April 9

Events

Up to 1900

1901 2000

From 2001

Births

Up to 1900

1901 1950

1951 1975

From 1976

Deaths

Up to 1900

1901 2000

  • 1917James Hope Moulton, English scholar of Classical Greek (b. 1863)
  • 1936Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist (b. 1855)
  • 1940Mrs. Patrick Campbell, English actress (b. 1865)
  • 1944Evgeniya Rudneva, Russian World War II heroine (executed) (b. 1920)
  • 1945 - German resistance activists executed:
    • Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (b. 1887)
    • Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologian (executed) (b. 1906)
    • Hans von Dohnanyi, German jurist (b. 1902)
    • Georg Elser, German carpenter (b. 1903)
    • Hans Oster, German army general (b. 1887)
    • Karl Sack, German jurist (b. 1896)
  • 1948Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian politician (b. 1903).
  • 1948 - George Carpenter, 5th General of the Salvation Army (b. 1872)
  • 1959Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect (b. 1867)
  • 1961 – King Zog of Albania (b. 1895)
  • 1963Eddie Edwards, American jazz trombonist (b. 1891)
  • 1970 - Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish-American illustrator (b. 1896)
  • 1976Phil Ochs, American singer (b. 1940)
  • 1980 - Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, Iraqi cleric and philosopher (b. 1935)
  • 1982 - Wilfrid Pelletier, Canadian conductor (b. 1896)
  • 1988Brook Benton, American actor (b. 1931)
  • 1991Martin Hannett, record producer (b. 1948)
  • 1996Richard Condon, American novelist (b. 1915)
  • 1996James W. Rouse, American real estate developer, activist, and philanthropist (b. 1914)
  • 1997Laura Nyro, American singer and songwriter (b. 1947)
  • 1999Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Niger politician and general (b. 1949)

From 2001

Observances

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