What are the important events that happened on May 9? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
May 9: Facts & Myths About This Day
May 9 is the 130th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 236 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 26, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,586,880 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectatriacontagon’ day.
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.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 265 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,157 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 9 Historical Events
- 1092 –Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated.
- 1873 –Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
- 1877 –Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
- 1920 –Polish-Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreschatyk.
- 1927 –The Australian Parliament first convenes in Canberra.
- 1940 –World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder.
- 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.
- 1970 –Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 75,000 to 100,000 war protesters demonstrate in front of the White House.
- 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?
- 1912 –Per Imerslund, Norwegian writer (d. 1943)
- 1918 –Orville L. Freeman, American politician (d. 2003)
- 1928 –Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian figure skater
- 1953 –Amy Hill, American actress
- 1969 –Hudson Leick, American actress
- 1975 –Brian Deegan, freestyle motocross innovator
- 1975 –Lane Kiffin, American football coach
- 1978 –Leandro Damián Cufré, Argentine footballer
- 1981 –Evangelos Tsiolis, Greek footballer
- 1992 –Chris Gutierrez, Filipino actor
Who died on May 9?
- 1861 –Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (b. 1805)
- 1914 –C.W. Post, American food manufacturer (b. 1854)
- 1931 –Albert Abraham Michelson, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
- 1957 –Ezio Pinza, Italian bass (b. 1892)
- 1965 –Leopold Figl, Austrian politician (b. 1902)
- 1968 –Mercedes de Acosta, American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite (b. 1893)
- 1981 –Ralph Allen, English footballer (b. 1906)
- 1998 –Alice Faye, American actress (b. 1915)
- 2008 –Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach (b. 1929)
- 2010 –Otakar Motejl, Czechoslvakian politician (b. 1932)
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