May 9
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May 9 is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 236 days remaining after May 9 until the end of the year.
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[change] Births
- 1147 – Minamoto no Yoritomo Japanese shogun (d. 1199)
- 1439 – Pope Pius III (d. 1503)
- 1740 – Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (d. 1816)
- 1746 – Theodore Sedgwick, American politician (d. 1813)
- 1800 – John Brown, American abolitionist (d. 1859)
- 1814 – Adolf von Henselt, German pianist (d. 1889)
- 1823 – Frederick Weld, British colonial governor and 6th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1891)
- 1837 – Adam Opel, German engineer and industrialist (d. 1895)
- 1837 – Ben Hall, Australian bushranger (d. 1865)
- 1843 – Anton von Werner, Prussian painter (d. 1915)
- 1860 – J. M. Barrie, Scottish author (d. 1937)
- 1866 – Leon Bakst, Russian painter (d. 1924)
- 1870 – Hans Baluschek, German artist (d. 1935)
- 1873 – Anton Cermak, mayor of Chicago (d. 1933)
- 1874 – Howard Carter, British archaeologist (d. 1939)
- 1882 – Henry J. Kaiser, industrialist (d. 1967)
- 1882 – George Barker, United States painter (d. 1965)
- 1883 – Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher (d. 1955)
- 1892 – Zita of Bourbon-Parma, empress of Austria-Hungary (d. 1989)
- 1895 – Richard Barthelmess, American actor (d. 1963)
- 1895 – Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (d. 1961).
- 1896 – Richard Day, Canadian film art director (d. 1972)
- 1907 – Baldur von Schirach, Nazi official (d. 1974)
- 1910 – Barbara Woodhouse, Irish-born animal trainer (d. 1988)
- 1912 – Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican actor (d. 1963)
- 1914 – Hank Snow, Canadian-born country musician (d. 1999)
- 1914 – Carlo Maria Giuliani, Italian musician and conductor (d. 2005)
- 1918 – Mike Wallace, American journalist (d. 2012)
- 1918 – Orville L. Freeman, American politician (d. 2003)
- 1920 – Richard Adams, author
- 1920 – William Tenn, author (d. 2010)
- 1921 – Sophie Scholl, resistance fighter with White Rose in Nazi Germany (d. 1943)
- 1927 – Wim Thoelke, show master (d. 1995)
- 1927 – Manfred Eigen, German biophysicist
- 1928 – Colin Chapman, engineer, founder of Lotus Cars (d. 1982)
- 1928 – Pancho Gonzalez, American tennis player (d. 1995)
- 1928 – Barbara Ann Scott, figure skater
- 1929 – Kay Dotrice, British actress (d. 2007)
- 1930 – Joan Sims, British actress (d. 2001)
- 1932 – Geraldine McEwan, English actress
- 1934 – Alan Bennett, British author
- 1935 – Roger Hargreaves, British author (The Mr. Men) (d. 1988)
- 1936 – Glenda Jackson, British actress and politician
- 1936 – Albert Finney, British actor
- 1937 – Rafael Moneo, Spanish architect
- 1939 – Ralph Boston, athlete
- 1940 – James L. Brooks, American producer and writer
- 1942 – John Ashcroft, former United States Attorney General
- 1943 – Vince Cable, British politician
- 1944 – Richie Furay, American musician ("Poco", "Buffalo Springfield")
- 1945 – Jupp Heynckes, German footballer
- 1946 – Candice Bergen, American actress
- 1946 – Drafi Deutscher, German musician (d. 2006)
- 1949 – Billy Joel, American musician
- 1949 – Ibrahim Bare Mainassara, President of Niger (d. 1999)
- 1950 – Luciano Spinosi, Italian footballer
- 1955 – Anne-Sofie von Otter, Swedish mezzo-soprano
- 1962 – John Corbett, American actor
- 1964 – Kevin Saunderson, American music producer and DJ
- 1964 – David Gahan, Singer for Depeche Mode
- 1965 – Steve Yzerman, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1968 – Marie-José Perec, French athlete
- 1968 – Ruth Kelly, British politician
- 1970 – Ghostface Killah, American rapper
- 1970 – Doug Christie, American basketball player
- 1971 – Paul McGuigan, British musician (Oasis)
- 1979 – Pierre Bouvier, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
- 1980 – Grant Hackett, Australian swimmer
- 1981 – Evangelos Tsiolis, Greek footballer
- 1982 – Kim Jung-woo, South Korean footballer
- 1982 – Rachel Boston, American actress
- 1983 – Ryuhei Matsuda, Japanese actor
- 1984 – Prince Fielder, American baseball player
- 1985 – Audrina Patridge, American actress and television personality
[change] Deaths
- 1280 – King Magnus VI of Norway (b. 1238)
- 1315 – Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282)
- 1707 – Dietrich Buxtehude, German composer (b. 1637)
- 1760 – Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German religious and social reformer (b. 1700)
- 1805 – Friedrich Schiller, German writer (b. 1759)
- 1931 – Albert Abraham Michelson, German-born physicist (b. 1852)
- 1949 – Prince Louis II of Monaco (b. 1870)
- 1950 – Esteban Terradas i Illa, Catalan mathematician, scientist and engineer (b. 1883)
- 1965 – Leopold Figl, Austrian politician (b. 1902)
- 1970 – Walter Reuther, American labor leader (b. 1907)
- 1976 – Ulrike Meinhof, member of the Red Army Faction (b. 1934)
- 1978 – Aldo Moro, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1916)
- 1986 – Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese mountain climber (b. 1914)
- 1997 – Marco Ferreri, Italian film director (b. 1928)
- 1998 – Alice Faye, American actress (b. 1915)
- 2001 – Nikos Sampson, 2nd President of Cyprus (b. 1935)
- 2001 – James E. Myers, American songwriter and producer (b. 1919)
- 2004 – Akhmad Kadyrov, President of Chechnya (b. 1951)
- 2009 – Chuck Daly, American basketball coach (b. 1930)
- 2010 – Acharya Mahapragya, Indian religious leader (Jainism) (b. 1920)
- 2010 – Lena Horne, American singer and actress (b. 1917)
- 2011 – Wouter Weylandt, Belgian cyclist (b. 1984)
- 2011 – Lidia Gueiler Tejada, former acting President of Bolivia (b. 1921)
- 2012 – Vidal Sassoon, British hairdresser (b. 1928)
[change] Events
- 1092 – Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated.
- 1671 – Thomas Blood attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels.
- 1868 – Reno, Nevada, is founded.
- 1877 – A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Peru kills 2,541 people.
- 1901 – Australia's first parliament opens in Melbourne.
- 1927 – Australia's parliament moves from Melbourne to the new capital city, Canberra.
- 1936 – Italy formally annexes Ethiopia.
- 1941 – The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. The Enigma cryptography machine is on board, and is later used to break coded German messages.
- 1945 – The Channel Islands are liberated from German occupation by the British.
- 1946 – Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy abdicates the throne. Umberto II of Italy succeeds him.
- 1949 – Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco.
- 1950 – Robert Schuman proposes the creation of an organised Europe.
- 1950 – L. Ron Hubbard's Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, is published.
- 1955 – West Germany joins NATO.
- 1956 – Yuko Maki climbs Manaslu in Nepal, the 8th highest mountain in the world.
- 1970 – 70,000 to 100,000 people protest against the Vietnam War in front of the White House.
- 1974 – Impeachment hearings begin against Richard Nixon.
- 1978 – Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is murdered by the Red Brigades.
- 1987 – A plane crash in Warsaw kills 183 people.
- 1988 – Canberra's Parliament House opens.
- 1992 – Armenia's army captures Shushi, marking a major turning point in the Karabakh War.
- 2001 – Ghana: The Accra Stadium Disaster occurs. 129 people are killed.
- 2004 – Chechnya's President Akhmad Kadyrov is killed.
[change] Holidays
- Victory and Peace Day in Armenia, the capture of Shushi in the Karabakh War and the end of Great Patriotic War.
- Victory Day observances, celebration of the Soviet Union victory over Nazi Germany (Soviet Union, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan)
