What are the important events that happened on May 18, 2009? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

May 18, 2009: Facts & Myths About This Day

May 18, 2009 is the 138^th day of the year 2009 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 227 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 5, 2009 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 345,168 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 ‘hectatriacontaoctagon’ day.

If a person born on this day saved a Quarter every day starting at age 7, then by now that person has accumulated $723.50. (Assuming this person is still alive today.)

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.

Ox is the mythical animal and Earth is the element for this person if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology.

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May 18, 2009 Historical Events

• 2009 –
  Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.

Who died on May 18, 2009?

• 2009 –
  Roderick Anthony Burton II (a.k.a. Dolla), American Rapper (b. 1987)
• 2009 –
  Velupillai Prabhakaran, Leader of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Ceylon (b.1954)
• 2009 –
  Wayne Allwine, American voice actor (b.1947)

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