- 1912] Play Ball: The 1st exhibition game is played at Fenway Park with the Sox beating Harvard 2-0 in a game played in the snow...
- 1913] Ebbets debut: The Dodgers play their 1st regular season game at Ebbets Field as nearly 12,000 fans watch Brooklyn lose a 1-0 game to the Phillies. This would be a rough year for the home team as the Bums finish 34 1/2 games out of 1st place...
- 1959] The Mercury Seven: NASA announces the selection of America's first seven astronauts...
- 1962] Oscar Gold: "West Side Story" wins 10 Academy Awards...1972] Jane Fonda wins an Oscar for her role in "Klute"...
- 1965] The Mick connects: Mickey Mantle hits the 1st Astrodome home run in an exhibition game between Houston and the Yankees. It is the 1st indoor baseball game...
- 1974] Chicken is hatched: College student Ted Giannoulas answers a radio station ad for a mascot in San Diego and becomes the 'San Diego Chicken'...
- 1976] 'Happy Trails': Songwriter and performer Phil Ochs who suffers from manic-depression, takes his own life at 35...1988] Dave Prater of Sam & Dave is killed in a car accident at 50...
- 1992] Adios: Former Panamanian ruler Manuel Noriega is convicted in Miami of 8 drug and racketeering charges and is sentenced to 30 years in prison...
- 2001] Wedding Bells: American Airlines' parent company acquires TWA and becomes America's #1 carrier...2005] Britain's Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker Bowles, who takes the title Dutchess of Cornwall...
- 2003] Off his pedestal: Today was the day that that Saddam Hussein statue came down in downtown Baghdad as Iraqis celebrated the collapse of his regime...For more on April 9th:
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