April 9th, 1944

Born on April 9th, 1944

Age in days, weeks and months
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What 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.

April 9th, 0193

Year of the Five Emperors: Septimius Severus was proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops at Carnuntum in modern-day Austria.

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

Born on April 9th, 1944

80

Leila Khaled

Palestinian refugee, former militant, and member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

*April 9th, 1944, Haifa

80

Ludwig Stiegler

German politician

*April 9th, 1944, Parsberg

80

Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg

German shot putter

*April 9th, 1944, Luckenwalde

80

Stanisław Żelichowski

Polish politician

*April 9th, 1944, Księżostany

80

José Sanfrancisco

Spanish painter and sculptor

*April 9th, 1944, Valencia

75

Hugo Urquijo

Argentinian theatre director (1944-2020)

*April 9th, 1944, Buenos Aires †January 26th, 2020, Buenos Aires

80

Silvia Sommer

Composer and pianist

*April 9th, 1944, Vienna

80

Joe Brinkman

American baseball umpire

*April 9th, 1944, Little Falls

66

Serge Christiaenssens

Canadian actor (1944-2011)

*April 9th, 1944, Canada †January 7th, 2011

80

Marcello Bartolucci

Roman Catholic archbishop

*April 9th, 1944, Bastia Umbra

80

Marite Ozers

American model

*April 9th, 1944, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic

80

Wally Waller

British musician

*April 9th, 1944, Barnehurst

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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

49

Lenny McLean

English boxer (1949-1998)

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

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

76

Wolfgang Schomburg

Judge

*April 9th, 1948, Berlin

39

Senidah

Slovenian singer-songwriter (born 1985)

*April 9th, 1985, Ljubljana

58

Thomas Doll

German association football player and manager

*April 9th, 1966, Malchin

60

Gillian Gowers

British badminton player

*April 9th, 1964, Horfield

88

Jean-Paul Belmondo

French actor (1933–2021)

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

49

Tony Gunawan

Badminton player

*April 9th, 1975, Surabaya

84

Waltraud Schmidt-Sibeth

German politician

*April 9th, 1940, Berlin

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

76

Jaya Bachchan

Indian politician and actress

*April 9th, 1948, Jabalpur

58

Cynthia Nixon

American actress and politician

*April 9th, 1966, New York City

38

Vladimir Malkov

Badminton player

*April 9th, 1986, Saratov

72

Richard Alfieri

American playwright, screenplay writer, novelist, producer, and actor

*April 9th, 1952, Florida

36

Monika Fašungová

Slovak badminton player

*April 9th, 1988, Bratislava

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79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

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Yes: 1944 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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