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 100th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 266 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 27, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 475,728 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 ‘hectagon’ 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 295 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 4,127 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 9 Historical Events
- 1782 –American War of Independence: Battle of the Saintes begins.
- 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.
- 1917 –World War I: The Battle of Arras – the battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
- 1947 –The Glazier-Higgins-Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
- 1967 –The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.
- 1969 –The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford.
- 1992 –John Major’s Conservative Party wins an unprecedented fourth general election victory in the United Kingdom.
- 2005 –Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at Windsor’s Guildhall.
- 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)
- 1908 –Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-born painter (d. 1997)
- 1917 –Johannes Bobrowski, German lyricist and writer (d. 1965)
- 1948 –Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress
- 1962 –Ihor Podolchak, Ukrainian artist and film director
- 1962 –Imran Sherwani, British field hockey player
- 1963 –Marc Jacobs, American fashion designer
- 1979 –Keshia Knight Pulliam, American actress
- 1980 –Jerko Leko, Croatian footballer
- 1984 –Linda Chung, Canadian/Hong Kong actress and singer
Who died on April 9?
- 1483 –King Edward IV of England (b. 1442)
- 1693 –Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French writer (b. 1618)
- 1806 –King William V of Orange (b. 1748)
- 1889 –Michel Eugène Chevreul, French chemist (b. 1786)
- 1917 –James Hope Moulton, British Classical Greek scholar (b. 1863)
- 1945 –Hans Oster, German resistance figure (b. 1887)
- 1945 –Hans von Dohnanyi, German resistance figure (b. 1902)
- 1953 –C.E.M. Joad, English philosopher and broadcaster (b. 1891)
- 1976 –Phil Ochs, American singer (b. 1940)
- 2006 –Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish writer and film director (b. 1924)
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