April 9 in History
9 April in History – 105 years ago
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1991
Georgia declares independence from Soviet Union
ends
1986
Bomb attacks kill many people in Damascus
1953
Viet Minh invade Laos
starts
1948
Civil war in Colombia
starts
1945
Nationalist Chinese defeat Japanese in Battle of West Hunan
ends
1942
US forces hold Bataan against Japanese
1942
US forces in Bataan surrender to Japanese
1941
Greenland accepts US protection
1940
Germany conquers Denmark
starts
1940
Germany invades and occupies Norway
1914
Tampico Affair
1865
General Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House
starts
1862
British & Spanish withdraw from Mexico
1844
British declare protectorate over Mosquito Coast
starts
1809
Tyrol in revolt against Bavarian rule
447
Huns defeat Romans in Chersonesus*
starts
407
Backed by Stilicho, Alaric occupies Epirus*
393
After infighting, Goths agree to support Theodosius I*
363
Julian invades Persian Empire
starts
193
Pescennius Niger proclaimed emperor in Syria
*Actual date uncertain; set to 9 April for purposes of Omniatlas
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