This Day in History

April 9th in History

Mercury astronauts announced! In other news, the War of Jenkins' Ear begins and Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox. It's the birthday of Tamerlane, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Hugh Hefner, Tom Lehrer, and Carl Perkins; Rabelais, Sir Francis Bacon, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Frank Lloyd Wright died. Happy Gio To Hung Vuong!

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Quote of the Day

"I feel that if a person can't communicate, the very least he can do is to shut up."

Tom Lehrer, mathematician and satirist born April 9, 1928