Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 9
March 9: Baron Bliss Day in Belize
- 1862 - Ironclad warships USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fought to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads.
- 1916 - General Pancho Villa led 1,500 Mexicans in a cross-border attack against Columbus, New Mexico, prompting a punitive expedition from the U.S. military.
- 1932 - Eamon de Valera became President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State.
- 1945 - A bomb raid on Tokyo started a firestorm, killing 100,000.
- 1959 - The world's best-selling doll, Barbie, was first sold in New York City.