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 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, 29,069,280 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 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.
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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.
- 1241 –Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeat the Polish and German armies.
- 1914 –Mexican Revolution: One of the world’s first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
- 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.
- 1940 –World War II: Operation Weserübung – Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
- 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.
- 1975 –8 people in South Korea, who are involved in People’s Revolutionary Party Incident, are hanged.
- 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.
- 1992 –John Major’s Conservative Party wins an unprecedented fourth general election victory in the United Kingdom.
Who were born on April 9?
- 1898 –Earl “Curly” Lambeau, American football coach, executive (d. 1965)
- 1904 –Sharkey Bonano, American musician (d. 1972)
- 1932 –Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (d. 2006)
- 1940 –Jim Roberts, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1953 –Hal Ketchum, American musician
- 1962 –Ihor Podolchak, Ukrainian artist and film director
- 1979 –Albert Hammond, Jr., American guitarist (The Strokes)
- 1979 –Katsuni, French pornographic actress
- 1982 –Jay Baruchel, Canadian actor
- 1989 –Danielle Kahle, American figure skater
Who died on April 9?
- 585 BC –Emperor Jimmu, First Japanese Emperor
- 93 –Yuan An, Minister over the Masses of the Han dynasty
- 715 –Pope Constantine
- 1553 –François Rabelais, French writer
- 1557 –Mikael Agricola, Finnish scholar (b. c. 1510)
- 1693 –Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French writer (b. 1618)
- 1804 –Jacques Necker, French statesman (b. 1732)
- 1970 –Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish illustrator (b. 1896)
- 2002 –Leopold Vietoris, Austrian mathematician (b. 1891)
- 2007 –Egon Bondy, Czech philosopher and writer (b. 1930)
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