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9 March:
1230
Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus in the Battle of Klokotnitsa.
1811
Paraguayan forces defeat Manuel Belgrano at the Battle of TacuarÃ.
1847
Mexican-American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz.
1862
American Civil War: The USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
1896
Prime Minister Francesco Crispi resigns following the Italian defeat at the Battle of Adowa.
1916
Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against Columbus, New Mexico.
1925
Pink's War: The first Royal Air Force operation conducted independently of the British Army or Royal Navy begins.
1944
World War II: Japanese troops counter-attack American forces on Hill 700 in Bougainville in a battle that would last five days.
1944
The Soviet Air Forces conduct heavy bombing on Tallinn, Estonia, killing up to 800 people, mostly civilians
1945
The Bombing of Tokyo by the United States Army Air Forces begins, one of the most destructive bombing raids in history.
1956
Soviet military suppresses mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.
1961
Soviet satellite Sputnik 9 successfully launches.
1990
Dr. Antonia Novello is sworn in as Surgeon General of the United States, becoming the first female and Hispanic American to serve in that position.
2011
Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.
1230
Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus in the Battle of Klokotnitsa.
1811
Paraguayan forces defeat Manuel Belgrano at the Battle of TacuarÃ.
1847
Mexican-American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz.
1862
American Civil War: The USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
1896
Prime Minister Francesco Crispi resigns following the Italian defeat at the Battle of Adowa.
1916
Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against Columbus, New Mexico.
1925
Pink's War: The first Royal Air Force operation conducted independently of the British Army or Royal Navy begins.
1944
World War II: Japanese troops counter-attack American forces on Hill 700 in Bougainville in a battle that would last five days.
1944
The Soviet Air Forces conduct heavy bombing on Tallinn, Estonia, killing up to 800 people, mostly civilians
1945
The Bombing of Tokyo by the United States Army Air Forces begins, one of the most destructive bombing raids in history.
1956
Soviet military suppresses mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.
1961
Soviet satellite Sputnik 9 successfully launches.
1990
Dr. Antonia Novello is sworn in as Surgeon General of the United States, becoming the first female and Hispanic American to serve in that position.
2011
Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.
