On this day

March 9, 2015

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device

Filter by:

Headlines from March 9, 2015

Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 4, 2015, covering March 9, 2015.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Smoke + Mirrors by Imagine Dragons

    Smoke + Mirrors

    Imagine Dragons

    Last week
    —
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for If You're Reading This It's Too Late by Drake

    If You're Reading This It's Too Late

    Drake

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  3. 3
    Album cover for Fifty Shades Of Grey by Soundtrack

    Fifty Shades Of Grey

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    2
  4. 4
    Album cover for 1989 by Taylor Swift

    1989

    Taylor Swift

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    17
  5. 5
    Album cover for x by Ed Sheeran

    x

    Ed Sheeran

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    35

Notable Deaths

James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead

2015James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, Northern Irish soldier and politician (born 1920)[†]

James Henry Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, KBE, PC, often known as Jim Molyneaux, was a unionist politician from Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from 1979 to 1995, and as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Antrim from 1970 to 1983, and later Lagan Valley from 1983 to 1997. An Orangeman, he was also Sovereign Grand Master of the Royal Black Institution from 1971 to 1995, and a leading member of the Conservative Monday Club.

Historical Events

Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil

2015Two Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil helicopters collide in mid-air over Villa Castelli, Argentina, killing all 10 people on board both aircraft, including French athletes Florence Arthaud, Camille Muffat and Alexis Vastine, as well as producers and guests for the French TV show Dropped.[†]

The Airbus Helicopters H125, previously the Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil, or Squirrel, is a single-engine light utility helicopter designed and originally manufactured by the French corporation AĂ©rospatiale, and later by Eurocopter, now Airbus Helicopters. In North America, the H125 is marketed as the AStar. The AS355 Ecureuil 2 is a twin-engine variant, marketed in North America as the TwinStar.

Historical Context for March 9, 2015

In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]