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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

1
2021

Burmese military and security forces commit the Bago massacre, during which at least 82 civilians are killed.

2
2017

The Palm Sunday church bombings at Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria, Egypt, take place.

3
2017

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.

4
2014

A student stabs 20 people at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania.

5
2013

A 6.1–magnitude earthquake strikes Iran killing 32 people and injuring over 850 people.

6
2013

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.

7
2011

Six people and the perpetrator are killed and 17 injured in a mass shooting at a shopping mall in Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands.

8
2009

In Tbilisi, Georgia, up to 60,000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili.

9
2003

Iraq War: Baghdad falls to American forces.

10
1994

Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-59.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1961 Kirk McCaskill

Canadian MLB pitcher (Chicago White Sox)

1959 Dave Innis

American country singer (Restless Heart - "Wheels")

1959 Fred Dekker

American screenwriter and director (The Monster Squad

1958 Nigel Slater

English cook and writer (The Observer)

1958 Tony Sibson

English boxer

1957 Ednita Nazario

Puerto Rican Latin pop and rock singer

1957 Martin Margiela

Belgian fashion designer

1956 Miguel Ángel Russo

Argentine soccer midfielder (17 caps; Estudiantes LP 435 games) and manager (Boca Juniors

1955 Joolz Denby

English poet and novelist

1955 Kate Heyhoe

American editor and food writer

1954 Iain Duncan Smith

British politician

1953 Dominique Perrault

French architect (National Library of France)

1953 Hal Ketchum

American country singer ("Small Town Saturday Night")

1952 Bruce Robertson

New Zealand rugby union centre (34 Tests

1952 Magnar Åm

Norwegian composer

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