APRIL 9

1939:Marian Anderson sings on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial after organizers at the DAR Constitution Hall canceled her performance because she was black.

1865: Union Gen. Ulysses Grant accepts Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Wilmer McLean’s home in Appomattox Courthouse, Va.

2003: U.S. troops join Iraqis in toppling Saddam Hussein’s statue in Baghdad.