Friday May 9, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.

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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.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, month, and days ago
  • month since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100 mph.
The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio placed by the Vatican in the Index of Forbidden Books.
Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd’s diary seems to indicate that this did not happen).
The Australian Parliament first convenes in Canberra.
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.
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Humbert II.
Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.
Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 75,000 to 100,000 war protesters demonstrate in front of the White House.
Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000 member strong Jewish community of Iran.
In Kaspiysk, Russia, a remote-controlled bomb explodes during a holiday parade killing 43 and injuring at least 130.

Who were born on ?

J. M. Barrie, Scottish author (d. 1937)
Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican actor (d. 1963)
Johnny Grant, American radio personality, television producer (d. 2008)
Jessica Steele, English romance novelist
Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician
Anders Isaksson, Swedish journalist, writer, and historian (d. 2009)
Clint Holmes, English-born American singer and songwriter
Daniela Silivaş, Romanian gymnast and Olympic Champion
Gilles Müller, Luxembourgian tennis player
Prince Fielder, American baseball player

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