EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
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TODAY IN HISTORY
April 9
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Day 98 of 2026 | Week 15 | 261 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
Burmese military and security forces commit the Bago massacre, during which at least 82 civilians are killed.
The Palm Sunday church bombings at Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria, Egypt, take place.
After refusing to give up his seat on an overbooked United Express flight, Dr. David Dao Duy Anh is forcibly dragged off the flight by aviation security officers, leading to major criticism of United Airlines.
A student stabs 20 people at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania.
A 6.1–magnitude earthquake strikes Iran killing 32 people and injuring over 850 people.
At least 13 people are killed and another three injured after a man goes on a spree shooting in the Serbian village of Velika Ivanča.
Six people and the perpetrator are killed and 17 injured in a mass shooting at a shopping mall in Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands.
In Tbilisi, Georgia, up to 60,000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili.
Iraq War: Baghdad falls to American forces.
Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-59.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Canadian MLB pitcher (Chicago White Sox)
American country singer (Restless Heart - "Wheels")
American screenwriter and director (The Monster Squad
English cook and writer (The Observer)
English boxer
Puerto Rican Latin pop and rock singer
Belgian fashion designer
Argentine soccer midfielder (17 caps; Estudiantes LP 435 games) and manager (Boca Juniors
English poet and novelist
American editor and food writer
British politician
French architect (National Library of France)
American country singer ("Small Town Saturday Night")
New Zealand rugby union centre (34 Tests
Norwegian composer
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