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Day Of The Week: April 9
April 9, 2025 is the 99th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 266 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Aries is your zodiac sign. Diamond is your modern birthstone. Opal is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: April 9
- 193 –Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans).
- 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.
- 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
- 1967 –The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.
- 1968 –Funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- 1980 –The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture.
- 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.
Who were born on April 9?
- 1918 –Jørn Utzon, Danish architect (d. 2008)
- 1919 –J. Presper Eckert, American computer pioneer (d. 1995)
- 1930 –Nathaniel Branden, Canadian psychotherapist
- 1934 –Bill Birch, New Zealand politician
- 1946 –David Webb, English footballer and coach
- 1954 –Iain Duncan Smith, British politician
- 1955 –Joolz Denby, English poet and novelist
- 1957 –Martin Margiela, Belgian fashion designer
- 1967 –Alex Kahn, American artist
- 1975 –Robbie Fowler, English footballer
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