May 9th, 2001

Born on May 9th, 2001

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What happened on May 9th, 2001?

May 9th, 2001

In Ghana, 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium disaster. The deaths are caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of tear gas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accra_Sports_Stadium

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on May 9th, 2001

22

Justin Powell

College basketball player (2020–202_) Auburn

*May 9th, 2001, Prospect

22

Kurtis Mogg

Footballer (born 2001)

*May 9th, 2001, Worcester

22

Purachet Thodsanit

Thai footballer

*May 9th, 2001, Bangkok

22

Jonathan John

Nigerian footballer

*May 9th, 2001, Kaduna

22

Keegan O'Toole

American wrestler

*May 9th, 2001, Hartland

22

Coco Rebecca Edogamhe

Italian actress

*May 9th, 2001, Bologna

22

Matko Miljevic

American-Argentine soccer player

*May 9th, 2001, Miami

22

Ethan Erhahon

Association football player

*May 9th, 2001, Glasgow

22

Mostafa Asal

Egyptian squash player

*May 9th, 2001, Cairo

22

TJ Bramble

Association football player

*May 9th, 2001, England

22

Alexandra Chaves

Canadian dancer and actress

*May 9th, 2001, Bolton

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

37

Johanna Goliszewski

Badminton player

*May 9th, 1986, Olsztyn

28

Chae Yoo-jung

South Korean badminton player

*May 9th, 1995, Busan

35

Jillie Cooper

Scottish badminton player

*May 9th, 1988, Edinburgh

92

Erik Dammann

Norwegian writer and environmentalist

*May 9th, 1931, Oslo

27

Cameron Brannagan

English association football player

*May 9th, 1996, Manchester

49

Neli Boteva

Badminton player

*May 9th, 1974, Sofia

56

Ralph Lenkert

German politician

*May 9th, 1967, Apolda

71

Joan Sims

English actress (1930-2001)

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

40

Alan Campbell

British rower

*May 9th, 1983, Coleraine

43

Angela Nikodinov

American figure skater

*May 9th, 1980, Spartanburg

30

Gabriela Kubová

Czech ice dancer

*May 9th, 1993, Brno

31

Per Imerslund

Norwegian national socialist

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

27

Adam Ťoupalík

Czech cyclist

*May 9th, 1996, Tábor

33

Diego Mariño Villar

Spanish footballer

*May 9th, 1990, Vigo

82

Albert Finney

British actor

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

76

Michael Levitt

Biophysicist and Professor of Structural biology

*May 9th, 1947, Pretoria

23

Edoardo Scotti

Italian athletics competitor

*May 9th, 2000, Lodi

101

Ole Mørk Sandvik

Norwegian musicologist and educator

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

32

Krisztina Barta

Figure skater

*May 9th, 1991, Budapest

70

Johannes Singhammer

German politician

*May 9th, 1953, Munich

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Born in 2001

22

Billie Eilish

American singer-songwriter (born 2001)

*December 18th, 2001, Los Angeles

22

Noa Kirel

Israeli singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, and television host; represented Israel in the 2023 Eurovision

*May 10th, 2001, Haifa

22

Kaia Gerber

American model and actress

*September 3rd, 2001, Los Angeles County

23

Lalinrat Chaiwan

Badminton player

*February 21st, 2001, Lampang

22

Malvika Bansod

Indian badminton player

*September 15th, 2001, Nagpur

22

Martina La Piana

Italian boxer

*November 26th, 2001, Catania

22

Cris MJ

Chilean singer

*September 16th, 2001, La Serena

22

Quevedo

Spanish rapper, singer and songwriter

*December 7th, 2001, Canary Islands

22

Tiago PZK

Argentine rapper and singer

*August 3rd, 2001, Monte Grande

22

Selina Freitag

German ski jumper

*May 19th, 2001, Erlabrunn

22

Fiorella Corimberto

Argentinian Beach handball player

*August 29th, 2001, Buenos Aires

22

Marit van Ede

Dutch Handball player

*December 26th, 2001, Nieuwegein

23

Klaudia Pintér

Hungarian beach handball player

*February 14th, 2001, Budapest

23

Marit Crajé

Dutch Handball player

*January 12th, 2001, Apeldoorn

22

Lil Tjay

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*April 30th, 2001, The Bronx

22

Dana Danilenko

Badminton player

*July 19th, 2001, Lod

22

Zack Tabudlo

Filipino singer-songwriter (born 2001)

*December 6th, 2001, Las Piñas

23

Di Zijian

Chinese badminton player

*February 27th, 2001, Liaoyang

22

Linda Mazri

Badminton player

*December 21st, 2001, El Biar

22

Brian Yang

Badminton player

*November 25th, 2001, Toronto

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, 2001
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 2001 is a normal year and no leap year.

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