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April 9 in History
Historical Events on April 9
190
Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground.
475
Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position.
537
Siege of Rome: The Byzantine general Belisarius receives his promised reinforcements, 1,600 cavalry, mostly of Hunnic or Slavic origin and expert bowmen. He starts, despite shortages, raids against the Gothic camps and Vitiges is forced into a stalemate.
1241
Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeat the Polish and German armies.
1288
Mongol invasions of Vietnam: Yuan forces are defeated by Trần forces in the Battle of Bach Dang in present-day northern Vietnam.
1388
Despite being outnumbered 16 to 1, forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy are victorious over the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Näfels.
1413
Henry V is crowned King of England.
1440
Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark.
1454
The Treaty of Lodi is signed, establishing a balance of power among northern Italian city-states for almost 50 years.
1511
St John's College, Cambridge, England, founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort, receives its charter.
1585
The expedition organised by Sir Walter Raleigh departs England for Roanoke Island (now in North Carolina) to establish the Roanoke Colony.
1609
Eighty Years' War: Spain and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of Antwerp to initiate twelve years of truce.
1609
Philip III of Spain issues the decree of the "Expulsion of the Moriscos".
1682
Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana.
1782
American War of Independence: Battle of the Saintes begins.
1860
On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
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.
1909
The U.S. Congress passes the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.
1914
Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
1916
World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
1917
World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
1918
World War I: The Battle of the Lys: The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps is crushed by the German forces during what is called the Spring Offensive on the Belgian region of Flanders.
1918
The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
1937
The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
1939
Marian Anderson sings at the Lincoln Memorial, after being denied the right to sing at the Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitution Hall.
1940
World War II: Operation Weserübung: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
1940
Vidkun Quisling seizes power in Norway.
1942
World War II: The Battle of Bataan/Bataan Death March: United States forces surrender on the Bataan Peninsula. The Japanese Navy launches an 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 island's east coast.
1945
Execution of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, anti-Nazi dissident and spy, by the Nazi regime.
1945
World War II: The German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer is sunk by the Royal Air Force
1945
World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
1945
The United States Atomic Energy Commission is formed.
1947
The Glazier-Higgins-Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
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 Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
1948
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in Colombia.
1948
Fighters from the Irgun and Lehi Zionist paramilitary groups attacked Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, killing over 100.
1952
Hugo Ballivián's government is overthrown by the Bolivian National Revolution, starting a period of agrarian reform, universal suffrage and the nationalization of tin mines
1957
The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping.
1959
Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".
1960
Dr Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa and architect of apartheid, narrowly survives an assassination attempt by a white farmer, David Pratt in Johannesburg.
1961
The Pacific Electric Railway in Los Angeles, once the largest electric railway in the world, ends operations.
1965
Astrodome opens. First indoor baseball game is played.
1967
The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.
1969
The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford.
1975
The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world.
1976
The EMD F40PH diesel locomotive enters revenue service with Amtrak.
1980
The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture.
1981
The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS George Washington accidentally collides with the Nissho Maru, a Japanese cargo ship, sinking it.
1989
Tbilisi massacre: an anti-Soviet peaceful demonstration and hunger strike in Tbilisi, demanding restoration of Georgian independence, is dispersed by the Soviet Army, resulting in 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries.
1991
Georgia declares independence from the Soviet Union
1992
A U.S. Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to 30 years in prison.
1999
Kosovo War: The Battle of Košare begins.
2003
Iraq War: Baghdad falls to American forces; Iraqis turn on symbols of their former leader Saddam Hussein, pulling down a grand statue of him and tearing it to pieces.
2005
Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at Windsor's Guildhall.
2009
In Tbilisi, Georgia, up to 60,000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili.
2013
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake strikes Iran killing 32 people and injuring over 850 people.
2013
At least 13 people are killed and another three injured after a man goes on a spree shooting in the Serbian village of Velika Ivanča.
2014
A student stabs 20 people at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania.
2017
Palm Sunday church bombings at Coptic Churches in Tanta and Alexandria take place.
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