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
- 1241 –Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeat the Polish and German armies.
- 1585 –The expedition organised by Sir Walter Raleigh departs England for Roanoke Island (now in North Carolina) to establish the Roanoke Colony.
- 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.
- 1916 –World War I: The Battle of Verdun – German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
- 1918 –The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
- 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.
- 1945 –The United States Atomic Energy Commission is formed.
- 1969 –The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford.
- 2005 –Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at Windsor’s Guildhall.
Who were born on April 9?
- 1498 –John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (d. 1550)
- 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)
- 1906 –Rafaela Aparicio, Spanish actress (d. 1996)
- 1964 –Rick Tocchet, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1965 –Jay Wesley Neill, American murderer (d. 2002)
- 1971 –Leo Fortune-West, English footballer
- 1980 –Yoanna House, American model
- 1987 –Jarrod Mullen, Australian rugby league footballer
- 2000 –Jackie Evancho, American singer
Who died on April 9?
- 1137 –William X, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099)
- 1484 –Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (b. 1473)
- 1761 –William Law, British minister (b. 1686)
- 1909 –Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress (b. 1840)
- 1917 –James Hope Moulton, British Classical Greek scholar (b. 1863)
- 1945 –Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German resistance figure (b. 1906)
- 1948 –Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian politician (b. 1903)
- 1970 –Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish illustrator (b. 1896)
- 1996 –James W. Rouse, American real estate developer, activist, and philanthropist (b. 1914)
- 2006 –Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, and official (b. 1916)
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