May 9th, 1355

Born on May 9th, 1355

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 244,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 652 days, exactly on February 20th, 2026, people who were born on May 9th, 1355 will be 245,000 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.

Today's 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

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Born in 1355

36

Zhu Biao

Ming Dynasty prince

*October 10th, 1355, Anhui †May 17th, 1392

26

Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster

English countess (1355-1382)

*August 16th, 1355, Eltham Palace †January 5th, 1382, Cork

42

Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester

Thirteenth and youngest child of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault

*January 7th, 1355, Woodstock Palace †September 8th, 1397, Calais

54

Martin of Aragon

King of Aragon

*November 30th, 1355, Perpignan †May 31st, 1410, Barcelona

32

Henry Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Groby

English nobleman

*November 30th, 1355, Tilty Abbey †November 30th, 1387

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

No: With 365 days 1355 is a normal year and no leap year.

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