April 9

Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the Civil War (1865); Actor and activist Paul Robeson born (1898); Architect Frank Lloyd Wright dies (1959); Golfer and LPGA cofounder Marilynn Smith dies (2019).

NATIONAL WINSTON CHURCHILL DAY

"National Winston Churchill Day on April 9th commemorates the day he was made an honorary citizen of the United States."

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April 8

Actress Robin Wright born (1966); Pablo Picasso dies (1973); Frank Robinson becomes first Black manager of a Major League Baseball team (1975); Margaret Thatcher dies (2013).

April 7

English poet William Wordsworth born (1770); Jazz singer Billie Holiday born (1915); World Health Organization is established (1948); The US breaks diplomatic ties with Iran during Iran hostage crisis (1980); Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed as the first Black female US Supreme Court justice (2022).

April 5

Booker T. Washington born (1856); Actress Bette Davis born (1908); Actor Gregory Peck born (1916); Former Secretary of State Colin Powell born (1937); Winston Churchill retires as UK Prime Minister (1955); Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain dies (1994)

April 6

First modern Olympics begin in Athens, Greece (1896); US declares war on Germany in WWI (1917); First Tony Awards ceremony held in New York City (1947); Actor Paul Rudd born (1969); Science fiction writer Isaac Asimov dies (1992)

April 4

Ninth US President William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia, shortest presidency ever at 32 days (1841); American poet and activist Maya Angelou born (1928); NATO is created (1949); Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated (1968)