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| April 9th, 2007 (April 09 2007) | Death | Egon Bondy, Czech philosopher and writer (born in 1930) | Philo Quotes |
| April 9th, 1997 (April 09 1997) | Death | Helene Hanff, American writer (born in 1916) | |
| April 9th, 1997 (April 09 1997) | Death | Mae Boren Axton, American singer and songwriter (born in 1914) | |
| April 9th, 1987 (April 09 1987) | Birth | Jesse McCartney, American actor and singer | |
| April 9th, 1987 (April 09 1987) | Birth | Jarrod Mullen, Australian rugby league footballer | |
| April 9th, 1977 (April 09 1977) | Birth | Gerard Way, American musician (My Chemical Romance) | |
| April 9th, 1967 (April 09 1967) | Event | The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight. | |
| April 9th, 1967 (April 09 1967) | Birth | Alex Kahn, American artist | |
| April 9th, 1957 (April 09 1957) | Event | The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping. | |
| April 9th, 1957 (April 09 1957) | Birth | Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer | |
| April 9th, 1957 (April 09 1957) | Birth | Brian Alexander, British broadcaster | |
| April 9th, 1957 (April 09 1957) | Birth | Martin Margiela, Belgian fashion designer | |
| April 9th, 1947 (April 09 1947) | Event | The Glazier-Higgins-Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. | |
| April 9th, 1947 (April 09 1947) | Event | 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. | |
| April 9th, 1937 (April 09 1937) | Event | The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in Londonit is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe. | |
| April 9th, 1937 (April 09 1937) | Birth | Marty Krofft, Canadian children s television producer | |
| April 9th, 1917 (April 09 1917) | Event | World War I: The Battle of Arrasthe battle begins with Canadian forces executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge. | |
| April 9th, 1917 (April 09 1917) | Birth | Johannes Bobrowski, German lyricist and writer (died in 1965) | |
| April 9th, 1917 (April 09 1917) | Birth | Brad Dexter, American actor (died in 2002) | |
| April 9th, 1917 (April 09 1917) | Death | James Hope Moulton, British scholar of Classical Greek (born in 1863) | |
| April 9th, 1897 (April 09 1897) | Birth | John B. Gambling, American radio talk-show host (died in 1974) | |
| April 9th, 1867 (April 09 1867) | Event | Alaska purchase: Passing by a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska. | |
| April 9th, 1867 (April 09 1867) | Birth | Chris Watson, third Prime Minister of Australia (died in 1941) | |
| April 9th, 1757 (April 09 1757) | Birth | Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, British admiral (died in 1833) | |
| April 9th, 1747 (April 09 1747) | Death | Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, Scottish clan chief | |
| April 9th, 1597 (April 09 1597) | Birth | John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (died in 1670) | |
| April 9th, 1557 (April 09 1557) | Death | Mikael Agricola, Finnish scholar (born in ca. 1510) | |
| April 9th, 1137 (April 09 1137) | Death | William X, Duke of Aquitaine (born in 1099) | |
