What Day of the Week

May 9, 2023 was the 129^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 236 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.

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

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.

• 328

  Athanasius is elected Patriarch bishop of Alexandria.
• 1873

  Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
• 1936

  Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
• 1940

  World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder.
• 1946

  King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Humbert II.
• 1960

  The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle’s Enovid, making Enovid the world’s first approved oral contraceptive pill.
• 1979

  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.
• 1980

  In Florida, Liberian freighter MV Summit Venture collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, making a 1,400-ft. section of the southbound span collapse. 35 people in six cars and a Greyhound bus fall 150 ft. into the water and die.
• 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.

• 1893

  William Moulton Marston, American psychologist, writer (co-creator, Wonder Woman) (d. 1947)
• 1909

  Don Messer, Canadian country musician (d. 1973)
• 1932

  Geraldine McEwan, English actress
• 1933

  Jessica Steele, English romance novelist
• 1934

  Alan Bennett, British author
• 1939

  Pierre Desproges, French humorist (d. 1988)
• 1946

  Candice Bergen, American actress
• 1962

  John Corbett, American actor
• 1981

  Bill Murphy, American baseball player
• 1993

  Ryosuke Yamada, Japanese actor and singer

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