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April 9

4 sourced moments from April 9 in history: Henry V's 1413 coronation snowstorm was probably just rain; The earliest known recording of the human voice was captured (1860); Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, ending the war in Virginia (1865), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on April 9

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1959 Space · Space Exploration

The Mercury Seven were chosen from 508 military test pilots

NASA screened 508 test pilots' records, tested 32 men to exhaustion and unveiled seven astronauts on 9 April 1959.

1865 History · War & Conflict

Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, ending the war in Virginia

In a farmhouse parlor, two generals shook hands and effectively brought the American Civil War to its close.

1860 Technology · Inventions

The earliest known recording of the human voice was captured

Seventeen years before Edison, a Parisian inventor scratched a French folk song into soot — and never heard it play back.

1413 History · Medieval

Henry V's 1413 coronation snowstorm was probably just rain

Henry V was crowned on 9 April 1413. The famous snowstorm comes from one monastic chronicler; Londoners who were there recorded a downpour.