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 99^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 266 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 27, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,744,156,800 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 ‘enneacontaenneagon’ 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 314 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 4,492 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

April 9 Historical Events

• 1440 –
  Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark.
• 1585 –
  The expedition organised by Sir Walter Raleigh departs England for Roanoke Island (now in North Carolina) to establish the Roanoke Colony.
• 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.
• 1860 –
  On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
• 1916 –
  World War I: The Battle of Verdun – German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
• 1945 –
  World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
• 1947 –
  The Glazier-Higgins-Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
• 1948 –
  Fighters from the Irgun and Lehi Zionist paramilitary groups attacked Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, killing over 100.
• 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.
• 1980 –
  The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture.

Who were born on April 9?

• 1872 –
  Léon Blum, French prime minister (d. 1950)
• 1897 –
  John B. Gambling, American radio talk show host (d. 1974)
• 1930 –
  Nathaniel Branden, Canadian psychotherapist
• 1932 –
  Carl Perkins, American musician (d. 1998)
• 1945 –
  Peter Gammons, American sports journalist
• 1974 –
  Alexander Pichushkin, Russian serial killer
• 1978 –
  Veronica Taylor, American actress
• 1980 –
  Jerko Leko, Croatian footballer
• 1986 –
  Brian Larsen, American musician and record producer
• 1987 –
  Jazmine Sullivan, American R&B singer

Who died on April 9?

• 585 BC –
  Emperor Jimmu, First Japanese Emperor
• 1557 –
  Mikael Agricola, Finnish scholar (b. c. 1510)
• 1626 –
  Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher, statesman, and essayist (b. 1561)
• 1693 –
  Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French writer (b. 1618)
• 1754 –
  Christian Wolff, German philosopher (b. 1679)
• 1948 –
  Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian politician (b. 1903)
• 1978 –
  Clough Williams-Ellis, Welsh architect (b. 1883)
• 1993 –
  Joseph B. Soloveitchik, American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist and modern Jewish philosopher (b. 1903)
• 1999 –
  Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Niger politician and general (b. 1949)
• 2003 –
  Earl Bramblett, American murderer (b. 1942)