May 9th, 1978

Born on May 9th, 1978

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1978

45

Leandro Cufré

Argentine association football player and manager

*May 9th, 1978, La Plata

45

Aaron Harang

American baseball player

*May 9th, 1978, San Diego

45

Daniel Franzese

American actor

*May 9th, 1978, Bensonhurst

45

Massimo Paci

Italian footballer

*May 9th, 1978, Fermo

45

Bebe

Spanish singer-songwriter

*May 9th, 1978, Valencia

45

Tista Das

Indian actress

*May 9th, 1978, Agarpara

45

Gulimina Mahamuti

A Chinese pianist and the first Chinese Uyghur to receive a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Piano Performance from the U.S., Gulimina Mahamuti enjoys an active career as a soloist, collaborative pianist, piano teacher, and lecturer

*May 9th, 1978, Karamay

45

Mahmoud Karimi Sibaki

Iranian footballer

*May 9th, 1978, Isfahan

45

Joscha Sauer

German comics artist

*May 9th, 1978, Frankfurt

45

Anouar Ayed

Tunisian handball player

*May 9th, 1978, Moknine

23

Marwan al-Shehhi

9/11 hijacker

*May 9th, 1978, Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah †September 11th, 2001, Manhattan

45

Carola Unterberger-Probst

Austrian artist

*May 9th, 1978, Salzburg

45

Tanja Slater

Cyclist

*May 9th, 1978, United Kingdom

45

Santiago Dellapè

Italian rugby union player

*May 9th, 1978, La Plata

45

Galib Jafarov

Kazakhstani boxer

*May 9th, 1978, Aktobe

45

Wendy Villón

Ecuadorian footballer and manager

*May 9th, 1978, Guayaquil

45

Vasile Ghindaru

Romanian footballer

*May 9th, 1978, Brașov

45

Theodoros Pakaltsis

Greek footballer

*May 9th, 1978, Ptolemaida

45

Li Fuyu

Chinese road bicycle racer

*May 9th, 1978, Jinan

45

Lorenzo Pinamonte

Footballer

*May 9th, 1978, Caprino Veronese

45

Jason Keep

American basketball player

*May 9th, 1978, Bend

45

Julio César Camacho

Venezuelan luger

*May 9th, 1978, Venezuela

45

Antwain Britt

American martial artist

*May 9th, 1978, Hampton Roads

45

Anna König Jerlmyr

Swedish politician

*May 9th, 1978, Uppsala

45

Rekha Arya

Indian politician

*May 9th, 1978, Almora

45

Andrej Podkonický

Slovak ice hockey player

*May 9th, 1978, Zvolen

45

Sergey Kornilov

Russian speed skater

*May 9th, 1978, Saint Petersburg

45

Radek Opršal

Czech footballer

*May 9th, 1978, Ostrava

45

Georgina Mellor

British actress

*May 9th, 1978, Crewe

45

Chico Silva

Portuguese footballer

*May 9th, 1978, Lamego

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Who's birthday is on May 9th?

37

Johanna Goliszewski

Badminton player

*May 9th, 1986, Olsztyn

49

Neli Boteva

Badminton player

*May 9th, 1974, Sofia

43

Angela Nikodinov

American figure skater

*May 9th, 1980, Spartanburg

46

Svein Tuft

Racing cyclist

*May 9th, 1977, Langley

44

Rubens Bertogliati

Swiss cyclist

*May 9th, 1979, Lugano

35

Jillie Cooper

Scottish badminton player

*May 9th, 1988, Edinburgh

92

Erik Dammann

Norwegian writer and environmentalist

*May 9th, 1931, Oslo

56

Ralph Lenkert

German politician

*May 9th, 1967, Apolda

40

Alan Campbell

British rower

*May 9th, 1983, Coleraine

44

Rosario Dawson

American actress (born 1979)

*May 9th, 1979, New York City

28

Chae Yoo-jung

South Korean badminton player

*May 9th, 1995, Busan

42

Johnny Herrera

Chilean footballer

*May 9th, 1981, Angol

46

Thibaud Chapelle

French rower

*May 9th, 1977, Bron

42

Steven Caethoven

Road bicycle racer

*May 9th, 1981, Ghent

71

Joan Sims

English actress (1930-2001)

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

42

Oliver Zaugg

Road bicycle racer

*May 9th, 1981, Lachen

43

Carolin Kebekus

German comedian

*May 9th, 1980, Bergisch Gladbach

54

Annalee Newitz

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

*May 9th, 1969, Irvine

31

Per Imerslund

Norwegian national socialist

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

76

Michael Levitt

Biophysicist and Professor of Structural biology

*May 9th, 1947, Pretoria

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Born in 1978

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

45

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

45

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

46

Danai Gurira

American actress

*February 14th, 1978, Grinnell

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, 1978
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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