May 9th, 1998

Born on May 9th, 1998

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What 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.

May 9th, 1918

First World War: Germany repelled Britain's second attempt to blockade the Belgian port of Ostend.

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

Born on May 9th, 1998

28

Douglas Luiz

Brazilian association football player

*May 9th, 1998, Rio de Janeiro

28

Jan Matoušek

Czech association football player (1998-)

*May 9th, 1998, Příbram

28

Yoon Young Bae

South Korean Model

*May 9th, 1998, Daegu

28

Nicole Rubanovich

Israeli weightlifter

*May 9th, 1998, Beersheba

28

Alicja Grabka

Polish volleyball player

*May 9th, 1998, Kraków

Same year
Born in 1998

28

Jack Harlow

American rapper and singer

*March 13th, 1998, Louisville

27

Conan Gray

American singer-songwriter

*December 5th, 1998, Lemon Grove

28

Chappell Roan

American pop singer

*February 19th, 1998, Willard

27

Roddy Ricch

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*October 22nd, 1998, Compton

27

Latto

American rapper (born 1998)

*December 22nd, 1998, Columbus

27

Chloe Bailey

American singer and actress

*July 1st, 1998, Atlanta

28

Dave

British rapper

*June 5th, 1998, London

27

Bizarrap

Argentine record producer

*August 29th, 1998, Ramos Mejía

28

Sexyy Red

American rapper (born 1998)

*April 15th, 1998, St. Louis

28

Ayliva

German singer-songwriter

*April 4th, 1998, Recklinghausen

28

Anders Dreyer

Danish association football player

*May 2nd, 1998, Bramming

28

Ari Ólafsson

Icelandic singer

*May 21st, 1998, Reykjavík

27

Nikolas Cruz

American mass shooter and former student of Stoneman Douglas High School

*September 24th, 1998, Margate

28

Ingrid Syrstad Engen

Norwegian association football player

*April 29th, 1998, Melhus Municipality

27

Einar Lurås Oftebro

Norwegian nordic combined skier

*August 6th, 1998, Bærum Municipality

27

Kati-Kreet Marran

Estonian badminton player

*July 13th, 1998, Tartu

28

Yulfira Barkah

Indonesian badminton player

*February 4th, 1998, Medan

28

Pornpawee Chochuwong

Badminton player

*January 22nd, 1998, Rayong

27

Nina Chuba

German singer and actress

*October 14th, 1998, Wedel

27

BossMan Dlow

American rapper

*August 31st, 1998, Port Salerno

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, 1998
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1998 is a normal year and no leap year.

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