May 9th, 1937

Born on May 9th, 1937

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 31,000 days old!

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... 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

Born on May 9th, 1937

83

José Méndez

Spanish rower

*May 9th, 1937, Pontevedra †January 8th, 2021

86

Sonny Curtis

American musician

*May 9th, 1937, Meadow

35

René del Risco

Dominican poet

*May 9th, 1937, San Pedro de Macorís †December 20th, 1972, Santo Domingo

50

Dave Prater

American singer

*May 9th, 1937, Ocilla †April 9th, 1988, Sycamore

86

Brent Dalrymple

American geologist

*May 9th, 1937, Alhambra

86

Ionel Haiduc

Romanian chemist

*May 9th, 1937, Cluj-Napoca

86

Asahi Kurizuka

Japanese actor

*May 9th, 1937, Sapporo

86

Ciril Klinar

Yugoslav and Slovenian ice hockey player (1937-)

*May 9th, 1937, Jesenice

83

Jelko Yuresha

British ballet dancer (1937-2020)

*May 9th, 1937, Zagreb †July 8th, 2020

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

92

Erik Dammann

Norwegian writer and environmentalist

*May 9th, 1931, Oslo

82

Albert Finney

British actor

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

87

Glenda Jackson

British actress and politician (1936–2023)

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

71

Joan Sims

English actress (1930-2001)

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

37

Johanna Goliszewski

Badminton player

*May 9th, 1986, Olsztyn

76

Michael Levitt

Biophysicist and Professor of Structural biology

*May 9th, 1947, Pretoria

31

Per Imerslund

Norwegian national socialist

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

56

Ralph Lenkert

German politician

*May 9th, 1967, Apolda

82

Geraldine McEwan

British actress (1932-2015)

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

70

Johannes Singhammer

German politician

*May 9th, 1953, Munich

49

Neli Boteva

Badminton player

*May 9th, 1974, Sofia

35

Jillie Cooper

Scottish badminton player

*May 9th, 1988, Edinburgh

28

Chae Yoo-jung

South Korean badminton player

*May 9th, 1995, Busan

101

Ole Mørk Sandvik

Norwegian musicologist and educator

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

83

Klaus Aeffke

West German rower

*May 9th, 1940, Neustrelitz

88

Rafael Moneo

Spanish architect

*May 9th, 1935, Tudela

58

Adam Opel

Founder of the German automobile company Adam Opel AG

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

79

Heidemarie Steiner

German figure skater

*May 9th, 1944, Kołobrzeg

76

Denis Oswald

Swiss rower and sports official

*May 9th, 1947, Neuchâtel

75

Hermann Hitzig

Swiss classical philologist (1843-1918)

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

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Born in 1937

87

Olusegun Obasanjo

Nigerian president (1999-2007) and military leader (1976–79)

*March 5th, 1937, Abeokuta

82

Sigmund Jähn

East German cosmonaut

*February 13th, 1937, Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz †September 21st, 2019, Strausberg

87

Heinz Rennhack

German actor

*March 5th, 1937, Gdańsk

80

Erland Kops

Danish badminton player

*January 14th, 1937, Copenhagen †February 18th, 2017

86

Bobby Charlton

English association football player and manager (1937–2023)

*October 11th, 1937, Ashington †October 21st, 2023, Macclesfield District General Hospital

79

George Steele

American professional wrestler and actor (1937-2017)

*April 16th, 1937, Detroit †February 16th, 2017, Cocoa Beach

86

Morgan Freeman

American actor and producer (born 1937)

*June 1st, 1937, Memphis

86

Jane Fonda

American actress and activist

*December 21st, 1937, New York City

87

Rita Süssmuth

German politician

*February 17th, 1937, Wuppertal

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

87

Paul Zanker

German classical archaeologist (born 1937)

*February 7th, 1937, Constance

79

Johannes Grützke

German painter and illustrator (1937-2017)

*September 30th, 1937, Berlin †May 17th, 2017, Berlin

69

Saddam Hussein

Iraqi president, army officer and Baathist politician

*April 28th, 1937, Al-Awja †December 30th, 2006, Kadhimiya

86

Dustin Hoffman

American actor (born 1937)

*August 8th, 1937, Los Angeles

85

Larry Hillman

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 5th, 1937, Kirkland Lake †June 3rd, 2022

79

Richard H. Solomon

American diplomat

*June 19th, 1937, Philadelphia †March 13th, 2017, Bethesda

86

Martti Ahtisaari

President of Finland from 1994 to 2000

*June 23rd, 1937, Vyborg †October 16th, 2023, Helsinki

79

Alberto Carneiro

Portuguese artist

*September 20th, 1937, São Mamede de Coronado †April 15th, 2017, Porto

87

Warren Beatty

American actor and filmmaker

*March 30th, 1937, Richmond

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

Born on May 9th, 1937
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1937 is a normal year and no leap year.

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