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May 9: Day of the Week
May 9, 2024 is the 130th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 236 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Mokuyōbi.
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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
May 9 Historical Event(s)
1092
Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated.
1874
The first horse-drawn bus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
1904
The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100 mph.
1945
World War II: Ratification in Berlin-Karlshorst of the German unconditional surrender of May 8 in Rheims, France, with the signatures of Marshal Georgy Zhukov for the Soviet Union, and for the Western Headquarters Sir Arthur Tedder, British Air Marshal and Eisenhower’s deputy, and for the German side of Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen Stumpff as the representative of the Luftwaffe, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel as the Chief of Staff of OKW, and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine.
1969
Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.
1974
Watergate Scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
1987
A Polish LOT Ilyushin IL-62M “Tadeusz Kościuszko” (SP-LBG) crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing 183 people.
1992
Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the Karabakh War.
2001
In Ghana 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium Disaster. The deaths are caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of teargas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee.
2004
Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov is killed by a land mine under a VIP stage during a World War II memorial victory parade in Grozny, Chechnya.
Who were born on May 9?
1882
George Barker, American painter (d. 1965)
1912
Per Imerslund, Norwegian writer (d. 1943)
1921
Sophie Scholl, resistance fighter in Nazi Germany (d. 1943)
1936
Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician
1941
Pete Birrell, British bass guitarist
1942
John Ashcroft, United States Attorney General
1942
Tommy Roe, American singer and songwriter
1965
Janu Tornell, American model and Survivor contestant
1972
Dana Perino, former White House press secretary
1975
Brian Deegan, freestyle motocross innovator
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Are you not curious to discover some fun facts about your birthday? Find out ‘what happened on my birthday’ and what was the number one song on your day of birth. Know the meaning of your special day and who shares your birthday! (Sponsored link)
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