May 9 Holidays

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Monthly Holidays that include May 9

Famous Birthdays Today

<div role="listitem" class="single-holiday w-dyn-item"><div class="position-relative---z-index-1"><div class="card card-image-top team-member-link-card"><a href="https://www.famouspeople.io/people/dana-perino" class="card-link-image---image-wrapper border-radius-32px w-inline-block" target="_blank"><div class="holiday-card-image w-embed"><img src="https://imagedelivery.net/lCsODh8EJUNDijZLbbcSWQ/758f5c8e-6291-43a5-5621-5abc5cfbd200/mediumsquare" loading="lazy" alt="Dana Perino" class="holiday-card-image"></div></a><div class="flex-date"><div class="badge-primary small team-member-job-title-badge">Author</div></div><div class="pd-left-and-right-20px pd-left-and-right-12px-mbp"><a href="https://www.famouspeople.io/people/dana-perino" class="holiday-card-title-block w-inline-block" target="_blank"><h3 class="card-link-title---hover-secondary-1 display-4 mg-bottom-2px">Dana Perino</h3></a></div></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="single-holiday w-dyn-item"><div class="position-relative---z-index-1"><div class="card card-image-top team-member-link-card"><a href="https://www.famouspeople.io/people/sai-pallavi" class="card-link-image---image-wrapper border-radius-32px w-inline-block" target="_blank"><div class="holiday-card-image w-embed"><img src="https://imagedelivery.net/lCsODh8EJUNDijZLbbcSWQ/4d474155-8d80-410d-e0d6-fbed0f401b00/mediumsquare" loading="lazy" alt="Sai Pallavi" class="holiday-card-image"></div></a><div class="flex-date"><div class="badge-primary small team-member-job-title-badge">Movie Actress</div></div><div class="pd-left-and-right-20px pd-left-and-right-12px-mbp"><a href="https://www.famouspeople.io/people/sai-pallavi" class="holiday-card-title-block w-inline-block" target="_blank"><h3 class="card-link-title---hover-secondary-1 display-4 mg-bottom-2px">Sai Pallavi</h3></a></div></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="single-holiday w-dyn-item"><div class="position-relative---z-index-1"><div class="card card-image-top team-member-link-card"><a href="https://www.famouspeople.io/people/noah-centineo" class="card-link-image---image-wrapper border-radius-32px w-inline-block" target="_blank"><div class="holiday-card-image w-embed"><img src="https://imagedelivery.net/lCsODh8EJUNDijZLbbcSWQ/4b3162c4-f5d9-47bb-e968-b100bd6c6b00/mediumsquare" loading="lazy" alt="Noah Centineo" class="holiday-card-image"></div></a><div class="flex-date"><div class="badge-primary small team-member-job-title-badge">TV Actor</div></div><div class="pd-left-and-right-20px pd-left-and-right-12px-mbp"><a href="https://www.famouspeople.io/people/noah-centineo" class="holiday-card-title-block w-inline-block" target="_blank"><h3 class="card-link-title---hover-secondary-1 display-4 mg-bottom-2px">Noah Centineo</h3></a></div></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="single-holiday w-dyn-item"><div class="position-relative---z-index-1"><div class="card card-image-top team-member-link-card"><a href="https://www.famouspeople.io/people/billy-joel" class="card-link-image---image-wrapper border-radius-32px w-inline-block" target="_blank"><div class="holiday-card-image w-embed"><img src="https://imagedelivery.net/lCsODh8EJUNDijZLbbcSWQ/02db8194-bca4-4acc-7f0a-cc76540f8400/mediumsquare" loading="lazy" alt="Billy Joel" class="holiday-card-image"></div></a><div class="flex-date"><div class="badge-primary small team-member-job-title-badge">Rock Singer</div></div><div class="pd-left-and-right-20px pd-left-and-right-12px-mbp"><a href="https://www.famouspeople.io/people/billy-joel" class="holiday-card-title-block w-inline-block" target="_blank"><h3 class="card-link-title---hover-secondary-1 display-4 mg-bottom-2px">Billy Joel</h3></a></div></div></div></div>

This Day in History

<div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>328</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Athanasius Becomes Patriarch</div><div class='timeline-text'>Athanasius is elected as the Patriarch of Alexandria.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>1450</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>'Abd al-Latif's Assassination</div><div class='timeline-text'>'Abd al-Latif, a Timurid monarch, is assassinated.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>1540</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Alarcón's Expedition Begins</div><div class='timeline-text'>Hernando de Alarcón sets sail on an expedition to the Gulf of California.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>1864</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Danish Navy Victory</div><div class='timeline-text'>During the Second Schleswig War, the Danish navy defeats Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>1926</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Byrd's North Pole Flight Claim</div><div class='timeline-text'>Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>1946</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Italian Monarchy Change</div><div class='timeline-text'>King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>1955</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>West Germany Joins NATO</div><div class='timeline-text'>During the Cold War, West Germany becomes a member of NATO.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>1980</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Summit Venture's Fatal Collision</div><div class='timeline-text'>In Florida, the Liberian freighter MV Summit Venture collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, causing a part of the bridge to collapse and killing 35 people.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>2001</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Accra Sports Stadium Disaster</div><div class='timeline-text'>In Ghana, 129 football fans die in a stampede following a controversial decision by the referee, in a disaster later known as the Accra Sports Stadium disaster.</div></div></div>

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