The rising sun is visible through the Box Tunnel in Western England on 9 April each year. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_Tunnel#Brunel.27s_birthday
Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville recorded the French folksong "Au Clair de la Lune" on April 9, 1860
The Action of 9 April 1914 was an important turning point in naval and aviation history. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_9_April_1914The Battle of Vimy Ridge took place from 9 to 12 April 1917http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vimy_RidgeSt John's College was established by Charter dated 9 April 1511. http://www.astronomy.activeboard.com/t42207051/st-johns-college/The Roanoke Colony was a late 16th-century attempt to establish a permanent English settlement in Virginia Colony. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48640870/roanoke-colony/The Kamikaze aircraft became famous on April 9, 1937 as the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly from Japan to Europe. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48640851/mitsubishi-ki-15/
NASA announced the selection of seven military pilots - known as the Mercury Seven - as astronauts on 9 April 1959 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mercury#AstronautsSoyuz 35 was a 1980 Soviet manned space flight to the Salyut 6 space station.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_35The GEOS-3 satellite was launched in April 9, 1975 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEOS-3STS-59 Shuttle mission was a Space Shuttle program mission that took place in 1994. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-59Progress M-23M was launched at 1526 GMT, 9th April 2014https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_M-23M
Timothy Lennart Kopra (born April 9, 1963) is a Colonel in the United States Army and a NASA astronaut.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Lennart_KopraKenneth Dale "Taco" Cöckrell (born 9 April 1950) is an American astronaut http://is.gd/p8Sv8uSerena Maria Auñón (born April 9, 1976) is an American physician, engineer, and NASA astronaut.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serena_M._Au%C3%B1%C3%B3nIsambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS (9 April 1806 - 15 September 1859), was an English civil engineerhttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48640839/isambard-kingdom-brunel-1806-1859/
Charles-Eugène Delaunay (9 April 1816 - 5 August 1872) was a French astronomer and mathematicianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles-Eug%C3%A8ne_DelaunayVincent Wing (1619 - 1668) was an English astrologer and astronomerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_WingThomas Henning (born 1956) is a German astrophysicist. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_HenningJean Le Fèvre (9 April 1652 - Paris, 1706) was a French astronomer and physicist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Le_F%C3%A8vre_(astronomer)
Fabrizio Bernardi (b. 1972) is an Italian astronomer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabrizio_BernardiThomas Johann Seebeck (9 April 1770 - 10 December 1831) was a physicist who discovered the thermoelectric effect.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Johann_SeebeckValerie Singleton OBE (born 9 April 1937) is an English television and radio presenterhttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48640820/valerie-singleton/
NGC 3102 was discovered by William Herschel on the 9th April 1793.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57254269/ngc-3102/NGC 3246 was discovered by John Herschel on the 9th April 1828.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57254259/ngc-3246/NGC 3386 was discovered by John Herschel on the 9th April 1828.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57254252/ngc-3386/NGC 3543 was discovered by William Herschel on the 9th April 1793.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57254243/ngc-3543/NGC 3671 was discovered by William Herschel on the 9th April 1793.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57254236/ngc-3671/NGC 4043 was discovered by John Herschel on the 9th April 1828.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57254224/ngc-4043/Messier 68 was discovered by Charles-Joseph Messier on the 9th April 1780.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t50224707/messier-68/
NGC 4618 was discovered by William Herschel on the 9th April 1787.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57254192/ngc-4618/NGC 4625 was discovered by William Herschel on the 9th April 1787.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57253723/ngc-4625/NGC 4655 was discovered by William Herschel on the 9th April 1787.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57253573/ngc-4655/NGC 4704 was discovered by William Herschel on the 9th April 1787.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57253518/ngc-4704/NGC 5003 was discovered by William Herschel on the 9th April 1787.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57253507/ngc-5003/NGC 5023 was discovered by William Herschel on the 9th April 1787.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57252657/ngc-5023/NGC 5103 was discovered by William Herschel on the 9th April 1787.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57252630/ngc-5103/NGC 5123 was discovered by William Herschel on the 9th April 1787.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57252616/ngc-5123/NGC 5145 was discovered by William Herschel on the 9th April 1787.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57252595/ngc-5145/NGC 5214 was discovered by William Herschel on the 9th April 1787.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57252579/ngc-5214/NGC 5362 was discovered by William Herschel on the 9th April 1787.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57252566/ngc-5362/NGC 5383 was discovered by William Herschel on the 9th April 1787.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57252552/ngc-5383/NGC 5900 was discovered by William Herschel on the 9th April 1787.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57252523/ngc-5900/NGC 5922 was discovered by William Herschel on the 9th April 1787.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57252515/ngc-5922/
Asteroid (66) Maja was discovered by Horace Tuttle on April 9, 1861http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/66_Maja
MeteoritesThe Hatford (Stone) meteorite fell in England, UK, on the 9th April, 1628.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48640670/hatford-meteorite/The Fisher (L6) meteorite fell in Minnesota, USA, on the 9th April, 1894.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48640741/fisher-meteorite/The Arlington (Iron, IIE-an) meteorite fell on Minnesota, USA, on the 9 April, 1894.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t54108707/arlington-meteorite/The Ottawa (LL6) meteorite fell in Kansas, USA, on the 9th April, 1896.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48640733/ottawa-meteorite/The Ryechki (L5) meteorite fell in Sumy, Ukraine, on the 9th April, 1914.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48640710/ryechki-meteorite/The Cumberland Falls (Aubrite) meteorite fell in Kentucky, USA, on the 9th April, 1919.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48640704/cumberland-falls-meteorite/The Tromøy (H) meteorite fell in Aust-Agder, Norway, on the 9th April, 1950.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48640696/tromy-meteorite/On April 9, 2009 a bright fireball appeared over Carinthia and the Karavanke Mountainshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t29255239/jesenice/