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Events from History on April 09

1967 : "At the Drop of Another Hat" closes at Booth NYC after 105 perfs
1990 : "Capital News" starring Lloyd Bridges premieres on ABC-TV
1988 : "Les Miserables," opens at Umeda-Koma Theatre, Osaka
1992 : "Redwood Curtain" opens at Neiderlander theater on Broadway
1972 : "Sugar" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 506 performances
1995 : "Translations" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 25 performances
1953 : "TV Guide" publishes 1st issue
1914 : "World, the Flesh & the Devil," 1st color film, shown in London
1967 : 1st Boeing 737 rolls out
1724 : 1st Easter [NS=April 16]
1969 : 1st flight of Concorde 002 (Filton-Bristol)
1914 : 1st full color film shown "World, Flesh & Devil" (London)
1878 : 1st Lady Lucy Hayes begins egg rolling contest on White House lawn
1894 : 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 5th Symphony in B in Graz
1667 : 1st public art exhibition (Palais-Royale, Paris)
1833 : 1st tax-supported public library (Peterborough, NH)
2000 : 64th Golf Masters Championship:
1983 : 6th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 1 returns to Earth
1816 : African Methodist Episcopal Church organizes (Phila)
1870 : American Anti-Slavery Society dissolves
1966 : Anaheim Stadium for Calif Angels opens
1965 : as Mickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun
1947 : Atomic Energy Commission confirmed
1925 : Babe Ruth rushed to hospital
1959 : Balt Orioles pull their 2nd triple play (3-6-3 vs Wash Senators)
1947 : Baseball suspends Bkln Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year
1917 : Battle of Arras begins
1942 : Battle of Bataan-US-Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japs at Bataan
1241 : Battle of Liegnitz - Mongol armies defeat Poles & Germans
1388 : Battle of N„fels; Glarius Swiss defeat Habsburg (Austrian) army
1864 : Battle of Pleasant Hill LA, 2870 casualities
1945 : Battleship Admiral Scheer sinks British aircraft carrier
1965 : Beatles "Ticket to Ride" is released in UK
1980 : Belgium's Marten's govt resigns
1959 : Bill Sharman hits a NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot
1950 : Bob Hope's 1st TV appearance
1994 : BPAA US Open by Justin Hromek
1474 : Breisach land guardian Peter von Hagenbach throws out Walloon/Italians
1978 : Brewers sweep Orioles 11-3, 16-3, & 13-5 (each with a grand slam)
1983 : Caps 2-Isles 6 -Patrick Semis-Denis Potvin fails on penalty shot
1770 : Capt James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia)
1969 : Chic Cub Billy Williams hits 4 consecutive doubles beat Phillies 11-3
1931 : Chicago Cy Wentworth beats Mont Canadiens at 13:50 of 6th period
1866 : Civil Rights Bill passes over Pres Andrew Johnson's veto
1997 : Cleve Indians closer Jose Mesa found guilty of rape
1977 : Communist party in Spain allowed legally after 40 years
1949 : Corfu Channel & awards Britain damages
1538 : Danish king Christian III enters Schmalkaldische Union
1829 : Danzig (Gdansk) dike break flood kills 1,200
1991 : Date of Microsoft MS DOS 5.0
1978 : David Thompson scores ties 3rd highest total in the NBA - 73
1978 : Denver's David Thompson scores 73 points & San Antonio's George
1988 : Devils 3-0 over Islanders-Devils lead 2-1 in 1st round
1990 : Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract with Yankees
1483 : Edward I (12) succeeds Edward IV as king of England
1814 : Elias Canneman (L) resigns as minister of Finance
1928 : Eugene O'Neill's "Lazarus Laughed," premieres in Pasadena
1865 : Federals capture Ft Blakely, Alabama
1992 : Florida drops rape charges against NY Mets Gooden, Boston & Coleman
1691 : French troops occupy Mons
1991 : Georgia SSR votes to secede from USSR
1940 : German cruiser Blcher torpedoed/capsizes in Oslofjord, 1,000 die
1968 : German DR adopts constitution
1940 : Germany invades Norway & Denmark during WW II (Denmark surrenders)
1957 : Howard Hanson's "Song of Democracy," premieres in Wash DC
1869 : Hudson Bay Company cedes it's territory to Canada
1973 : in an illegal racetrack scheme
1965 : India & Pakistan engage in border fight
1927 : Italy & US anarchists Sacco & Vanzetti given death sentences
1962 : JFK throws out 1st ball at Washington's new DC Stadium
1992 : John Majors, (C) elected PM of England
1953 : Jomo Kenyatta sentenced to 7 years in Kenya
1981 : LA Dodgers Fernando Valenzuela's 1st start, beats Astros 2-0
1918 : Latvia proclaims independence
1945 : Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360
1979 : Longest doubles ping-pong match of 101 hrs, begins
1928 : Mae West's NYC debut in a daring new play "Diamond Lil"
1997 : Major League Soccer announces Miami & Chicago expansion
1555 : Marcello Cervini elected Pope Marcellus II
1939 : Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial
1968 : Martin Luther King Jr, buried in Atlanta
1808 : Mayor Wolters offers French king Louis Napoleon townhall as a palace
1989 : Mike Tyson strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car
1454 : Milan/Venice signs peace of Lodi
1968 : Minn's Wayne Connelly is 1st to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot
1959 : NASA names 1st 7 astronauts for Project Mercury
1838 : National Galley opens in London
1973 : Netherlands recognizes North Vietnam
1992 : Noriega convicted on 8 of 10 drug & racketeering charges
1990 : NY Islanders beat NY Rangers 4-3 in double overtime-Rangers lead 2-1
1973 : Otto Kerner, former governor of Illinois, convicted for his role
1974 : Padres owner Ray Kroc, addresses fans "Ladies & gentlemen, I suffer
1970 : Paul McCartney announces official split of Beatles
1944 : Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae
1952 : Popular uprising in Bolivia
1968 : Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference
1989 : Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in NY's 4-3 loss to Clev
1971 : Ringo releases "It Don't Come Easy" in UK
1865 : Robert E Lee & 26,765 troops, surrender to US Grant at Appomattox
1831 : Robert Jenkins loses an ear, starts war between Britain & Spain
1682 : Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France
1872 : Samuel R Percy patents dried milk
1923 : Sean O'Casey's "Shadow of a Gunman," premieres in Dublin
1967 : Shortwave broadcaster Radio NY Worldwide's transmitter burns down
1994 : Singer Wayne Newton (52) weds attorney Kathleen McCrone (30)
1966 : Sophia Loren marries married Carlo Ponti in Paris
1960 : South African premier Verwoerd wounded in battle
1980 : Soyuz 35 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6
1621 : Spain & Netherlands 12 Year Resistant Pact ends
1609 : Spain & Netherlands sign 12 Year Resistant Pact
1994 : STS-59 (Endeavour) launches into orbit
1957 : Suez Canal cleared for all shipping
1914 : Tampico incident - US ship crew arrested in Mexico
1783 : Tippu Sahib drives out English from Bednore India
1912 : Titanic leaves Queenstown Ireland for NY
1928 : Top-Oss soccer team forms in Oss
1947 : Tornadoes striking West Texas & Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300
1928 : Turkey passes separation of church & state
1949 : UN Intl Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in
1976 : US & Russia agreed on size of nuclear tests for peaceful use
1992 : US Fed court finds Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drugs
1988 : US imposes economic sanctions on Panama
1981 : US sub George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru
1972 : USSR & Iraq sign friendship treaty
1917 : Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops
1989 : Wash DC march supporting 1973 Roe vs Wade decision (allow abortions)
1987 : Wayne Gretzky passes Jean Beliveau as all time playoff scoring champ
1954 : WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington, NC (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1992 : William O Studeman, becomes deputy director of CIA
1963 : Winston Churchill becomes 1st honorary US citizen (posthumously)
1974 : with you I've never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life"
1990 : World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall (NYC)
2003 : London, UK: Paula Radcliffe says she is ready for the next challenge of breaking her own world mark after having an accidential crash previously.
2003 : Paris, France: FIA announced that it will investigate the results of the shortened Brazilian GP and could alter the standings.

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