1. In 2001, Ohio's first execution in over 36 years took place on April 9. Wilford Berry Jr. was put to death by lethal injection for the murder of Frances Smith in 1989.

2. On April 9, 1947, a deadly tornado ripped through sections of Toledo, Ohio, killing 12 people and injuring over 100 others. The tornado was part of a larger outbreak that affected the Great Lakes region.

3. In 1865, on April 9, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War. The news of the surrender spread quickly across Ohio and the rest of the country.

4. Ohio native and basketball legend LeBron James scored a triple-double (32 points, 13 rebounds, and 12 assists) on April 9, 2017, as the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the NBA playoffs.

5. On April 9, 1965, the United States Coast Guard Cutter Mesquite was commissioned in Toledo, Ohio. The ship served in various capacities, including icebreaking and search and rescue operations, before being decommissioned in 2020.