Today in History: March 9th -9 ◊ Mar ◊ 2023- image A bit of March 9th history… 1500 - Pedro Cabral departs Lisbon, Portugal for an expedition to India that will also claim Brazil for Portugal 1522 - Martin Luther begins preaching his “Invocavit Sermons” in Germany, reminding citizens to trust God’s word rather than violence and thus helping bring a close the Revolutionary stage of the Reformation 1776 - Adam Smith publishes influential economics book “The Wealth of Nations” 1945 - 334 US B-29 superfortresses attack Tokyo with 120,000 firebombs; deadliest air raid of WWII 1959 - Barbie makes her debut at the American Toy Fair in NY (pictured) 1998 - Dr Dre’s Aftermath Entertainment signs the unknown rapper Eminem 2007 - The US Justice Department releases an internal audit that found that the FBI had acted illegally in its use of the USA Patriot Act to secretly obtain personal information about US citizens
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