Important Events From This day in History – 9 April

Today in History

• 2005 Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker Bowles

  Charles previously married Diana, Princess of Wales. With his second marriage to Camilla, he became the first member of the British Royal Family to marry in a civil ceremony.

• 1967 The first Boeing 737 takes off on its maiden flight

  The short-to-medium-range plane is the best-selling airplane in history.

• 1952 The Bolivian National Revolution overthrows Hugo Ballivián’s government

  The nationalist movement pioneered radical reforms such as universal suffrage, tin mine nationalization, and the integration of previously marginalised ethnicities into national life.

• 1940 Germany invades Denmark and Norway

  Operation Weserübung was designed to secure access to Swedish iron ore. A resistance group led by Max Manus and Gunnar Snsteby successfully sabotaged the German war effort in Norway.

• 1860 The world’s first recording of the human voice is created

  Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, a French inventor, used his phonautograph, the first known sound recording device, to record himself singing the French folk song “Au clair de la lune.”