Daily Calendar for Thursday, April 9, 2020
Died
- Pope Benedict VIII –
- Frank Lloyd Wright (architect) –
- Harry Babbitt (sang with the Kay Kyser big band on such hits as The White Cliffs of Dover” and voiced the laugh of Woody Woodpecker”) –
Born
- Theobald Boehm (inventor and musician, who perfected the modern flute) –
- Eadweard Muybridge (photographer, motion picture pioneer) –
- Hugh Hefner (editor & publisher) –
- Carl Perkins (musician) –
- Dennis Quaid (actor) –
- Seve Ballesteros (golfer) –
- Cynthia Nixon (actress) –
- Keshia Knight Pulliam (actress) –
- Jesse McCartney (actor & singer) –
- Kristen Stewart (actress) –
- Elle Fanning (actress) –
Events
- Great Britain’s King Henry I was reprimanded in church for his long hair–
- Explorer La Salle claimed the Mississippi basin for France, calling it Louisiana–
- First tax-supported U.S. public library founded, Peterborough, New Hampshire–
- Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union general Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia–
- Jumbo the circus elephant arrived in the U.S.–
- Aerial Ferry Bridge opened in Duluth, Minnesota–
- The Boston Red Sox played Harvard University in the first official baseball game at Fenway Park. (The Sox won 2-0.)–
- Battle of Vimy Ridge (WWI) began in France–
- The Boston Celtics became the first NBA team to sweep an NBA championship series–
- NASA introduced first seven astronauts to press–
- Golfer Arnold Palmer won his third Masters Tournament–
- Sir Winston Churchill proclaimed an honorary U.S. citizen–
- First baseball game in indoor stadium, Houston, Texas–
- Nature magazine published the longest known scientific name, which was about 207,000 letters–
- Prince Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles–
- Rare Bactrian camel born at Budapest Zoo.–
Weather
- Dust storm in Colorado and Wyoming–
- F5 tornado hit Glazier and Higgins, Texas, and Woodward, Oklahoma–
- Texas experienced a bad dust storm–
- Sixteen inches of snow fell in Eastport, Maine–
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