Today in History - History - April 9th

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

1959Bill Sharman hits a NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot

1963Winston Churchill becomes 1st honorary US citizen

193Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans).

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

198953rd Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 283

1987For 3rd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 points (1 goal, 6 assists) in a Stanley Cup game and passes Jean Beliveau as all time playoff scoring champ

1928Mae West's NYC debut in a daring new play "Diamond Lil"

1950Bob Hope's 1st TV appearance

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

1336Tamerlane (Timur), Central Asian, Turkic conqueror and founder of the Timurid Dynasty (d. 1405)

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)

1981NFL coach Bill Cowher (23) weds Kaye Young

1966Sophia Loren marries married Carlo Ponti in Paris

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

1913US Admiral Chester Nimitz (28) weds Catherine Freeman (21) in Wollaston, Massachusetts

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

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

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

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