Today is Wednesday, April 9, the 99th day of 2014. There are 266 days left in the year.
1667 ― First public art exhibition (Palais Royal, Paris, France)
1894 ― First performance of Anton Bruckner’s 5th Symphony in B in Graz
1912 ― Titanic leaves Queenstown Ireland for New York
1914 ― First full-color film shown “The World, The Flesh & the Devil” (London)
1953 ― “TV Guide” publishes first issue
1962 ― Arnold Palmer wins his 3rd Masters golf tournament
1963 ― Sir Winston Churchill proclaimed honorary U.S. citizen in White House ceremony
1966 ― Sophia Loren marries married Carlo Ponti in Paris, France
1968 ― Martin Luther King Jr., buried in Atlanta, Ga.
1979 ― Longest doubles ping-pong match of 101 hours, begins