Charles E. Burchfield, born on April 9, 1893, in Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio, was an American painter renowned for his visionary watercolor landscapes and townscapes. He cultivated a unique artistic style that often portrayed nature with a blend of romance and fantasy such as this piece called “The Luminous Tree” which he painted in 1917.

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Northern Commercial Company employees in front of store, Fairbanks, Alaska, April 9, 1905.

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The fist non-exhibition, regular season game at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, NY took place on April 9, 1913.
The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 1-0.

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Riverview School’s shared fifth and sixth grade classroom. Photo taken April 9, 1951.

Silver Lake Joint School District of Wisconsin

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“Accordingly, on the 9th of April, 1585, his fleet,
consisting of seven sail and carrying 108 settlers,
departed from Plymouth for Roanoke. Among the
important men on board were Sir Richard Grenville,
who commanded the fleet, Captain Ralph Lane, who had charge of the colony, Thomas Cavendish, who afterwards was the second Englishman to circumnavigate the globe, Thomas Hariot, the famous mathematician, and John White, the painter. About the middle of May they reached the island of Porto Rico, and after lingering in the West Indies about a month, sailed for Florida, and June 16 came to anchor at Wokokon. Three days later one of their ships struck on the bottom and was sunk.

They remained at Wokokon over three weeks, during which time exploring parties were sent to the mainland and adjacent islands, including Croatoan, where resided some Indians who proved very friendly.”

From: Stepping-stones of American history, published in 1904
https://archive.org/details/steppingstonesof00bost/page/36/mode/1up
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A. A. Anderson served in the Civil War, witnessing Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. He returned home and married Mary Frances Poindexter with whom he had nine children. He ran a farm and, along with his brothers, operated a mercantile business, Anderson Brothers.

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Civil War commemorative postage stamp marking the centennial

1865-1965

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Marian Anderson performing at the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939 in front of more than 75,000.

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A signed photograph that was taken on April 9, 1945 of Doris Jones who was a baseball player on South Bend Indiana’s Blue Sox

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Born April 9, 1898 Paul Robeson was a lawyer, athlete, social activist, actor, and singer known for his rich bass-baritone voice. He’s shown here in 1942 leading workers at an Oakland, California shipyard in singing “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

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La Salle taking possession of Louisiana in the name of King Louis XIV, April 9, 1682

Conjectural painting from the early 1900s

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On April 9, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife Lady Bird visited the newly completed Astrodome in Houston, Texas on its inaugural day to watch an exhibition game between the New York Yankees and the Houston Astros.
Mickey Mantle hit the first home run at the Astrodome, but the Astros won in twelve innings.

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On April 9, 1959, NASA announced the names of seven astronauts who would be the first to fly in the first U.S. human space flight program.
They became known as the Mercury Seven and their names were M. Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., John H. Glenn, Jr., Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, Walter M. (Wally) Schirra, Jr., Alan B. Shepard, Jr. and Donald K. (Deke) Slayton.

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Brandon deWilde, born April 9, 1942, made his Broadway debut at age 7 in “The Member of the Wedding” and had memorable roles in “Shane,” “Good-bye, My Lady,” and “Hud.” He’s shown here in his mid-50s TV series “Jamie.” In 1972 deWilde was killed in an auto accident in Lakewood, Colorado.

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Actor Frankie Thomas, born April 9, 1921, appeared on Broadway and in a number of films of the 1930s and 40s (mostly B movies, to be honest). His favorite role was “Tom Corbett, Space Cadet,” a TV series that ran from 1950 – 55. When Frankie passed away in 2006 he was buried in his Space Cadet uniform.

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