Historical Events In April - 09

1924  Harald Heilmann, composer on this day in history.  

1925  Babe Ruth rushed to hospital on this day in history.  

1927  On April - 09 italy & US anarchists Sacco & Vanzetti given death sentences  

1928  Mae West's NYC debut in a daring new play "Diamond Lil" on this day in history.  

1928  On April - 09 eugene O'Neill's "Lazarus Laughed," premieres in Pasadena  

1929  On this day in history canadian Ambassador Vincent Massey 1887-1967 protests against sinking of Canadian schooner I'm Alone; crew released; case of rum-runner to go to arbitration  

1931  On April - 09 "White Horse Inn" opens in London  

1931  On this day in history k Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1180 Rita  

1931  On this day in history chicago Cy Wentworth beats Mont Canadiens at 13:50 of 6th period  

1931  Paul Antonin Vidal, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1932  On this day in history stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep NY Rangers in 3 games  

1933  On April - 09 the birth of Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor  

1933  Sigfrid Karg-Elert, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

1935  On this day in history works Progress Administration approved by Congress  

1935  Stanley Cup: Montreal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 3 games on April - 09.  

1938  On this day in history h Alikoski discovers asteroid #1715 Salli  

1939  On April - 09 marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial  

1939  Emilio Serrano y Ruiz, composer, dies at 89 on April - 09.  

1940  On this day in history german forces invade Denmark and Norway during World War 2  

1940  On April - 09 germany invades Norway and Denmark during WW II  

1940  On this day in history y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2639 Planman  

1940  On April - 09 german cruiser Blucher torpedoed/capsizes in Oslofjord, 1,000 die  

1940  Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress (Outcast Lady, Riptide), dies on April - 09.  

1941  On April - 09 commissioning of USS North Carolina, which carried 9 16-inch guns  

1941  PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame on this day in history.  

1942  On April - 09 battle of Bataan-US-Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japs at Bataan  

1942  HMS HERMES sunk in the Indian Ocean off south east coast of Ceylon by Japanese carrier dive-bombers on this day in history.  

1943  On this day in history jomo Kenyatta of Kenya convicted of involvement with Mau Mau  

1943  On this day in history re-establishment of Commodore rank in the U.S. Navy  

1944  On this day in history pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae  

1944  On this day in history boleslaw Wallek-Walewski, composer, dies at 59  

1945  On April - 09 liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360  

1945  On this day in history battleship Admiral Scheer sinks British aircraft carrier  

1945  Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologist/antifascist, hanged on April - 09.  

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1336  On this day in history birth of tamerlane (Timur), Central Asian, Turkic conqueror (d. 1405)  

1498  On April - 09 birth of john, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (d. 1550)  

1597  On April - 09 birth of john Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670)  

1611  On this day in history birth of giacomo Maria Predieri, composer  

1627  On this day in history birth of johann Kaspar Kerll, composer  

1634  On this day in history birth of albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau  

1648  Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1720) was born on this day in history.  

1649  On April - 09 birth of james Scott, duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II  

0093  Death of Yuan An, Minister over the Masses of the Han dynasty on this day in history.  

0491  Death of Zeno, Byzantine Emperor on this day in history.  

0715  Constantine I, Greek/Syrian Pope (708-15), dies on this day in history.  

1024  On this day in history benedict VIII, [Theophylactus van Tusculum], Pope (1012-24), dies  

1137  Death of William X, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099) on this day in history.  

1483  On this day in history edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) dies at 38  

1484  Death of Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (b. 1473) on this day in history.  

1492  On April - 09 lorenzo de' Medici, Florentine statesman, dies