Historical Events for 9th April 2020

1440 – Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark (1440-48)
1948 – Massacre at Deir Yassin.
1950 – Bob Hope’s 1st TV appearance
1950 – 14th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Jimmy Demaret becomes the first 3-time Masters champion by 2 strokes ahead of Australian Jim Ferrier
1957 – Howard Hanson’s “Song of Democracy” premieres in Washington, D.C.
1965 – 1st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun
1968 – Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference
1978 – 42nd US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: 42 year old Gary Player shoots a record-tying final round 64 (−8) to win by 1 stroke from Rod Funseth, Tom Watson and Hubert Green
1980 – Soyuz 35 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6
2013 – 37 people are killed and 850 are injured after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Iran

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