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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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.
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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)
193
Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans).
475
Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position.
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.
1511
St John’s College, Cambridge, England, founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort, receives its charter.
1609
Eighty Years’ War: Spain and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of Antwerp to initiate twelve years of truce.
1682
Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana.
1909
The U.S. Congress passes the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.
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
1959
Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States’ first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the “Mercury Seven”.
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.
Who were born on April 9?
1898
Earl “Curly” Lambeau, American football coach, executive (d. 1965)
1900
Allen Jenkins, American actor (d. 1974)
1913
Smaro Stefanidou, Greek actress (d. 2010)
1937
Valerie Singleton, British television presenter
1965
Jeff Zucker, American television executive
1965
Mark Pellegrino, American actor
1965
Paulina Porizkova, Czechoslovakian actress and supermodel
1981
Ireneusz Jeleń, Polish footballer
1982
Jay Baruchel, Canadian actor
1987
Jesse McCartney, American actor and singer
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