BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on April 9.

Everyone born on April 9 is a Aries — ruled by Mars, first, loudest, already gone. The stone is diamond, the flower daisy, and the day is shared with Gerard Way and Marc Jacobs.

Aries, the Ram — an engraving
Sun sign
Aries ♈︎
the Ram · ruled by Mars · first, loudest, already gone
Diamond, the birthstone for April — an engraving
Birthstone
Diamond
April
Daisy, the birth flower for April — an engraving
Birth flower
Daisy
& sweet pea

Your book

Born on April 9? Add the year.

Then it is a pop-up book: the sky the day you arrived, the No. 1 that week, the president, what a stamp cost, your life in weeks, and who was exactly your age when they did the thing they are known for — and at the end, a birthday poster of the day, engraved, to take home. One field. The date lives after the # in the link, which no server sees — nothing about you leaves your browser.

Making it for someone else? Send it as a pop-up birthday card.

The old books say

Aries, March 21 to April 19.

The first sign, and the tradition treats it that way: the Ram is the one who goes first — through the door, into the argument, off the cliff. Ruled by Mars, a fire sign, and the books credit it with courage, impatience and a short memory for grudges, which is a generous way of saying it has already moved on. Its people are supposed to start things. Finishing them is what the other eleven are for.

Astrology, reported rather than endorsed — the astronomy is the part of the book that is real.

Good company

Also born on April 9.

The names most looked up among everyone who shares the day — leaning on the ones who last.

1977
Gerard Way
American singer-songwriter and comic book writer
1963
Marc Jacobs
American-French fashion designer
1967
Sam Harris
American philosopher and author
1998
Elle Fanning
American actress
1990
Kristen Stewart
American actress
1954
Dennis Quaid
American actor
1821
Charles Baudelaire
French poet and critic
1926
Hugh Hefner
American publisher

On this day

What April 9 has seen.

It is Day of Valor in the Philippines (1942).

193Year of the Five Emperors: Septimius Severus was proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops at Carnuntum in modern-day Austria.
1388Despite being vastly outnumbered, forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy defeated an Austrian army at the Battle of Näfels.
1860Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville recorded himself singing "Au clair de la lune" on his phonautograph, producing the oldest known recording of an audible human voice (audio featured).
1976The first EMD F40PH, Amtrak's most widespread diesel locomotive for many years, entered into service.

The calendar

When April 9 falls.

A Thursday in 2026, a Friday in 2027, a Sunday in 2028, a Monday in 2029, and a Tuesday in 2030.