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 99th day of the year 2017 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 266 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 27, 2017 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 24,861,600 minutes 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 ‘enneacontaenneagon’ day.
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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 316 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 1,570 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 9 Historical Events
- 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.
- 1511 –St John’s College, Cambridge, England, founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort, receives its charter.
- 1682 –Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana.
- 1782 –American War of Independence: Battle of the Saintes begins.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 1957 –The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping.
- 1975 –The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world.
- 2011 –A gunman murdered five people, injured eleven, and committed suicide in a mall in the Netherlands.
Who were born on April 9?
- 1597 –John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670)
- 1865 –Erich Ludendorff, German general in World War I (d. 1937)
- 1904 –Sharkey Bonano, American musician (d. 1972)
- 1905 –J. William Fulbright, American politician (d. 1995)
- 1908 –Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-born painter (d. 1997)
- 1953 –John Howard, English singer-songwriter
- 1971 –Leo Fortune-West, English footballer
- 1979 –Jeff Reed, American football player
- 1980 –Yoanna House, American model
- 1989 –Danielle Kahle, American figure skater
Who died on April 9?
- 1483 –King Edward IV of England (b. 1442)
- 1747 –Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, Scottish clan chief
- 1754 –Christian Wolff, German philosopher (b. 1679)
- 1953 –Eddie Cochems, American football player and coach (b. 1877)
- 1963 –Eddie Edwards, American jazz tromboner (b. 1891)
- 1976 –Dagmar Nordstrom, American composer, pianist (b. 1903)
- 1988 –David Prater, American singer (Sam & Dave) (b. 1937)
- 1997 –Helene Hanff, American writer (b. 1916)
- 2001 –Willie Stargell, American baseball player (b. 1940)
- 2006 –Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, and official (b. 1916)
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