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09 April, 2005

HRH Charles, Prince of Wales weds Camilla Parker Bowles.

09 April, 2003

2003 invasion of Iraq: Baghdad, Iraq falls to American forces.

09 April, 1999

Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, President of Niger, is assassinated.

09 April, 1992

US Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty on drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to 30 years in prison.

09 April, 1992

John Majors Conservative Party wins an unprecedented fourth general election victory in the United Kingdom.

09 April, 1991

Georgia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.

09 April, 1975

The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world.

09 April, 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.

09 April, 1967

The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) takes its maiden flight.

09 April, 1959

Mercury program: NASA announces the selection of the United States first seven astronauts, which the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".

09 April, 1957

The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping

09 April, 1953

Warner Brothers premieres the first 3-D film, entitled House of Wax

09 April, 1948

Jorge Eliécer Gaitáns assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in all of Colombia (La violencia).

09 April, 1948

Massacre at Deir Yassin.

09 April, 1947

The Glazier-Higgins-Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.

09 April, 1947

The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Courts 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.

09 April, 1945

World War II: The German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer is sunk.

09 April, 1945

World War II: Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.

09 April, 1945

The United States Atomic Energy Commission formed

09 April, 1942

World War II: Battle of Bataan/Bataan Death March - United States forces surrender on the Bataan Peninsula. Japanese Navy launches air raid on Trincomalee in Ceylon (Sri Lanka); Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Hermes and Royal Australian Navy Destroyer HMAS Vampire are sunk off the islands east coast.

09 April, 1940

World War II: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.

09 April, 1939

Marian Anderson sings at the Lincoln Memorial, after being denied the right to sing at the Daughters of the American Revolutions Constitution Hall.

09 April, 1937

The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London - it is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.

09 April, 1917

World War I: Battle of Arras - The battle begins with Canadian forces executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.

09 April, 1916

World War I: Battle of Verdun - German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.

09 April, 1909

The U.S. Congress passes the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.

09 April, 1867

Alaska purchase: Passing by a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska.

09 April, 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.

09 April, 1682

Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana.

09 April, 1440

Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark.

09 April, 1413

Henry V is crowned King of England.

09 April, 1241

Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeats the Polish and German armies.

09 April, 475

Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position.

09 April, 193

Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans).

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