April 9 - This Day in History

April 9 : General Interest
1865: Robert E. Lee surrenders

At Appomattox, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War... read more


American Revolution
1778 : Jeremiah Wadsworth named commissary general
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jeremiah-wadsworth-named-commissary-general

Automotive
2009 : Honda wins World Green Car award
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/honda-wins-world-green-car-award

Civil War
1865 : Confederate General Lee surrenders
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lee-surrenders

Cold War
1987 : George Shultz condemns Soviet spying
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-shultz-condemns-soviet-spying

Crime
1984 : A husband attempts murder for money in England
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-husband-attempts-murder-for-money-in-england

Disaster
1947 : Tornado reduces Oklahoma town to rubble
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tornado-reduces-oklahoma-town-to-rubble

General Interest
1939 : Marian Anderson sings at Lincoln Memorial
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marian-anderson-sings-at-lincoln-memorial
1940 : Germany invades Norway
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-norway
1959 : First astronauts introduced
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-astronauts-introduced
2005 : Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles wed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/prince-charles-and-camilla-parker-bowles-wed

Hollywood
1962 : Sophia Loren wins Best Actress Oscar for Two Women
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sophia-loren-wins-best-actress-oscar-for-two-women

Literary
1859 : Mark Twain receives steamboat pilot's license
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mark-twain-receives-steamboat-pilots-license

Music
1939 : Marian Anderson sings on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marian-anderson-sings-on-the-steps-of-the-lincoln-memorial

Old West
1881 : Billy the Kid convicted of murder
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/billy-the-kid-convicted-of-murder

Presidential
1962 : Kennedy throws first pitch at new D.C. stadium
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kennedy-throws-first-pitch-at-new-dc-stadium

Sports
1978 : Gervin beats Thompson in NBA scoring title duel
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gervin-beats-thompson-in-nba-scoring-title-duel

Vietnam War
1969 : "Chicago Eight" plead not guilty
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/chicago-eight-plead-not-guilty

World War I
1918 : Battle of the Lys begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-the-lys-begins

World War II
1940 : Germany invades Norway and Denmark
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-norway-and-denmark
1942 : U.S. surrenders in Bataan
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-surrenders-in-bataan