Following are some of the major events to have occurred on April 9:
\n1940 \u2013 Germany invaded Denmark and Norway in World War Two.
\n1959 \u2013 The influential American architect Frank Lloyd Wright died. His buildings include the earthquake-proof Imperial Hotel in Tokyo and the Guggenheim Museum of Art in New York.
\n1960 \u2013 South African prime minister Hendrik Verwoerd was wounded in an assassination attempt.
\n1999 \u2013 Niger\u2019s president, Ibrahim Bare Mainassara, was assassinated at Niamey airport by dissident soldiers.
\n1999 \u2013 Denmark\u2019s Flemmin Rasmussen sets new world record lifting 177.5 kg log.
\n2001 \u2013 American Airlines\u2019 parent, AMR Corp., sealed its $742 million purchase of the bankrupt Trans World Airlines, forming the world\u2019s largest airline.
\n2002 \u2013 Funeral for Britain Queen mother.
\n2003 \u2013 Saddam Hussein\u2019s 24-year rule over Iraq crumbled as U.S. forces took control of central Baghdad.
\n2006 \u2013 Israel formally severed all direct contacts with Hamas-led Palestinian government.
\n2007 \u2013 Anti-U.S. protests in Iraq on fourth anniversary of invasion.
\n2015 \u2013 50th anniversary of Houston\u2019s Astrodome stadium.
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