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Notable anniversaries in history for today: April 9
- 1000th: 1024 - Benedict VIII [Theophylactus van Tusculum] Pope (1012-24), dies.
- 150th: 1874 - Birth of Julius Bittner; Austrian composer (Little Violet).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Gene Parsons in Los Angeles, California, USA; rock drummer (The Byrds, Gene Clark Group).
- 80th: 1944 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Dennis Quaid in Houston, Texas, USA; actor (The Big Easy, Dreamscape, The Right Stuff).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Ben Bordelon; tackle (San Diego Chargers).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Kevin Mathis; cornerback (Dallas Cowboys).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Sharon Pelletier in Madawaska, Maine, USA; Miss Maine-America (1996).
- 50th: 1974 - San Diego Padres' owner Ray Kroc addresses fans "Ladies and gentlemen, I suffer with you. I've never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life".
- 30th: 1994 - BPAA US Open won by Justin Hromek.
- 30th: 1994 - Cornelis N "Cor" van Dis Junior, Dutch Member of Parliament (1971-94), dies at age 71.
- 30th: 1994 - Keith Watson, British comic strip artist (Dan Dare), dies at age 59.
- 30th: 1994 - Marcel Ichac, French alpinist/director (Karakoram), dies at age 87.
- 30th: 1994 - Raouf Khayrat, Egyptian General-Major, murdered.
- 30th: 1994 - STS-59 (Endeavour) launches into orbit.
- 25th: 1999 - Ibrahim Baré Maînassara, president of Niger, is assassinated.
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Harry Babbitt at age 90; band singer (Kay Kyser Band, Kollege of Musical Knowledge radio show) and TV host (Bandstand Review, Hollywood Opportunity).
- 15th: 2009 - General election in Indonesia, a win for the Democratic Party of president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
- 15th: 2009 - Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is re-elected to his third consecutive term in office, with 90 percent of votes.
- 10th: 2014 - Death of A. N. R. Robinson, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (born 1926).
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