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Monday, 9 March 2026

Day 68 of 2026  ·  297 days remaining in the year  ·  Week 11
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US
Arts & Culture Military & War Miscellaneous Politics & Government Science & Technology
4 Births
3 Events
7 Total entries

★ Born on this day 4 entries

1824
Leland Stanford, Governor, Senator, founded Stanford University.
US Politics & Government 202 yrs ago
1918
Mickey Spillane, author.
US Arts & Culture 108 yrs ago
1934
Yuri Gagarin, first man into space.
US 92 yrs ago
1943
Bobby Fischer, damn good chess player!
US 83 yrs ago

► Events on this day 3 entries

1822
US grants first patent for artificial teeth to Charles Graham.
US Science & Technology 204 yrs ago
1862
The ironclads "Monitor" (Union) & "Merrimack" (Rebel) battle in Hampton Roads. It was a standoff.
US Military & War 164 yrs ago
1981
The Department of Agriculture, declares ketchup a vegetable.
US 45 yrs ago