It happened on a… March 9 - Beinteractivegroup

2021

China and Russia agree to build a research station on or around the Moon and collaborate on lunar missions.

Italy announces it is locking down the whole country due to a spike in COVID-19 cases with 10,040 cases and 630 deaths.

Pittsburgh Penguins begin NHL record 17 game winning streak

Aftermath Entertainment signs then unknown rapper Eminem.

U2 release their fifth album “The Joshua Tree” (Grammy for Best Album 1988).

NASA announces searchers found remains of Challenger astronauts.

Terry Fox 1958-1981 loses right leg above the knee to cancer; fitted with artificial leg; learns to walk, drive a car, play golf.

Production began on the first Ford Mustang.

Mattel introduced Barbie at the annual Toy Fair in New York.

Adolf Hitler publicly announces the creation of a new air force, the Luftwaffe.

Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from the Milan Cricket and Football Club.

The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.

Nicolaus Copernicus’ 1st recorded astronomical observation.