March 9 in history: US bombs Tokyo with napalm, Barbie doll is introduced, and more
| Updated: Mar 09, 2021, 09:02 AM IST
Here's what happened today in history
1918
Russian Bolshevik Party becomes the Communist Party
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1931
Ernst Ruska invents the electron microscope
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1945
WWII: US Armed Forces bomb Tokyo with napalm, killing about 80,000
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1959
The Barbie doll is introduced by Mattel, Inc.
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1961
Ivan Ivanovich, a human dummy, travels into space