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| April 9th |
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| About April 9th is the 99th day of the year (100th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 266 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1926 - Hugh Hefner, magazine publisher, businessman 1898 - Curly Lambeau, Hall of Fame football coach 1917 - Irene Morgan, civil rights pioneer 1932 - Carl Perkins, musician, songwriter ("Blue Suede Shoes") 1954 - Dennis Quaid, actor (Any Given Sunday) 1974 - Jenna Jameson, actress, entrepreneur 1986 - Leighton Meester, actress, singer, model (Gossip Girl) 1987 - Jesse McCartney, singer, songwriter 1990 - Kristen Stewart, actress (Twilight, New Moon) Deaths 2003 - David Bloom, journalist (Weekend Today) Events 1682 - Robert de LaSalle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, names it "La Louisiane" and claims it for France. 1865 - American Civil War effectively came to an end as Robert E Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S Grant. 1881 - Billy the Kid is found guilty of murdering a sheriff and sentenced to hang. He would escape 19 days later. 1939 - After being denied being able to sing at Constitution Hall because of her race, Marian Anderson performs on the Lincoln Memorial steps. 1965 - The first Major League Baseball game is played in a dome at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. 1968 - The funeral for slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. is held in Atlanta, Georiga. 1991 - Georgia declares its independence from the Soviet Union. 1992 - Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega is found guilty of the drug and racketeering charges. 2003 - Saddam Hussein’s statue in Firdos Square in Baghdad, Iraq is toppled over by American forces. |
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