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  Italy & US anarchists Sacco & Vanzetti given death sentences on April - 09.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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 April - 09 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  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 this day in history stanley Cup: Montreal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 3 games  

1938  On April - 09 h Alikoski discovers asteroid #1715 Salli  

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

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

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

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

1940  On April - 09 mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress (Outcast Lady, Riptide), dies  

1941  On this day in history commissioning of USS North Carolina, which carried 9 16-inch guns  

1941  PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame on April - 09.  

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  Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae on this day in history.  

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

1945  Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360 on April - 09.  

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

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

1649  On this day in history birth of james Scott, duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II  

0093  On this day in history death of yuan An, Minister over the Masses of the Han dynasty  

0491  On this day in history death of zeno, Byzantine Emperor  

0715  Constantine I, Greek/Syrian Pope (708-15), dies on April - 09.  

1024  On this day in history 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  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