Births on April 9

Jorge Andrade

Born on April 9, 1978

Jorge Andrade, Portuguese footballer

Jorge Manuel Almeida Gomes de Andrade, OIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒɔɾʒ ɐ̃ˈndɾað]; born 9 April 1978) is a Portuguese football manager and former professional player who played as a central defender.

After playing two years with Porto he went on to represent Deportivo (169 official appearances in five seasons) and Juventus, appearing rarely for the latter club due to injury.Andrade earned more than 50 caps for Portugal, representing the country in one World Cup and one European Championship and helping it finish second in Euro 2004.

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Events on 1978

11 Feb

Aristotle
Censorship: China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
27 Apr

Watergate scandal
Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
25 Jul

In vitro fertilisation
Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF.
22 Oct

Pope John Paul II
Papal inauguration of Pope John Paul II.
18 Nov

Jim Jones
In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a mass murder-suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.

Births on April 9

Jorge Andrade

Born on April 9, 1978

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Events on 1978

Aristotle

Watergate scandal

In vitro fertilisation

Pope John Paul II

Jim Jones