9 April It Happened Today
1806 Birth of English engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
1882 Death of English painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
1898 Birth of American singer and actor Paul Robeson.
1926 Birth of American publisher of Playboy, Hugh Hefner.
1940 Germany invades Norway and Denmark.
1963 Lawrence of Arabia wins seven Oscars.
1966 Film producer Carlo Ponti marries Sophia Loren in Paris.