World War II: The Battle of Bataan ends and the Bataan Death March begins. Date: April 9, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)
The United States Atomic Energy Commission is formed. Date: April 9, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends. Date: April 9, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: The German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer is sunk by the Royal Air Force. Date: April 9, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lutheran pastor and anti-Nazi dissident, is executed by the Nazi regime. Date: April 9, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
About 500 postal workers in Tel Aviv and Jaffa went on strike. Date: April 9, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today)
United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted. Date: April 9, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel. Date: April 9, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April…
The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Date: April 9, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today)
Fighters from the Irgun and Lehi Zionist terror groups attacked Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, killing over 100 Palestinians. Date: April 9, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)