Born on March 9
March 9 birthdays & history
If you were born on March 9, you share a birthday with Yuri Gagarin, Taras Shevchenko and Bobby Fischer. March 9 babies are Pisces, with aquamarine as their birthstone and the daffodil as their birth flower. March 9 is the 69th day of the year in leap years (68th in other years).
Famous people born on March 9
- 1934Yuri Gagarin, Russian colonel, pilot, and cosmonaut, first human in space
- 1814Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet and playwright
- 1943Bobby Fischer, American chess player and author
- 1454Amerigo Vespucci, Italian cartographer and explorer, namesake of the Americas
- 1890Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician and diplomat, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1964Juliette Binoche, French actress
- 1942John Cale, Welsh musician, composer, singer, songwriter and record producer
- 1959Takaaki Kajita, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1979Oscar Isaac, Guatemalan-American actor
- 1990Daley Blind, Dutch footballer
What happened on March 9
- 1009The first recorded use of the name of Lithuania appeared in Latin in the Annals of Quedlinburg, written in Saxony-Anhalt, present-day Germany.
- 1776Scottish philosopher Adam Smith published his book The Wealth of Nations, the first classical treatise on political economy.
- 1815Francis Ronalds describes the first battery-operated clock in the Philosophical Magazine.
- 1842Nabucco, an opera by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi that established his reputation, premiered at La Scala in Milan.
- 1891Kaʻiulani was appointed the heir apparent to the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
- 1908Inter Milan is founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
- 1932Éamon de Valera, a dominant political figure in 20th-century Ireland, became President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State.
- 1954McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
- 1959The popular fashion doll Barbie debuted at the American International Toy Fair in New York City.
- 1961Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a dog and a human dummy, and demonstrating that the Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight.
- 1967Svetlana Alliluyeva, the daughter of former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, defected to the United States.
- 1974The Mars 7 Flyby bus releases the descent module too early, missing Mars.
Also observed on March 9
- Teachers' Day or Eid Al Moalim (Lebanon)
Questions, answered
What star sign is March 9?
People born on March 9 are Pisces. Their birthstone is aquamarine and their birth flower is the daffodil.
Which famous people were born on March 9?
Yuri Gagarin (1934), Taras Shevchenko (1814), Bobby Fischer (1943), Amerigo Vespucci (1454), Vyacheslav Molotov (1890), Juliette Binoche (1964) were all born on March 9.
What happened on March 9 in history?
Among other things: in 1961, Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a dog and a human dummy, and demonstrating that the Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight; in 1967, Svetlana Alliluyeva, the daughter of former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, defected to the United States; in 1974, The Mars 7 Flyby bus releases the descent module too early, missing Mars.
Can I get a newspaper front page from March 9?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any March 9 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “March 9”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.