eso ha pasado un 09 Abril

1865 : General Lee surrendered


On April 9, 1865, in Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee and his army surrendered to Union General Ulysses Grant, thus ending four years of civil war in the U.S..

1927 : Mae West arrested


On 9 April 1927, the actress Mae West was arrested on Broadway, while she was playing "Sex" that she wrote, produced and directed, and tens of thousands of people had already seen. She was prosecuted for public obscenity and sentenced to 10 days in jail for "corrupting the morals of youth".

1959 : NASA presented the first astronauts


On April 9, 1959, NASA presented to the world the first 7 astronauts taking part in Project Mercury, the first U.S. manned space program:
Carpenter, Cooper, Glenn, Grissom, Schirra, Shepard and Slayton.

1978 : Collapse of the Wilson Bridge in Tours


On April 9, 1978, in Tours, 4 arches of the Wilson Bridge, built in the eighteenth century, collapsed in the Loire, cutting off water supply for much of the city (a major pipeline going through the bridge). It was rebuilt identically.

2003 : The statue of Saddam Hussein is pulled down


On April 9, 2003, the statue of Saddam Hussein was destroyed by Iraqi people while the American tanks entered Baghdad.

Actualidad del día : 09 Abril

Day of the Finnish Language
April 9 is the Day of the Finnish language. This day was chosen to commemorate the death of the Finnish scholar and the father of written Finnish language, Mikael Agricola, on April 9, 1557.
Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valour)
On April 9, in the Philippines, we commemorates the fall of Bataan on 9 April 1942 and the Bataan Death March by which the Japanese forced 60,000 filipino prisoners and 15,000 American prisoners to reach Camp O'Donnell in conditions that were considered a war crime. 20,000 prisoners did not arrive at their destination.

Cita del día : 09 Abril

Mae West
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

Cumpleaños : 09 Abril

Charles Baudelaire, Poeta francés (1821)
Eadweard Muybridge, Fotógrafo Inglés (1830)
Chris Watson, Primer ministro de Australia (1867)
Léon Blum, Primer Ministro de la República Francesa (1872)
Efrem Zimbalist, Violinista ruso (1890)
Rahul Sankrityayan, Historiador y escritor indio (1893)
Michel Simon, Actor suizo (1895)
Théodore Monod, Naturalista francés (1902)
Ward Bond, Actor americano (1903)
Brad Dexter, Actor americano (1917)
J. Presper Eckert, Ingeniero norteamericano y pionero de la informática (1919)
Albert Weinberg, Dibujante belga (1922)
Hugh Hefner, Editor de una revista estadounidense (1926)
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Actor francés (1933)
Valerie Singleton, Presentadora de televisión inglesa (1937)
Viktor Chernomyrdin, Político y hombre de negocios ruso (1938)
Jaya Bachchan, Actriz y política india (1948)
Dennis Quaid, Actor americano (1954)
Severiano Ballesteros, Golfista español (1957)
André Manoukian, Compositor francés (1957)
Marc Jacobs, Diseñador de moda estadounidense (1963)
Cynthia Nixon, Actriz americana (1966)
Jacques Villeneuve, Piloto de carreras de Canadá (1971)
Jenna Jameson, Actriz porno estadounidense (1974)
Robbie Fowler, Futbolista inglés (1975)
Rachel Stevens, Cantante inglesa (1978)
Albert Hammond, Jr., Guitarrista estadounidense (The Strokes) (1979)
Katsuni, Actriz porno francesa (1979)
Keshia Knight Pulliam, Actriz americana (1979)
Jerko Leko, Futbolista croato (1980)
Craig Mabbitt, Cantante americano (1987)
Kristen Stewart, Actriz americana (1990)
Elle Fanning, Actriz americana (1998)

Nos han dejado un 09 Abril

Lorenzo de Medici, Político italiano (1492)
François Rabelais, Escritor francés (1553)
Francis Bacon, Filósofo y científico inglés (1626)
Jacques Necker, Político francés (1804)
Michel Chevreul, Químico francés (1889)
Hans Oster, General alemán, miembro de la resistencia alemana (1945)
Wilhelm Canaris, Almirante alemán, miembro de la resistencia alemana (1945)
Karl Sack, Jurista alemán, miembro de la resistencia alemana (1945)
Hans von Dohnanyi, Jurista alemán, miembro de la resistencia alemana (1945)
Helene Hanff, Escritora americana (1997)
Tom Cora, Violonchelista americano (1998)
Otras fechas
Vue mer : crédit photo Aseed