May 9th, 2018

Born on May 9th, 2018

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What happened on May 9th, 2018?

May 9th, 2018

The historic defeat for Barisan Nasional, the governing coalition of Malaysia since the country's independence in 1957 in 2018 Malaysian general election.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barisan_Nasional

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, 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.

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

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

37

Johanna Goliszewski

Badminton player

*May 9th, 1986, Olsztyn

92

Erik Dammann

Norwegian writer and environmentalist

*May 9th, 1931, Oslo

28

Chae Yoo-jung

South Korean badminton player

*May 9th, 1995, Busan

35

Jillie Cooper

Scottish badminton player

*May 9th, 1988, Edinburgh

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

31

Per Imerslund

Norwegian national socialist

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

40

Alan Campbell

British rower

*May 9th, 1983, Coleraine

82

Albert Finney

British actor

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

43

Angela Nikodinov

American figure skater

*May 9th, 1980, Spartanburg

101

Ole Mørk Sandvik

Norwegian musicologist and educator

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

76

Michael Levitt

Biophysicist and Professor of Structural biology

*May 9th, 1947, Pretoria

27

Cameron Brannagan

English association football player

*May 9th, 1996, Manchester

58

Adam Opel

Founder of the German automobile company Adam Opel AG

*May 9th, 1837, Rüsselsheim am Main †September 8th, 1895, Rüsselsheim am Main

70

Johannes Singhammer

German politician

*May 9th, 1953, Munich

75

Hermann Hitzig

Swiss classical philologist (1843-1918)

*May 9th, 1843, Zürich †August 27th, 1918, Zürich

30

Gabriela Kubová

Czech ice dancer

*May 9th, 1993, Brno

33

Diego Mariño Villar

Spanish footballer

*May 9th, 1990, Vigo

42

Johnny Herrera

Chilean footballer

*May 9th, 1981, Angol

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Born in 2018

6

Chicago West

Kanye West & Kim Kardashian's daughter

*January 15th, 2018, Los Angeles

6

Prince Louis of Wales

Youngest child of William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales

*April 23rd, 2018, St. Mary's Hospital

6

Princess Adrienne, Duchess of Blekinge

Swedish princess, youngest child of Princess Madeleine and Christopher O'Neill

*March 9th, 2018, Danderyd Hospital

6

Princess Nanasipau’u

Tongan princess

*March 20th, 2018, Auckland

6

True Thompson

Child of Khloé Kardashian and Tristan Thompson

*April 12th, 2018, Cleveland

5

Pablo Ledesma

Argentine footballer

*December 9th, 2018, La Falda

6

Stormi Webster

Child of Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott

*February 1st, 2018, Los Angeles

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, 2018
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 2018 is a normal year and no leap year.

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