April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). There are 266 days remaining. April 9 - Events. 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans). 1241 - Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeats the Polish and German armies. 1667: First public art exhibition opens in Paris 1682 - Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it f ...

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April 9 - Events April 9 - Births April 9 - Deaths April 9 - Holidays and observances

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1954 - Events
1954 - February 1954 - March 1954 - April 1954 - May 1954 - June 1954 - July 1954 - August 1954 - September 1954 - October 1954 - November 1954 - December 1954 - unknown dates
1954 - Births
1954 - January 1954 - February 1954 - March 1954 - April 1954 - May 1954 - June 1954 - July 1954 - August 1954 - September 1954 - October 1954 - November 1954 - December 1954 - Unknown dates
1954 - Deaths
1954 - January 1954 - February 1954 - March 1954 - May 1954 - April 1954 - June 1954 - July 1954 - August 1954 - September 1954 - November 1954 - December
1954 - Nobel Prizes 1954 - Fields Medalists

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1865 - January. January 31 - American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief. 1865 - February. The only month in any year that might not have had a Full moon. February 17 - American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina burns as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces. February 22 - Tennessee adopts a new constitution ...

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1865, 1865 - Events, 1865 - January, 1865 - February, 1865 - March, 1865 - April, 1865 - May, 1865 - June, 1865 - July, 1865 - October, 1865 - November, 1865 - December, 1865 - Undated, 1865 - Births, 1865 - Deaths

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1867 - January—April. January 1 - The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky, becoming the longest suspension bridge in the world January 8 - African-American men granted the right to vote in the District of Columbia January 11 - Benito Juárez becomes Mexican president again January 30 - Emperor Komei of Japan dies. Crown Prince Mutsuhito is expected to become the next Emperor of Japan. January 31 – Maronite national ...

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1867, 1867 - Events, 1867 - January—April, 1867 - May—August, 1867 - September—December, 1867 - Month/day unknown, 1867 - Births, 1867 - Deaths

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1850 - Unknown Date. The United States Republican Party is founded Foundation of the University of Sydney, the oldest in Australia The American System of Watch Manufacturing starts in Roxbury, Mass.U.S.A. Waltham Watch Company Bingley Hall, the world's first purpose- built exhibition hall, opens in Birmingham, England. Pinkerton Detective Agency France begins to transport colonists to Algeria Modern acoustic guitar created in Spain Rifling becom ...

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1850, 1850 - Events, 1850 - Unknown Date, 1850 - Births, 1850 - January - April, 1850 - May - December, 1850 - Unknown Date, 1850 - Deaths, 1850 - January - May, 1850 - June - December, 1850 - Unknown Date

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1850 - January - April. January 4 - Frederick York Powell, English historian and scholar (died 1904) January 6 - Eduard Bernstein, German social democratic theoretician and politician (died 1932) January 6 - Xaver Scharwenka, Polish-German composer (died 1924) January 10 - John Wellborn Root, U.S. architect (died 1891) January 11 - Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (died 1917) January 14 - Pierre Loti, French sailor and writer (died 1923) Janu ...

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1850, 1850 - Events, 1850 - Unknown Date, 1850 - Births, 1850 - January - April, 1850 - May - December, 1850 - Unknown Date, 1850 - Deaths, 1850 - January - May, 1850 - June - December, 1850 - Unknown Date

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1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. 1998 - Events. January 1998 - A massive ice storm, caused by El Niño, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting in widespread power failures, severe damage to forests, and a number of deaths. January 1 - Smoking is banned in all California bars and restaurants. January 2 - Russia begins to circulate new rubl ...

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1998 - Events
1998 - February 1998 - March 1998 - April 1998 - May 1998 - June 1998 - July 1998 - August 1998 - September 1998 - October 1998 - November 1998 - December 1998 - Unknown Dates
1998 - Births 1998 - Deaths
1998 - January-February 1998 - March-July 1998 - August-December 1998 - Unknown date
1998 - Nobel Prizes
1998 - Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
1998 - Fields Medalists 1998 - Templeton Prize

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1990 (MCMXC) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. 1990 - Events. January 3 - Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 4 - over 300 people were killed in a train accident in Ghotki pakistan. January 7 - The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 - Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello, the man who led the coup against Dr Apolo Milton Obote's governmen ...

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1990 - Events
1990 - February 1990 - March 1990 - April 1990 - May 1990 - June 1990 - July 1990 - August 1990 - September 1990 - October 1990 - November 1990 - December
1990 - Births 1990 - Deaths 1990 - Nobel Prizes
1990 - Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
1990 - Fields Medalists 1990 - Templeton Prize 1990 - Right Livelihood Award 1990 - Uncertain dates

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The Dachau concentration camp was a Nazi concentration camp near the city of Dachau, north of Munich, in Bavaria (southern Germany). The camp was constructed in a disused gunpowder factory and was completed on March 21, 1933. Together with the much larger Auschwitz extermination camp, Dachau has come to exemplify Nazi concentration camps to the general public. Dachau concentration camp - 1933-1945. Dachau was the first Nazi concentration camp and served as a prototype and model for the others ...

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Dachau concentration camp - 1933-1945 Dachau concentration camp - Liberation of the camp 1945 Dachau concentration camp - The memorial site Dachau concentration camp - Notable prisoners of Dachau
Dachau concentration camp - Jews Dachau concentration camp - Resistance fighters Dachau concentration camp - Clergymen Dachau concentration camp - Politicians Dachau concentration camp - Communists

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1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The world population growth in absolute numbers is believed to have been the highest ever around this time. [1] 1989 - Events. January 8 - the Kegworth Air Disaster - A British Midland Boeing 737 crashes on approach to East Midlands Airport - 44 dead January 16–18 - Race riots in Overtown, Miami January 10 - Cuban troops begin withdrawing from Angola January 10 - Assistant Austra ...

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1989 - Events
1989 - February 1989 - March 1989 - April 1989 - May 1989 - June 1989 - July 1989 - August 1989 - September 1989 - October 1989 - November 1989 - December 1989 - Unknown Dates
1989 - Births 1989 - Deaths
1989 - January 1989 - February 1989 - March 1989 - April 1989 - May 1989 - June 1989 - July 1989 - August 1989 - September 1989 - October 1989 - November 1989 - December
1989 - Nobel Prizes 1989 - Templeton Prize 1989 - Right Livelihood Award

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1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). 1978 - Events. January 1 - The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. January 1 - Air India's Boeing 747 explodes near Bombay - 213 dead. January 4 - Referendum in Chile supports policies of Augusto Pinochet. January 6 - The Hungarian Holy Crown (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) returned to Hungary from the U ...

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1978 - Events
1978 - February 1978 - March 1978 - April 1978 - May 1978 - June 1978 - July 1978 - August 1978 - September 1978 - October 1978 - November 1978 - December 1978 - Unknown dates
1978 - Births
1978 - January-May 1978 - June-September 1978 - October-December 1978 - Unknown dates
1978 - Deaths
1978 - January-June 1978 - July-December 1978 - Unknown dates
1978 - Nobel Prizes 1978 - Fields Medalists 1978 - Templeton Prize

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1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). 1976 - Events. January 12 - UN Security Council votes 11-1 to admit the Palestinian Liberation Organization January 15 - Would-be Gerald Ford presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore is sentenced to life in prison January 16 - Trial against jailed members of the Red Army Faction begins in Stuttgart, West Germany January 18 - The Scottish Labour Party ...

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1976 - Events
1976 - February 1976 - March 1976 - April 1976 - May 1976 - June 1976 - July 1976 - August 1976 - September 1976 - October 1976 - November 1976 - December 1976 - Unknown dates
1976 - Births
1976 - January 1976 - February 1976 - March 1976 - April 1976 - May 1976 - June 1976 - July 1976 - August 1976 - September 1976 - October 1976 - November 1976 - December
1976 - Deaths
1976 - January 1976 - February 1976 - March 1976 - April 1976 - May 1976 - June 1976 - July 1976 - August 1976 - September 1976 - October 1976 - November 1976 - December 1976 - Nobel Prizes
1976 - Templeton Prize

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1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). 1974 - Events. January 5 - Dungeons & Dragons officially released. January 6 - In response to the energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States. January 30 - G. Gordon Liddy found guilty of Watergate charges 1974 - February. February 1 - Fire in Joelman Bank Building in Sao Paulo, Brazil - ...

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1974 - Events
1974 - February 1974 - March 1974 - April 1974 - May 1974 - June 1974 - July 1974 - August 1974 - September 1974 - October 1974 - November 1974 - December 1974 - Unknown date
1974 - Births
1974 - January 1974 - February 1974 - March 1974 - April 1974 - May 1974 - June 1974 - July 1974 - August 1974 - September 1974 - October 1974 - November 1974 - December 1974 - Unknown date
1974 - Deaths
1974 - January 1974 - February 1974 - March 1974 - April 1974 - May 1974 - June 1974 - July 1974 - August 1974 - September 1974 - October 1974 - November 1974 - December
1974 - Nobel Prizes 1974 - Fields Medalists 1974 - Templeton Prize

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1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). 1971 - Events. January 1 - British Divorce Reform Act comes into force January 2 - 66 die in stairway crush at Rangers v Celtic football match, Glasgow, Scotland. See Ibrox disaster. January 2 - A ban on television cigarette advertisements goes into effect in the United States. January 3 - BBC Open University begins in the United Kingdom Januar ...

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1971 - Events
1971 - February 1971 - March 1971 - April 1971 - May 1971 - June 1971 - July 1971 - August 1971 - September 1971 - October 1971 - November 1971 - December 1971 - unknown dates
1971 - Births
1971 - January 1971 - February 1971 - March 1971 - April 1971 - May 1971 - June 1971 - July 1971 - August 1971 - September- 1971 - October 1971 - November 1971 - December 1971 - Unknown date
1971 - Deaths
1971 - January 1971 - February 1971 - March 1971 - April 1971 - May 1971 - June 1971 - July 1971 - August 1971 - September 1971 - October 1971 - November 1971 - December
1971 - Nobel Prizes

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1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 1956 - Events. January 1 - End of Anglo-Egyptian Codominium in Sudan. January 16 - President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine. January 26 - 1956 Winter Olympic Games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. January 26 - The United Kingdom bans heroin. January 25-January 26 - Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala after Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilian ...

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1956 - Events
1956 - February 1956 - March 1956 - April 1956 - May 1956 - June 1956 - July 1956 - August 1956 - September 1956 - October 1956 - November 1956 - December
1956 - Unknown date 1956 - Births
1956 - January 1956 - February 1956 - March 1956 - April 1956 - May 1956 - June 1956 - July 1956 - August 1956 - September 1956 - October 1956 - November 1956 - December
1956 - Deaths
1956 - January 1956 - February 1956 - March 1956 - April 1956 - May 1956 - June 1956 - July 1956 - August 1956 - September 1956 - October 1956 - November 1956 - December 1956 - Unknown dates
1956 - Nobel Prizes

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1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. 1957 - Events. January 1 - Saarland joins West Germany January 2 - San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges merge to form Pacific Coast Stock Exchange. January 3 - Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch January 4 - After 69 years the last issue of Collier's Weekly magazine is published January 5 - Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to ...

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1957 - Events
1957 - February 1957 - March 1957 - April 1957 - May 1957 - June 1957 - July 1957 - August 1957 - September 1957 - October 1957 - November 1957 - December 1957 - Undated 1957 - Environmental change
1957 - Births
1957 - January 1957 - February 1957 - March 1957 - April 1957 - May 1957 - June 1957 - July 1957 - August 1957 - September 1957 - October 1957 - November 1957 - December 1957 - Unknown date
1957 - Deaths
1957 - January 1957 - February 1957 - March 1957 - April-May 1957 - June 1957 - July 1957 - August 1957 - September 1957 - October 1957 - November 1957 - December
1957 - Nobel Prizes

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Brooke Christa Camille Shields (born May 31, 1965 in New York City, New York, USA) is an American actress of Irish, Italian, German and Spanish extraction. She achieved early fame as a child actress, and by her teens was one of the most photographed and recognized models in the world. She attended Princeton University from 1983 to 1987, graduating with a degree in French literature. Her senior thesis was titled The Initiation: From Innocence to Experience: The Pre-Adolescent/Adolescent Journey in the Films of Louis Malle, "Pretty B ...

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Brooke Shields - Career Brooke Shields - Family Brooke Shields - Postpartum depression Brooke Shields - Filmography Brooke Shields - TV work

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The Boeing 737 is the world's most popular medium range - narrow body commercial passenger jet aircraft. With 6,025 ordered and 4,867 delivered, it is the most ordered and produced commercial passenger jet aircraft of all time. It has been continuously manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes since 1967. Boeing 737 - History. The 737 was born out of Boeing's need to field a competitor in the short-range, small capacity jetliner market which had been opened up by the BAC 1-11 and the Douglas DC-9. Boeing ...

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Boeing 737 - History Boeing 737 - Variants
Boeing 737 - Original 737 Boeing 737 - 737 Classic Boeing 737 - Next Generation 737 Boeing 737 - Military variants
Boeing 737 - Specifications
Boeing 737 - General characteristics
Boeing 737 - Disasters
Boeing 737 - Recent accidents Boeing 737 - Accidents summary
Boeing 737 - Related content Boeing 737 - Trivia

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Robert Gerard Sands, commonly known as Bobby Sands (March 9, 1954–May 5, 1981) was a convicted Irish republican who died on hunger strike in Long Kesh prison, Northern Ireland. Bobby Sands was born in Rathcoole, Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland and brought up in Abbots Cross, Newtownabbey. His family moved several times due to the constant intimidation of Catholics by loyalists, although it was not always clear the Sands were Catholics as their last name derived from Bobby's Protestant paternal grandfather. On leaving sc ...

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Bobby Sands - Commemorations in other countries Bobby Sands - Reference

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1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. 1991 - Events. 1991 - January. January 2 - Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first black woman to lead a city of that size and importance. January 4 - The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously to condemn Israel's treatment of Palestinians. January 10 - SA State Govt forced to bail out State Bank. January 11 - The S ...

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1991 - Events
1991 - January 1991 - February 1991 - March 1991 - April 1991 - May 1991 - June 1991 - July 1991 - August 1991 - September 1991 - October 1991 - November 1991 - December 1991 - Undated events
1991 - Births 1991 - Deaths
1991 - January-February 1991 - March-May 1991 - June-December
1991 - Nobel Prizes
1991 - Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel

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