About April 9th

Sun Sign
♈ Aries
Fire · Mars
bold, ambitious, courageous, independent
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Birthstone
Diamond
Colorless
Eternal love, strength, invincibility
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Birth Flower
Daisy
Sweet Pea
Purity, innocence, loyal love
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Celtic Tree
Alder
Fearn
confident, self-reliant, charming, persuasive
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218 Notable deaths

Top causes of death

6 Myocardial Infarction
6 Disease
5 Hanging To Death
3 Cancer
3 Gunshot Wound

Top death years

8 1945
6 2017
5 2012
5 1970
5 2010

Deaths by gender

188 Male
30 Female

Top death places

6 Washington, D.C.
4 Paris
4 London
4 Los Angeles
4 New York City

Top 5 notable deaths.

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Consort of elizabeth ii from 1952 to 2021.

Born June 10th, 1921 in Corfu. [ref]

Died April 9th, 2021 at 99 years old in Windsor Castle (senility). [ref]

Frank Lloyd Wright

American architect (1867-1959).

Born June 8th, 1867 in Richland Center. [ref]

Died April 9th, 1959 at 91 years old in Phoenix (surgical complications).

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

German lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-nazi dissident (1906–1945).

Born February 4th, 1906 in Wrocław. [ref]

Died April 9th, 1945 at 39 years old in Flossenbürg concentration camp (hanging to death).

DMX

American rapper and actor (1970–2021).

Born December 18th, 1970 in Mount Vernon.

Died April 9th, 2021 at 50 years old in White Plains (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Dwayne Haskins

American football player (1997–2022).

Born May 3rd, 1997 in Highland Park.

Died April 9th, 2022 at 24 years old in Fort Lauderdale (struck by vehicle). [ref]

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Top birth years

14 1985
14 1979
14 1980
13 1987
13 1990

Birthdays by gender

452 Male
126 Female

No art is possible without a dance with death. Kurt Vonnegut