Today in History - History - April 9th

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

1950Bob Hope's 1st TV appearance

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

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

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

1963Winston Churchill becomes 1st honorary US citizen

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

1959Bill Sharman hits a NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot

196226th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 280

1989Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in NY's 4-3 loss to Clev

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)

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

1966Sophia Loren marries married Carlo Ponti in Paris

1981NFL coach Bill Cowher (23) weds Kaye Young

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

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

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

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

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