Historical Events In April - 09

1924  Harald Heilmann, composer on April - 09.  

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

1927  On this day in history italy & US anarchists Sacco & Vanzetti given death sentences  

1928  On this day in history mae West's NYC debut in a daring new play "Diamond Lil"  

1928  On this day in history 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  "White Horse Inn" opens in London on April - 09.  

1931  K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1180 Rita on April - 09.  

1931  On April - 09 chicago Cy Wentworth beats Mont Canadiens at 13:50 of 6th period  

1931  On April - 09 paul Antonin Vidal, composer, dies at 67  

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

1933  On this day in history the birth of Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor  

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

1935  Works Progress Administration approved by Congress on this day in history.  

1935  On this day in history stanley Cup: Montreal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 3 games  

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

1939  On this day in history marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial  

1939  Emilio Serrano y Ruiz, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.  

1940  German forces invade Denmark and Norway during World War 2 on this day in history.  

1940  Germany invades Norway and Denmark during WW II on April - 09.  

1940  Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2639 Planman on April - 09.  

1940  German cruiser Blucher torpedoed/capsizes in Oslofjord, 1,000 die on this day in history.  

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

1941  Commissioning of USS North Carolina, which carried 9 16-inch guns on April - 09.  

1941  On this day in history pGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame  

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

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

1943  On April - 09 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 April - 09 pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae  

1944  Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski, composer, dies at 59 on April - 09.  

1945  Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360 on this day in history.  

1945  Battleship Admiral Scheer sinks British aircraft carrier on April - 09.  

1945  On April - 09 dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologist/antifascist, hanged  

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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  John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670) was born on April - 09.  

1611  Giacomo Maria Predieri, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1634  Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau was born on April - 09.  

1648  On this day in history birth of henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1720)  

1649  On this day in history 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 April - 09.  

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

0715  On April - 09 constantine I, Greek/Syrian Pope (708-15), dies  

1024  On April - 09 benedict VIII, [Theophylactus van Tusculum], Pope (1012-24), dies  

1137  On this day in history death of william X, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099)  

1483  On April - 09 edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) dies at 38  

1484  On April - 09 death of edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (b. 1473)  

1492  On this day in history lorenzo de' Medici, Florentine statesman, dies