April 9th, 1942

Born on April 9th, 1942

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on April 9th, 1942?

April 9th, 1942

World War II: The Battle of Bataan ends. An Indian Ocean raid by Japan's 1st Air Fleet sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Hermes and the Australian destroyer HMAS Vampire.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bataan

What else happened on April 9th?

April 9th, 2021

Burmese military and police forces killed at least 82 civilians in the Bago massacre, including 2021 Myanmar coup d'état protesters.

April 9th, 2005

Charles, Prince of Wales, married Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at the Windsor Guildhall.

April 9th, 1999

Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, President of Niger, was shot dead by soldiers in Niamey.

April 9th, 1993

Iranian filmmaker Morteza Avini was killed by a land mine in Fakkeh while producing a documentary.

April 9th, 1980

Iraqi philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (pictured) and his sister Amina were executed by the regime of Saddam Hussein.

April 9th, 1976

The first EMD F40PH, Amtrak's most widespread diesel locomotive for many years, entered into service.

April 9th, 1959

NASA announced the selection of the Mercury Seven, the first astronauts in Project Mercury.

April 9th, 1948

Palestine war: Fighters from the Zionist paramilitary groups Irgun and Lehi attacked the village of Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, killing more than 100 Palestinian Arabs.

April 9th, 1947

The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes killed 181 people and injured 970 others in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.

April 9th, 1945

The German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer, the most successful capital-ship surface raider of the Second World War, was sunk by British bombers.

April 9th, 1940

World War II: During the German invasion of Norway, Vidkun Quisling attempted to seize power in the first coup to be broadcast over radio.

April 9th, 1939

After being denied permission to perform at Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution, African-American singer Marian Anderson gave an open-air concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

April 9th, 1917

First World War: The Canadian Corps began the first wave of attacks of the Battle of Vimy Ridge in Vimy, France.

April 9th, 1388

Despite being vastly outnumbered, forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy defeated an Austrian army at the Battle of Näfels.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 9th

Born on April 9th, 1942

81

Margo Smith

American singer-songwriter

*April 9th, 1942, Dayton †January 23rd, 2024, Franklin

30

Brandon deWilde

American stage and film actor (1942-1972)

*April 9th, 1942, Brooklyn †July 6th, 1972, Denver

82

Jürgen Hausmann

German judge, Federal Court of Justice

*April 9th, 1942, Kaliningrad

82

András Bodnár

Hungarian water polo player

*April 9th, 1942, Uzhhorod

82

Earl F. Hilliard

American politician

*April 9th, 1942, Birmingham

82

Michel Pezet

French politician

*April 9th, 1942, Marseille

82

Carlos Corbacho Román

Spanish matador

*April 9th, 1942, La Línea de la Concepción

82

Sandra Keans

American politician

*April 9th, 1942, Rochester

82

Dick Capp

American football player

*April 9th, 1942, Portland

82

Gianfranco Pasquino

Italian political scientist

*April 9th, 1942, Trana

82

John Judd

British motorsport engineer

*April 9th, 1942, Coventry

82

Giuseppe Franzelli

Italian Catholic bishop

*April 9th, 1942, Roccafranca

82

Sid Richardson Bass

American billionaire investor and philanthropist

*April 9th, 1942, Fort Worth

79

Mario Terán

Bolivian army soldier

*April 9th, 1942, Cochabamba †March 10th, 2022, Santa Cruz de la Sierra

80

Petar Nadoveza

Croatian footballer

*April 9th, 1942, Šibenik †March 19th, 2023

80

Roddy Jackson

American musician

*April 9th, 1942, Fresno †December 7th, 2022

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25

Lil Nas X

American rapper, singer and songwriter (born 1999)

*April 9th, 1999, Lithia Springs

38

Brice Leverdez

French badminton player

*April 9th, 1986, La Garenne-Colombes

72

Magnar Åm

Norwegian composer

*April 9th, 1952, Trondheim

64

Stephen Paddock

American mass murderer (1953–2017)

*April 9th, 1953, Clinton †October 1st, 2017, Mandalay Bay

39

Senidah

Slovenian singer-songwriter (born 1985)

*April 9th, 1985, Ljubljana

49

Lenny McLean

English boxer (1949-1998)

*April 9th, 1949, Hoxton †July 28th, 1998, London Borough of Bexley

88

Jean-Paul Belmondo

French actor (1933–2021)

*April 9th, 1933, Neuilly-sur-Seine †September 6th, 2021, 7th arrondissement of Paris

58

Thomas Doll

German association football player and manager

*April 9th, 1966, Malchin

84

Waltraud Schmidt-Sibeth

German politician

*April 9th, 1940, Berlin

60

Gillian Gowers

British badminton player

*April 9th, 1964, Horfield

76

Wolfgang Schomburg

Judge

*April 9th, 1948, Berlin

49

Tony Gunawan

Badminton player

*April 9th, 1975, Surabaya

88

Marcello Argilli

Italian journalist and writer

*April 9th, 1926, Rome †October 14th, 2014

31

Jhayco

Puerto Rican singer

*April 9th, 1993, Río Piedras

74

Kenneth Cockrell

American astronaut

*April 9th, 1950, Austin

58

Cynthia Nixon

American actress and politician

*April 9th, 1966, New York City

38

Vladimir Malkov

Badminton player

*April 9th, 1986, Saratov

36

Monika Fašungová

Slovak badminton player

*April 9th, 1988, Bratislava

76

Jaya Bachchan

Indian politician and actress

*April 9th, 1948, Jabalpur

32

Peter Gabriel Magnaye

Badminton player

*April 9th, 1992, Manila

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Born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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