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Thursday, May 9, 2013

This will be 129th day of the year and 236 days will remain in the year.

Hebrew calendar — 29 Iyyar 5773
Chinese calendar — the 30th day of the 3rd month of 4711 (Kui Si)
Islamic calendar — (note)

May 9 Birthdays

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1800–1859, American abolitionist, born in Torrington, Conn.

Belle Boyd
spy in the Civil War (1844)

Sir James Barrie
playwright (1860)

Howard Carter
Egyptologist (1873)

"Pancho" Gonzales
tennis player (1928)

Glenda Jackson
actress (1936)

Albert Finney
actor (1936)

John Ashcroft
attorney general (1942)

Billy Joel
musician, singer, songwriter (1949)

May 2013

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
			1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31

May 9 in History

1914

Mother's Day became a public holiday.

1926

Explorers Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett flew over the North Pole.

1936

Fascist Italy annexed Ethiopia.

1962

The Beatles signed their first recording contract and hired George Martin to be their producer.

1978

The body of slain former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro was found in an automobile in Rome.

1984

It took the Chicago White Sox 25 innings, eight hours, and six minutes, over two days, to finally defeat the Milwaukee Brewers, 7-6. It was the longest game (in elapsed time) in major-league history.

1994

The South African parliament chose Nelson Mandela as president.

2004

Chechnya's Moscow-backed leader, Akhmad Kadyrov, was killed in a bombing. Six others were killed and another 60 wounded.

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Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date.