THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2020

1241-Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol armies defeat Poles and Germans

1667-First public art exhibition (Palais Royal in Paris)

1770-Captain James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia)

1869-Hudson Bay Company cedes its territory to Canada

1872-Samuel R. Percy patents dried milk

1912-Titanic leaves Queenstown Ireland for New York

1918-Latvia proclaims independence from Russia

1928-Turkey passes separation of church and state

1940-Germany invades Norway and Denmark during WWII (Denmark surrenders)

1952-Popular uprising in Bolivia

1953-"TV Guide" publishes first issue

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

1966-Sophia Loren marries married Carlo Ponti in Paris

1970-Paul McCartney announces official split of the Beatles