April 9 is the 99th day of the year (100th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 266 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Tuesday or Wednesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Friday or Sunday (56).
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1778 ― On this day in 1778, Jeremiah Wadsworth is named commissary general of purchases for the Continental Army at the insistence of General George Washington.
1865 ― 150 years ago today, in the United States Civil War, Confederate General Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops surrender at Appomattox Court House to US Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant.
1866 ― The Civil Rights Act of 1866 passes over President Andrew Johnson's veto.
1918 ― On this day in 1918, German troops launch “Operation Georgette” the second phase of their final, last-ditch spring offensive, against Allied positions in Armentieres, France, on the River Lys.
1927 ― Italian-American anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are given death sentences after being convicted of murdering a guard and a paymaster during the armed robbery of the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company on April 15, 1920.
1940 ― Germany invades Norway and Denmark during WW II (Denmark surrenders).
1942 ― On this day in 1942, Major General Edward P. King Jr. surrenders at Bataan, Philippines–against General Douglas MacArthur’s orders–and 78,000 troops (66,000 Filipinos and 12,000 Americans), the largest contingent of U.S. soldiers ever to surrender, are taken captive by the Japanese.
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1413 ― Henry V is crowned King of England.
1865 ― 150 years ago today, in the United States Civil War, Confederate General Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops surrender at Appomattox Court House to US Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant.
1881 ― After a one-day trial, Billy the Kid (William H. Bonney, born William Henry McCarty, Jr.) is found guilty of murdering the Lincoln County, New Mexico, sheriff and is sentenced to hang.
1866 ― The Civil Rights Act of 1866 passes over President Andrew Johnson's veto.
1918 ― On this day in 1918, German troops launch “Operation Georgette” the second phase of their final, last-ditch spring offensive, against Allied positions in Armentieres, France, on the River Lys.
1927 ― Italian-American anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are given death sentences after being convicted of murdering a guard and a paymaster during the armed robbery of the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company on April 15, 1920.
1940 ― Germany invades Norway and Denmark during WW II (Denmark surrenders).
1942 ― On this day in 1942, Major General Edward P. King Jr. surrenders at Bataan, Philippines–against General Douglas MacArthur’s orders–and 78,000 troops (66,000 Filipinos and 12,000 Americans), the largest contingent of U.S. soldiers ever to surrender, are taken captive by the Japanese.
1947 ― The town of Woodward, Oklahoma, is nearly wiped off the map by a powerful tornado on this day in 1947.
1959 ― On April 9, 1959, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) introduces America’s first astronauts to the press: Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper Jr., John H. Glenn Jr., Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Walter Schirra Jr., Alan Shepard Jr., and Donald Slayton.
1963 ― British WWII Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, becomes the first honorary United States citizen.
1965 ― The first baseball game is played in the newly constructed Astrodome. The Houston Astros beat the NY Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits the first ever indoor home run in MLB history.
1963 ― British WWII Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, becomes the first honorary United States citizen.
1965 ― The first baseball game is played in the newly constructed Astrodome. The Houston Astros beat the NY Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits the first ever indoor home run in MLB history.
1968 ― The Chicago Eight, indicted on federal charges of conspiracy to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago, plead not guilty. The trial for the eight antiwar activists had begun in Chicago on March 20.
1992 ― Panamanian dictator, Manueal Noriega, is convicted on 8 of 10 drug and racketeering charges.
1994 ― The STS-59 mission (Endeavour) is launched for the first time from Cape Canaveral, FL.
2002 ― The funeral of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon) at Westminster Abbey, London. More than a million people line the streets.
2003 ― Baghdad falls to U.S. forces ending the invasion of Iraqi but resulting in widespread looting.
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1992 ― Panamanian dictator, Manueal Noriega, is convicted on 8 of 10 drug and racketeering charges.
1994 ― The STS-59 mission (Endeavour) is launched for the first time from Cape Canaveral, FL.
2002 ― The funeral of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon) at Westminster Abbey, London. More than a million people line the streets.
2003 ― Baghdad falls to U.S. forces ending the invasion of Iraqi but resulting in widespread looting.
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