April 9

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[edit] Events

• 1241 - Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeats the Polish and German armies.
• 1413 - Henry V is crowned King of England.
• 1865 - American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
• 1916 - World War I: Battle of Verdun - German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
• 1917 - World War I: Battle of Arras - The battle begins with Canadian forces executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
• 1940 - World War II: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.

[edit] Births

• 1865 - Erich Ludendorff, German general in World War I (d. 1937)
• 1898 - Paul Robeson, American actor and Communist sympathizer (d. 1976)
• 1938 - Tom Metzger, founder of White Aryan Resistance
• 1981 - Eric Harris, Columbine High School shooter (d. 1999)

[edit] Deaths

• 491 - Zeno, Byzantine Emperor
• 715 - Pope Constantine
• 1483 - King Edward IV of England (b. 1442)
• 1945 - Wilhelm Canaris, German Admiral (b. 1887)
• 1945 - Georg Elser,1939 failed assassin of Hitler (b. 1903)