FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021

1770-Captain James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia)

1833-1st tax-supported public library (Peterborough, NH)

1872-Samuel R Percy patents dried milk

1912-Titanic leaves Queenstown Ireland for New York

1914-1st full color film shown "The World, The Flesh & the Devil" (London)

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

1947-Tornadoes striking West Texas & Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300

1957-Suez Canal cleared for all shipping

1959-NASA names 1st 7 astronauts for Project Mercury

1962-JFK throws out 1st ball at Washington DC's new Stadium

1968-Martin Luther King Jr, buried in Atlanta GA

1970-Paul McCartney announces official split of the Beatles

1992-US Federal court finds Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drugs