1940: Germany invades Denmark and Norway
The rationale of Operation Weserübung was to secure access to Swedish iron ore. In Norway, a resistance group around Max Manus and Gunnar Sønsteby successfully sabotaged the German war effort.
1952: The Bolivian National Revolution overthrows Hugo Ballivián’s government
The nationalist movement initiated radical reforms, including universal suffrage, the nationalization of tin mines, and the inclusion of previously marginalized ethnicities into national life.
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1962: On April 9, 1962, Puerto Rican actress Rita Moreno becomes the first Hispanic woman to win an Oscar, for her role of Anita in West Side Story (1961).
1963: Winston Churchill becomes the first honorary U.S. citizen.
1967: The first Boeing 737 takes off on its maiden flight. The short-to-medium-range plane is the best-selling airplane in history.
1970: Paul McCartney announces the official break-up of the Beatles.
1999: Niger’s military ruler Ibrahim Bare Mainassara, who came to power in a coup d’état against Niger’s first democratically elected government of President Mohamne Ousmane
Is assassinated by his presidential guard.
2003: Fall of Baghdad
Baghdad fell to U.S.-led forces on this day in 2003, several weeks after the start of the Iraq War, a conflict began to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein because of his supposed possession of weapons of mass destruction.
2005: Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker Bowles. Nearly eight years after Princess Diana’s death in a car crash was mourned the world over, Prince Charles, her widower and heir to the British throne, weds his longtime mistress, Camilla Parker Bowles. The marriage, a private civil ceremony, took place at Windsor Guildhall, 30 miles outside of London.
Births on This Day, April 9
Jørn Utzon (April 9, 1918- November 29, 2008)
Jørn Utzon, is a Danish architect best known for his dynamic, imaginative, but problematic design for the Sydney Opera House in Australia.
Utzon studied at the Copenhagen School of Architecture (1937–42) and then spent three years in Stockholm, where he came under the influence of the Swedish architect Gunnar Asplund. He died at the age of 90.
Robbie Fowler, 49 years
Robert Bernard Fowler is an English football coach and former player born on 9 April 1975. He most recently managed Saudi First Division League side Al-Qadsiah. As a player, he was a striker and is the eighth-highest goal scorer in the history of the Premier League. He is best known for his time at Liverpool, initially from 1993 to 2001.
Jacques Villeneuve
Jacques Villeneuve OQ is a Canadian professional racing driver and amateur musician who won the 1997 Formula One World Championship with Williams. In addition to Formula One, he has competed in various other forms of motor racing, winning the 1995 Indianapolis 500 and the 1995 PPG Indy Car World Series.
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