Today in History - History - April 9th

1925Babe Ruth rushed to hospital

19651st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun

1978Denver's David Thompson scores 73 points & San Antonio's George Gervin scores 63 points in separate NBA games (33 in 1 quarter)

197236th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286

198456th Academy Awards - "Terms of Endearment", Robert Duvall & Shirley MacLaine win

1959Bill Sharman hits a NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot

1768John Hancock refuses to allow two British customs agents to go below deck of his ship, considered by some to be the first act of physical resistance to British authority in the colonies

196234th Academy Awards - "West Side Story", Sophia Loren & Maximillian Schell win

200670th Golf Masters Championship: Phil Mickelson wins, shooting a 281

197842nd Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 277

1966Cynthia Nixon, NYC, actress (Addams Family Values, Pelican Brief)

1990Kristen Stewart, Los Angeles, California, American actress (Bella Swan-The Twilight Saga)

1898[Earl] Curly Lambeau, Green Bay Wisconsin, NFL coach (GB Packers)

1957Severiano Ballesteros, Pedrena Spain, golfer (British Open 1979, 84, 88)

2005His Royal Highness Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles

1981NFL coach Bill Cowher (23) weds Kaye Young

1966Sophia Loren marries married Carlo Ponti in Paris

1964Serial killer John Wayne Gacy (22) weds co-worker Marlynn Myers

1953Biologist Alexander Fleming (34) weds doctor Amalia Koutsouri-Vourekas (41)

1912Detective writer Erle Stanley Gardner (22) weds Natalie Talbert

1626Francis Bacon, English statesman and philosopher, dies from pneumonia at 65

1959Frank Lloyd Wright, US architect (Guggenheim Museum NY), dies at 89