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