May 9 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on May 9, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♉︎ Taurus
Apr 20 – May 20
Birth stone
Emerald
Birth flower
Lily of the valley
How common
#172 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous May 9 birthdays
John Brown · American abolitionist1800
J. M. Barrie · Scottish writer and playwright1860
Howard Carter · British egyptologist1874
José Ortega y Gasset · Spanish liberal philosopher and essayist1883
Benjamin Graham · American economist and investor1894
Mike Wallace · American journalist, game show host and actor1918
Manfred Eigen · German biophysical chemist1927
Glenda Jackson · British actress and politician1936
Albert Finney · British actor1936
James L. Brooks · American director, writer, and producer1940
Jupp Heynckes · German football manager1945
Candice Bergen · American actress1946
Michael Levitt · biophysicist and Professor of Structural biology1947
Billy Joel · American singer, songwriter, and pianist1949
János Áder · President of Hungary from 2012 to 20221959
John Corbett · American actor and country music singer1961
Lisa Ann · American pornographic actress1972
Rosario Dawson · American actress1979
Katie Bouman · American engineer and computer scientist1989
Noah Centineo · American actor1996
On this day in history
1960The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it would approve the use of Searle's Enovid, the first combined oral contraceptive pill.
1961In a speech to U.S. broadcasters, Newton Minow, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, described commercial television programming as "a vast wasteland".
1977The Hotel Polen in Amsterdam was destroyed by fire, leaving 33 people dead.
2020The COVID-19 recession causes the U.S. unemployment rate to hit 14.9 percent, its worst rate since the Great Depression.
1918First World War: Germany repelled Britain's second attempt to blockade the Belgian port of Ostend.
1949Rainier III became Prince of Monaco, beginning a 56-year reign, which would make him one of the longest ruling monarchs of the 20th century.
1968About 200 students at Bucks County Community College held a protest after the college canceled a planned speech by gay rights activist Dick Leitsch.
1974Watergate scandal: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
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