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

1928  On April - 09 mae West's NYC debut in a daring new play "Diamond Lil"  

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

1929  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 on this day in history.  

1931  "White Horse Inn" opens in London on April - 09.  

1931  On April - 09 k Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1180 Rita  

1931  Chicago Cy Wentworth beats Mont Canadiens at 13:50 of 6th period on April - 09.  

1931  Paul Antonin Vidal, composer, dies at 67 on April - 09.  

1932  Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep NY Rangers in 3 games on this day in history.  

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  H Alikoski discovers asteroid #1715 Salli on April - 09.  

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

1939  On this day in history emilio Serrano y Ruiz, composer, dies at 89  

1940  German forces invade Denmark and Norway during World War 2 on April - 09.  

1940  Germany invades Norway and Denmark during WW II on this day in history.  

1940  Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2639 Planman on this day in history.  

1940  German cruiser Blucher torpedoed/capsizes in Oslofjord, 1,000 die on April - 09.  

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 April - 09.  

1942  Battle of Bataan-US-Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japs at Bataan on April - 09.  

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  Re-establishment of Commodore rank in the U.S. Navy on this day in history.  

1944  Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae on April - 09.  

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

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 this day in history dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologist/antifascist, hanged  

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1336  Tamerlane (Timur), Central Asian, Turkic conqueror (d. 1405) was born on April - 09.  

1498  On this day in history birth of john, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (d. 1550)  

1597  On this day in history birth of john Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670)  

1611  Giacomo Maria Predieri, composer was born on April - 09.  

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

1634  On April - 09 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  James Scott, duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II was born on April - 09.  

0093  Death of Yuan An, Minister over the Masses of the Han dynasty on April - 09.  

0491  Death of Zeno, Byzantine Emperor on April - 09.  

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

1024  Benedict VIII, [Theophylactus van Tusculum], Pope (1012-24), dies on April - 09.  

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

1492  Lorenzo de' Medici, Florentine statesman, dies on April - 09.