Interesting things that happened April 9th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1830 Eadweard Muybridge, pioneered study of motion in photography
In 1865 Charles Proteus Steinmetz, electronics pioneer
In 1879 W. C. Fields, actor, Philadelphian
In 1895 Mance Lipscomb, blues musician
In 1898 Paul Robeson, actor (Othello, Showboat), singer, fan of Stalin's
USSR, civil rights activist
In 1903 Gregory Pincus, birth control pill inventor
+ Ward Bond, actor (Wagon Train, It's a Wonderful Life, The
Searchers)
In 1905 J. William Fulbright, U.S. Senator (Arkansas)
In 1919 John Presper Eckert, co-inventor of second electronic computer
(ENIAC)
In 1926 Hugh Hefner, publisher, made bunnies famous
In 1928 Tom Lehrer, humorous song writer, mathematics professor
In 1933 Jean-Paul Belmondo, actor (Hold-Up, Le Professionnel, L'Animal)
In 1939 Michael Learned (in Wa****ngton), actor (The Waltons)
In 1954 Dennis Quaid, actor
In 1957 Seve Ballesteros, a young old duffer
In 1965 Paulina ****izkova, S****ts Illustrated swimsuit covergirl
In 1979 Ke****a Knight Pulliam, actor
Events worth noting:
In 1483 Edward IV dies at Westminster.
In 1833 First tax-sup****ted public library, at Peterborough, NH.
In 1838 London's National Gallery opens in Trafalgar Square (it had been
at
Pall Mall).
In 1865 Federals capture Ft. Blakely, Alabama.
+ Gen Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox with 26,765 ANV
veterans.
In 1914 First full-color film shown "The World, The Flesh & the Devil"
(London).
In 1925 Babe Ruth rushed to the hospital.
In 1928 Mae West makes her New York City debut in a daring new play,
"Diamond Lil".
In 1940 Germany launches a surprise attack on Norway and Denmark. In
the
aftermath, Neville Chamberlain's cabinet falls.
In 1942 American and Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japanese at Bataan.
In 1947 Atomic Energy Commission confirmed.
In 1950 Bob Hope makes his first TV appearance.
In 1953 TV Guide publishes their first issue.
In 1959 NASA publicly announces first seven astronauts with The Right
Stuff.
In 1965 First game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in
exhibition.
In 1967 First Boeing 737 rolls out.
In 1980 Soyuz 35 is launched.
In 1983 Sixth Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 1 returns to Earth.
In 1986 It is announced that Patrick Duffy's character, thought to have
been
killed off, will be back on "Dallas." (It was all a dream.)
In 1991 Microsoft MS DOS 5.0 is released.
In 1992 Conservative John Major was re-elected British prime minister.
And remember ...
America's Heartland Development Month
Cancer Control Month
Math Education Month
National Poetry Month
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