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Sunday April 9, 2023

April 9: Day of the Week

April 9, 2023 was the 99th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 266 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is domingo.

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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)

  • 1413
    Henry V is crowned King of England.
  • 1440
    Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark.
  • 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.
  • 1940
    World War II: Operation Weserübung – Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
  • 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.
  • 1975
    The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world.
  • 1980
    The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture.
  • 1981
    The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS George Washington accidentally collides with the Nissho Maru, a Japanese cargo ship, sinking it.
  • 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.
  • 2011
    A gunman murdered five people, injured eleven, and committed suicide in a mall in the Netherlands.

Who were born on April 9?

  • 1835
    King Leopold II of Belgium (d. 1909)
  • 1846
    Paolo Tosti, Italian composer (d. 1916)
  • 1921
    Frankie Thomas, American actor (d. 2006)
  • 1941
    Hannah Gordon, British actress
  • 1956
    Miguel Ángel Russo, Argentine footballer
  • 1964
    Soyo Oka, Japanese musician
  • 1971
    Leo Fortune-West, English footballer
  • 1979
    Keshia Knight Pulliam, American actress
  • 1980
    Jerko Leko, Croatian footballer
  • 1981
    Milan Bartovič, Slovak ice hockey player

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