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Selected anniversaries

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.

• Recent days: April 8 – April 7 – April 6

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• 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.
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