Historical Events on April 9.

1.  1867, 9th April: A proposal to buy Alaska from Russia was approved by the United States.

2.  1953, 9th April: Warner Bros. released the first 3D film titled ‘House of Wax’.

3.  1980, 9th April: The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein killed philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture.

4.  1991, 9th April: Georgia declared independence from the Soviet Union.

5.  1994, 9th April: The R D Birla National Award awarded to Scientist P. M. Bhargava for outstanding achievements in microbiology.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on April 9.

1.  1336: Timur, a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire.

2.  1770: Thomas Seebeck, a Baltic German physicist.

3.  1806: Isambard Kingdom Brunel, an English civil engineer.

4.  1893: Rahul Sankrityayan, the Father of Indian Travelogue Travel literature. 

5.  1925: Linda Goodman, an American astrologer, and poet.

6.  1926: Hugh Hefner, an American magazine publisher. 

7.  1948: Jaya Bachchan, an Indian film actress, and politician. 

8.  1954: Jairam Ramesh, an Indian economist, and politician.

9.  1988: Swara Bhaskar, an Indian actress.

10.  1990: Kristen Stewart, an American actress, and filmmaker.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on April 9.

1.  1626: Francis Bacon, an English philosopher, and statesman.

2.  1994: Chandra Rajeshwara Rao, an Indian freedom fighter.

3.  2001: Behram Contractor, an Indian journalist, and humourist.

4.  2009: Shakti Samanta, an Indian film director, and producer.