History Events on April 09

World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.

#World_War_I

The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS George Washington accidentally collides with the Nissho Maru, a Japanese cargo ship, sinking it.

#USS_George_Washington_(SSBN-598)

The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture.

#Iraq

Dr Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa and architect of apartheid, narrowly survives an assassination attempt by a white farmer, David Pratt in Johannesburg.

#Hendrik_Verwoerd

The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping following the Suez Crisis.

#Suez_Canal

World War II: Operation Weserübung: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.

#Operation_Weserübung

Astrodome opens. First indoor baseball game is played.

#Astrodome

Tbilisi massacre: an anti-Soviet peaceful demonstration and hunger strike in Tbilisi, demanding restoration of Georgian independence, is dispersed by the Soviet Army, resulting in 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries.

#April_9_tragedy

Hugo Ballivián's government is overthrown by the Bolivian National Revolution, starting a period of agrarian reform, universal suffrage and the nationalization of tin mines

#Hugo_Ballivián

St John's College, Cambridge, England, founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort, receives its charter.

#St_John's_College,_Cambridge

Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeat the Polish and German armies.

#Battle_of_Legnica

Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana.

#René-Robert_Cavelier,_Sieur_de_La_Salle

The EMD F40PH diesel locomotive enters revenue service with Amtrak.

#EMD_F40PH

Execution of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, anti-Nazi dissident and spy, by the Nazi regime.

#Dietrich_Bonhoeffer

Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark.

#Christopher_of_Bavaria

Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".

#Project_Mercury

The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford.

#Concorde

World War II: The German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer is sunk by the Royal Air Force.

#German_cruiser_Admiral_Scheer

The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.

#Boeing_737

Palm Sunday church bombings at Coptic Churches in Tanta and Alexandria take place.

#Palm_Sunday_church_bombings

In Tbilisi, Georgia, up to 60,000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili.

#Tbilisi

Mongol invasions of Vietnam: Yuan forces are defeated by Tr?n forces in the Battle of Bach Dang in present-day northern Vietnam.

#Mongol_invasions_of_Vietnam

Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.

#Mexican_Revolution

On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.

#Phonautograph

Georgia declares independence from the Soviet Union.

#Georgia_(country)

Kosovo War: The Battle of Košare begins.

#Kosovo_War

Vidkun Quisling seizes power in Norway.

#Vidkun_Quisling

An IRA bombing in County Down, Northern Ireland, kills three members of the UDR.

#Northern_Ireland

African-American singer Marian Anderson gives a concert at the Lincoln Memorial after being denied the use of Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

#Marian_Anderson

The United States Atomic Energy Commission is formed.

#United_States_Atomic_Energy_Commission

Philip III of Spain issues the decree of the "Expulsion of the Moriscos".

#Philip_III_of_Spain

American Revolutionary War: Battle of the Saintes begins.

#American_Revolutionary_War

American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the war.

#American_Civil_War

Eighty Years' War: Spain and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of Antwerp to initiate twelve years of truce.

#Eighty_Years'_War

Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground.

#Dong_Zhuo

World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.

#Battle_of_Arras_(1917)

Fighters from the Irgun and Lehi Zionist paramilitary groups attacked Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, killing over 100.

#Irgun

At least 13 people are killed and another three injured after a man goes on a spree shooting in the Serbian village of Velika Ivan?a.

#Velika_Ivan?a_shooting

The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.

#Journey_of_Reconciliation

World War I: The Battle of the Lys: The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps is crushed by the German forces during what is called the Spring Offensive on the Belgian region of Flanders.

#Battle_of_the_Lys_(1918)

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake strikes Iran killing 32 people and injuring over 850 people.

#2013_Bushehr_earthquake

World War II: The Battle of Bataan ends. An Indian Ocean raid by Japan's 1st Air Fleet sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Hermes and the Australian destroyer HMAS Vampire.

#Battle_of_Bataan

The Treaty of Lodi is signed, establishing a balance of power among northern Italian city-states for almost 50 years.

#Treaty_of_Lodi

Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at Windsor's Guildhall.

#Charles,_Prince_of_Wales

The expedition organised by Sir Walter Raleigh departs England for Roanoke Island (now in North Carolina) to establish the Roanoke Colony.

#Walter_Raleigh

Henry V is crowned King of England.

#Henry_V_of_England

Iraq War: Baghdad falls to American forces.

#Iraq_War

The U.S. Congress passes the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.

#United_States_Congress

Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in Colombia.

#Jorge_Eliécer_Gaitán

Despite being outnumbered 16 to 1, forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy are victorious over the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Näfels.

#Old_Swiss_Confederacy

World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.

#Battle_of_Königsberg

A student stabs 20 people at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania.

#Franklin_Regional_High_School_stabbing

After refusing to give up his seat on an overbooked United Airlines flight, Dr. David Dao Duy Anh is forcibly dragged off the flight by aviation security officers, leading to major criticism of United Airlines.

A U.S. Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Thirteen thousand members of the Dene and Métis tribes sign a land claim agreement for 180,000 square kilometres (69,000 sq mi) in the Mackenzie Valley of the western Arctic.

The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world.

The Pacific Electric Railway in Los Angeles, once the largest electric railway in the world, ends operations.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.

The Glazier-Higgins-Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.

The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.

The Treaty of Paris, ratified by the United States Congress on January 14, 1784, is ratified by King George III of the Kingdom of Great Britain, ending the American Revolutionary War. Copies of the ratified documents are exchanged on May 12, 1784.

Siege of Rome: The Byzantine general Belisarius receives his promised reinforcements, 1,600 cavalry, mostly of Hunnic or Slavic origin and expert bowmen. He starts, despite shortages, raids against the Gothic camps and Vitiges is forced into a stalemate.

Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position.