Friday May 9, 2025
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: 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 French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.

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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)
  • week ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

Second War of Schleswig: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
Australia opens its first parliament in Melbourne.
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Humbert II.
Czechoslovakia’s Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect.
Rainier III of Monaco becomes Prince of Monaco.
Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.
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 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.
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 ?

Per Imerslund, Norwegian writer (d. 1943)
Richard Adams, English author
Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (d. 1995)
Vince Cable, British politician
Hans Georg Bock, German mathematician
Ghostface Killah, American rapper
Tamia, Canadian singer
Angela Nikodinov, American figure skater
Bill Murphy, American baseball player
Jake Long, American football player

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