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• ...that the Poznań 1956 protests (memorial pictured) were the first major demonstration against the communist government of the People's Republic of Poland?
• ...that S. graminifolium was one of only four Stylidium species collected by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander from Botany Bay in 1770 on their voyage to Australia with James Cook?
• ...that in five years of operation during World War II, more than 747 vessels were built in the Richmond Shipyards in Richmond, California—a feat not equaled anywhere else in the world, before or since?
• ...that Lucceius Albinus had just been appointed Roman procurator and was still on his way to take office in Judea when the High Priest of Israel took advantage of the lack of imperial oversight to assemble a Sanhedrin and had James, the brother of Jesus stoned without Roman authorization?

• Two passengers remain unaccounted for after the Greek cruise ship M/S Sea Diamond (pictured) runs aground off Santorini in the Aegean Sea and sinks.
• The Royal Navy personnel accused of trespassing into Iranian waters return to the United Kingdom after a two-week detention.
• TGV POS trainset number 4402 sets a new world speed record for railed vehicles at 574.8 km/h (357 mph) during test runs conducted in Champagne, France.
• Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko dissolves the parliament and calls for an early parliamentary election, a move denounced by the parliament as unconstitutional.
• A tsunami triggered by an earthquake strikes the Solomon Islands, killing at least 20, destroying around 900 homes and leaving thousands homeless.

April 9: Easter Monday in Christianity (2007); Day of Valor in the Philippines.

• 193 - Septimius Severus was proclaimed Roman Emperor.
• 1865 - Battle of Appomattox Courthouse: Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War.
• 1917 - World War I: The Canadian Corps began the first wave of attacks in the Battle of Vimy Ridge, advancing behind a creeping barrage known as the 'Vimy Glide'.
• 1959 - NASA announced the selection of the Mercury Seven (pictured), the first astronauts in Project Mercury.
• 1989 - April 9 tragedy: An anti-Soviet demonstration in Tbilisi, Georgia was quashed by the Soviet army, resulting in 20 deaths and thousands of injured.

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