May 9th, 1945

Born on May 9th, 1945

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What happened on May 9th, 1945?

May 9th, 1945

World War II: The Channel Islands are liberated from Nazi occupation.

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What else happened on May 9th?

May 9th, 1949

Rainier III became Prince of Monaco, beginning a 56-year reign, which would make him one of the longest ruling monarchs of the 20th century.

May 9th, 1915

World War I: British forces launched the Battle of Aubers, an offensive on the Western Front, as part of the larger Second Battle of Artois.

May 9th, 1761

The inaugural exhibition of the Society of Artists of Great Britain opened at Spring Gardens in London.

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 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, Newton Minow, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, 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.

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

Born on May 9th, 1945

81

Jupp Heynckes

German association football player and manager

*May 9th, 1945, Mönchengladbach

70

Gamal El-Ghitani

Egyptian author and novelist

*May 9th, 1945, Sohag Governorate †October 18th, 2015, Cairo

81

George Hooks

American politician

*May 9th, 1945, Americus

81

Massimo Masini

Italian basketball player and coach

*May 9th, 1945, Montecatini Terme

81

Barbara Herman

American philosopher

*May 9th, 1945, New York City

81

Ahsan Basir Sheikh

Pakistani bureaucrat

*May 9th, 1945, Lahore

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80

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

81

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

80

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

78

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

72

Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

81

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

81

Helen Mirren

English actress (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

80

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

81

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

81

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

80

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

80

Ingrid Matthäus-Maier

German politician

*September 9th, 1945, Werlte

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter (1945–2017)

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

80

Melba Moore

American singer, and actress

*October 29th, 1945, New York City

81

Barry Bostwick

American actor

*February 24th, 1945, San Mateo

71

Bernd Fritz

German author (1945–2017)

*November 12th, 1945, Bechtheim †April 16th, 2017, Bechtheim

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.

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Born on May 9th, 1945
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1945 is a normal year and no leap year.

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