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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_9" title="March 9">March 9</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1009" title="1009">1009</a> – The first recorded use of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Lithuania" title="Name of Lithuania">name of Lithuania</a></b> appeared in Latin in the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annals_of_Quedlinburg" title="Annals of Quedlinburg">Annals of Quedlinburg</a></i>, written in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxony-Anhalt" title="Saxony-Anhalt">Saxony-Anhalt</a>, present-day Germany.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1842" title="1842">1842</a><i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabucco" title="Nabucco">Nabucco</a></b></i>, an opera by Italian composer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Verdi" title="Giuseppe Verdi">Giuseppe Verdi</a> that established his reputation, premiered at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Scala" title="La Scala">La Scala</a> in Milan.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1847" title="1847">1847</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War" title="Mexican–American War">Mexican–American War</a>: The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Veracruz" title="Siege of Veracruz">Siege of Veracruz</a></b> began, the first large-scale <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibious_warfare" title="Amphibious warfare">amphibious assault</a> conducted by United States military forces.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932" title="1932">1932</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89amon_de_Valera" title="Éamon de Valera">Éamon de Valera</a></b>, a dominant political figure in 20th-century Ireland, became <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Executive_Council_of_the_Irish_Free_State" title="President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State">President of the Executive Council</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Irish Free State</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959" title="1959">1959</a> – The popular fashion doll <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie" title="Barbie">Barbie</a></b> debuted at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_International_Toy_Fair" title="North American International Toy Fair">American International Toy Fair</a> in New York City.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anning" title="Mary Anning">Mary Anning</a> </b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1847); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qayyum_Chowdhury" title="Qayyum Chowdhury">Qayyum Chowdhury</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1932); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Notorious_B.I.G." title="The Notorious B.I.G.">The Notorious B.I.G.</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_the_Notorious_B.I.G." title="Murder of the Notorious B.I.G.">1997</a>)</p>