April 9 in history
Events on April 9
Notable events that happened on April 9 in past years.
- 2021
Burmese military and security forces commit the Bago massacre, during which at least 82 civilians are killed.
Wikipedia article: Tatmadaw - 2014
A student stabs 20 people at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania.
Wikipedia article: 2014 Franklin Regional High School stabbing - 2003
Iraq War: Baghdad falls to American forces.
Wikipedia article: Iraq War - 1990
An IRA bombing in County Down, Northern Ireland, kills three members of the UDR.
Wikipedia article: Irish Republican Army - 1981
The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS George Washington accidentally collides with the Nissho Maru, a Japanese cargo ship, sinking it and killing two Japanese sailors.
Wikipedia article: USS George Washington (SSBN-598) - 1960
Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa and architect of apartheid, narrowly survives an assassination attempt by a white farmer, David Pratt in Johannesburg.
Wikipedia article: Hendrik Verwoerd - 1948
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in Colombia.
Wikipedia article: Jorge Eliécer Gaitán - 1947
United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
Wikipedia article: United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 - 1945
World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Königsberg - 1940
Vidkun Quisling seizes power in Norway.
Wikipedia article: Vidkun Quisling - 1917
World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
Wikipedia article: World War I - 1784
The Treaty of Paris, ratified by the United States Congress on January 14, 1784, is ratified by King George III of the Kingdom of Great Britain, ending the American Revolutionary War. Copies of the ratified documents are exchanged on May 12, 1784.
Wikipedia article: Treaty of Paris (1783) - 1511
Resettled Shiite Muslims rise up in the Şahkulu rebellion under the leadership of Şahkulu against the Ottoman Empire.
Wikipedia article: Şahkulu rebellion - 1288
Mongol invasions of Vietnam: Yuan forces are defeated by Trần forces in the Battle of Bach Dang in present-day northern Vietnam.
- 193
The distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum.
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