On this day - April 9

FROM THE ARGUS ARCHIVE:

On this day a year ago the Argus reported on how work on Newport’s £90m Friars Walk development was officially launched by Newport's mayor.

South Wales Argus: Newport Mayor, Cllr Cliff Suller digs the first earth for the Friars Walk scheme. Looking on are Sheila Davies, Mayoress Christine Suller, Council leader Cllr Bob Bright, Paul Sargent, Will Godfrey, Stuart Harris, Paul Lomas and Martin Tressider

Five years ago today we reported how the sign in Newport's HSBC bank was welcoming customers to the wrong town - Oswestry which is 90 miles away. 

The stories from history on this day - April 9

1483: The young Edward V acceded to the throne on the death of Edward IV. He was never crowned and disappeared, believed murdered, 75 days later.

1626: Francis Bacon, philosopher and statesman, died - apparently killed by a chicken. He was trying to stuff it with snow as a method of preservation, caught a chill and died.

1806: Isambard Kingdom Brunel, railway and marine engineer whose works included the Clifton Suspension Bridge and steamship Great Western, was born in Portsmouth.

1838: The National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, was opened.

1865: Confederate General Robert E Lee surrendered to General Grant in Virginia, bringing the American Civil War to an end.

1898: Paul Robeson, actor and singer, was born in New Jersey. He is best known for his singing of Ol' Man River in Jerome Kern's Show Boat.

South Wales Argus: Tribute: Eminent bassist Willard White will sing the songs of Paul Robeson

1906: Labour politician Hugh Gaitskell was born in London. As chancellor of the exchequer in 1951, he introduced NHS charges, causing Aneurin Bevan, minister of health, to resign.

1940: Germany invaded Norway and Denmark.

1945: The USS Liberty exploded in Bari harbour, Italy, killing 360 people.

1969: The first British-built Concorde 002 made its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford.

South Wales Argus: Coming home , Concorde 216 touch's down for the final time at Filton on Wednesday GSR1135H03 (10939692)

1981: The US Navy nuclear submarine USS George Washington accidentally collided with the Nissho Maru, a Japanese cargo ship, sinking it.

1983: Jenny Pitman became the first woman to train an English Grand National winner with Corbiere.

1991: Georgia declared independence from the Soviet Union.

2003: Baghdad fell to American forces, Iraqis pulled down a statue of former leader Saddam Hussein.

2005: The Prince of Wales married Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at Windsor's Guildhall.

ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: The chief prosecutor in Oscar Pistorius's murder trial urged the athlete to ''take responsibility'' for fatally shooting his girlfriend, telling him to look at a police photograph of a dead Reeva Steenkamp's bloodied head that was displayed in court.