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April 9: Day of the Week
April 9, 2024 was the 100th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 266 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mardi.
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Here’s the April calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
April 9 Historical Event(s)
1511
St John’s College, Cambridge, England, founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort, receives its charter.
1914
Mexican Revolution: One of the world’s first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
1918
The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
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.
1945
World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
1968
Funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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.
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.
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?
1757
Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, British admiral (d. 1833)
1888
Sol Hurok, Russian-born impresario (d. 1974)
1901
Paul Willis, American actor (d. 1960)
1905
J. William Fulbright, American politician (d. 1995)
1918
Jørn Utzon, Danish architect (d. 2008)
1928
Tom Lehrer, American satirist and mathematician
1965
Paulina Porizkova, Czechoslovakian actress and supermodel
1979
Keshia Knight Pulliam, American actress
1982
Carlos Hernández, Costa Rican footballer
1985
Antonio Nocerino, Italian footballer
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