(Saturday, March 9, 1991) — “Someday” by Mariah Carey peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Mar. 9/16, 1991).
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U.S. Supreme Court frees Africans who seized control of slave ship and taken into slavery illegally 180 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 9 1841)
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(Tuesday, March 9, 1841) — The U.S. Supreme Court, in United States v. Schooner Amistad, ruled 7-1 in favor of a group of illegally enslaved Africans who were captured off the U.S. coast after seizing control of a Spanish schooner, La Amistad; the justices ruled that the Africans should be set free.
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