This is our day guide for Tuesday March 9th 2021 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
2006 - Liquid water is discovered on Saturn's sixth-largest moon, Enceladus.
1974 - Japanese WWII soldier 2nd Lieutenant Hiroo Ononda finally surrenders after 29 years of a lonely guerilla campaign against the American army.
1965 - As part of the ongoing conflict in Vietnam, President LB Johnson authorises the use of Napalm, a petroleum-based substance mixed with a thickening agent into a gel that would burn continuously and sticks to anything it touches.
1902 - Gustav Mahler and Alma Mahler-Werfel are married in Vienna, only four months after their first meeting.
1777 - American Revolutionary War: during the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time.
