Barbie, the doll that is one of the most recognizable toys in the world, is made today 65 years old! The calendar read March 9, 1959 when the first Barbie doll debuted at the American Toy Fair in New York.
The iconic 11-inch doll was the country's first mass-produced toy doll adult characteristicsaccording to the History Channel.
Ruth Handler was the person who came up with the idea for the dolls Barbieafter seeing her daughter ignoring her dolls and playing with paper dolls intended for adult women. So Handler founded with her husband Mattel Inc., the toy manufacturing company in 1945.
Originally, Barbie was based on a sexy doll with the name Lilliwhich was based on a German comic from the 1950s. Handler bought the rights to Lilli, made her own version and named her Barbie, after her daughter Barbara.
According to the History Channel, in 1955 the doll was endorsed by the television show “Mickey Mouse Club” and became the first toy ever advertised to children.
The Barbie doll achieved huge sales and met with positive and negative reactions.
On the one hand, many saw Barbie as changing the narrative around the role of women at the time, as she held a number of professions, including doctor, pilot and Olympian.
On the other hand, some saw Barbie with her dream house, lots of clothes and perfect proportions as setting a wrong role model and promoting a materialistic lifestyle to young children.
What happened today, March 9, in Greece and in the world
Today, March 9, it was released 1959 the first Barbie, in 1867 the USA bought Alaska from Russia, in 1908 the Inter Milan team was founded and in 1926 the Panaitolikos team. In 1971, the five “9s” of Antonis were recorded, while in 2000, Costas Simitis submitted the accession of Greece to the EMU.
1009: First known mention of her Lithuaniain the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.
1230: The Bulgarian tsar, Ivan Asen II, defeats Theodore Comnenus Duke, despot of Epirus, at the Battle of Klokotnitsa.
1276: Augsburg becomes a free imperial city.
1500: The Portuguese explorer, Pedro Cabral, with 13 ships leaves Lisbon for the Indies. On his journey he will discover Brazil.
1776: Adam Smith's book “The Wealth of Nations”, one of the classic works of economic science, is released.
1796: THE Napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine, widow of the Viscount of Boarnet.
1824: The first civil war between the rebellious Greeks begins.
1867: The US agrees to buy from Russia the Alaskafor $7,200,000.
1900: In Germany, women are petitioning the Reichstag to be allowed to take those ticketed university exams as well.
1908: The Inter Milan football team is founded by dissident members of Milan.
1926: His football team is founded in Agrinio Panaitoliko by elite members of the local community.
1941: The Italian forces carry out a general counterattack against the positions of the Greek Army, according to World War II. It will fail miserably.
[1945: American B-29s bomb Tokyo, killing 80,000 people and leaving 1,000,000 homeless.
1946: 33 people are killed and 500 injured at Bolton v Stoke City's FA Cup match in front of 70,000 at Burden Park when the guardrails give way. The race continues without stopping, at the behest of the officials despite the accident.
1956: The archbishop of Cyprus, Makarios, is deported by the British to the Seychelles as a terrorist.
1959: The doll Barbie makes her debut. Since then its sales have exceeded 100 billion dollars.
1965: Two people lose their lives and hundreds of houses are leveled in Alonissos by a powerful earthquake centered on the Northern Euboean Gulf, which is felt throughout Greece.
1971: The five “9s” of Antonis. On the 9th of the month, exactly at 9, 9 minutes before the end of the match, No. 9 (Antonis Antoniadis) scores his 9th goal in European cups. It is his goal in the match Everton – Panathinaikos for the quarter-final stage of the Champions Cup, which laid the foundations for the historic qualification of Ferenc Puskas' team to the semi-finals of the competition.
1975: Alaska oil pipeline construction begins.
1979: The first page of the newspaper “To Pontiki” is published.
1986: US Navy divers find the main body of the space shuttle Challenger nearly intact. The bodies of all seven astronauts are still inside it.
1995: Konstantinos Karamanlis announces his resignation from the office of the President of the Republic, 57 days before the end of his term, consistent with his statement to speed up the procedures for electing his successor.
2000: The application for the country's accession to the Eurozone is submitted by the Simitis government to the competent institutions of the European Union. “The application is two years late”, comments New Democracy. The KKE and DIKKI express the assessment that dark days are coming and national retreats have taken place, while SYRIZA speaks of an important event, but of a disproportionate cost paid by the people.
2009: In Athens, the “Revolutionary Struggle” attempts a bomb attack on a bank branch on Kapodistriou Street, in Nea Ionia. The terrorist organization claimed responsibility for the bombing.
2020: The first two deaths from the new coronavirus are confirmed in Germany.
2022: Russian airstrike destroys maternity hospital and children's hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine.
Births
1213 – Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy
1454 – Amerigo Vespucci, Italian cartographer and explorer
1814 – Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet
1890 – Vychislav Molotov, Russian politician
1902 – Luis Barragan, Mexican architect
1918 – George Lincoln Rockwell, American politician
1921 – Dimitris Horn, Greek actor
1922 – Fleming Waldemar, Count of Rosenborg
1923 – Nikos Zachariou, Greek bathyphone
1924 – Aristides Alafouzos, Greek shipbuilder
1929 – Zilur Rahman, president of Bangladesh
1932 – Aristides Roubanis, Greek basketball player
1934 – Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut
1940 – Raul Julia, Puerto Rican actor
1942 – John Cale, Welsh composer
1943 – Bobby Fischer, American chess player
1944 – Maria Arseni, Greek politician
1950 – Danny Sullivan, American racing driver
1954 – Bobby Sands, Irish fighter
1955 – Ornella Muti, Italian actress
1955 – Spyros Papadopoulos, Greek actor
1960 – Zelimir Obradovic, Serbian basketball coach
1965 – Antonio Saca, Salvadoran politician
1967 – Maria Bakodimou, Greek presenter
1975 – Juan Sebastian Veron, Argentine soccer player
1983 – Giannis Masmanidis, German football player
1983 – Clint Dempsey, American football player
1983 – Mayte Perroni, Mexican actress and singer
1985 – Pastor Maldonado, Venezuelan racing driver
1992 – Maria Eugenia Suarez, Argentine actress
Deaths
886 – Albumassar, Persian astrologer
1091 – Timo, Count of Vettin
1477 – Henry IV, Duke of Mecklenburg
1851 – Hans Christian Oersted, Danish physicist
1888 – William I, German Emperor
1895 – Leopold von Sacher-Mazoch, Austrian writer and journalist
1897 – Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, Islamic teacher and writer
1918 – Frank Wedekind, German writer
1924 – Panagiotis Daglis, Greek soldier
1926 – Mikao Usui, Japanese founder of Reiki
1952 – Alexandra Kolodai, Russian diplomat
1981 – Max Delbrück, German biologist
1983 – Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist
1985 – Harry Catterick, English football manager
1988 – Kurt Georg Kissinger, German politician
1990 – Georgios Kostakis, Greek art collector
1992 – Menachem Begin, Israeli politician
1994 – Charles Bukowski, American writer
1997 – The Notorious BIG (born Christopher George Lator Wallace), American rapper
1999 – George Lambrianos, Greek politician
2001 – Louisa Podimatas, Greek actress
2003 – Bernard Douyogo, President of Nauru
2004 – Albert Mol, Dutch actor
2006 – Anna Moffo, American soprano
2007 – Yiagos Simantiris, Greek football player
2014 – Carlos Moreno, Argentinian actor
2016 – Dikaios Vagiakakos, Greek linguist
2022 – Alexandros Konstantinidis Greek actor
World days
World Kidney Day: Every second Thursday of March, since 2006 World Kidney Day is celebrated. This particular day was established by International Nephrology Day and the International Association of Nephrology Foundations with the aim of raising public awareness about Chronic Kidney Disease.
Source: News Beast
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