From The Words of Extraordinary Women to Barbie Day and the racy origins of Barbie, today’s Monday with Mitzi! episode is sure to amuse.
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The Odds: Daylight Saving Time | CNNCircadian rhythm – WikipediaMeet Lilli, the High-end German Call Girl Who Became BarbieJulia Child – WikipediaRich Dad vs Poor Dad The Hidden Game That Decides Your Life || PROF JIANG XUEQIN || #profjiangstyle – YouTubeStanford marshmallow experiment – WikipediaHeadlines
Wall Street braced for huge sell-off as oil hits highest level in four years and gas prices hit $8-a-gallon | Daily Mail OnlineYou’ll Choke When You Hear How Many Full-Time Jobs a $136 Million Data Center Will Actually CreateOn This Day
On This Day – What Happened on March 9Today in History: March 9, ‘Operation Meetinghouse’ firebombing devastates Tokyo | AP NewsWhat Happened on March 9 – On This DayWhat Happened on March 9 | HISTORYMarch 9 – WikipediaHolidays
Amerigo Vespucci Day | Holiday | Checkiday.comBarbie Day | Holiday | Checkiday.comFalse Teeth Day | Holiday | Checkiday.comFill Our Staplers Day | Holiday | Checkiday.comGet Over It Day | Holiday | Checkiday.comNational Workplace Napping Day | Holiday | Checkiday.comPanic Day | Holiday | Checkiday.comHistorical Events
1961 — Ivan Ivanovich, a human dummy, travels into space1959 — The Barbie doll goes on sale: Patterned after the Lilli ‘call girl’ doll,[1][2] the American toy company Mattel claims that more than one billion Barbie dolls have been sold so far, with about 3 dolls being sold every second.1931 — The electron microscope is invented: German physicist Ernst Ruska is credited with the invention of the microscope. His first instrument allowed a resolution of 50 nanometers (billionths of a meter).1891 — Kaʻiulani appointed the heir apparent to the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom.1842 — Giuseppe Verdi’s third opera, Nabucco, receives its première performance in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy’s foremost opera composers.1776 — Scottish philosopher Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations, ushering in the classical period of political economy.Births
1964 — Juliette Binoche, French actress, dancer1943 — Bobby Fischer, American chess player1934 — Yuri Gagarin, Russian pilot, astronaut1890 — Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs fr the Soviet Union1568 — Aloysius Gonzaga, Italian saint, namesake of Gonzaga University (died 1591)1451 — Amerigo Vespucci, Italian cartographer and explorer, namesake of the Americas (died 1512)Deaths
1997 — Christopher Wallace a.k.a. The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper1996 — George Burns, American actor1994 — Charles Bukowski, American poet1992 — Menachem Begin, Israeli politician, 6th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate, founder of Israel’s ruling Likud party, who famously boasted of being “the father of terrorism in all the world.”[3]Footnotes
Checkiday. “Barbie Day.” Checkiday.com, Checkiday, 11 Feb. 2017, www.checkiday.com/b7bd0e4f06056fc555595937c097c229/barbie-day. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026. ︎
Nessy, Messy. “Meet Lilli, the High-End German Call Girl Who Became America’s Iconic Barbie Doll.” Messy Nessy Chic, 29 Jan. 2016, www.messynessychic.com/2016/01/29/meet-lilli-the-high-end-german-call-girl-who-became-americas-iconic-barbie-doll/. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026. ︎
Bollyn, Christopher. ““Frighten the West”: The Israeli Roots of Terrorism.” Christopher Bollyn, Christopher Bollyn, 22 Nov. 2015, www.bollyn.com/frighten-the-west-the-israeli-roots-of-terrorism-2/. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
THE FATHER OF TERRORISM – Menachem Begin, the terrorist founder of Israel’s ruling Likud party, bragged about being “the father of terrorism in all the world.” The Likud party is now headed by Benjamin Netanyahu.
“How does it feel, in the light of all that’s going on, to be the father of terrorism in the Middle East?”
“In the Middle East?” he [Begin] bellowed, in his thick, cartoon accent. “In all the world!”
