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Events and People Who Made History on April 9
2nd Century
193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans). The Severan dynasty starts.
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8th Century
715 - Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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13th Century
1241 - Battle of Liegnitz - Mongol armies defeat Poles and Germans
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14th Century
1388 - Battle of Nafels; Glarius Swiss defeat Habsburg (Austrian) army
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15th Century
1454 - Milan/Venice signs peace of Lodi
1474 - Breisach land guardian Peter von Hagenbach throws out Walloon/Italians
1483 - Edward I (12) succeeds Edward IV as king of England
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16th Century
1538 - Danish king Christian III enters Schmalkaldische Union
1555 - Marcello Cervini elected Pope Marcellus II
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17th Century
1609 - Spain and Netherlands sign 12 Year Resistant Pact
1621 - Spain and Netherlands 12 Year Resistant Pact ends
1667 - 1st public art exhibition (Palais-Royale, Paris)
1682 - Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France
1691 - French troops occupy Mons
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18th Century
1770 - Captain James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia)
1783 - Tippu Sahib drives out English from Bednore India
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19th Century
1808 - Mayor Wolters offers French king Louis Napoleon townhall as a palace
1814 - Elias Canneman (L) resigns as minister of Finance
1816 - African Methodist Episcopal Church organizes in Philadelphia
1829 - Danzig (Gdansk) dike break flood kills 1,200
1831 - Robert Jenkins loses an ear, starts war between Britain and Spain
1833 - 1st tax-supported public library in Peterborough, New Hampshire
1838 - National Galley opens in London
1864 - Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, 2870 causalities
1865 - Federals capture Ft. Blakely, Alabama
1865 - Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender to U.S. Grant at Appomattox
1866 - Civil Rights Bill passes over President Andrew Johnson's veto
1869 - Hudson Bay Company cedes it's territory to Canada
1870 - American Anti-Slavery Society dissolves
1872 - Samuel R. Percy patents dried milk
1878 - 1st Lady Lucy Hayes begins egg rolling contest on White House lawn
1894 - 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 5th Symphony in B in Graz
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20th Century
1906 - 3rd modern Olympic games opens in Athens
1912 - 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs. Harvard)
1912 - Titanic leaves Queenstown, Ireland for New York
1913 - Brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0
1914 - 1st full color film shown "World, Flesh and Devil" in London
1914 - Tampico incident - U.S. ship crew arrested in Mexico
1914 - "World, the Flesh and the Devil," 1st color film, shown in London
1917 - Battle of Arras begins
1917 - Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops
1918 - Latvia proclaims independence
1923 - Sean O'Casey's "Shadow of a Gunman," premieres in Dublin
1925 - Babe Ruth rushed to hospital
1927 - Italy and U.S. anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti given death sentences
1928 - Eugene O'Neill's "Lazarus Laughed," premieres in Pasadena
1928 - Mae West's New York City debut in a daring new play "Diamond Lil"
1928 - Top-Oss soccer team forms in Oss
1928 - Turkey passes separation of church and state
1931 - Chicago Cy Wentworth beats Mont Canadiens at 13:50 of 6th period
1932 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep New York Rangers in 3 games
1935 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 3 games
1939 - Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial
1940 - German cruiser Blucher torpedoed and capsizes in Oslofjord, 1,000 die
1940 - Germany invades Norway and Denmark during WW II, Denmark surrenders
1941 - PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame
1942 - Battle of Bataan, U.S. and Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japanese at Bataan
1944 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae
1945 - Battleship Admiral Scheer sinks British aircraft carrier
1945 - Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360
1945 - NFL requires players to wear long stockings
1946 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1
1947 - Atomic Energy Commission confirmed
1947 - Baseball suspends Brooklyn Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year
1947 - Tornadoes striking West Texas and Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300
1949 - U.N. International Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel and awards Britain damages
1950 - 14th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 283
1950 - 4th Tony Awards: Cocktail Party and South Pacific win
1950 - Bob Hope's 1st TV appearance
1952 - Popular uprising in Bolivia
1953 - Jomo Kenyatta sentenced to 7 years in Kenya
1953 - "TV Guide" publishes 1st issue
1954 - WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington, North Carolina (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 - U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1957 - Howard Hanson's "Song of Democracy," premieres in Washington D.C.
1957 - Suez Canal cleared for all shipping
1959 - 13th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics sweep Minnesota Lakers in 4 games Boston Celtics wins 8th straight title
1959 - Baltimore Orioles pull their 2nd triple play (3-6-3 vs Washington Senators)
1959 - Bill Sharman hits a NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot
1959 - NASA names 1st 7 astronauts for Project Mercury
1960 - 14th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat St. Louis Hawks, 4 games to 3
1960 - South African premier Verwoerd wounded in battle
1962 - 26th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 280
1962 - 34th Academy Awards - "West Side Story," Sophia Loren and Max Schell win
1962 - John F. Kennedy throws out 1st ball at Washington's new DC Stadium
1963 - Winston Churchill becomes 1st honorary U.S. citizen, posthumously
1965 - 1st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun
1965 - Beatles "Ticket to Ride" is released in U.K.
1965 - India and Pakistan engage in border fight
1966 - Anaheim Stadium for California Angels opens
1966 - Sophia Loren marries married Carlo Ponti in Paris
1967 - 1st Boeing 737 rolls out
1967 - 31st Golf Masters Championship: Gay Brewer, Jr. wins, shooting a 280
1967 - "At the Drop of Another Hat" closes at Booth New York City after 105 performances
1967 - Shortwave broadcaster Radio New York Worldwide's transmitter burns down
1968 - East Germany adopts constitution
1968 - Martin Luther King, Jr., buried in Atlanta
1968 - Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference
1968 - Wayne Connelly is 1st to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot
1969 - 1st flight of Concorde 002 (Filton-Bristol)
1969 - Chicago Cub Billy Williams hits 4 consecutive doubles beat Phillies 11-3
1970 - Paul McCartney announces official split of Beatles
1970 - Paul McCartney announces official split of Beatles
1971 - Ringo releases "It Don't Come Easy" in UK
1972 - 36th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286
1972 - Glenn Turner (259) and Terry Jarvis make 387 opening cricket stand vs. WI
1972 - "Sugar" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 506 performances
1972 - U.S.S.R. and Iraq sign friendship treaty
1973 - 37th Golf Masters Championship: Tommy Aaron wins, shooting a 283
1973 - Netherlands recognizes North Vietnam
1973 - Otto Kerner, former governor of Illinois, convicted for his role in an illegal racetrack scheme
1974 - Padres owner Ray Kroc, addresses fans "Ladies and gentlemen, I suffer with you I've never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life"
1976 - U.S. and Russia agreed on size of nuclear tests for peaceful use
1977 - Communist party in Spain allowed legally after 40 years
1978 - 42nd Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 277
1978 - Brewers sweep Orioles 11-3, 16-3, and 13-5 (each with a grand slam)
1978 - David Thompson scores ties 3rd highest total in the NBA - 73
1978 - Denver's David Thompson scores 73 points and San Antonio's George Gervin scores 63 points in separate NBA games (33 in 1 quarter)
1979 - 51st Academy Awards - "Deer Hunter," Jon Voight and Jane Fonda win
1979 - Longest doubles ping-pong match of 101 hours, begins
1980 - Belgium's Marten's government resigns
1980 - Kings tie NHL rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Isles
1980 - Soyuz 35 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6
1981 - Los Angeles Dodgers Fernando Valenzuela's 1st start, beats Astros 2-0
1981 - U.S. submarine George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru
1982 - Los Angeles Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record
1983 - 6th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 1 returns to Earth
1983 - Caps 2-Isles 6 -Patrick Semis-Denis Potvin fails on penalty shot
1984 - 56th Academy Awards - "Terms of Endearment," R Duvall and S Maclaine win
1985 - White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game
1986 - "Dallas" announces it will revive killed Bobby Ewing character
1987 - For 3rd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game Wayne Gretzky passes Jean Beliveau as all time playoff scoring champ
1988 - Devils 3-0 over Islanders-Devils lead 2-1 in 1st round
1988 - "Les Miserables," opens at Umeda-Koma Theatre, Osaka
1988 - U.S. imposes economic sanctions on Panama
1989 - 53rd Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 283
1989 - Mike Tyson strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car
1989 - Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
1989 - Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in New York's 4-3 loss to Clev
1989 - Scott Hoch chokes on 18 inch putt and loses Masters golf tournament
1989 - Washington D.C. march supporting 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision
1990 - "Capital News" starring Lloyd Bridges premieres on ABC-TV
1990 - Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract with Yankees
1990 - New York Islanders beat New York Rangers 4-3 in double overtime-Rangers lead 2-1
1990 - World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall in New York City
1991 - Date of Microsoft MS DOS 5.0
1991 - Georgia SSR votes to secede from U.S.S.R.
1992 - John Majors, (C) elected Prime Minister of England
1992 - Noriega convicted on 8 of 10 drug and racketeering charges
1992 - Record 18 golfers shoot in 60s in Masters round 1 (old record 12)
1992 - "Redwood Curtain" opens at Neiderlander theater on Broadway
1992 - U.S. Federal court finds Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug crimes
1992 - William O. Studeman, becomes deputy director of CIA
1993 - Colorado Rockies 1st home game and 1st victory, 11-4 over Mont Expos
1994 - BPAA U.S. Open by Justin Hromek
1994 - Singer Wayne Newton (52) weds attorney Kathleen McCrone (30)
1994 - STS-59, Endeavour, launches into orbit
1995 - 59th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 274
1995 - "Translations" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 25 performances
1997 - Major League Soccer announces Miami and Chicago expansion
1997 - NFL announces it will give $3M to CFL and possible "World Classic Bowl"
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21st Century
2000 - 64th Golf Masters Championship:
2005 - Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles are married
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