Today in History for 9th April 2018:
Historical Events
475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position.
1952 – Hugo Ballivian’s government is overthrown by the Bolivian National Revolution, starting a period of agrarian reform, universal suffrage and the nationalisation of tin mines
1968 – Minn’s Wayne Connelly is 1st to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot
1972 – USSR and Iraq sign friendship treaty
1980 – Soyuz 35 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6
1997 – Major League Soccer announces Miami and Chicago expansion
Famous Birthdays
1798 – Giuditta Pasta, [Negri], soprano
1910 – Abraham A Ribicoff, (Sen-D-Ct)
1917 – Brad Dexter [Boris Milanovich], American actor (Macao, The Magnificent Seven), born in Goldfield, Nevada (d. 2002)
1962 – Freddie Joe Nunn, NFL defensive end (Indianapolis Colts)
1969 – Amy Feng, Tianjin China, US table tennis player (Olympics 1996)
1974 – Sharon Pelletier, Madawaska Maine, Miss America-Maine (1996)
Famous Deaths
1024 – Benedict VIII, [Theophylactus van Tusculum], Pope (1012-24), dies
1765 – Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 77
1865 – Thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/US Union general-major, dies at 32
1882 – Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English Pre-Raphaelite poet and painter, dies at 53
1947 – Konrad Friedrich Noetel, composer, dies at 43
2002 – Leopold Vietoris, Austrian mathematician (b. 1891)