| Date | Text | |||
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| 100 years anniversary | ||||
| 09 Apr 1924 | Harald Heilmann: Composer | |||
| 75 years anniversary | ||||
| 09 Apr 1949 | Chico Ryan: Rock vocalist (Sha Na Na) | |||
| 09 Apr 1949 | Steve Gadd: Jazz drummer (Triplet Hop, Complex Jazz) | |||
| 09 Apr 1949 | UN International Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel and awards Britain damages | |||
| 09 Apr 1949 | Tony Cragg, English sculptor | |||
| 50 years anniversary | ||||
| 09 Apr 1974 | Ben Bordelon: Tackle (San Diego Chargers) | |||
| 09 Apr 1974 | Kevin Mathis: Cornerback (Dallas Cowboys) | |||
| 09 Apr 1974 | Sharon Pelletier: Madawaska, Maine -- Miss America - Maine (1996) | |||
| 09 Apr 1974 | Alexander Pichushkin, Russian serial killer | |||
| 09 Apr 1974 | Jenna Jameson, American porn actress, director, and producer | |||
| 09 Apr 1974 | Terry Jacks was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Seasons In The Sun.' Jacks became the first Canadian to score a No.1 since Paul Anka in 1957. The song (written in French by Belgian, Jacques Brel), had English lyrics by poet Rod McKuen. | |||
09 Apr 1974
Disposable syringe |
Disposable syringe In 1974, African American, Phil Brooks was issued a U.S. patent for a disposable syringe (No. 3,802,434). |
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| 25 years anniversary | ||||
| 09 Apr 1999 | Kosovo War: The Battle of Košare begins. | |||
| 09 Apr 1999 | Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Nigerien general and politician, President of Niger (b. 1949) | |||
| 09 Apr 1999 | Isaac Hempstead-Wright, English actor | |||
| 20 years anniversary | ||||
| 09 Apr 2004 | A man was arrested for allegedly stalking Avril Lavigne. James Speedy, 30, from Seattle, Washington, was arrested after police searched his home, he was later released on $5,000 bail. Mr Speedy had been under investigation since last summer for allegedly sending harassing letters and e-mails to the 19-year-old singer. He was later charged with stalking the singer. | |||
| 15 years anniversary | ||||
| 09 Apr 2009 | In Tbilisi, Georgia, up to 60,000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili. | |||
| 09 Apr 2009 | Nick Adenhart, American baseball player (b. 1986) | |||
| 09 Apr 2009 | Randy Cain, a founding member of US soul group The Delfonics died at his home in Maple Shade, New Jersey at the age of 63. The Philadelphia group, whose hits include 'La-La (Means I Love You)', won an R&B Grammy in 1970 for their song 'Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time'. The chorus of 'Ready or Not' by The Fugees sampled The Delfonics' 1969 hit 'Ready Or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love)'. | |||
| 09 Apr 2009 | Bay City Rollers manager Tam Paton died in the bath at his Edinburgh home of a suspected heart attack. The 70-year-old, who had suffered two previous heart attacks and a stroke in recent years, was found dead in his luxury mansion. Paton had made millions through the success of the band in the 1970s, but was a far more controversial figure in recent years. He was convicted of sex offences against two boys aged 16 and 17 in 1982, and was convicted of drug dealing in 2004 after £26,000 worth of cannabis was found at his home, but was cleared on appeal. | |||
| 10 years anniversary | ||||
| 09 Apr 2014 | A student stabs 20 people at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania. | |||
| 09 Apr 2014 | Svetlana Velmar-Janković, Serbian author (b. 1933) | |||
| 09 Apr 2014 | A. N. R. Robinson, Trinbagonian politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1926) | |||
| 09 Apr 2014 | Aelay Narendra, Indian politician (b. 1946) | |||
| 09 Apr 2014 | Norman Girvan, Jamaican economist, academic, and politician (b. 1941) | |||
| 09 Apr 2014 | Rory Ellinger, American lawyer and politician (b. 1941) | |||
| 09 Apr 2014 | Chris Banks, American football player (b. 1973) | |||
| 09 Apr 2014 | Gil Askey, American trumpet player, composer, and producer (b. 1925) | |||
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