Today is Thursday, April 23, the 113th day of 2009. There are 252 days left in the year.
1867 _ Queen Victoria & Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel
1900 _ First known occurrence of word ``hillbillie" (New York Journal)
1932 _ Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opens at Stratford-on-Avon
1949 _ Chinese Red army conquerors Nanjing
1956 _ U.S. Supreme court ends race segregation on buses
1962 _ First U.S. satellite to reach the moon launched
1969 _ Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death for killing Bobby Kennedy
1971 _ Columbia University operations virtually end, by student strike
1985 _ Coca-Cola announced it is changing its secret flavor formula
1995 _ President Bill Clinton declares a national day of mourning for Oklahoma City bombing victims