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

• 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.
• 1865 –
  American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
• 1867 –
  Alaska purchase: Passing by a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska.
• 1918 –
  The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
• 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.
• 1957 –
  The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping.
• 1975 –
  8 people in South Korea, who are involved in People’s Revolutionary Party Incident, are hanged.
• 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?

• 1757 –
  Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, British admiral (d. 1833)
• 1872 –
  Léon Blum, French prime minister (d. 1950)
• 1888 –
  Sol Hurok, Russian-born impresario (d. 1974)
• 1908 –
  Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-born painter (d. 1997)
• 1946 –
  David Webb, English footballer and coach
• 1971 –
  Austin Peck, American actor
• 1978 –
  Veronica Taylor, American actress
• 1981 –
  Ireneusz Jeleń, Polish footballer
• 1986 –
  Leighton Meester, American singer and actress
• 1988 –
  Michel Alves Baroni, Brazilian footballer

Who died on April 9?

• 436 –
  Tan Daoji, Chinese general of the Liu Song Dynasty
• 1693 –
  Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French writer (b. 1618)
• 1747 –
  Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, Scottish clan chief
• 1806 –
  King William V of Orange (b. 1748)
• 1945 –
  Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German resistance figure (b. 1906)
• 1945 –
  Karl Sack, German resistance figure (b. 1896)
• 1953 –
  C.E.M. Joad, English philosopher and broadcaster (b. 1891)
• 1959 –
  Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect (b. 1867)
• 1993 –
  Joseph B. Soloveitchik, American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist and modern Jewish philosopher (b. 1903)
• 2001 –
  Willie Stargell, American baseball player (b. 1940)