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| March 9th |
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| About March 9th is the 68th day of the year (69th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 297 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1943 - Bobby Fischer, world class chess player Deaths 1955 - Matthew Henson, explorer (reached North Pole in 1909) Events 1964 - The first Mustang is produced by the Ford Motor Company. 1967 - 25 passengers die along with the pilot on TWA Flight 553, a Douglas DC-9-15, when it crashes into a field in Concord Township, Ohio after a mid-air collision with a Beechcraft Baron. 1993 - Rodney King begins his testimony against the four Los Angeles Police officers accused of beating him and violating his civil rights during the 1991 incident. |
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