Today is Monday, April 9, the 100th day of 2012. There 266 days left in the year.

1770 ― Captain James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia)

1829 ― Danzig (Gdansk) dike break flood kills 1,200

1865 ― Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender to U.S. Grant at Appomattox

1872 ― Samuel R. Percy patents dried milk

1957 ― Suez Canal cleared for all shipping

1963 ― Sir Winston Churchill proclaimed honorary U.S. citizen in White House ceremony

1968 ― Martin Luther King Jr., buried in Atlanta, Ga.

1969 ― First flight of Concorde 002 (Filton-Bristol)

1976 ― U.S. and Russia agree on the size of nuclear tests for peaceful use

1987 ― For third time, Wayne Gretzky, scores seven goals in a Stanley Cup game