April 9 birthdays & history

Famous people born on April 9

• 1821Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic
• 1933Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor and producer
• 1990Kristen Stewart, American actress
• 1835Leopold II of Belgium, King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909
• 1926Hugh Hefner, American publisher, founded Playboy Enterprises
• 1802Elias Lönnrot, Finnish physician and philologist
• 1967Sam Harris, American author, philosopher, and neuroscientist
• 1998Elle Fanning, American actress
• 1954Dennis Quaid, American actor
• 1971Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver

What happened on April 9

• 475Basiliscus issued the Enkyklikon, a circular letter to bishops supporting the Monophysitism position.
• 1860Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville recorded himself singing "Au clair de la lune" on his phonautograph, producing the oldest known recording of an audible human voice (audio featured).
• 1909The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
• 1939After being denied permission to perform at Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution, African-American singer Marian Anderson gave an open-air concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
• 1939African-American singer Marian Anderson gives a concert at the Lincoln Memorial after being denied the use of Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
• 1947United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
• 1959NASA announced the selection of the Mercury Seven, the first astronauts in Project Mercury.
• 1967The Boeing 737 took its maiden flight, eventually becoming the most produced commercial passenger jet airliner in the world.
• 1969The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford with Brian Trubshaw as the test pilot.
• 1976The first EMD F40PH, Amtrak's most widespread diesel locomotive for many years, entered into service.
• 1990The Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement is signed for 180,000 square kilometres (69,000 mi2) in the Mackenzie Valley of the western Arctic.
• 2005Charles, Prince of Wales, married Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at the Windsor Guildhall.

Also observed on April 9

• Baghdad Liberation Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)
• Constitution Day (Kosovo)
• Day of National Unity (Georgia)
• Day of Valor or Araw ng Kagitingan (Philippines)
• Feast of the Second Day of the Writing of the Book of the Law (Thelema)
• Mikael Agricola Day, also known as Day of the Finnish Language (Finland)