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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_9" title="April 9">April 9</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimy_Ridge_Day" title="Vimy Ridge Day">Vimy Ridge Day</a></b> in Canada (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917" title="1917">1917</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/193" title="193">193</a> – During the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_of_the_Five_Emperors" title="Year of the Five Emperors">Year of the Five Emperors</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septimius_Severus" title="Septimius Severus">Septimius Severus</a></b> was proclaimed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_emperor" title="Roman emperor">Roman emperor</a> by his troops at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnuntum" title="Carnuntum">Carnuntum</a> in modern-day Austria.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1388" title="1388">1388</a> – Despite being vastly outnumbered, forces of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Swiss_Confederacy" title="Old Swiss Confederacy">Old Swiss Confederacy</a> defeated an Austrian army at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_N%C3%A4fels" title="Battle of Näfels">Battle of Näfels</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939" title="1939">1939</a> – After being denied permission to perform at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAR_Constitution_Hall" title="DAR Constitution Hall">Constitution Hall</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daughters_of_the_American_Revolution" title="Daughters of the American Revolution">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>, African-American singer <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Anderson" title="Marian Anderson">Marian Anderson</a></b> gave an open-air concert on the steps of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial" title="Lincoln Memorial">Lincoln Memorial</a> in Washington, D.C.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959" title="1959">1959</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> announced the selection of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Seven" title="Mercury Seven">Mercury Seven</a></b>, the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronaut" title="Astronaut">astronauts</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mercury" title="Project Mercury">Project Mercury</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Muqtafi" title="Al-Muqtafi">al-Muqtafi</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1096); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel" title="Isambard Kingdom Brunel">Isambard Kingdom Brunel</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1806); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jackson_(engineer)" title="Mary Jackson (engineer)">Mary Jackson</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1921)</p>
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