Tukuk-OS📅 May 9
19 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on May 9? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2023 — Pakistani protests: Riots broke out following the arrest of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan.
- 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.
Yakovlev SJ-100Terrain awareness and warning system2012 Mount Salak Sukhoi Superjet crash
- 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.
Pope Benedict XVIBeatification of Pope John Paul IIBeatification
- 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.
- 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.
- 1980 — Part of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida collapsed after a pier was struck by MV Summit Venture, killing 35 people.
- 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.
- 1977 — The Hotel Polen in Amsterdam was destroyed by fire (pictured), leaving 33 people dead.
- 1968 — About 200 students at Bucks County Community College held a protest after the college canceled a planned speech by gay rights activist Dick Leitsch.
Bucks County Community College1968 Bucks County Community College protestDick Leitsch
- 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.
- 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".
Newton N. MinowFederal Communications CommissionTelevision and the Public Interest
- 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.
Food and Drug AdministrationG. D. Searle & CompanyMestranol/noretynodrel
- 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.
Rainier III of MonacoList of rulers of MonacoList of longest-reigning monarchs
- 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.
- 1918 — First World War: Germany repelled Britain's second attempt to blockade the Belgian port of Ostend.
- 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.
- 1877 — An earthquake struck northern Chile, leading to the deaths of 2,385 people, mostly victims of the ensuing tsunami, as far away as Hawaii and Fiji.
- 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.
- 1761 — The inaugural exhibition of the Society of Artists of Great Britain opened at Spring Gardens in London.
Exhibition of 1761Society of Artists of Great BritainSpring Gardens
Births
- 2000 — Trey Lance, American football player
- 1996 — Noah Centineo, American actor
- 1995 — Tommy Edman, American baseball player
- 1995 — Beth Mead, English footballer
- 1995 — Shaboozey, American rapper and singer-songwriter
- 1992 — Dan Burn, English footballer
- 1991 — Majlinda Kelmendi, Kosovar judoka
- 1989 — Ellen White, English footballer
- 1989 — Daniel Rosenfeld, German musician
- 1988 — J. R. Fitzpatrick, Canadian racing driver
- 1987 — Scott Bolton, Australian rugby league player
- 1987 — Kevin Gameiro, French footballer
Deaths
- 2024 — Sean Burroughs, American baseball player (born 1980)
- 2024 — Roger Corman, American film director, producer, and actor (born 1926)
- 2024 — Rex Murphy, Canadian political commentator (born 1947)
- 2022 — John Leo, American a writer and journalist (born 1935)
- 2022 — Rieko Kodama, Japanese game developer (born 1963)
- 2020 — Little Richard, American singer, songwriter, and pianist (born 1932)
- 2019 — Freddie Starr, English comedian, impressionist, singer and actor (born 1943)
- 2018 — Per Kirkeby, Danish painter, poet, film maker and sculptor (born 1938)
- 2017 — Robert Miles, a Swiss-born Italian record producer, composer, musician and DJ (born 1969)
- 2015 — Edward W. Estlow, American football player and journalist (born 1920)
- 2015 — Kenan Evren, Turkish general and politician, 7th President of Turkey (born 1917)
- 2015 — Elizabeth Wilson, American actress (born 1921)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Beatus of Vendome
- Christian feast day: Christopher (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Christian feast day: George Preca
- Christian feast day: Gerontius of Cervia
- Christian feast day:
Gregory of Nazianzen (The Episcopal Church (US) and traditional Roman Catholic calendar)
Gregory of NazianzusEpiscopal Church (United States)General Roman Calendar of 1960
- Christian feast day: Blessed Karolina Gerhardinger
- Christian feast day: Nicolaus Zinzendorf (Lutheran)
- Christian feast day: Pachomius the Great
- Christian feast day: Blessed Thomas Pickering
- Christian feast day: Tudy of Landevennec
- Christian feast day: May 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Commemoration of the end of the German occupation of the Channel Islands related observances:
Liberation Day, commemorating the end of the German occupation of the Channel Islands during World War II. (Guernsey and Jersey)
Liberation Day (Channel Islands)German occupation of the Channel IslandsGuernsey
- Commemoration of the end of the German occupation of the Channel Islands related observances: National Day (Alderney)
- Europe Day, commemorating the Schuman Declaration. (European Union, Kosovo, Moldova, Ukraine)
- Victory Day observances, celebration of the Soviet Union victory over Nazi Germany (Soviet Union, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)
Victory and Peace Day, marks the capture of Shusha (1992) in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, and the end of World War II. (Armenia)
Victory Day (9 May)Battle of Shusha (1992)First Nagorno-Karabakh War
- Home Front Heroes Day in the United States (proposed; locally observed in Dallas, Texas)
- Goku Day (Japan), commemorating the fictional character Goku.
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