April 09
Saturday 09, 2005:
HRH Charles, Prince of Wales weds Camilla Parker Bowles
Wednesday 09, 2003:
2003 invasion of Iraq: The Ba'ath regime headed by Saddam Hussein in Iraq is deposed.
Tuesday 09, 2002:
The funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother of the United Kingdom is held at Westminster Abbey.
Friday 09, 1999:
Nigerian President Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara is assassinated.
Thursday 09, 1998:
The National Prisoner of War Museum is dedicated in Andersonville, Georgia, on the site of an American Civil War POW camp.
Thursday 09, 1992:
John Major wins the UK general election.
Tuesday 09, 1991:
Georgia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
Thursday 09, 1987:
Dikye Baggett becomes the first person to undergo corrective surgery for Parkinson's disease.
Wednesday 09, 1986:
The government of France rules against the privatization of French automaker Renault.
Wednesday 09, 1969:
The "Chicago Eight" plead not guilty on federal charges of conspiracy to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
Sunday 09, 1967:
The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) takes its maiden flight.
Thursday 09, 1959:
Mercury program: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts which the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".
Thursday 09, 1953:
Warner Brothers premieres the first 3-D film, entitled House of Wax
Friday 09, 1948:
1948 - Massacre at Deir Yassin.
Wednesday 09, 1947:
The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride of 16 black and white men traveling through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws begins. The riders, sponsored by CORE and the Fellowship of Reconciliation, are seeking to force southern states to enforce the Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned segregation in interstate travel.
Monday 09, 1945:
The German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer is sunk.
Thursday 09, 1942:
United States forces surrender on the Bataan Peninsula.
Tuesday 09, 1940:
World War II: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
Sunday 09, 1939:
Marian Anderson sings at the Lincoln Memorial, after having been refused the right to sing at the Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitution Hall.
Monday 09, 1917:
The battle begins with Canadian forces executing a massive assault on the Vimy Ridge.
Sunday 09, 1916:
German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
Wednesday 09, 1913:
The Brooklyn Dodgers' Ebbets Field opens.
Friday 09, 1909:
The U.S. Congress passes the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.
Tuesday 09, 1867:
Alaska purchase: By a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska.
Sunday 09, 1865:
American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
Thursday 09, 1682:
Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana.
Tuesday 09, 1241:
Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeats the Polish and German armies.
Tuesday 09, 193:
Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans).
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