WHAT HAPPENED ON 9. APRIL
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The "Chicago Eight" plead not guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. (9. April 1969)

The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford. (9. April 1969)

The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world. (9. April 1975)

8 people in South Korea, who are involved in People's Revolutionary Party Incident, are hanged. (9. April 1975)

The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture. (9. April 1980)

The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS George Washington accidentally collides with the Nissho Maru, a Japanese cargo ship, sinking it. (9. April 1981)

The April 9 tragedy in Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, an anti-Soviet peaceful demonstration and hunger strikes, demanding restoration of Georgian independence is dispersed by the Soviet army, resulting in 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries. (9. April 1989)

Georgia declares independence from the Soviet Union (9. April 1991)

A U.S. Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to 30 years in prison. (9. April 1992)

2003 invasion of Iraq: Baghdad falls to American forces; Iraqis turn on symbols of their former leader Saddam Hussein, pulling down a grand statue of him and tearing it to pieces. (9. April 2003)

Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles; Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at Windsor's Guildhall. (9. April 2005)

In Tbilisi, Georgia, up to 60,000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili. (9. April 2009)

At least 37 people are killed and 850 are injured when a 6.3-magnitude earthquake strikes the Iranian province of Bushehr. (9. April 2013)

A gunman murders 13 people in a spree shooting in the village of Velika IvanĨa, Serbia. (9. April 2013)

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