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, 484,488 hours 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

• 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.
• 1682 –
  Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana.
• 1867 –
  Alaska purchase: Passing by a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska.
• 1916 –
  World War I: The Battle of Verdun – German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
• 1917 –
  World War I: The Battle of Arras – the battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
• 1945 –
  World War II: The German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer is sunk.
• 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.
• 1989 –
  The April 9 tragedy in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR an anti-Soviet peaceful demonstration and hunger strikes, demanding restoration of Georgian independence is dispersed by the Soviet army, resulting in 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries.
• 2009 –
  In Tbilisi, Georgia, up to 60,000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili.

Who were born on April 9?

• 1905 –
  J. William Fulbright, American politician (d. 1995)
• 1933 –
  Fern Michaels, American author
• 1934 –
  Bill Birch, New Zealand politician
• 1943 –
  Terry Knight, American music promoter (d. 2004)
• 1954 –
  Iain Duncan Smith, British politician
• 1962 –
  Imran Sherwani, British field hockey player
• 1971 –
  Peter Canavan, Gaelic footballer
• 1975 –
  David Gordon Green, American filmmaker
• 1975 –
  Robbie Fowler, English footballer
• 1984 –
  Adam Loewen, Canadian baseball player

Who died on April 9?

• 93 –
  Yuan An, Minister over the Masses of the Han dynasty
• 1024 –
  Pope Benedict VIII
• 1872 –
  Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (b. 1794)
• 1876 –
  Charles Goodyear, American politician (b. 1804)
• 1889 –
  Michel Eugène Chevreul, French chemist (b. 1786)
• 1945 –
  Hans von Dohnanyi, German resistance figure (b. 1902)
• 1945 –
  Wilhelm Canaris, German resistance figure (b. 1887)
• 1976 –
  Dagmar Nordstrom, American composer, pianist (b. 1903)
• 1996 –
  James W. Rouse, American real estate developer, activist, and philanthropist (b. 1914)
• 2002 –
  Leopold Vietoris, Austrian mathematician (b. 1891)