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April 9th


- Christian Feast Day
- Day of the Finnish Language (Finland)
- Day of Valor, also known as the "Bataan Day" (the Philippines)
- Vimy Ridge Day, commemorating the Battle of Vimy Ridge. (Canada)

April 9th


- 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.
- 2003 - 2003 invasion of Iraq: Baghdad falls to American forces;Saddam Hussein statue topples as Iraqis turn on symbols of their former leader, pulling down the statue and tearing it to pieces.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1980 - The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture.
- 1975 - The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world.
- 1975 - 8 people in South Korea, who were involved in People's Revolutionary Party Incident, are hanged.
- 1969 - The "Chicago Eight" plead not guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1969 - The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford.
- 1968 - Funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- 1967 - The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.
- 1965 - Astrodome opens. First indoor baseball game is played.
- 1959 - Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".
- 1957 - The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping.
- 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
- 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.
- 1948 - Massacre at Deir Yassin.
- 1947 - The Glazier-Higgins-Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
- 1946 - 1947 – The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
- 1945 - World War II: The German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer is sunk.
- 1945 - World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
- 1945 - The United States Atomic Energy Commission is formed.
- 1942 - World War II: The Battle of Bataan/Bataan Death March – United States forces surrender on the Bataan Peninsula. The Japanese Navy launches an air raid on Trincomalee in Ceylon (Sri Lanka); Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Hermes and Royal Australian Navy Destroyer HMAS Vampire are sunk off the island's east coast.
- 1940 - World War II: Operation Weserübung – Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
- 1939 - Marian Anderson sings at the Lincoln Memorial, after being denied the right to sing at the Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitution Hall.
- 1937 - The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London – it is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
- 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.
- 1917 - World War I: The Battle of Arras – the battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
- 1916 - World War I: The Battle of Verdun – German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
- 1909 - The U.S. Congress passes the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.
- 1867 - Alaska purchase: Passing by a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska.
- 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.
- 1860 - The oldest audible sound recording of a human voice is made.
- 1782 - American War of Independence: Battle of the Saintes begins.
- 1682 - Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana.
- 1440 - Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark.
- 1413 - Henry V is crowned King of England.
- 1241 - Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeat the Polish and German armies.
- 475 - Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position.
- 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans).

April 9th


- 1998 - Elle Fanning, American actress
- 1990 - Kristen Stewart, American actress
- 1989 - Danielle Kahle, American figure skater
- 1988 - Dino Imperial, Filipino actor
- 1988 - Michel Alves Baroni, Brazilian footballer
- 1988 - Uee, South Korean actress and singer (After School)
- 1987 - Craig Mabbitt, American singer (Escape the Fate)
- 1987 - Jesse McCartney, American actor and singer
- 1987 - Jarrod Mullen, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1987 - Jazmine Sullivan, American R&B singer
- 1986 - Brian Larsen, American musician and record producer
- 1986 - Leighton Meester, American singer and actress
- 1985 - Tomohisa Yamashita, Japanese actor and singer (NEWS)
- 1984 - Adam Loewen, Canadian baseball player
- 1984 - Linda Chung, Canadian/Hong Kong actress and singer
- 1982 - Jay Baruchel, Canadian actor
- 1982 - Carlos Hernández, Costa Rican footballer
- 1981 - Milan Bartovi?, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1981 - Ireneusz Jele?, Polish footballer
- 1981 - Dennis Sarfate, American baseball player
- 1980 - Clueso, German singer, rapper, songwriter and producer
- 1980 - Yoanna House, American model
- 1980 - Jerko Leko, Croatian footballer
- 1979 - Albert Hammond, Jr., American guitarist (The Strokes)
- 1979 - Katsuni, French pornographic actress
- 1979 - Keith Nobbs, American actor
- 1979 - Keshia Knight Pulliam, American actress
- 1979 - Jeff Reed, American football player
- 1978 - Jorge Andrade, Portuguese footballer
- 1978 - Vesna Pisarovi?, Croatian singer
- 1978 - Rachel Stevens, English singer (S Club)
- 1978 - Veronica Taylor, American actress
- 1977 - Gerard Way, American singer (My Chemical Romance)
- 1975 - Robbie Fowler, English footballer
- 1975 - David Gordon Green, American filmmaker
- 1974 - Jenna Jameson, American pornographic actress
- 1974 - Alexander Pichushkin, Russian serial killer
- 1973 - Spenny Rice, Canadian entertainer
- 1971 - Peter Canavan, Gaelic footballer
- 1971 - Earl Cole, Winner of Survivor: Fiji
- 1971 - Austin Peck, American actor
- 1971 - Jacques Villeneuve, French/Canadian racing driver
- 1970 - Mike Barz, American meteorologist and TV anchor
- 1967 - Alex Kahn, American artist
- 1966 - Cynthia Nixon, American actress
- 1965 - Jeff Zucker, American television executive
- 1965 - Jay Wesley Neill, American murderer (d. 2002)
- 1965 - Mark Pellegrino, American actor
- 1965 - Paulina Porizkova, Czechoslovakian actress and supermodel
- 1964 - Rob Awalt, American football player
- 1964 - Soyo Oka, Japanese musician
- 1964 - Rick Tocchet, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1963 - Marc Jacobs, American fashion designer
- 1963 - Joe Scarborough, American television personality
- 1962 - Ihor Podolchak, Ukrainian artist and film director
- 1962 - Imran Sherwani, British field hockey player
- 1961 - Mark Kelly, British keyboard player (Marillion)
- 1961 - Kirk McCaskill, pro baseball and hockey player
- 1957 - Brian Alexander, British broadcaster
- 1957 - Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer
- 1957 - Martin Margiela, Belgian fashion designer
- 1956 - Miguel Ángel Russo, Argentine footballer
- 1955 - Joolz Denby, English poet and novelist
- 1955 - Kate Heyhoe, American food writer
- 1954 - Dennis Quaid, American actor
- 1954 - Iain Duncan Smith, British politician
- 1953 - Hal Ketchum, American musician
- 1948 - Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress
- 1946 - David Webb, English footballer and coach
- 1945 - Steve Gadd, American session drummer
- 1945 - Peter Gammons, American sports journalist
- 1943 - Terry Knight, American music promoter (d. 2004)
- 1942 - Brandon De Wilde, American actor (d. 1972)
- 1941 - Kaye Adams, American country singer
- 1941 - Chu Song-woong, Korean stage actor (d. 1985)
- 1941 - Hannah Gordon, British actress
- 1940 - Jim Roberts, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1939 - Michael Learned, American actress
- 1938 - Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian politician (d. 2010)
- 1937 - Marty Krofft, Canadian television producer
- 1937 - Valerie Singleton, British television presenter
- 1936 - Valerie Solanas, American feminist (d. 1988)
- 1935 - Avery Schreiber, American actor (d. 2002)
- 1934 - Bill Birch, New Zealand politician
- 1933 - Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor
- 1932 - Jim Fowler, American zoologist
- 1932 - Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (d. 2006)
- 1932 - Carl Perkins, American musician (d. 1998)
- 1931 - Richard Hatfield, Canadian politician (d. 1991)
- 1930 - Nathaniel Branden, Canadian psychotherapist
- 1930 - F. Albert Cotton, American chemist (d. 2007)
- 1928 - Paul Arizin, American basketball player (d. 2006)
- 1928 - Tom Lehrer, American satirist and mathematician
- 1926 - Hugh Hefner, American entrepreneur and publisher
- 1922 - Carl Amery, German writer (d. 2005)
- 1921 - Jean-Marie Balestre, French motorsports official (FIA) (d. 2008)
- 1921 - Frankie Thomas, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1919 - J. Presper Eckert, American computer pioneer (d. 1995)
- 1918 - Jřrn Utzon, Danish architect (d. 2008)
- 1917 - Johannes Bobrowski, German lyricist and writer (d. 1965)
- 1917 - Brad Dexter, American actor (d. 2002)
- 1915 - Daniel Johnson, Sr., Quebec politician (d. 1968)
- 1912 - Lew Kopelew, Russian author (d. 1997)
- 1910 - Abraham Ribicoff, American politician (d. 1998)
- 1908 - Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-born painter (d. 1997)
- 1906 - Rafaela Aparicio, Spanish actress (d. 1996)
- 1906 - Antal Dorati, Hungarian conductor (d. 1988)
- 1905 - J. William Fulbright, American politician (d. 1995)
- 1904 - Sharkey Bonano, American musician (d. 1972)
- 1903 - Ward Bond, American actor (d. 1960)
- 1901 - Paul Willis, American actor (d. 1960)
- 1900 - Allen Jenkins, American actor (d. 1974)
- 1898 - Curly Lambeau, American football coach, executive (d. 1965)
- 1898 - Paul Robeson, American singer and activist (d. 1976)
- 1897 - John B. Gambling, American radio talk show host (d. 1974)
- 1895 - Michel Simon, French actor (d. 1975)
- 1893 - Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan, Indian historian, writer, scholar (d. 1963)
- 1889 - Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist (d. 1985)
- 1888 - Sol Hurok, Russian-born impresario (d. 1974)
- 1882 - Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, (d. 1946)
- 1872 - Léon Blum, French prime minister (d. 1950)
- 1867 - Chris Watson, third Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1941)
- 1865 - Erich Ludendorff, German general in World War I (d. 1937)
- 1865 - Charles Proteus Steinmetz, German-born engineer and mathematician (d. 1923)
- 1846 - Paolo Tosti, Italian composer (d. 1916)
- 1835 - King Leopold II of Belgium (d. 1909)
- 1830 - Eadweard Muybridge, English-born photographer and motion picture pioneer (d. 1904)
- 1821 - Charles Baudelaire, French poet (d. 1867)
- 1806 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer (d. 1859)
- 1794 - Theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute (d. 1881)
- 1773 - Étienne Aignan, French writer (d. 1824)
- 1770 - Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist (d. 1831)
- 1757 - Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, British admiral (d. 1833)
- 1691 - Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (d. 1761)
- 1686 - James Craggs the Younger, British politician (d. 1721)
- 1680 - Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist (d. 1754)
- 1649 - James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles II of Great Britain (d. 1685)
- 1648 - Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1720)
- 1634 - Albertine Agnes of Nassau, Regent of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe (d. 1696)
- 1597 - John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670)
- 1498 - John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (d. 1550)