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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Here’s the . You can also browse the full year monthly .

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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)

Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England’s Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap’s molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100 mph.
World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
Ngo Dinh Can, de facto ruler of central Vietnam under his brother President Ngo Dinh Diem before the family’s toppling, is executed.
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.
In Norco, California, five masked gunman hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Two of the gunmen and one police officer are killed and thirty-three police and civilian vehicles are destroyed in the chase.
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.
Estonia ratifies the European Constitution.

Who were born on ?

John Brown, American abolitionist (d. 1859)
Henry J. Kaiser, American shipbuilder (d. 1967)
Johnny Grant, American radio personality, television producer (d. 2008)
Jessica Steele, English romance novelist
Steve Katz, American musician (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
Ken Nomura, Japanese racing driver
Chris Diamantopoulos, Canadian actor
Andrew W.K., American musician
Rosario Dawson, American actress
Leandro Rinaudo, Italian footballer

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