Charles III
Charles, Prince of Wales, married Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at the Windsor Guildhall.
In context
- When
- Saturday, April 9 200521 years ago
- Category
- Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
- Era
- 21st century · 2000s
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
At a glance
Dates: From 2005.
What happened
Charles, Prince of Wales, married Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at the Windsor Guildhall.
April 9 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 2005Charles III
- 2011Alphen aan den Rijn shopping mall shooting
- 20132013 Bushehr earthquake
- 2013Velika Ivanča shooting
- 20142014 Franklin Regional High School stabbing
- 2017Palm Sunday church bombings
- 2020Soyuz MS-16
- 2021Soyuz MS-18
- 2021Tatmadaw
- 2021Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- 2021Myanmar civil war (2021–present)
Also in 2005
- September 12Israeli–Palestinian conflictIsraeli–Palestinian conflict: the Israeli disengagement from Gaza is completed, leaving some 2,530 homes demolished.
- September 13Corrupted Blood incidentA software bug caused a simulated pandemic in the online video game World of Warcraft, serving as a model for epidemiologists to understa…
- September 16CamorraThe Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.
- September 5Mandala Airlines Flight 091Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashed shortly after take-off in Indonesia due to pilot error, killing 100 out of the 117 people on board al…
- October 20UNESCOThe general conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) passes the Convention on the Prot…
- October 22Bellview Airlines Flight 210Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crashed in Ogun State, Nigeria, killing all 117 people on board.
- October 22Tropical Storm AlphaTropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season the most active Atlantic hurricane season unt…
- August 14Helios Airways Flight 522Helios Airways Flight 522 crashed into a mountain north of Marathon, Greece, killing all 121 people on board.
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April 9 2005 — 21 years ago, on a Saturday.
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