This Day in History
09 Apr 1241
Battle of Liegnitz - Mongol armies defeat Poles & Germans
09 Apr 1388
Battle of Nfels Glarius Swiss defeat Habsburg (Austrian) army
09 Apr 1440
Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark (-48)
09 Apr 1474
Breisach land guardian Peter von Hagenbach throws out Walloon and Italians
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Marian Anderson sings at Lincoln Memorial
On Easter Sunday in 1939 more than 75000 people come to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. to hear famed African-American contralto Marian Anderson giv...
Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles wed
Nearly eight years after Princess Dianas death in a car crash was mourned the world over Prince Charles her widower and heir to the British throne we...
Nazi Germany invades neutral Norway
During World War II Nazi Germany invades neutral Norway surprising the Norwegian and British defenders of the country and capturing several strategic points a...
NASA introduces America’s first astronauts
On April 9 1959 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) introduces Americas first astronauts to the press Scott Carpenter L. Gordon...
Robert E. Lee surrenders
At Appomattox Virginia Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant effectively ending the American Civil...
Chicago Eight plead not guilty to federal conspiracy charges
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 ...
George Gervin scores 63 points in final game to win the 1978 NBA scoring title
On April 9 1978 the San Antonio Spurs George Gervin scores 63 points in his final game of the regular season to edge out the Denver Nuggets Da...
President Kennedy throws first pitch at new D.C. Stadium
On this day in 1962 President John F. Kennedy throws out the ceremonial first pitch in Washington D.C.s new stadium called simply D.C. Stadium....
Billy the Kid convicted of murder
After a one-day trial Billy the Kid is found guilty of murdering the Lincoln County New Mexico sheriff and is sentenced to hang.There is no doubt that Billy ...
Mark Twain receives steamboat pilot’s license
On this day in 1859 a 23-year-old Missouri youth named Samuel Langhorne Clemens receives his steamboat pilots license.Clemens had signed on as a pilot...
Marian Anderson sings on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial
At the height of the Civil Rights Movement in 1963 these famous words were spoken from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. I have a d...
Sophia Loren wins Best Actress Oscar for Two Women
On this day in 1962 the 34th annual Academy Awards ceremony is held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica California. In addition to the overwh...
Tornado reduces Oklahoma town to rubble
The town of Woodward Oklahoma is nearly wiped off the map by a powerful tornado on this day in 1947. More than 100 people died in Woodward and 80 more lost ...
Man attempts to kill wife for money using car bomb
Margaret Backhouse turns the ignition of her husbands car setting off a pipe bomb filled with nitroglycerine and shotgun pellets in the small farming c...
U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz condemns Soviet spying
Just days before he is to travel to Moscow for talks on arms control and other issues U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz states that he is damned ang...
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