April 9th (1940) was a Tuesday. It's the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 267 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 9th April, 1940
» World War II: Operation Weserübung Nazi Germany called Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
» Vidkun Quisling seizes power in Norway.
Famous Birthdays on April 9 in 1940
» Jim Roberts (ice hockey b. 1940) named Jim Roberts, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
April 9th Famous Deaths for 1940
» Mrs. Patrick Campbell, English actress (b. 1865)
April 9th Holidays in History
» Bataan Day or 'Araw ng Kagitingan' (Philippines)
» Christian Feast Day:
» Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Anglicanism, Lutheranism)
» Saint Gaucherius named Gaucherius
» Saint Materiana known as Materiana
» Waltrude
» April 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Public holidays in Kosovo known as Constitution Day (Kosovo)
» Public holidays in Georgia called Day of National Unity (Georgia (country) known as Georgia)
» Mikael Agricola Agricola as a rector and an ordinarius named Day of the Finnish Language (Finland)
» Public holidays in Denmark known as Occupation of Denmark (Denmark)
» Vimy Ridge Day, commemorating the Battle of Vimy Ridge. (Canada)