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On This Day · The 99th day of the year

April 9

From 1388 to 2009, April 9 gathers 621 years of history. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

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Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on April 9?

April 9 is the 99th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1388 and 2009. Famous people born on April 9 include Jenna Jameson, Charles Baudelaire and Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan.

Released on April 9

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Game Puzzling Places: 3D Jigsaw Sim
  • Game Restore Your Island
  • Game Beyond Words
  • Movie Rise of the Conqueror

2025

  • Game Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days

2024

  • Game Children of the Sun
  • Game Botany Manor
  • Game Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom

2023

  • TV Blue Orchestra

2022

  • TV SPY x FAMILY
  • TV Aoashi

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1388

    Old Swiss Confederacy

  2. 1917

    World War I

  3. 1940

    World War II

  4. 1947

    Journey of Reconciliation

  5. 1947

    Tornado outbreak of April 9–11, 1947

  6. 1957

    Suez Canal

  7. 1967

    Boeing 737

  8. 1980

    Iraq

  9. 1991

    Georgia (country)

  10. 2009

    Tbilisi

Famous birthday twins

Born on April 9

Jenna Jameson

b. 1974

Charles Baudelaire

b. 1821

Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan

b. 1285

Valerie Solanas

b. 1936

Leopold II of Belgium

b. 1835

Léon Blum

b. 1872

Chris Watson

b. 1867

Carl Amery

b. 1922

Deaths

  • 2021Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
  • 1999Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara
  • 1980Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr
  • 1959Frank Lloyd Wright
  • 1936Ferdinand Tönnies
  • 1626Francis Bacon

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Acacius of Amida
  • —Christian feast day: Casilda of Toledo
  • —Christian feast day: Demetrius of Thessaloniki
  • —Christian feast day: Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Anglicanism, Lutheranism)
  • —Christian feast day: Gaucherius
  • —Christian feast day: Materiana
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Thomas of Tolentino
  • —Christian feast day: Waltrude

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