people.”<\/p>\n 1989<\/strong> – In the U.S., a strike forced Eastern Airlines into bankruptcy.<\/p>\n 1989<\/strong> – In the U.S., President George H.W. Bush urged for a mandatory death penalty in drug-related killings.<\/p>\n 1990<\/strong> – Dr. Antonia Novello was sworn in as the first female and Hispanic surgeon general.<\/p>\n 1993<\/strong> – Rodney King testified at the federal trial of four Los Angeles police officers accused of violating his civil rights. (California)<\/p>\n 1995<\/strong> – The Canadian Navy arrested a Spanish trawler for illegally fishing off of Newfoundland.<\/p>\n 2000<\/strong> – In Norway, the coalition government of Kjell Magne Bondevik resigned as a result of an environmental dispute.<\/p>\n 2011<\/strong> – Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation that abolished the death penalty in his state.<\/p>\n 2012 <\/strong>\u2013 At least 130 rockets are fired into Israel from Gaza. Twelve Palestinians militants are killed as part of the latest escalation in violence in the region.<\/p>\n History of 9 March 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. 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