Historical Events In April - 09

1924  On April - 09 harald Heilmann, composer  

1925  Babe Ruth rushed to hospital on April - 09.  

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  Eugene O'Neill's "Lazarus Laughed," premieres in Pasadena on this day in history.  

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 this day in history k Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1180 Rita  

1931  Chicago Cy Wentworth beats Mont Canadiens at 13:50 of 6th period on this day in history.  

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

1932  On April - 09 stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep NY Rangers in 3 games  

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

1933  On this day in history sigfrid Karg-Elert, composer, dies at 55  

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

1935  On April - 09 stanley Cup: Montreal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 3 games  

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

1939  Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial on this day in history.  

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

1940  On April - 09 german forces invade Denmark and Norway during World War 2  

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

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

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  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  Battle of Bataan-US-Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japs at Bataan on this day in history.  

1942  On April - 09 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  Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae on this day in history.  

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  Battleship Admiral Scheer sinks British aircraft carrier on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1627  Johann Kaspar Kerll, composer was born on this day in history.  

1634  Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

0715  On this day in history 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  Death of Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (b. 1473) on this day in history.  

1492  Lorenzo de' Medici, Florentine statesman, dies on this day in history.