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On This Day: 9th of March
On this day in 1776:
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith's famous work The Wealth of Nations was published.
Births and Deaths
On this day in 1649
James Hamilton 1st Duke of Hamilton died.
On this day in 1856
John Glaister was born.
On this day in 1901
William Purdie Dickson died.
On this day in 1930
Arthur James Balfour 1st Earl of Balfour died.
On this day in 1841
John Gray McKendrick was born.
On this day in 1889
William Marshall Smart was born.
On this day in 1854
Philip Jenkins was born.
On this day in 1885
Ellen Brown Orr was born.
On this day in 1949
Mark Brand died.
On this day in 1876
James William Copeland was born.
On this day in 1868
William Gemmell was born.
On this day in 1864
James Alexander Gibson was born.
On this day in 1856
Evan Jones was born.
On this day in 1868
Duncan Otto McGregor was born.
On this day in 1872
John McKenna was born.
On this day in 1922
Frederic Harrison Quaife died.
On this day in 1864
Joseph Brown Pirret was born.
On this day in 1863
Charles Henry Rankine was born.
On this day in 1870
Robert Nicol White was born.
On this day in 1886
Thomas Archibald was born.
On this day in 1869
Farquhar Gracie was born.
On this day in 1878
David Kyle was born.
On this day in 1883
John Mair was born.
On this day in 1889
Margaret Currie McKenzie was born.
On this day in 1888
Isabella Neilson was born.
On this day in 1884
David Young Robertson was born.
On this day in 1889
William Marshall Smart was born.
On this day in 1885
Alexander Gold Waddell was born.
On this day in 1883
William George Yeaman was born.
On this day in 1888
Colin William Burnley Campbell was born.
On this day in 1889
Har Pratap Singh Kunwar was born.
On this day in 1891
Margaret Curran was born.
On this day in 1912
Alexander Duncan Smart was born.
On this day in 1876
Hugh Alexander was born.