What are the important events that happened on April 9? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 9: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 9 is the 100th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 266 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 27, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,712,620,800 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectagon’ day.
Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 295 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,127 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 9 Historical Events
475 –
Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position.
1440 –
Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark.
1860 –
On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
1917 –
World War I: The Battle of Arras – the battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
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.
1937 –
The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London – it is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
1940 –
World War II: Operation Weserübung – Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
1965 –
Astrodome opens. First indoor baseball game is played.
1969 –
The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford.
2009 –
In Tbilisi, Georgia, up to 60,000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili.
Who were born on April 9?
1649 –
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles II of Great Britain (d. 1685)
1835 –
King Leopold II of Belgium (d. 1909)
1928 –
Tom Lehrer, American satirist and mathematician
1937 –
Valerie Singleton, British television presenter
1940 –
Jim Roberts, Canadian ice hockey player
1948 –
Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress
1953 –
John Howard, English singer-songwriter
1963 –
Joe Scarborough, American television personality
1964 –
Rick Tocchet, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 –
David Robertson, American baseball player
Who died on April 9?
585 BC –
Emperor Jimmu, First Japanese Emperor
436 –
Tan Daoji, Chinese general of the Liu Song Dynasty
1137 –
William X, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099)
1553 –
François Rabelais, French writer
1654 –
Matei Basarab, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1588)
1963 –
Eddie Edwards, American jazz tromboner (b. 1891)
1993 –
Joseph B. Soloveitchik, American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist and modern Jewish philosopher (b. 1903)
2002 –
Pat Flaherty, American racecar driver (b. 1926)
2003 –
Earl Bramblett, American murderer (b. 1942)
2011 –
Sidney Lumet, American film director (b. 1924)
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