April 9
1413 - The coronation of England's King Henry V took place at Westminster Abbey.
1731 - Robert Jenkins's ear was cut off, sparking the War of Jenkins's Ear between Spain and England.
1865 - Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia, bringing an end to the American Civil War.
1914 - The first full-color film, "The World, The Flash and The Devil" was shown in London.
1939 - Singer Marian Anderson, after being denied performing at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., gave a concert at the Lincoln Memorial.
1940 - Nazi Germany invaded Denmark and Norway during World War II.
1942 - American and Philippine troops on Bataan were overwhelmed by Japanese forces during World War II. The "Bataan Death March" began soon after.
1959 - NASA presented its first seven astronauts: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard and Donald Slayton.
1959 - Famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright died in Phoenix at age 91.
1963 - Winston Churchill became the first honorary U.S. citizen.
1968 - Funeral services, private and public, were held for Martin Luther King Jr. at the Ebenezer Baptist Church and Morehouse College in Atlanta, five days after the civil rights leader was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
1979 - Officials declared an end to the crisis involving the Three Mile Island Unit 2 nuclear reactor in Pennsylvania, 12 days after a partial core meltdown.
1992 - Former Panamanian ruler Manuel Noriega was convicted of drug and racketeering charges.
1996 - In a dramatic shift of purse-string power, President Bill Clinton signed a line-item veto bill into law. (However, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the veto in 1998.)
2003 - American Marines pulled down Saddam Hussein's statue in Baghdad after U.S. commanders declared his rule ended.
2005 - Britain's Prince Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles.
2013 - Thirteen people were shot to death during a pre-dawn, house-to-house rampage in the Serbian village of Velika Ivanca; authorities identified the gunman as a 60-year-old veteran of the Balkan wars who took his own life. Fourteen people were injured by a knife-wielding attacker at Lone Star College in Cypress, Texas; a suspect was later sentenced to 48 years in prison.
2010 - Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens announced his retirement. (His vacancy was filled by Elena Kagan.)
2018 - Federal agents raided the office of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, seizing records on matters including a $130,000 payment made to porn actress Stormy Daniels.
2018 - Opening statements began in the retrial of Bill Cosby, charged with drugging and molesting Andrea Constand at his suburban Philadelphia home. (Cosby was convicted and sentenced to three to 10 years in prison, but the state’s Supreme Court would later throw out the conviction.)
2021 - Britain's Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, died at age 99.
Birthdays
24 - Isaac Hempstead Wright (actor)
24 - Lil Nas X (rapper)
25 - Elle Fanning (actress)
33 - Kristen Stewart (actress)
36 - Jazmine Sullivan (singer)
36 - Jesse McCartney (actor/singer)
37 - Leighton Meester (actress)
37 - Jordan Masterson (actor)
38 - Annie Funke (actress)
41 - Jay Baruchel (actor)
43 - Ryan Northcott (actor)
43 - Charlie Hunnam (actor)
44 - Keshia Knight Pulliam (actress)
57 - Cynthia Nixon (actress)
58 - Paulina Porizkova (actress/model)
58 - Mark Pellegrino (actor)
59 - Lisa Guerrero (sports reporter/actress)
60 - Joe Scarborough (TV host)
69 - Dennis Quaid (actor)
81 - Margo Smith (actress)
84 - Michael Learned (actress)
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Today in Sports History - April 9
1932 - The Toronto Maple Leafs sweep the New York Rangers to win the Stanley Cup.
1935 - The Montreal Maroons sweep the Toronto Maple Leafs to win the Stanley Cup.
1941 - The PGA established the Golf Hall of Fame.
1945 - National Football League officials decreed that it was mandatory for football players to wear socks in all league games.
1946 - The Montreal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins in five games to win the Stanley Cup.
1959 - The Boston Celtics won the first of their eight consecutive NBA championships, sweeping the Minneapolis Lakers.
1960 - The Boston Celtics defeat the St. Louis Hawks in seven games to win the NBA championship.
1965 - The Houston Astrodome held its first baseball game.
1987 - Wayne Gretzky passed Jean Beliveau as the all-time hockey playoff scoring leader.
2002 - The New Jersey Nets won their first divisional title since joining the NBA in 1976.
2013 - Connecticut won its eighth NCAA Women's Tournament with a 93-60 rout of Louisville.
2022 - Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins was killed in an auto accident in Florida.
1413 - The coronation of England's King Henry V took place at Westminster Abbey.
1731 - Robert Jenkins's ear was cut off, sparking the War of Jenkins's Ear between Spain and England.
1865 - Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia, bringing an end to the American Civil War.
1914 - The first full-color film, "The World, The Flash and The Devil" was shown in London.
1939 - Singer Marian Anderson, after being denied performing at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., gave a concert at the Lincoln Memorial.
1940 - Nazi Germany invaded Denmark and Norway during World War II.
1942 - American and Philippine troops on Bataan were overwhelmed by Japanese forces during World War II. The "Bataan Death March" began soon after.
1959 - NASA presented its first seven astronauts: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard and Donald Slayton.
1959 - Famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright died in Phoenix at age 91.
1963 - Winston Churchill became the first honorary U.S. citizen.
1968 - Funeral services, private and public, were held for Martin Luther King Jr. at the Ebenezer Baptist Church and Morehouse College in Atlanta, five days after the civil rights leader was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
1979 - Officials declared an end to the crisis involving the Three Mile Island Unit 2 nuclear reactor in Pennsylvania, 12 days after a partial core meltdown.
1992 - Former Panamanian ruler Manuel Noriega was convicted of drug and racketeering charges.
1996 - In a dramatic shift of purse-string power, President Bill Clinton signed a line-item veto bill into law. (However, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the veto in 1998.)
2003 - American Marines pulled down Saddam Hussein's statue in Baghdad after U.S. commanders declared his rule ended.
2005 - Britain's Prince Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles.
2013 - Thirteen people were shot to death during a pre-dawn, house-to-house rampage in the Serbian village of Velika Ivanca; authorities identified the gunman as a 60-year-old veteran of the Balkan wars who took his own life. Fourteen people were injured by a knife-wielding attacker at Lone Star College in Cypress, Texas; a suspect was later sentenced to 48 years in prison.
2010 - Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens announced his retirement. (His vacancy was filled by Elena Kagan.)
2018 - Federal agents raided the office of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, seizing records on matters including a $130,000 payment made to porn actress Stormy Daniels.
2018 - Opening statements began in the retrial of Bill Cosby, charged with drugging and molesting Andrea Constand at his suburban Philadelphia home. (Cosby was convicted and sentenced to three to 10 years in prison, but the state’s Supreme Court would later throw out the conviction.)
2021 - Britain's Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, died at age 99.
Birthdays
24 - Isaac Hempstead Wright (actor)
24 - Lil Nas X (rapper)
25 - Elle Fanning (actress)
33 - Kristen Stewart (actress)
36 - Jazmine Sullivan (singer)
36 - Jesse McCartney (actor/singer)
37 - Leighton Meester (actress)
37 - Jordan Masterson (actor)
38 - Annie Funke (actress)
41 - Jay Baruchel (actor)
43 - Ryan Northcott (actor)
43 - Charlie Hunnam (actor)
44 - Keshia Knight Pulliam (actress)
57 - Cynthia Nixon (actress)
58 - Paulina Porizkova (actress/model)
58 - Mark Pellegrino (actor)
59 - Lisa Guerrero (sports reporter/actress)
60 - Joe Scarborough (TV host)
69 - Dennis Quaid (actor)
81 - Margo Smith (actress)
84 - Michael Learned (actress)
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Today in Sports History - April 9
1932 - The Toronto Maple Leafs sweep the New York Rangers to win the Stanley Cup.
1935 - The Montreal Maroons sweep the Toronto Maple Leafs to win the Stanley Cup.
1941 - The PGA established the Golf Hall of Fame.
1945 - National Football League officials decreed that it was mandatory for football players to wear socks in all league games.
1946 - The Montreal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins in five games to win the Stanley Cup.
1959 - The Boston Celtics won the first of their eight consecutive NBA championships, sweeping the Minneapolis Lakers.
1960 - The Boston Celtics defeat the St. Louis Hawks in seven games to win the NBA championship.
1965 - The Houston Astrodome held its first baseball game.
1987 - Wayne Gretzky passed Jean Beliveau as the all-time hockey playoff scoring leader.
2002 - The New Jersey Nets won their first divisional title since joining the NBA in 1976.
2013 - Connecticut won its eighth NCAA Women's Tournament with a 93-60 rout of Louisville.
2022 - Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins was killed in an auto accident in Florida.
