March 9, 1959 (Monday)
- The Barbie doll made its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York. Ruth Handler named the doll for her daughter. In 1961, her son Ken would have his name bestowed on another doll.
- Born: Giovanni di Lorenzo, European journalist, in Stockholm
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“The blue and the gray. Let us march together beneath the star- spangled banner.”
—Laurence Stallings (1894–1968)