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noirenails as it is my birthday I could not resist... and I love the first one
April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). There are 266 days remaining.
Events...
1) 193 - Septimius Severus (Severus lol love it) is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans).
2) 1867 - Alaska purchase: Passing by a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska.
3) 1959 - Mercury program: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts which the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".
Births...
1) 1926 - Hugh Hefner, American editor and publisher
2) 1932 - Cheeta, the longest living known chimpanzee in history
3) 1954 - Dennis Quaid, American actor
Deaths... 1) 1626 - Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher, statesman, and essayist (b. 1561)
2) 1959 - Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect (b. 1867)
3) 2005 - Andrea Dworkin, American feminist and writer (b. 1946)
My year of birth..
1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. 1970 is the Unix epoch time.
Events..
April 1 - President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law banning cigarette television advertisements in the United States starting on January 1, 1971.
April 1 - American Motors introduces the Gremlin.
April 10 - Paul McCartney announces that the Beatles have disbanded.
April 11 - US spaceflight Apollo 13 launches for the moon, carrying Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert. On April 13, an oxygen tank in the spacecraft explodes, forcing the crew to abort the mission. The crew returns to earth safely on April 17
April 22 - First Earth Day celebrated.