May 9th, 1943

Born on May 9th, 1943

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 29,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 434 days, exactly on June 27th, 2025, people who were born on May 9th, 1943 will be 30,000 days old!

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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, 1943

50

Emile Ardolino

American film director, choreographer, and producer (1943-1993)

*May 9th, 1943, Queens †November 20th, 1993, Los Angeles

80

Vince Cable

British politician and former leader of the Liberal Democrats (born 1943)

*May 9th, 1943, York

70

Colin Pillinger

Professor of Planetary science (1943-2014)

*May 9th, 1943, Bristol †May 7th, 2014, Cambridge

80

Teresita Gómez

Colombian pianist

*May 9th, 1943, Medellín

80

Heinrich Traublinger

German politician

*May 9th, 1943, Munich

64

Ove Grahn

Swedish association football player (1943-2007)

*May 9th, 1943, Alingsås †July 11th, 2007, Alingsås

27

Santiago Herrero

Spanish motorcycle racer

*May 9th, 1943, Madrid †June 10th, 1970, Douglas

65

Anders Isaksson

Swedish historian (1943-2009)

*May 9th, 1943, Piteå †January 17th, 2009

80

Mignonne Fernando

Sri Lankan musician

*May 9th, 1943, Colombo

80

Franklin Huddle

American diplomat

*May 9th, 1943, California

80

Virginia Wetherell

English actress

*May 9th, 1943, Farnham

67

Wolfgang Kolneder

Austrian theatre director

*May 9th, 1943, Graz †November 14th, 2010, Berlin

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92

Erik Dammann

Norwegian writer and environmentalist

*May 9th, 1931, Oslo

37

Johanna Goliszewski

Badminton player

*May 9th, 1986, Olsztyn

76

Michael Levitt

Biophysicist and Professor of Structural biology

*May 9th, 1947, Pretoria

71

Joan Sims

English actress (1930-2001)

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

82

Albert Finney

British actor

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

79

Heidemarie Steiner

German figure skater

*May 9th, 1944, Kołobrzeg

70

Johannes Singhammer

German politician

*May 9th, 1953, Munich

87

Glenda Jackson

British actress and politician (1936–2023)

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

56

Ralph Lenkert

German politician

*May 9th, 1967, Apolda

31

Per Imerslund

Norwegian national socialist

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

78

Jupp Heynckes

German association football player and manager

*May 9th, 1945, Mönchengladbach

81

John Ashcroft

79th United States Attorney General

*May 9th, 1942, Chicago

76

Denis Oswald

Swiss rower and sports official

*May 9th, 1947, Neuchâtel

49

Neli Boteva

Badminton player

*May 9th, 1974, Sofia

35

Jillie Cooper

Scottish badminton player

*May 9th, 1988, Edinburgh

77

Candice Bergen

American actress

*May 9th, 1946, Beverly Hills

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

81

Tommy Roe

American pop music singer-songwriter

*May 9th, 1942, Atlanta

83

Klaus Aeffke

West German rower

*May 9th, 1940, Neustrelitz

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80

John Nettles

British actor and writer

*October 11th, 1943, St Austell

80

Rolf Edling

Swedish fencer

*November 30th, 1943, Mumbai

81

Torstein Hagen

Norwegian businessman

*January 1st, 1943, Norway

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

80

Lech Wałęsa

Statesman, pro-democracy activist, and former president of Poland

*September 29th, 1943, Popowo

81

Katsuto Momii

Japanese businessman

*March 4th, 1943, Kama

80

Odd Einar Dørum

Norwegian politician

*October 12th, 1943, Oslo

80

John Kerry

Unites States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate since 2021

*December 11th, 1943, Aurora

73

Laura Biagiotti

Italian fashion designer

*August 4th, 1943, Rome †May 26th, 2017, Rome

80

Malcolm McDowell

British actor (born 1943)

*June 13th, 1943, Horsforth

64

Bruce Rollick

Badminton player

*April 11th, 1943, Vancouver †March 23rd, 2008

58

George Harrison

British musician and lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943–2001)

*February 25th, 1943, Liverpool †November 29th, 2001, Los Angeles

81

John Major

Former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1943)

*March 29th, 1943, London

81

Christopher Walken

American actor

*March 31st, 1943, Astoria

73

Eni Faleomavaega

American Samoan politician (1943–2017)

*August 15th, 1943, American Samoa †February 22nd, 2017, Provo

73

Piet Keizer

Dutch footballer (1943–2017)

*June 14th, 1943, Amsterdam †February 10th, 2017, Amsterdam

74

Bernd Fischerauer

Austrian director, screenwriter and author

*March 11th, 1943, Graz †May 14th, 2017, Munich

80

Roger Waters

English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)

*September 6th, 1943, Great Bookham

73

Tommy Gemmell

Scottish footballer and manager (1943-2017)

*October 16th, 1943, Motherwell †March 2nd, 2017

81

Horst Köhler

German politician (CDU); president of Germany, 2004–2010

*February 22nd, 1943, Skierbieszów

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, 1943
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1943 is a normal year and no leap year.

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