Historical Events In April - 09

1924  Harald Heilmann, composer on April - 09.   

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 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 April - 09 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 this day in history.   

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  On April - 09 sigfrid Karg-Elert, composer, dies at 55   

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

1935  Stanley Cup: Montreal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 3 games on this day in history.   

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

1939  Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial on April - 09.   

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  On this day in history germany invades Norway and Denmark during WW II   

1940  On April - 09 y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2639 Planman   

1940  On April - 09 german cruiser Blucher torpedoed/capsizes in Oslofjord, 1,000 die   

1940  On this day in history mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress (Outcast Lady, Riptide), dies   

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  On this day in history 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 April - 09 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 this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360   

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

1945  Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologist/antifascist, hanged on April - 09.   

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1336  Tamerlane (Timur), Central Asian, Turkic conqueror (d. 1405) was born on this day in history.   

1498  John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (d. 1550) was born on April - 09.   

1597  John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670) was born on April - 09.   

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

1627  Johann Kaspar Kerll, composer was born on April - 09.   

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 April - 09 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  On this day in history death of zeno, Byzantine Emperor   

0715  Constantine I, Greek/Syrian Pope (708-15), dies on this day in history.   

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

1137  On April - 09 death of william X, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099)   

1483  Edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) dies at 38 on April - 09.   

1484  On this day in history death of edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (b. 1473)   

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