Back in Time – This Day in History – April 9

 1932: Carl Perkins 

Back in Time – This Day in History – April 9

1970: Paul McCartney 

By Mick Ferris, Press Association, AP, UPI, calendar.songfacts.com, classicbands.com and thisdayinmusic.com

1413: Henry V is crowned King of England.

1483: Edward V (aged 12) succeeds his father Edward IV as king of England. He is never crowned, and disappears presumed murdered, after incarceration in the Tower of London with his younger brother Richard.

1553: Death of French author Francois Rabelais aged 49.

1626: Death of Francis Bacon, statesman and philosopher aged 65.

1747: Simon Fraser, 12th baron Lovat Jacobite, is the last man beheaded in England.

1806: Birth of engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel in Portsmouth.

1838: The National Gallery re-opens in its new dedicated building in Trafalgar Square.

1865: Confederate General Robert E Lee and 26,765 troops surrender at Appomattox Court House to US Lieutenant General Ulysses S Grant.

1866: The U.S. Congress passed the Civil Rights Bill of 1866, which granted African Americans the rights and privileges of U.S. citizenship and formed the basis for the 14th Amendment.

1882: British poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti dies aged 53.

1894: First performance of Anton Bruckner’s 5th Symphony in B in Graz.

1896: Australian athlete Edwin Flack claims the middle distance double at the first modern Olympics in Athens, winning the 800m final.

1913: The first game was played at Ebbets Field, the newly built home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, who lost to the Philadelphia Phillies, 1-0.

1917: Vimy Ridge in France is stormed by Canadian troops.

1918: Latvia proclaims independence.

1928: Mae West makes her New York debut in a daring new play “Diamond Lil”.

1932: Born on this day: American singer-songwriter Carl Perkins who had the 1956 US No.2 & UK No.10 single 'Blue Suede Shoes.' Perkins' songs were recorded by Elvis Presley, The Beatles and Johnny Cash. Paul McCartney claimed that "if there were no Carl Perkins, there would be no Beatles." Perkins died on 19th Jan 1998 aged 65.

1939: Singer Marian Anderson performed a concert at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., after being denied the use of Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

1940: Nazi Germany invades Denmark and Norway. Denmark surrenders after a six-hour battle.

1942: During World War II, some 75,000 Philippine and American defenders on Bataan surrendered to Japanese troops, who forced the prisoners into what became known as the Bataan Death March; thousands died or were killed en route.

1947: A tornado roared through at least 12 towns in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, killing 169 people. The twister traveled 221 miles across the three states.

1959: NASA presented its first seven astronauts: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard and Donald Slayton. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, 91, died in Phoenix, Arizona.

1960: South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd survives an assassination attempt despite being shot twice in the face.

1961: Uk TOP 20: Album chart:

1. Elvis Presley - G.I. Blues

2. Original Soundtrack - South Pacific

3. Cliff Richard And The Shadows - Me And My Shadows

4. The Everly Brothers - A Date With The Everly Brothers

5. Frank Sinatra - Nice 'n' Easy

6. George Mitchell Minstrels - The Black And White Minstrel Show

7. Adam Faith - Adam

8. Ray Conniff - Hi-Fi Companion Album

9. Original Soundtrack - The King And I

10. Duane Eddy - A Million Dollars' Worth Of Twang

11. Original London Cast - Oliver

12. Original Cast - King Kong

13. Johnny And The Hurricanes - Big Sound Of Johnny And The Hurricanes

14. Original Soundtrack - Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

15. Original Soundtrack - Song Without End

16. Peter Sellers And Sophia Loren - Peter And Sophia

17. Original Television Soundtrack - Huckleberry Hound

18. Connie Francis - Connie's Greatest Hits

19. Mr Acker Bilk - Golden Treasury Of Bilk

20. Frank Sinatra - Swing Easy

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1962: Arnold Palmer wins the third of his 4 Masters titles in an 18 hole Monday playoff with Gary Player at Augusta. On the same day, “West Side Story” wins the best picture Oscar at the Academy Awards. Star Rita Moreno wins for best supporting actress.

1963: By an act of the U.S. Congress, British statesman Winston Churchill became an honorary U.S. citizen.

1963: The Beatles appeared live on the ITV show Tuesday Rendezvous, miming ‘From Me to You’ and ‘Please Please Me’ (during the closing credits). In the evening The Beatles played live at the Gaumont State Cinema, Kilburn, London.

1965: The newly built Astrodome in Houston featured its first baseball game, an exhibition between the Astros and the New York Yankees, with President Lyndon B. Johnson in attendance. (The Astros won, 2-1, in 12 innings.)

1966: Actress Sophia Loren marries director Carlo Ponti in Paris.

1969: First flight of Concorde 002 at Filton, Bristol.

1970: Paul McCartney announces a "temporary break with The Beatles," citing "personal differences" and adding that he will no longer record with John Lennon. Paul disapproved of Yoko Ono and of Beatles financial advisor Allen Klein. When a reporter called Lennon to comment upon McCartney's resignation, John said, "Paul hasn't left. I sacked him." A week after McCartney's announcement he released his first solo album, spelling the end of The Beatles.

1976: The United States and Soviet Union agreed on the size of nuclear tests for peaceful use.

1976: Folk singer/songwriter Phil Ochs, committed suicide at his sister’s home in Queen’s, New York.

1977: ABBA went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Dancing Queen', the group's 7th US Top 40 hit and first No.1. The song was also a No.1 in the UK in 1976 and 12 other countries.

1977: Us TOP 20 : Singles chart:

1. ABBA - Dancing Queen

2. David Soul - Don't Give Up On Us

3. Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way

4. Daryl Hall and John Oates - Rich Girl

5. Glen Campbell - Southern Nights

6. 10cc - The Things We Do For Love

7. Eagles - Hotel California

8. Natalie Cole - I've Got Love On My Mind

9. Barbra Streisand - Evergreen (Love Theme From "A Star Is Born")

10. Atlanta Rhythm Section - So In To You

11. Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son

12. Wings - Maybe I'm Amazed

13. Steve Miller - Fly Like An Eagle

14. William Bell - Tryin' To Love Two

15. Jennifer Warnes - Right Time Of The Night

16. Tom Jones - Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow

17. Leo Sayer - When I Need You

18. Rose Royce - I Wanna Get Next To You

19. Kenny Nolan - I Like Dreamin'

20. Olivia Newton-John - Sam

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1978: Gary Player shoots a record-tying final round 64 (−8) to win the Masters.

1979: Officials declared an end to the crisis involving the Three Mile Island Unit 2 nuclear reactor in Pennsylvania, 12 days after a partial core meltdown.

1979: The Deer Hunter wins the Oscar for best picture.

1983: The space shuttle Challenger ended its first mission with a safe landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

1984: “Terms of Endearment” won five Academy Awards, including best picture, best actress for Shirley MacLaine and best supporting actor for Jack Nicholson.

1988: American singer and songwriter Brook Benton died aged 56. He scored over 20 US top 40 singles, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, he scored hits such as ‘It's Just A Matter Of Time’ and ‘Endlessly’, and made a comeback in 1970 when he had the No.4 hit 'Rainy Night In Georgia', (written by Tony Jo White in 1967).

1988: Dave Prater of soul duo Sam & Dave was killed when his car left the road and hit a tree in Syracuse, Georgia. He was 50. 

1989: Nick Faldo wins the Masters for the first time.

1991: Record producer Martin Hannett, best known for his work with Joy Division, died.

1992: John Major is elected prime minister after the Conservative Party wins the most votes in British electoral history.

1992: Former Panamanian ruler Manuel Noriega was convicted in Miami of eight drug and racketeering charges; he served a 17-year U.S. prison sentence.

1996: Former U.S. Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, D-Ill., pleaded guilty to mail fraud and was sentenced to 17 months in prison.

1997: Songwriter Mae Boren Axton died aged 82 after drowning in her bath at her home in Hendersonville, Tennessee after an apparent heart attack. Known as the 'Queen Mother of Nashville' she wrote over 200 songs including a co-writing credit on the Elvis Presley hit 'Heartbreak Hotel'. She was the mother of country singer, songwriter Hoyt Axton.

1999: The president of Niger, Ibrahim Bare Mainassara, was assassinated and a military junta led by the commander of the presidential guards took over.

2002: More than a million people line the streets for the funeral of The Queen Mother.

2005: Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, married his longtime companion, Camilla Parker Bowles, at Windsor Castle. She took the title duchess of Cornwall.

2006: Phil Mickelson wins his third US Masters.

2007: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that his country could produce nuclear fuel on an industrial scale.

2009: North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament appointed Kim Jong Il to a third term as leader. Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart, 22, and two others were killed in a car crash by a suspected drunken driver. (Andrew Thomas Gallo was convicted of three counts of second-degree murder and sentenced to 51 years to life in prison.)

2009: Bay City Rollers manager Tam Paton died in the bath of a suspected heart attack at his Edinburgh home.

2010: U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, 11 days shy of 90, announced he would retire after 35 years on the court where he was widely regarded as leader of the liberal bloc.

2014: A 16-year-old boy armed with two knives went on a rampage at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, stabbing 20 students and a security guard (all of whom survived). 

2018: Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., became the first sitting senator to give birth. She had a daughter, Maile Pearl Bowlsbey.

2018: Opening statements began in the retrial of Bill Cosby, charged with drugging and molesting Andrea Constand at his suburban Philadelphia home. (Cosby was convicted and sentenced to three to 10 years in prison.) Facebook began alerting some users that their data had been swept up in the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. Fleetwood Mac announced that singer-guitarist Lindsey Buckingham would not be part of the band’s new tour. (The tour began in October with Mike Campbell and Neil Finn replacing Buckingham.)

BIRTHDAYS: 

Jean-Paul Belmondo, actor, 88; 

Valerie Singleton, broadcaster, 84; 

Hannah Gordon, actress, 80; 

Steve Gadd, drummer, 72; 

Sorcha Cusack, actress, 72; 

Dennis Quaid, actor, 67; 

Iain Duncan Smith MP, politician, 67; 

Mark Kelly, keyboardist, (Marillion) 60; 

Marc Jacobs, fashion designer, 58; 

Joe (Charles) Scarborough, TV host/former US politician, 58; 

Cynthia Nixon, actress, 55; 

Robbie Fowler, former footballer, 46; 

Gerard Way, singer-songwriter (My Chemical Romance) 44; 

Rachel Stevens, singer (S Club 7) 43; 

Albert Hammond Jr, guitarist (The Strokes) 41; 

Jay Baruchel, actor, 39; 

Leighton Meester, actress, 35; 

Kristen Stewart, actress, 31; 

Elle (Mary) Fanning, actress, 23.