Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
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
- 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.
- 1860 –On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
- 1914 –Mexican Revolution: One of the world’s first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
- 1945 –World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
- 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 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
- 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
- 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.
- 1992 –John Major’s Conservative Party wins an unprecedented fourth general election victory in the United Kingdom.
- 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?
- 1830 –Eadweard Muybridge, English-born photographer and motion picture pioneer (d. 1904)
- 1872 –Léon Blum, French prime minister (d. 1950)
- 1906 –Antal Dorati, Hungarian conductor (d. 1988)
- 1921 –Jean-Marie Balestre, French motorsports official (FIA) (d. 2008)
- 1926 –Hugh Hefner, American entrepreneur and publisher
- 1954 –Iain Duncan Smith, British politician
- 1962 –Ihor Podolchak, Ukrainian artist and film director
- 1964 –Margaret Peterson Haddix, American author
- 1971 –Austin Peck, American actor
- 1979 –Katsuni, French pornographic actress
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