THE DAY IN HISTORY · MARCH 9
March 9 in history
What happened on March 9: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1862 and 1945, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Battle of Hampton Roads
8–9 Mar 1862 — CSS Virginia sinks two wooden warships in an afternoon; next morning the turreted USS Monitor fights her to a standstill. Every wooden navy on earth is obsolete by lunchtime.
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Three hundred B-29s burn sixteen square miles of Tokyo in a single night. Around 100,000 people die — more than either atomic bomb.
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