May 9th, 1304

Born on May 9th, 1304

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 262,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 15 days, exactly on June 3rd, 2024, people who were born on May 9th, 1304 will be 263,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on May 9th?

May 9th, 2012

The pilots of a Sukhoi Superjet, ignoring alerts from the terrain warning system, crashed the aircraft into Mount Salak in Indonesia, resulting in the deaths of all 45 people on board.

May 9th, 2005

Pope Benedict XVI began the beatification process for his predecessor Pope John Paul II, waiving the standard five years required after the nominee's death.

May 9th, 2001

Police at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra, Ghana, fired tear gas to quell unrest at a football match, leading to a stampede that killed 126 people.

May 9th, 1992

An underground methane explosion occurred at the Westray Mine in Plymouth, Nova Scotia, killing all 26 Canadian coal miners who were working at the time.

May 9th, 1980

Part of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida collapsed after a pier was struck by the MV Summit Venture, killing 35 people.

May 9th, 1979

Prominent Iranian Jew Habib Elghanian was executed after having been convicted by a revolutionary tribunal of various charges, triggering a mass exodus of Jews from Iran.

May 9th, 1977

The Hotel Polen in Amsterdam was destroyed by fire (pictured), leaving 33 people dead.

May 9th, 1964

Ngô Đình Cẩn, a younger brother and the confidant of South Vietnam's first president, Ngô Đình Diệm, was executed by Nguyễn Khánh's military junta.

May 9th, 1961

In a speech to U.S. broadcasters, FCC chairman Newton Minow described commercial television programming as "a vast wasteland".

May 9th, 1960

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it would approve the use of Searle's Enovid, the first combined oral contraceptive pill.

May 9th, 1944

World War II: The Japanese Take Ichi convoy arrived at Halmahera in the Dutch East Indies after losing many ships and thousands of troops to Allied attacks while attempting to carry two divisions of troops from China to New Guinea.

May 9th, 1918

First World War: Germany repelled Britain's second attempt to blockade the Belgian port of Ostend.

May 9th, 1864

Second Schleswig War: The Battle of Heligoland (depicted), the last naval engagement fought by squadrons of wooden ships, took place between the Danish and Austro-Prussian fleets.

May 9th, 2022

Russo-Ukrainian War: United States President Joe Biden signs the 2022 Lend-Lease Act into law, a rebooted World War II-era policy expediting American equipment to Ukraine and other Eastern European countries.

May 9th, 2020

The COVID-19 recession causes the U.S. unemployment rate to hit 14.9 percent, its worst rate since the Great Depression.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 9th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 9th?

38

Johanna Goliszewski

Badminton player

*May 9th, 1986, Olsztyn

93

Erik Dammann

Norwegian writer and environmentalist

*May 9th, 1931, Oslo

58

Adam Opel

Founder of the German automobile company Adam Opel AG

*May 9th, 1837, Rüsselsheim am Main †September 8th, 1895, Rüsselsheim am Main

71

Joan Sims

English actress (1930-2001)

*May 9th, 1930, Basildon †June 27th, 2001, London

101

Ole Mørk Sandvik

Norwegian musicologist and educator

*May 9th, 1875, Ringsaker Municipality †August 5th, 1976, Oslo

31

Per Imerslund

Norwegian national socialist

*May 9th, 1912, Christiania †December 7th, 1943, Oslo

75

Hermann Hitzig

Swiss classical philologist (1843-1918)

*May 9th, 1843, Zürich †August 27th, 1918, Zürich

36

Jillie Cooper

Scottish badminton player

*May 9th, 1988, Edinburgh

29

Chae Yoo-jung

South Korean badminton player

*May 9th, 1995, Busan

57

Ralph Lenkert

German politician

*May 9th, 1967, Apolda

50

Neli Boteva

Badminton player

*May 9th, 1974, Sofia

82

Albert Finney

British actor

*May 9th, 1936, Salford †February 7th, 2019, Royal Marsden Hospital

72

Gaspard Monge

French mathematician, inventor of descriptive geometry and father of differential geometry (1746-1818)

*May 9th, 1746, Beaune †July 28th, 1818, Paris

77

Michael Levitt

Biophysicist and Professor of Structural biology

*May 9th, 1947, Pretoria

71

Johannes Singhammer

German politician

*May 9th, 1953, Munich

41

Alan Campbell

British rower

*May 9th, 1983, Coleraine

87

Glenda Jackson

British actress and politician (1936–2023)

*May 9th, 1936, Birkenhead †June 15th, 2023, Blackheath

44

Angela Nikodinov

American figure skater

*May 9th, 1980, Spartanburg

76

Jacob von Staehlin

German librarian

*May 9th, 1709, Memmingen †June 25th, 1785, Saint Petersburg

64

Howard Carter

British egyptologist

*May 9th, 1874, Brompton †March 2nd, 1939, London

57

August-Martin Euler

German politician (1908–1966)

*May 9th, 1908, Kassel †February 4th, 1966, Brussels metropolitan area

77

J. M. Barrie

Scottish writer and playwright

*May 9th, 1860, Kirriemuir †June 19th, 1937, Marylebone

66

John Brougham

Irish-American playwright and actor (1814-1880)

*May 9th, 1814, Dublin †June 7th, 1880, New York City

80

Heidemarie Steiner

German figure skater

*May 9th, 1944, Kołobrzeg

51

Minamoto no Yoritomo

1st shogun of the Kamakura shogunate (1147-1199)

*May 9th, 1147, Atsuta-ku †February 9th, 1199, Kamakura

55

Annalee Newitz

American journalist, editor, and author of both fiction and nonfiction

*May 9th, 1969, Irvine

28

Cameron Brannagan

English association football player

*May 9th, 1996, Manchester

47

Svein Tuft

Racing cyclist

*May 9th, 1977, Langley

82

Geraldine McEwan

British actress (1932-2015)

*May 9th, 1932, Old Windsor †January 30th, 2015, Hammersmith

65

János Áder

President of Hungary from 2012 to 2022

*May 9th, 1959, Csorna

45

Rubens Bertogliati

Swiss cyclist

*May 9th, 1979, Lugano

43

Johnny Herrera

Chilean footballer

*May 9th, 1981, Angol

59

John Brown

American abolitionist (1800–1859)

*May 9th, 1800, Torrington †December 2nd, 1859, Charles Town

77

Denis Oswald

Swiss rower and sports official

*May 9th, 1947, Neuchâtel

34

Diego Mariño Villar

Spanish footballer

*May 9th, 1990, Vigo

63

Tracy Brabin

British politician and former actress (born 1961)

*May 9th, 1961, Batley

43

Steven Caethoven

Road bicycle racer

*May 9th, 1981, Ghent

31

Gabriela Kubová

Czech ice dancer

*May 9th, 1993, Brno

33

Krisztina Barta

Figure skater

*May 9th, 1991, Budapest

68

Bendt Rothe

Actor

*May 9th, 1921, Denmark †December 31st, 1989, Denmark

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 9th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Commemoration of the end of the German occupation of the Channel Islands related observances, Victory Day observances, celebration of the Soviet Union victory over Nazi Germany) which are celebrated on May 9th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1304 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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