9th april history 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans). 475 - Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position. 715 - Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1241 - Battle of Liegnitz - Mongol armies defeat Poles & Germans 1388 - Battle of Näfels; Glarius Swiss defeat Habsburg (Austrian) army 1413 - Henry V is crowned King of England. 1440 - Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark. 1454 - Milan and Venice sign peace of Lodi 1474 - Breisach land guardian Peter von Hagenbach throws out Walloon/Italians 1483 - Edward V (aged 12) succeeds his father Edward IV as king of England. He was never crowned, and disappeared, presumed murdered, after incarceration in the Tower of London with his younger brother Richard (the Princes in the Tower 1538 - Danish king Christian III enters Schmalkaldische Union 1555 - Marcello Cervini elected Pope Marcellus II 1609 - Spain & Netherlands sign 12 Year Resistant Pact 1621 - Spain & 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 1731 - British mariner Robert Jenkins ear cut off by Spanish Guarde Costa in the Caribbean, later catalyst for war between Britain & Spain 1783 - Tippu Sahib drives out British from Bednore, India 1808 - Mayor Wolters offers French king Louis Napoleon townhall as a palace 1814 - Elias Canneman (L) resigns as minister of Finance of the Netherlands 1816 - African Methodist Episcopal Church organizes (Phila) 1829 - Danzig (Gdansk) dike break flood kills 1,200 1833 - 1st tax-supported public library (Peterborough, NH) 1838 - UK National Gallery re-opens in its new dedicated building in Trafalgar Square, London 1864 - Battle of Pleasant Hill LA, 2870 casualities Confederate General Robert E. LeeConfederate General Robert E. Lee 1865 - General Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender at Appomattox Court House in Virginia to US Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant 1866 - Civil Rights Bill passes over President Andrew Johnsons veto 1869 - Hudson Bay Company cedes its territory to Canada 1870 - American Anti-Slavery Society dissolves 1872 - Samuel R Percy patents dried milk 1894 - 1st performance of Anton Bruckners 5th Symphony in B in Graz 1906 - 3½th modern Olympic games opens in Athens (4/22 NS) 1909 - The U.S. Congress passes the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act. 1912 - 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs Harvard) 1913 - Brooklyn Dodgers Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0 1914 - World, the Flesh & the Devil, 1st color film, shown in London 1914 - Tampico incident - US ship crew arrested in Mexico 1917 - Battle of Arras begins 1917 - Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops 1918 - Latvia proclaims independence 1923 - Sean OCaseys Shadow of a Gunman premieres in Dublin Baseball Great Babe RuthBaseball Great Babe Ruth 1925 - Babe Ruth rushed to hospital 1927 - Italy & US anarchists Sacco & Vanzetti given death sentences 1928 - Eugene ONeills Lazarus Laughed premieres in Pasadena 1928 - Mae Wests NYC debut in a daring new play Diamond Lil 1928 - Top-Oss soccer team forms in Oss 1928 - Turkey passes separation of church & state 1931 - Chicago Cy Wentworth beats Mont Canadiens at 13:50 of 6th period 1932 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep NY 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 & Denmark during WW II (Denmark surrenders) 1941 - PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame 1942 - Battle of Bataan; US-Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japanese at Bataan 1944 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae Actress Mae WestActress Mae West 1945 - Battleship Admiral Scheer sunk by RAF bombing in Kiel 1945 - Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360 1945 - NFL requires players to wear long stockings 1945 - World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, East Prussia, ends. 1946 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1 1947 - Atomic Energy Commission confirmed 1947 - Baseball suspends Bkln Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year 1947 - Tornadoes striking West Texas & Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300 1948 - Massacre at Deir Yassin. 1949 - UN Intl Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel & awards Britain damages 1950 - 14th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 283 1950 - 4th Tony Awards: Cocktail Party & South Pacific win 1950 - Bob Hopes 1st TV appearance 1952 - Popular uprising in Bolivia 1952 - Hugo Ballivians government is overthrown by the Bolivian National Revolution, starting a period of agrarian reform, universal suffrage and the nationalisation of tin mines Entertainer Bob HopeEntertainer Bob Hope 1953 - TV Guide publishes 1st issue 1953 - Warner Brothers premieres the first 3-D film, entitled House of Wax. 1954 - WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington, NC (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1957 - Howard Hansons Song of Democracy premieres in Wash DC 1957 - Suez Canal cleared for all shipping 1959 - Balt Orioles pull their 2nd triple play (3-6-3 vs Wash Senators) 1959 - Bill Sharman hits a NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot 1959 - NASA names 1st 7 astronauts for Project Mercury 1959 - 13th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics sweep Minn Lakers in 4 games Boston Celtics wins 8th straight title 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 & Maximillian Schell win 1962 - JFK throws out 1st ball at Washingtons new DC Stadium Soldier, Author and British Prime Minister Winston ChurchillSoldier, Author and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill 1963 - Winston Churchill becomes 1st honorary US citizen 1965 - Beatles Ticket to Ride is released in UK 1965 - India & Pakistan engage in border fight 1965 - 1st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun 1966 - Anaheim Stadium for California Angels opens 1967 - At the Drop of Another Hat closes at Booth NYC after 105 perfs 1967 - 1st Boeing 737 rolls out 1967 - 31st Golf Masters Championship: Gay Brewer Jr wins, shooting a 280 1967 - Shortwave broadcaster Radio NY Worldwides transmitter burns down 1967 - The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight. 1968 - German DR adopts constitution 1968 - Martin Luther King Jr, buried in Atlanta 1968 - Minns Wayne Connelly is 1st to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot 1968 - Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference 1969 - 1st flight of Concorde 002 (Filton-Bristol) Clergyman and Civil Rights Activist Martin Luther King Jr.Clergyman and Civil Rights Activist Martin Luther King Jr. 1969 - Chic Cub Billy Williams hits 4 consecutive doubles beat Phillies 11-3 1971 - Ringo releases It Dont Come Easy in UK 1972 - Sugar opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 506 performances 1972 - 36th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286 1972 - Glenn Turner (259) & Terry Jarvis make 387 opening cricket stand v WI 1972 - USSR & 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 & gentlemen, I suffer with you Ive never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life 1976 - US & 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, & 13-5 (each with a grand slam) 1978 - David Thompson scores ties 3rd highest total in the NBA - 73 Golfer Gary PlayerGolfer Gary Player 1978 - Denvers David Thompson scores 73 points & San Antonios George Gervin scores 63 points in separate NBA games (33 in 1 quarter) 1979 - 51st Academy Awards - Deer Hunter, Jon Voight & Jane Fonda win 1980 - Belgiums Martens 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 - LA Dodgers Fernando Valenzuelas 1st start, beats Astros 2-0 1981 - US sub George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru 1982 - LA 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 Star
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