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is the
99th
day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar
(100th in
leap year
s). There are 266 days remaining.
April 9
Events
Births
Deaths
Holidays and observances
Liturgical feasts
top
Events
193
-
Septimius Severus
is proclaimed
Roman Emperor
by the army in
Illyricum
(in the
Balkans
).
475
-
Byzantine Emperor
Basiliscus
issues a circular letter (
Enkyklikon
) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the
Monophysiste
christological
position.
1241
-
Battle of Liegnitz
:
Mongol
forces defeats the
Polish
and
German
armies.
1413
-
Henry V
is crowned
King
of
England
.
1667
- First public art exhibition opens in
Paris
.
1682
-
Robert Cavelier de La Salle
discovers the mouth of the
Mississippi River
, claims it for
France
and names it
Louisiana
.
1770
- Capt
James Cook
discovers
Botany Bay
in
Australia
1865
-
American Civil War
:
Robert E. Lee
surrenders the
Army of Northern Virginia
(26,765 troops) to
Ulysses S. Grant
at
Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
, effectively ending the
war
.
1867
-
Alaska purchase
: Passing by a single vote, the
United States Senate
ratifies a
treaty
with
Russia
for the purchase of
Alaska
.
1909
- The
U.S. Congress
passes the
Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act
.
1913
- The
Brooklyn Dodgers
'
Ebbets Field
opens.
1916
-
World War I
:
Battle of Verdun
-
German
forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
1917
-
World War I
:
Battle of Arras
- The
battle
begins with
Canadian
forces executing a massive assault on
Vimy Ridge
.
1937
- The
Kamikaze
arrives at
Croydon Airport
in
London
- it is the first
Japan
ese-built aircraft to fly to
Europe
.
1939
-
Marian Anderson
sings at the
Lincoln Memorial
, after having been refused the right to sing at the
Daughters of the American Revolution
's
Constitution Hall
.
1940
-
World War II
:
Germany
invades
Denmark
and
Norway
.
1942
-
World War II
:
Battle of Bataan
/
Bataan Death March
-
United States
forces surrender on the
Bataan Peninsula
.
Japanese Navy
launches air raid on
Trincomalee
in
Ceylon
(
Sri Lanka
);
Royal Navy
aircraft carrier
HMS Hermes
and
Royal Australian Navy
Destroyer
HMAS Vampire
are sunk off the country's
East Coast
.
1945
-
World War II
: The
German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer
is sunk.
1945
- The
United States Atomic Energy Commission
formed
1947
- The
Glazier-Higgins-Woodward Tornadoes
kill 181 and injure 970 in
Texas
,
Oklahoma
, and
Kansas
.
1947 - The
Journey of Reconciliation
, the first interracial
Freedom Ride
of 16 black and white men traveling through the upper
South
in violation of
Jim Crow
laws begins. The riders, sponsored by
CORE
and the
Fellowship of Reconciliation
, are seeking to force southern states to enforce the
United States Supreme Court
's
1946
Irene Morgan
decision that banned
racial segregation
in interstate travel.
1948
-
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
's assassination provokes a violent riot in
Bogotá
(the
Bogotazo
), and a further ten years of violence in all of
Colombia
(
La violencia
).
1948 - Massacre at
Deir Yassin
.
1953
-
Warner Brothers
premieres the first
3-D film
, entitled
House of Wax
1957
- The
Suez Canal
in
Egypt
is cleared and opens to
shipping
1959
-
Mercury program
:
NASA
announces the selection of the
United States
' first seven
astronaut
s which the news media quickly dub the "
Mercury Seven
".
1967
- The first
Boeing 737
(a 100 series) takes its maiden flight.
1969
- The "
Chicago Eight
" plead not guilty on federal charges of conspiracy to incite a riot at the
1968 Democratic National Convention
in
Chicago, Illinois
.
1980
- Israeli troops move into
Lebanon
1986
- The
government of France
rules against the
privatization
of
French
automaker
Renault
.
1989
-
April 9 tragedy
in
Tbilisi
,
Georgia
: An
anti-Soviet
demonstration was quashed by the
Soviet army
.
1991
-
Georgia
declares its independence from the
Soviet Union
.
1992
-
US Federal Court
finds former
Panamanian
dictator
Manuel Noriega
guilty on 8 of 10 drug and racketeering charges. He is serving a 30-year prison sentence.
1992 -
John Major
's
Conservative Party
wins an unprecedented fourth general election victory in the
United Kingdom
.
1998
- The
National Prisoner of War Museum
is located in
Andersonville, Georgia
, on the site of an old
American Civil War
POW camp
.
1999
-
Ismail Omar Guelleh
is elected
president
of
Djibouti
.
1999 -
Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara
,
President
of
Niger
, is assassinated.
2002
- Funeral for
Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
, former Queen of England.
2003
-
2003 invasion of Iraq
:
Baghdad, Iraq
falls to
American
forces.
2005
-
HRH
Charles, Prince of Wales
weds
Camilla Parker Bowles
.
top
Births
1336
-
Tamerlane
(
Timur
), Central Asian, Turkic conqueror (d.
1405
)
1498
-
John, Cardinal of Lorraine
, French churchman (d.
1550
)
1597
-
John Davenport
, Connecticut pioneer (d.
1670
)
1648
-
Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway
, French soldier and diplomat (d.
1720
)
1649
-
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
, illegitimate son of
Charles II of Great Britain
(d.
1685
)
1680
-
Philippe Néricault Destouches
, French dramatist (d.
1754
)
1686
-
James Craggs the Younger
, British politician (d.
1721
)
1691
-
Johann Matthias Gesner
, German classical scholar (d.
1761
)
1757
-
Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth
, British admiral (d.
1833
)
1770
-
Thomas Johann Seebeck
, German physicist (d.
1831
)
1773
-
Étienne Aignan
, French writer (d.
1824
)
1794
-
Theobald Boehm
, German inventor of the modern flute (d.
1881
)
1806
-
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
, British engineer (d.
1859
)
1821
-
Charles Baudelaire
, French poet (d.
1867
)
1830
-
Eadweard Muybridge
, English-born photographer and motion picture pioneer (d.
1904
)
1835
- King
Léopold II of Belgium
(d.
1909
)
1865
-
Erich Ludendorff
, German general in World War I (d.
1937
)
1867
-
Chris Watson
, third
Prime Minister of Australia
(d.
1941
)
1872
-
Léon Blum
, French prime minister (d.
1950
)
1888
-
Sol Hurok
, Russian-born impresario (d.
1974
)
1889
-
Efrem Zimbalist
, Russian violinist (d.
1985
)
1897
-
John B. Gambling
, American radio talk-show host (d.
1974
)
1898
-
Curly Lambeau
, American football coach, executive (d.
1965
)
1898 -
Paul Robeson
, American singer and activist (d.
1976
)
1899
-
P.L. Travers
, Australian author (d.
1996
)
1903
-
Ward Bond
, American actor (d.
1960
)
1904
-
Sharkey Bonano
, American musician (d.
1972
)
1905
-
J. William Fulbright
, U.S. Senator from Arkansas (d.
1995
)
1906
-
Antal Dorati
, Hungarian conductor (d.
1988
)
1908
-
Victor Vasarely
, Hungarian-born painter (d.
1997
)
1910
-
Abraham Ribicoff
, American politician (d.
1998
)
1912
-
Lew Kopelew
, Russian author (d.
1997
)
1917
-
Johannes Bobrowski
, German lyricist, narrative writer, adaptor and essayist (d.
1965
)
1917 -
Brad Dexter
, American actor (d.
2002
)
1918
-
Jørn Utzon
, Danish architect
1919
-
J. Presper Eckert
, American computer pioneer (d.
1995
)
1926
-
Hugh Hefner
, American editor and publisher
1928
-
Tom Lehrer
, American musician and mathematician
1931
-
Larry Gluck
, American painter and art educator
1932
-
Jim Fowler
, American zoologist
1932 -
Armin Jordan
, Swiss conductor (d.
2006
)
1932 -
Carl Perkins
, American musician (d.
1998
)
1932 -
Cheeta
, animal actor, the longest living known
chimpanzee
in history
1933
-
Jean-Paul Belmondo
, French actor
1934
-
Bill Birch
, New Zealand politician
1935
-
Avery Schreiber
, American actor (d.
2002
)
1937
-
Marty Krofft
, children's television producer
1938
-
Viktor Chernomyrdin
, Russian politician
1939
-
Michael Learned
, American actress
1942
-
Brandon De Wilde
, American actor (d.
1972
)
1943
-
Terry Knight
, American music promoter (
Grand Funk Railroad
) (d.
2004
)
1945
-
Peter Gammons
, baseball journalist
1945 -
Steve Gadd
, American session drummer
1946
-
David Webb
, English footballer, and football coach
1948
-
Jaya Bachchan
, Indian actress
1954
-
Dennis Quaid
, American actor
1954 -
Iain Duncan Smith
, British politician
1957
-
Seve Ballesteros
, Spanish golfer
1961
-
Mark Kelly
, British keyboard player (
Marillion
)
1962
-
Imran Sherwani
, British field hockey player
1964
-
Rick Tocchet
, Canadian
ice hockey
player
1964 -
Rob Awalt
, German football player
1965
-
Jeff Zucker
, American television executive
1965 -
Paulina Porizkova
, Czechoslovakian-born actress and supermodel
1965 -
Jay Wesley Neill
, American convicted murderer (d.
2002
)
1966
-
Cynthia Nixon
, American actress
1967
-
Rajendra Yadav
, Indian doctor
1971
-
Jacques Villeneuve
, Canadian race car driver
1972
-
Jude Rawlins
, English rock singer and songwriter (
Subterraneans
)
1974
-
Jenna Jameson
, American porn star
1975
-
Robbie Fowler
, English footballer
1977
-
Gerard Way
, American singer (
My Chemical Romance
)
1978
-
Jorge Andrade
, Portuguese footballer
1978 -
Rachel Stevens
, English singer
1978 -
Vesna Pisarović
, Croatian singer
1979
-
Keshia Knight Pulliam
, American actress
1979 -
Albert Hammond, Jr.
, American guitarist in NYC-based band
The Strokes
1980
-
Yoanna House
, American model
1981
-
Milan Bartovič
, Slovak ice hockey player
1981 -
Eric Harris
, Columbine High school shooter (d.
1999
)
1981 -
Ireneusz Jeleń
, Polish footballer
1982
-
Carlos Hernández
, Costa Rican footballer
1985
-
Yamashita Tomohisa
, Japanese singer
1986
-
Brian Larsen
, American musician and record producer
1987
-
Jesse McCartney
, American singer/actor
1989
-
Danielle Kahle
, American figure skater
1990
-
Kristen Stewart
, American actress
1998
-
Elle Fanning
, American actress
top
Deaths
93
-
Yuan An
, Minister over the Masses of the
Han dynasty
491
-
Zeno
,
Byzantine Emperor
715
-
Pope Constantine
1024
-
Pope Benedict VIII
1137
-
William X, Duke of Aquitaine
(b.
1099
)
1483
- King
Edward IV of England
(b.
1442
)
1484
-
Edward of Middleham
,
Prince of Wales
(b.
1473
)
1492
-
Lorenzo de' Medici
, Italian statesmen (b.
1449
)
1553
-
François Rabelais
, French writer
1557
-
Mikael Agricola
, Finnish scholar (b.
1510
)
1626
- Sir
Francis Bacon
, English philosopher, statesman, and essayist (b.
1561
)
1654
-
Matei Basarab
, Prince of
Wallachia
(b.
1588
)
1693
-
Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy
, French writer (b.
1618
)
1747
-
Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat
, Scottish clan chief
1754
-
Christian Wolff
, German philosopher (b.
1679
)
1761
-
William Law
, British minister (b.
1686
)
1804
-
Jacques Necker
, French statesman (b.
1732
)
1806
-
William V of Orange
,
Stadtholder
of the Dutch Republic
1889
-
Michel Eugène Chevreul
, French chemist (b.
1786
)
1909
-
Helena Modrzejewska
, Polish-American actress (b.
1840
)
1917
-
James Hope Moulton
, British scholar of Classical Greek (b.
1863
)
1936
-
Ferdinand Tönnies
, German sociologist (b.
1855
)
1940
-
Mrs. Patrick Campbell
, British actress (b.
1865
)
1944
-
Evgeniya Rudneva
, Russian
World War II
heroine (b.
1920
)
1945
-
Wilhelm Canaris
, German Nazi leader (b.
1887
)
1945 -
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
, German theologian (b.
1906
)
1948
-
George Carpenter
, Australian Salvation Army general (b.
1872
)
1948 -
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
, Colombian politician (b.
1903
).
1951
-
Vilhelm Bjerknes
, Norwegian physicist (b.
1862
)
1959
-
Frank Lloyd Wright
, American architect (b.
1867
)
1961
- King
Zog of Albania
(b.
1895
)
1963
-
Eddie Edwards
, American jazz trombonist (b.
1891
)
1976
-
Dagmar Nordstrom
, American composer, pianist (b.
1903
)
1976 -
Phil Ochs
, American singer (b.
1940
)
1988
-
Brook Benton
, American singer (b.
1931
)
1991
-
Martin Hannett
, record producer (b.
1948
)
1996
-
Richard Condon
, American novelist (b.
1915
)
1996 -
James W. Rouse
, American real estate developer, activist, and philanthropist (b.
1914
)
1999
-
Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara
, Niger politician and general (b.
1949
)
1999 -
Emiko Kado
, wrestler (b.
1976
)
2001
-
Willie Stargell
, baseball player (b.
1940
)
2002
-
Leopold Vietoris
, Austrian mathematician (b.
1891
)
2005
-
Andrea Dworkin
, American feminist and writer (b.
1946
)
2005 -
Scott Mason
, Australian cricketer(b.
1976
)
2006
-
Billy Hitchcock
, baseball player, coach, and official (b.
1916
)
top
Holidays and observances
Bahá'í Faith
- Feast of
Jalál
(
Glory
) - First day of the second month of the
Bahá'í Calendar
.
Araw ng Kagitingan
(
Day of Valor
, celebrated as
Bataan Day
in
Bataan
) in the
Philippines
.
Day of National Unity
- (ეროვნული ერთიანობის დღე), an annual
public holiday
in
Georgia
.
top
Liturgical feasts
Saint Hugo of Rouan
Saint Ingofried
Saint Casilda
Saint Waltrudis
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