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April 9, 2005 Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles are married April 9, 2000 64th Golf Masters Championship: April 9, 1997 Major League Soccer announces Miami and Chicago expansion April 9, 1997 NFL announces it will give $3M to CFL and possible "World Classic Bowl" April 9, 1995 "Translations" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 25 performances April 9, 1995 59th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 274 April 9, 1994 BPAA U.S. Open by Justin Hromek April 9, 1994 STS-59 (Endeavour) launches into orbit April 9, 1994 Singer Wayne Newton (52) weds attorney Kathleen McCrone (30) April 9, 1993 Colorado Rockies 1st home game and 1st victory, 11-4 over Mont Expos April 9, 1992 "Redwood Curtain" opens at Neiderlander theater on Broadway April 9, 1992 John Majors, (C) elected PM of England April 9, 1992 Noriega convicted on 8 of 10 drug and racketeering charges April 9, 1992 Record 18 golfers shoot in 60s in Masters round 1 (old record 12) April 9, 1992 U.S. Federal court finds Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug crimes April 9, 1992 William O. Studeman, becomes deputy director of CIA April 9, 1991 Date of Microsoft MS DOS 5.0 April 9, 1991 Georgia SSR votes to secede from U.S.S.R. April 9, 1990 "Capital News" starring Lloyd Bridges premieres on ABC-TV April 9, 1990 Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract with Yankees April 9, 1990 New York Islanders beat New York Rangers 4-3 in double overtime-Rangers lead 2-1 April 9, 1990 World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall in New York City April 9, 1989 53rd Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 283 April 9, 1989 Mike Tyson strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car April 9, 1989 Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic April 9, 1989 Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in New York's 4-3 loss to Clev April 9, 1989 Scott Hoch chokes on 18 inch putt and loses Masters golf tournament April 9, 1989 Washington D.C. march supporting 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision April 9, 1988 "Les Miserables," opens at Umeda-Koma Theatre, Osaka April 9, 1988 Devils 3-0 over Islanders-Devils lead 2-1 in 1st round April 9, 1988 U.S. imposes economic sanctions on Panama April 9, 1987 For 3rd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game Wayne Gretzky passes Jean Beliveau as all time playoff scoring champ April 9, 1986 "Dallas" announces it will revive killed Bobby Ewing character April 9, 1985 White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game April 9, 1984 56th Academy Awards - "Terms of Endearment," R Duvall and S Maclaine win April 9, 1983 6th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 1 returns to Earth April 9, 1983 Caps 2-Isles 6 -Patrick Semis-Denis Potvin fails on penalty shot April 9, 1982 Los Angeles Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record April 9, 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers Fernando Valenzuela's 1st start, beats Astros 2-0 April 9, 1981 U.S. submarine George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru April 9, 1980 Belgium's Marten's government resigns April 9, 1980 Kings tie NHL rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Isles April 9, 1980 Soyuz 35 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 April 9, 1979 51st Academy Awards - "Deer Hunter," Jon Voight and Jane Fonda win April 9, 1979 Longest doubles ping-pong match of 101 hrs, begins April 9, 1978 42nd Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 277 April 9, 1978 Brewers sweep Orioles 11-3, 16-3, and 13-5 (each with a grand slam) April 9, 1978 David Thompson scores ties 3rd highest total in the NBA - 73 April 9, 1978 Denver's David Thompson scores 73 points and San Antonio's George Gervin scores 63 points in separate NBA games (33 in 1 quarter) April 9, 1977 Communist party in Spain allowed legally after 40 years April 9, 1976 U.S. and Russia agreed on size of nuclear tests for peaceful use April 9, 1974 Padres owner Ray Kroc, addresses fans "Ladies and gentlemen, I suffer with you I've never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life" April 9, 1973 37th Golf Masters Championship: Tommy Aaron wins, shooting a 283 April 9, 1973 Netherlands recognizes North Vietnam April 9, 1973 Otto Kerner, former governor of Illinois, convicted for his role in an illegal racetrack scheme April 9, 1972 "Sugar" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 506 performances April 9, 1972 36th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286 April 9, 1972 Glenn Turner (259) and Terry Jarvis make 387 opening cricket stand vs. WI April 9, 1972 U.S.S.R. and Iraq sign friendship treaty April 9, 1971 Ringo releases "It Don't Come Easy" in UK April 9, 1970 Paul McCartney announces official split of Beatles April 9, 1969 1st flight of Concorde 002 (Filton-Bristol) April 9, 1969 Chic Cub Billy Williams hits 4 consecutive doubles beat Phillies 11-3 April 9, 1968 German DR adopts constitution April 9, 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr., buried in Atlanta April 9, 1968 Wayne Connelly is 1st to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot April 9, 1968 Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference April 9, 1967 "At the Drop of Another Hat" closes at Booth New York City after 105 performances April 9, 1967 1st Boeing 737 rolls out April 9, 1967 31st Golf Masters Championship: Gay Brewer, Jr. wins, shooting a 280 April 9, 1967 Shortwave broadcaster Radio New York Worldwide's transmitter burns down April 9, 1966 Anaheim Stadium for California Angels opens April 9, 1966 Sophia Loren marries married Carlo Ponti in Paris April 9, 1965 Beatles "Ticket to Ride" is released in U.K. April 9, 1965 India and Pakistan engage in border fight April 9, 1965 1st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun April 9, 1963 Winston Churchill becomes 1st honorary U.S. citizen, posthumously April 9, 1962 26th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 280 April 9, 1962 34th Academy Awards - "West Side Story," Sophia Loren and Max Schell win April 9, 1962 John F. Kennedy throws out 1st ball at Washington's new DC Stadium April 9, 1960 14th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat St. Louis Hawks, 4 games to 3 April 9, 1960 South African premier Verwoerd wounded in battle April 9, 1959 Baltimore Orioles pull their 2nd triple play (3-6-3 vs Washington Senators) April 9, 1959 Bill Sharman hits a NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot April 9, 1959 NASA names 1st 7 astronauts for Project Mercury April 9, 1959 13th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics sweep Minnesota Lakers in 4 games Boston Celtics wins 8th straight title April 9, 1957 Howard Hanson's "Song of Democracy," premieres in Washington D.C. April 9, 1957 Suez Canal cleared for all shipping April 9, 1955 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site April 9, 1954 WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington, North Carolina (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting April 9, 1953 "TV Guide" publishes 1st issue April 9, 1953 Jomo Kenyatta sentenced to 7 years in Kenya April 9, 1952 Popular uprising in Bolivia April 9, 1950 14th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 283 April 9, 1950 4th Tony Awards: Cocktail Party and South Pacific win April 9, 1950 Bob Hope's 1st TV appearance April 9, 1949 U.N. International Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel and awards Britain damages April 9, 1947 Atomic Energy Commission confirmed April 9, 1947 Baseball suspends Brooklyn Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year April 9, 1947 Tornadoes striking West Texas and Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300 April 9, 1946 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1 April 9, 1945 Battleship Admiral Scheer sinks British aircraft carrier April 9, 1945 Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360 April 9, 1945 NFL requires players to wear long stockings April 9, 1944 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae April 9, 1942 Battle of Bataan, US and Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japanese at Bataan April 9, 1941 PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame April 9, 1940 German cruiser Blucher torpedoed and capsizes in Oslofjord, 1,000 die April 9, 1940 Germany invades Norway and Denmark during WW II, Denmark surrenders April 9, 1939 Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial April 9, 1935 Stanley Cup: Montreal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 3 games April 9, 1932 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep New York Rangers in 3 games April 9, 1931 Chicago Cy Wentworth beats Mont Canadiens at 13:50 of 6th period April 9, 1928 Eugene O'Neill's "Lazarus Laughed," premieres in Pasadena April 9, 1928 Mae West's New York City debut in a daring new play "Diamond Lil" April 9, 1928 Top-Oss soccer team forms in Oss April 9, 1928 Turkey passes separation of church and state April 9, 1927 Italy and U.S. anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti given death sentences April 9, 1925 Babe Ruth rushed to hospital April 9, 1923 Sean O'Casey's "Shadow of a Gunman," premieres in Dublin April 9, 1918 Latvia proclaims independence April 9, 1917 Battle of Arras begins April 9, 1917 Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops April 9, 1914 "World, the Flesh and the Devil," 1st color film, shown in London April 9, 1914 1st full color film shown "World, Flesh and Devil" in London April 9, 1914 Tampico incident - U.S. ship crew arrested in Mexico April 9, 1913 Brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0 April 9, 1912 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs. Harvard) April 9, 1912 Titanic leaves Queenstown, Ireland for New York April 9, 1906 3rd modern Olympic games opens in Athens April 9, 1894 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 5th Symphony in B in Graz April 9, 1878 1st Lady Lucy Hayes begins egg rolling contest on White House lawn April 9, 1872 Samuel R. Percy patents dried milk April 9, 1870 American Anti-Slavery Society dissolves April 9, 1869 Hudson Bay Company cedes it's territory to Canada April 9, 1866 Civil Rights Bill passes over President Andrew Johnson's veto April 9, 1865 Federals capture Ft. Blakely, Alabama April 9, 1865 Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender to U.S. Grant at Appomattox April 9, 1864 Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, 2870 causalities April 9, 1838 National Galley opens in London April 9, 1833 1st tax-supported public library in Peterborough, New Hampshire April 9, 1831 Robert Jenkins loses an ear, starts war between Britain and Spain April 9, 1829 Danzig (Gdansk) dike break flood kills 1,200 April 9, 1816 African Methodist Episcopal Church organizes in Philadelphia April 9, 1814 Elias Canneman (L) resigns as minister of Finance April 9, 1808 Mayor Wolters offers French king Louis Napoleon townhall as a palace April 9, 1783 Tippu Sahib drives out English from Bednore India April 9, 1770 Capt James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia) April 9, 1691 French troops occupy Mons April 9, 1682 Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France April 9, 1667 1st public art exhibition (Palais-Royale, Paris) April 9, 1621 Spain and Netherlands 12 Year Resistant Pact ends April 9, 1609 Spain and Netherlands sign 12 Year Resistant Pact April 9, 1555 Marcello Cervini elected Pope Marcellus II April 9, 1538 Danish king Christian III enters Schmalkaldische Union April 9, 1483 Edward I (12) succeeds Edward IV as king of England April 9, 1474 Breisach land guardian Peter von Hagenbach throws out Walloon/Italians April 9, 1454 Milan/Venice signs peace of Lodi April 9, 1388 Battle of Nafels; Glarius Swiss defeat Habsburg (Austrian) army April 9, 1241 Battle of Liegnitz - Mongol armies defeat Poles and Germans April 9, 715 Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope |