What day of the week was April 9, 1980?

The day of the week April 9th, 1980 fell on was a Wednesday.

Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr the Iraqi cleric and philosopher (b. 1935) died on this day in 1980.

The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture.