WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2022

1916-Germany declares war against Portugal

1918-Russian Bolshevik Party becomes the Communist Party

1932-Former Chinese emperor Henry Pu-Yi installed as head of Manchuria

1962-Egyptian President Nasser declares Gaza belongs to Palestinians

1974-Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended

1976-First female cadets accepted to West Point Military Academy

1980-Flemish/Walloon battles in Belgium, 40 injured

1981-Dan Rather becomes primary anchorman of CBS-TV News

1984-John Lennon's "Borrowed Time" is released

1986-Juli Inkster wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open

1986-NASA announces searchers found remains of Challenger astronauts

1987-Chrysler Corp offered to buy American Motors Corp for $1 billion

1993-Rodney King in court says he thinks he heard cops yell racial slurs

1995-Mexican peso worth 7.55 pesos to a dollar (record)