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 129th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 236 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 26, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 485,208 hours 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 ‘hectaicosaenneagon’ day.
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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 284 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 4,522 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 9 Historical Events
- 1918 –World War I: Germans repel the British’s second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.
- 1920 –Polish-Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreschatyk.
- 1941 –World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma cryptography machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.
- 1945 –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.
- 1945 –World War II: The Channel Islands are liberated by the British after five years of German occupation.
- 1946 –King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Humbert II.
- 1948 –Czechoslovakia’s Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect.
- 1970 –Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 75,000 to 100,000 war protesters demonstrate in front of the White House.
- 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.
- 2002 –The 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem comes to an end when the Palestinians inside agree to have 13 suspected terrorists among them deported to several different countries.
Who were born on May 9?
- 1895 –Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (d. 1961)
- 1895 –Richard Barthelmess, American actor (d. 1963)
- 1921 –Daniel Berrigan, American peace activist
- 1942 –Tommy Roe, American singer and songwriter
- 1949 –Billy Joel, American musician
- 1955 –Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (d. 1991)
- 1972 –Daniela Silivaş, Romanian gymnast and Olympic Champion
- 1978 –Leandro Damián Cufré, Argentine footballer
- 1979 –Matt Morris, American singer-songwriter
- 1988 –John Ryan Fitzpatrick, Canadian race truck driver
Who died on May 9?
- 1707 –Dieterich Buxtehude, German composer
- 1861 –Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (b. 1805)
- 1949 –Prince Louis II of Monaco (b. 1870)
- 1976 –Ulrike Meinhof, German communist militant (b. 1934)
- 1981 –Ralph Allen, English footballer (b. 1906)
- 1994 –Elias Motsoaledi, South African freedom fighter (b. 1924)
- 1997 –Rawya Ateya, Egyptian politician and first female parliamentarian in the Arab world (b. 1926)
- 2000 –Arthur Davis, American animator (b. 1905)
- 2001 –James E. Myers, American songwriter (Rock Around the Clock) and producer (b. 1919)
- 2011 –Wouter Weylandt, Belgian cyclist (b. 1984)
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