Subject: Poor Gabriel's Almanac -- Mar 09
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 05:00:18 GMT

Interesting things that happened March 9:

Birthdays on this date ...
  In 1454 Amerigo Vespucci, we could be called Vespucciland
  In 1824 Leland Stanford, governor, senator, founded Stanford University
  In 1910 Samuel Barber, composer
  In 1918 Mickey Spillane, mystery writer
  In 1934 Yuri Gagarin, first man into space
  In 1934 Joyce Van Patten
  In 1935 Keely Smith (in Norfolk, Virginia)
  In 1936 Glenda Jackson, actor (Hopscotch)
  In 1940 Raul Julia, actor
  In 1943 Bobby Fischer, chess player
  In 1943 Trish Van Devere
  In 1948 Jeffery Osborne
  In 1950 Danny Sullivan
  In 1957 Faith Daniels
  In 1965 Brian Bosworth, football player
  In 1971 Emmanual Lewis, actor

Events worth noting ...
  In 1661 Cardinal Jules Mazarin, the chief minister of France, died.
  In 1796 Napoleon Bonaparte married Josephine de Beauharnais.
  In 1822 Charles Graham of N. Y. was granted a patent for artificial teeth.
  In 1860 First Japanese ambassador to the U.S.
  In 1862 The ironclads "USS Monitor" (Union) and "CSS Merrimack" (Rebel) have
          their famous at Hampton Roads.  It was a standoff.
  In 1954 Edward R. Murrow criticizes Sen. McCarthy on "See it Now".
  In 1976 Islander Glenn Resch's 10th shut-out opponent - Blues 4-0

And remember ...
  International Hamburger and Pickle Month
  Red Cross Month
  National Nutrition Month (US)
  Women's History Month
  Beware the Ides of March . . .
 
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