On this day, April 9
1865 Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia, effectively ending the U.S. Civil War after nearly four years.
1939 Marian Anderson performed a concert at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., after the Black singer was denied the use of Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
1940 During World War II, Germany invaded Denmark and Norway.
1942 During World War II, some 75,000 Philippine and American defenders on Bataan surrendered to Japanese troops, who forced the prisoners into what became known as the Bataan Death March; thousands died or were killed en route.
1959 Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, 91, died in Phoenix.
1979 Officials declared an end to the crisis involving the Three Mile Island Unit 2 nuclear reactor in Pennsylvania, 12 days after a partial core meltdown.
2003 Jubilant Iraqis celebrated the collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime, beheading a toppled statue of their longtime ruler in downtown Baghdad.
2005 Britain’s Prince Charles married longtime love Camilla Parker Bowles, who took the title Duchess of Cornwall.
2010 Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens announced his retirement.
2018 Federal agents raided the office of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, seizing records on matters including a $130,000 payment made to porn actress Stormy Daniels.
2021 Britain’s Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, died at the age of 99; he was Britain’s longest-serving consort.
Today’s birthdays: Satirical songwriter and mathematician Tom Llehrer, 96. Actor Michael Learned, 85. Actor Dennis Quaid, 70. Comedian Jimmy Tingle, 69. Country musician Dave Innis (Restless Heart), 65. Talk show host Joe Scarborough, 61. Actor-sports reporter Lisa Guerrero, 60. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, 60. Actor Mark Pellegrino, 59. Actor-model Paulina Porizkova, 59. TV personality Sunny Anderson, 49. Rock singer Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance), 47. Actor Keshia Knight Pulliam, 45. Rock musician Albert Hammond Jr. (The Strokes), 44. Actor Charlie Hunnam, 44. Actor Ryan Northcott, 44. Actor Arlen Escarpeta, 43. Actor Jay Baruchel, 42. Actor Annie Funke, 39. Actor Jordan Masterson, 38. Actor Leighton Meester, 38. Actor-singer Jesse McCartney, 37. R&B singer Jazmine Sullivan, 37. Actor Kristen Stewart, 34. Actor Elle Fanning, 26. Rapper Lil Nas X, 25. Actor Isaac Hempstead Wright, 25. Classical crossover singer Jackie Evancho, 24.