March 09

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	1500	The fleet of Pedro Alvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas.	Wire	Brazil	Pink Flag
2	1765	After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually committed suicide.	The Descendents	Jean is Dead	Milo Goes to College
3	1842	The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.	Zero Zero	A.M. Gold	A.M. Gold
4	1847	Mexican-American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz.	The Flaming Lips	Frogs	Hit to Death in the Future Head
5	1959	The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.	The Beach Boys	Barbie (Alt. Take)	Rarities Vol. 1
6	1960	Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis.	The Olivia Tremor Control	Opening	Black Foliage: Animation Music Vol. 1
7	1997	Comet Hale-Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a rare double feature as an eclipse permits Hale-Bopp to be seen during the day.	Camera Obscura	Double Feature	Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi

(Historical facts about March 09 are from Wikipedia.)