About April 9
April 9, 2023 is the 99th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 266 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
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Aries is the sun 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.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 307 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On April 9
- 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.
- 1413 –Henry V is crowned King of England.
- 1585 –The expedition organised by Sir Walter Raleigh departs England for Roanoke Island (now in North Carolina) to establish the Roanoke Colony.
- 1682 –Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana.
- 1782 –American War of Independence: Battle of the Saintes begins.
- 1867 –Alaska purchase: Passing by a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska.
- 1909 –The U.S. Congress passes the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.
- 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.
- 1937 –The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London – it is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
- 1945 –The United States Atomic Energy Commission is formed.
- 1945 –World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
- 1945 –World War II: The German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer is sunk.
- 1948 –Fighters from the Irgun and Lehi Zionist paramilitary groups attacked Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, killing over 100.
- 1967 –The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.
- 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 –8 people in South Korea, who are involved in People’s Revolutionary Party Incident, are hanged.
- 1992 –John Major’s Conservative Party wins an unprecedented fourth general election victory in the United Kingdom.
- 2005 –Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at Windsor’s Guildhall.
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