Today is Tuesday, April 9, the 99th day of 2013. There are 266 days left in the year.
1667 ― First public art exhibition (Palais Royal, Paris, France)
1866 ― Civil Rights Bill passes over President Andrew Johnson’s veto
1872 ― Samuel R. Percy patents dried milk
1906 ― Intercalated Games opens in Athens; special Olympic gathering that helped get the Olympic movement back on track
1912 ― Titanic leaves Queenstown Ireland for New York
1953 ― “TV Guide” publishes first issue
1965 ― India and Pakistan engage in border fight
1966 ― Sophia Loren marries married Carlo Ponti in Paris, France
1968 ― Martin Luther King Jr., buried in Atlanta, Ga.
1970 ― Paul McCartney announces official split of the Beatles