May 9th, 2491

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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

Birthdays and future age on May 9th, 2491

505

Johanna Goliszewski

Badminton player

*May 9th, 1986, Olsztyn

560

Erik Dammann

Norwegian writer and environmentalist

*May 9th, 1931, Oslo

496

Chae Yoo-jung

South Korean badminton player

*May 9th, 1995, Busan

503

Jillie Cooper

Scottish badminton player

*May 9th, 1988, Edinburgh

524

Ralph Lenkert

German politician

*May 9th, 1967, Apolda

517

Neli Boteva

Badminton player

*May 9th, 1974, Sofia

544

Michael Levitt

Biophysicist and Professor of Structural biology

*May 9th, 1947, Pretoria

538

Johannes Singhammer

German politician

*May 9th, 1953, Munich

508

Alan Campbell

British rower

*May 9th, 1983, Coleraine

511

Angela Nikodinov

American figure skater

*May 9th, 1980, Spartanburg

495

Cameron Brannagan

English association football player

*May 9th, 1996, Manchester

522

Annalee Newitz

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

*May 9th, 1969, Irvine

514

Svein Tuft

Racing cyclist

*May 9th, 1977, Langley

510

Johnny Herrera

Chilean footballer

*May 9th, 1981, Angol

532

János Áder

President of Hungary from 2012 to 2022

*May 9th, 1959, Csorna

512

Rubens Bertogliati

Swiss cyclist

*May 9th, 1979, Lugano

544

Denis Oswald

Swiss rower and sports official

*May 9th, 1947, Neuchâtel

501

Diego Mariño Villar

Spanish footballer

*May 9th, 1990, Vigo

498

Gabriela Kubová

Czech ice dancer

*May 9th, 1993, Brno

510

Steven Caethoven

Road bicycle racer

*May 9th, 1981, Ghent

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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