april 9

  • Colorado Rockies

    Colorado Rockies 1st home game and 1st victory, 11-4 over Mont Expos
  • NFL World Classic Bowl

    NFL announces it will give $3M to CFL and possible "World Classic Bowl"
  • Prince Charles & Camilla

    Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles are married
  • Murro do Bumba

    Rescuers search for over 200 people believed to be buried in their homes by a landslide in Murro do Bumba near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Djibouti

    In the Republic of Djibouti, located in the Horn of Africa, President Ismael Omar Guelleh wins re-election with 79% of the vote
  • Iowa Monona

    Iowa's Monona County, located in the midwestern United States, is hit by a tornado
  • Broadway show

    The broadway show, 'The Lion King', becomes the highest grossing show of all time, overtaking 'Phantom of the Opera'
  • Japan

    Japan set Patriot missiles in central Tokyo and Okinawa Island and sent two warships to patrol the Sea of Japan
  • University of Conneticut

    The University of Connecticut achieves a second championship as the women's basketball team takes home the NCAA championship title after a 79-58 victory over Notre Dame; the men's basketball team won the NCAA title this season
  • OpenSSL

    A flaw in OpenSSL, the encryption method for many websites, has been identified, potentially compromising user security data across the Internet; web users are urged to change login names and passwords immediately