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What happend on 9. April in History
In our data base we found 350 events happened on 9. April:
• 93: Yuan An, Chinese statesman [category: Deaths]
• 193: Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans). [category: Events]
• 436: Tan Daoji, Chinese statesman [category: Deaths]
• 475: Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position. [category: Events]
• 491: Zeno, Byzantine Emperor [category: Deaths]
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• 537: Siege of Rome: The Byzantine general Belisarius receives his promised reinforcements, 1,600 cavalry, mostly of Hunnic or Slavic origin and expert bowmen. He starts, despite of shortages, raids against the Gothic camps and Vitiges is forced into a stalemate. [category: Events]
• 715: Pope Constantine [category: Deaths]
• 1024: Pope Benedict VIII [category: Deaths]
• 1137: William X, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099) [category: Deaths]
• 1241: Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeat the Polish and German armies. [category: Events]
• 1305: Lord Borchard de Herle, English diplomat (b. 1268) [category: Deaths]
• 1388: Despite being outnumbered 16 to 1, forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy are victorious over the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Näfels. [category: Events]
• 1413: Henry V is crowned King of England. [category: Events]
• 1440: Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark. [category: Events]
• 1454: The Treaty of Lodi is signed, establishing a balance of power among northern Italian city-states for almost 50 years. [category: Events]
• 1483: King Edward IV of England (b. 1442) [category: Deaths]
• 1484: Edward of Middleham (b. 1473) [category: Deaths]
• 1492: Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesmen (b. 1449) [category: Deaths]
• 1498: John, Cardinal of Lorraine (d. 1550) [category: Births]
• 1511: St John's College, Cambridge, England, founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort, receives its charter. [category: Events]
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• 1553: François Rabelais, French writer [category: Deaths]
• 1557: Mikael Agricola, Finnish scholar (b. c. 1510) [category: Deaths]
• 1585: The expedition organised by Sir Walter Raleigh departs England for Roanoke Island (now in North Carolina) to establish the Roanoke Colony. [category: Events]
• 1597: John Davenport, English clergyman and co-founder of the colony of New Haven. (d. 1670) [category: Births]
• 1598: Johann Crüger, German composer (d. 1662) [category: Births]
• 1609: Eighty Years' War: Spain and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of Antwerp to initiate twelve years of truce. [category: Events]
• 1626: Sir Francis Bacon, English statesman (b. 1561) [category: Deaths]
• 1627: Johann Kaspar Kerll, German composer and organist (d. 1693) [category: Births]
• 1634: Albertine Agnes of Nassau (d. 1696) [category: Births]
• 1648: Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1720) [category: Births]
• 1649: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (d. 1685) [category: Births]
• 1654: Matei Basarab, Wallachian Voivode Prince (b. 1588) [category: Deaths]
• 1680: Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist (d. 1754) [category: Births]
• 1682: Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana. [category: Events]
• 1686: James Craggs the Younger, British politician (d. 1721) [category: Births]
• 1691: Johann Matthias Gesner, German scholar (d. 1761) [category: Births]
• 1693: Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French writer (b. 1618) [category: Deaths]
• 1717: Georg Matthias Monn, Austrian composer and music teacher (d. 1750) [category: Births]
• 1747: Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, Scottish peer [category: Deaths]
• 1754: Christian Wolff, German philosopher (b. 1679) [category: Deaths]
• 1757: Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, British admiral (d. 1833) [category: Births]
• 1761: William Law, British minister (b. 1686) [category: Deaths]
• 1770: Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist (d. 1831) [category: Births]
• 1773: Étienne Aignan, French writer (d. 1824) [category: Births]
• 1782: American War of Independence: Battle of the Saintes begins. [category: Events]
• 1794: Theobald Boehm, German inventor and musician (d. 1881) [category: Births]
• 1802: Elias Lönnrot, Finnish folklorist (d. 1884) [category: Births]
• 1804: Jacques Necker, French statesman (b. 1732) [category: Deaths]
• 1806: Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer (d. 1859) [category: Births]
• 1806: William V of Orange (b. 1748) [category: Deaths]
• 1821: Charles Baudelaire, French poet (d. 1867) [category: Births]
• 1830: Eadweard Muybridge, English photographer (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1835: King Leopold II of Belgium (d. 1909) [category: Births]
• 1846: Paolo Tosti, Italian composer (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1852: At a general conference of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Brigham Young explains the Adam–God doctrine, an important part of the theology of Mormon fundamentalism. [category: Events]
• 1860: On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice. [category: Events]
• 1865: Charles Proteus Steinmetz, German engineer (d. 1923) [category: Births]
• 1865: Erich Ludendorff, German general (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1867: Charles Winckler, Danish athlete (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1867: Chris Watson, Australian politician, Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1867: Alaska purchase: Passing by a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska. [category: Events]
• 1872: Léon Blum, French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1872: Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (b. 1794) [category: Deaths]
• 1875: Jacques Futrelle, American journalist and mystery writer (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1876: Charles Goodyear, American politician (b. 1804) [category: Deaths]
• 1880: Jan Letzel, Czech architect (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1882: Frederick Francis IV (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1888: Sol Hurok, Russian impresario (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1889: Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1889: Michel Eugène Chevreul, French chemist (b. 1786) [category: Deaths]
• 1893: Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan, Indian historian and writer (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1893: Victor Gollancz, English publisher (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1895: Mance Lipscomb, American singer, guitarist and songwriter (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1895: Michel Simon, French actor (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1897: John B. Gambling, American radio talk show host (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1898: Earl "Curly" Lambeau, American football coach and executive (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1898: Paul Robeson, American singer, actor, and activist (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1900: Allen Jenkins, American actor (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1901: Jean Bruchési, French-Canadian historian, president of the Royal Society of Canada (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1901: Paul Willis, American actor (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1902: Théodore Monod, French naturalist, explorer and scholar (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1903: Ward Bond, American actor (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1904: Sharkey Bonano, American jazz trumpeter, band leader, and vocalist (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1905: J. William Fulbright, American politician (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1906: Antal Dorati, Hungarian conductor (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1906: Rafaela Aparicio, Spanish actress (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1908: Joseph Krumgold, American author and scriptwriter (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1908: Victor Vasarely, Hungarian painter (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1909: Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1909: The U.S. Congress passes the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act. [category: Events]
• 1910: Abraham Ribicoff, American politician (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1912: Lev Kopelev, Russian author (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1913: Smaro Stefanidou, Greek actress (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1914: Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico. [category: Events]
• 1915: Daniel Johnson, Sr., Canadian politician (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1915: Raymond Whittindale, British rugby player (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1916: World War I: The Battle of Verdun – German forces launch their third offensive of the battle. [category: Events]
• 1917: Brad Dexter, American actor (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1917: Johannes Bobrowski, German lyricist and writer (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1917: James Hope Moulton, British scholar (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: World War I: The Battle of Arras – the battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge. [category: Events]
• 1918: Jørn Utzon, Danish architect (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1918: The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania. [category: Events]
• 1918: World War I: The Battle of the Lys – the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps is crushed by the German forces during what is called the Spring Offensive on the Belgian region of Flanders. [category: Events]
• 1919: J. Presper Eckert, American electrical engineer (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1921: Frankie Thomas, American actor (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1921: Jean-Marie Balestre, French auto racing executive (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1922: Carl Amery, German writer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1922: Hans Fruhstorfer, German lepidoterist (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Art Kane, American photographer (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1926: Hugh Hefner, American magazine publisher, founder of Playboy Enterprises [category: Births]
• 1926: Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. c. 1857) [category: Deaths]
• 1928: Paul Arizin, American basketball player (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1928: Tom Lehrer, American composer, satirist, and mathematician [category: Births]
• 1929: Paule Marshall, American author [category: Births]
• 1930: F. Albert Cotton, American chemist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1930: Nathaniel Branden, Canadian psychotherapist [category: Births]
• 1930: Wallace McCain, Canadian businessman, founder of McCain Foods (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1931: Richard Hatfield, Canadian politician (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1932: Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1932: Carl Perkins, American singer and guitarist (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1932: Jim Fowler, American zoologist [category: Births]
• 1933: Fern Michaels, American author [category: Births]
• 1933: Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor [category: Births]
• 1934: Bill Birch, New Zealand politician [category: Births]
• 1935: Avery Schreiber, American actor (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1936: Valerie Solanas, American writer (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1936: Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist (b. 1855) [category: Deaths]
• 1937: Marty Krofft, Canadian television producer [category: Births]
• 1937: Valerie Singleton, British television and radio presenter [category: Births]
• 1937: The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London – it is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe. [category: Events]
• 1938: Rockin' Sidney, American singer and musician (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1938: Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian politician (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1939: Michael Learned, American actress [category: Births]
• 1939: Marian Anderson sings at the Lincoln Memorial, after being denied the right to sing at the Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitution Hall. [category: Events]
• 1940: Jim Roberts, Canadian hockey player [category: Births]
• 1940: Mrs. Patrick Campbell, British actress (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Vidkun Quisling seizes power in Norway. [category: Events]
• 1940: World War II: Operation Weserübung – Germany invades Denmark and Norway. [category: Events]
• 1941: Chu Song-woong, Korean actor (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1941: Hannah Gordon, British actress [category: Births]
• 1941: Kay Adams, American singer [category: Births]
• 1942: Brandon deWilde, American actor (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1942: Margo Smith, American country singer [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: The Battle of Bataan/Bataan Death March – United States forces surrender on the Bataan Peninsula. [category: Events]
• 1943: Terry Knight, American singer-songwriter, producer, and promoter (Terry Knight and the Pack) (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1944: Joe Brinkman, American baseball umpire [category: Births]
• 1944: Yevgeniya Rudneva, Russian pilot (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Peter Gammons, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1945: Steve Gadd, American drummer (Stuff) [category: Births]
• 1945: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian, German resistance figure (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Georg Elser, German carpenter, German resistance figure (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Hans Oster, German German Army general and deputy, German resistance figure (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Hans von Dohnanyi, German jurist, German resistance figure (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Karl Sack, German German jurist, German resistance figure (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral, German resistance figure (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: The United States Atomic Energy Commission is formed. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: The German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer is sunk. [category: Events]
• 1946: David Webb, English footballer and coach [category: Births]
• 1946: Nate Colbert, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1947: The Glazier-Higgins-Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. [category: Events]
• 1947: The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. [category: Events]
• 1948: Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1948: Michel Parizeau, Canadian hockey player [category: Births]
• 1948: George Carpenter, Australian Salvation Army general (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian politician (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Fighters from the Irgun and Lehi Zionist paramilitary groups attacked Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, killing over 100. [category: Events]
• 1948: Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in Colombia known as La violencia. [category: Events]
• 1951: Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Hugo Ballivian's government is overthrown by the Bolivian National Revolution, starting a period of agrarian reform, universal suffrage and the nationalisation of tin mines [category: Events]
• 1953: Hal Ketchum, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1953: Jessie Paul, Indian marketing expert and author [category: Births]
• 1953: John Howard, English singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1953: C.E.M. Joad, English philosopher and broadcaster (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Eddie Cochems, American football player and coach (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Dennis Quaid, American actor [category: Births]
• 1954: Iain Duncan Smith, British politician [category: Births]
• 1955: Joolz Denby, English poet and novelist [category: Births]
• 1955: Kate Heyhoe, American writer [category: Births]
• 1956: Miguel Ángel Russo, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1957: Brian Alexander, British broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1957: Martin Margiela, Belgian fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1957: Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1957: The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping. [category: Events]
• 1959: Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven". [category: Events]
• 1961: Kirk McCaskill, Canadian baseball and hockey player [category: Births]
• 1961: Mark Kelly, British keyboard player (Marillion and DeeExpus) [category: Births]
• 1961: King Zog I of Albania (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: The Pacific Electric Railway in Los Angeles, once the largest electric railway in the world, ends operations. [category: Events]
• 1962: Ihor Podolchak, Ukrainian director [category: Births]
• 1962: Imran Sherwani, British field hockey player [category: Births]
• 1963: Joe Scarborough, American television host, lawyer, author, and politician [category: Births]
• 1963: Marc Jacobs, American fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1963: Eddie Edwards, American jazz musician (Original Dixieland Jass Band) (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Xul Solar, Argentine painter, sculptor, writer (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Margaret Peterson Haddix, American author [category: Births]
• 1964: Peter Penashue, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1964: Rick Tocchet, Canadian hockey player [category: Births]
• 1964: Rob Awalt, American football player [category: Births]
• 1964: Soyo Oka, Japanese musician, composer, and author [category: Births]
• 1965: Jay Wesley Neill, American murderer (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1965: Jeff Zucker, American television executive [category: Births]
• 1965: Mark Pellegrino, American actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Paulina Porizkova, Czechoslovakian actress and model [category: Births]
• 1965: Astrodome opens. First indoor baseball game is played. [category: Events]
• 1966: Cynthia Nixon, American actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Alex Kahn, American artist [category: Births]
• 1967: The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight. [category: Events]
• 1968: Funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr. [category: Events]
• 1969: Linda Kisabaka, German athlete [category: Births]
• 1969: The "Chicago Eight" plead not guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. [category: Events]
• 1969: The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford. [category: Events]
• 1970: Mike Barz, American meteorologist and news anchor [category: Births]
• 1970: Tricia Penrose, British actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1970: Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish illustrator (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Austin Peck, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Earl Cole, American entrepreneur, producer, philanthropist, and advertising executive, winner of Survivor: Fiji [category: Births]
• 1971: Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1971: Leo Fortune-West, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Peter Canavan, Gaelic footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Paulette Noizeux, French actress (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Bernard Ackah, Ivorian martial artist and comedian [category: Births]
• 1972: Neve McIntosh, Scottish actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Spenny Rice, Canadian writer, director, producer, and comedian [category: Births]
• 1974: Alexander Pichushkin, Russian serial killer [category: Births]
• 1974: Jenna Jameson, American porn actress and model [category: Births]
• 1975: Anna Coren, Australian journalist [category: Births]
• 1975: David Gordon Green, American filmmaker [category: Births]
• 1975: Robbie Fowler, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: 8 people in South Korea, who are involved in People's Revolutionary Party Incident, are hanged. [category: Events]
• 1975: The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world. [category: Events]
• 1976: Blayne Weaver, American actor and writer [category: Births]
• 1976: Kyle Peterson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Dagmar Nordstrom, American composer, pianist (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Phil Ochs, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Gerard Way, American singer and writer (My Chemical Romance) [category: Births]
• 1977: Kitty Jutbring, Swedish radio and television personality [category: Births]
• 1978: Jorge Andrade, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Rachel Stevens, English singer, dancer, and actress (S Club) [category: Births]
• 1978: Veronica Taylor, American actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Vesna Pisarović, Croatian singer [category: Births]
• 1978: Clough Williams-Ellis, Welsh architect (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Albert Hammond, Jr., American guitarist (The Strokes) [category: Births]
• 1979: Albina Dzhanabaeva, Russian singer [category: Births]
• 1979: Ben Silverstone, English barrister and actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Billy Brandt, American porn actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Jeff Reed, American football player [category: Births]
• 1979: Katsuni, French porn actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Keith Nobbs, American actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Keshia Knight Pulliam, American actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Mark Ruiz, Puerto Rican diver [category: Births]
• 1980: Clueso, German singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1980: Isabelle Severino, French gymnast and actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Jerko Leko, Croatian footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Lee Yo-Won, South Korean actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Rachel Specter, American actress and model [category: Births]
• 1980: Ryan Northcott, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Yoanna House, American model [category: Births]
• 1980: Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, Iraqi Shia cleric and philosopher (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture. [category: Events]
• 1981: Arlen Escarpeta, Belizean actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Dennis Sarfate, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Eric David Harris, American student who committed the Columbine High School massacre (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1981: Ireneusz Jeleń, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Melissa Witek, American model, Miss Florida USA 2005 [category: Births]
• 1981: Milan Bartovič, Slovak hockey player [category: Births]
• 1981: Moran Atias, Israeli actress and model [category: Births]
• 1981: The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS George Washington (SSBN-598) accidentally collides with the Nissho Maru, a Japanese cargo ship, sinking it. [category: Events]
• 1982: Carlos Hernández, Costa Rican footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Jay Baruchel, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Kathleen Munroe Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Wilfrid Pelletier, Canadian conductor (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Dino Delić, Australian reality contestant on Big Brother Australia [category: Births]
• 1983: Ryan Clark, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Willie Colon, American football player [category: Births]
• 1984: Adam Loewen, Canadian baseball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Lili Mirojnick, American actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Linda Chung, Canadian-Chinese actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1984: Óscar Razo, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Antonio Nocerino, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: David Robertson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Tomohisa Yamashita, Japanese actor and singer (NEWS) [category: Births]
• 1986: Brian Larsen, American singer, musician, and record producer [category: Births]
• 1986: Leighton Meester, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1986: Luca Marin, Italian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1986: Mike Hart, American football player [category: Births]
• 1987: Craig Mabbitt, American singer (Escape the Fate, Blessthefall, and The Word Alive) [category: Births]
• 1987: Jarrod Mullen, Australian rugby league footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Jazmine Sullivan, American singer [category: Births]
• 1987: Jesse McCartney, American actor and singer (Dream Street) [category: Births]
• 1987: Kassim Abdallah, Comorian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Dino Imperial, Filipino actor [category: Births]
• 1988: Jeremy Metcalfe, British race car driver [category: Births]
• 1988: Michel Alves Baroni, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Uee, South Korean actress and singer (After School) [category: Births]
• 1988: Brook Benton, American singer and songwriter (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: David Prater, American singer (Sam & Dave) (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Hans Berndt, German footballer (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Danielle Kahle, American figure skater [category: Births]
• 1989: The April 9 tragedy in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR an anti-Soviet peaceful demonstration and hunger strikes, demanding restoration of Georgian independence is dispersed by the Soviet army, resulting in 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries. [category: Events]
• 1990: David Jones-Roberts, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Kristen Stewart, American actress [category: Births]
• 1991: Martin Hannett, English record producer (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Joshua Ledet, American singer [category: Births]
• 1992: A U.S. Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to 30 years in prison. [category: Events]
• 1992: John Major's Conservative Party wins an unprecedented fourth general election victory in the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1993: Joseph B. Soloveitchik, American rabbi (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Joey Pollari, American actor [category: Births]
• 1996: James W. Rouse, American real estate developer (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Richard Condon, American novelist (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Helene Hanff, American writer (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Mae Boren Axton, American singer and songwriter (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Elle Fanning, American actress [category: Births]
• 1998: Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (Skeleton Crew, Curlew, and Third Person (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Nigerien politician and general (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Jackie Evancho, American singer [category: Births]
• 2001: Willie Stargell, American baseball player (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Leopold Vietoris, Austrian mathematician (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Pat Flaherty, American race car driver (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Earl Bramblett, American murderer (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Jerry Bittle, American cartoonist (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: 2003 invasion of Iraq: Baghdad falls to American forces;Saddam Hussein statue topples as Iraqis turn on symbols of their former leader, pulling down the statue and tearing it to pieces. [category: Events]
• 2005: Andrea Dworkin, American activist and writer (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles; Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at Windsor's Guildhall. [category: Events]
• 2006: Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player and coach (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish writer and director (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Egon Bondy, Czech philosopher and writer (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Nick Adenhart, American baseball player (b. 1986) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: In Tbilisi, Georgia, up to 60,000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili. [category: Events]
• 2010: Aladár Kovácsi, Hungarian athlete (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Zoltán Varga, Hungarian footballer (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Sidney Lumet, American director (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Zakariya Rashid Hassan al-Ashiri, Bahraini journalist and blogger (b. 1971) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: A gunman murdered five people, injured eleven, and committed suicide in a mall in the Netherlands. [category: Events]
• 585_bc: Emperor Jimmu, Japanese Emperor [category: Deaths]
• _: April 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of National Unity (Georgia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of Valour, also known as the "Bataan Day" (the Philippines) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of the Finnish Language (Finland) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gaucherius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Martyrs' Day (Tunisia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Materiana [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Occupation of Denmark (Denmark) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Vimy Ridge Day, commemorating the Battle of Vimy Ridge. (Canada) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Waltrude [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Konkani Day (Goa) [category: Holidays and observances]