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 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 266 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 27, 2021 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,617,926,400 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.
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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 298 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 3,031 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1937 –The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London – it is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
- 1940 –World War II: Operation Weserübung – Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
- 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.
- 1992 –John Major’s Conservative Party wins an unprecedented fourth general election victory in the United Kingdom.
Who were born on April 9?
- 1830 –Eadweard Muybridge, English-born photographer and motion picture pioneer (d. 1904)
- 1910 –Abraham Ribicoff, American politician (d. 1998)
- 1921 –Frankie Thomas, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1926 –Hugh Hefner, American entrepreneur and publisher
- 1971 –Leo Fortune-West, English footballer
- 1972 –Bernard Ackah, Ivorian mixed martial artist and comedian
- 1977 –Gerard Way, American singer (My Chemical Romance)
- 1985 –David Robertson, American baseball player
- 1987 –Jarrod Mullen, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1987 –Jazmine Sullivan, American R&B singer
Who died on April 9?
- 1024 –Pope Benedict VIII
- 1305 –Lord Borchard de Herle, English Diplomat (b. 1268)
- 1492 –Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesmen (b. 1449)
- 1917 –James Hope Moulton, British Classical Greek scholar (b. 1863)
- 1948 –George Carpenter, Australian Salvation Army general (b. 1872)
- 1976 –Phil Ochs, American singer (b. 1940)
- 1993 –Joseph B. Soloveitchik, American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist and modern Jewish philosopher (b. 1903)
- 1998 –Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (b. 1953)
- 2001 –Willie Stargell, American baseball player (b. 1940)
- 2006 –Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish writer and film director (b. 1924)
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