EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
May 9
Saturday, May 9, 2026
Day 128 of 2026 | Week 19 | 231 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
The May 9 riots following the arrest of Imran Khan in Pakistan.
Russo-Ukrainian War: United States President Joe Biden signs the 2022 Lend-Lease Act into law, a rebooted World War II-era policy expediting American equipment to Ukraine and other Eastern European countries.
The COVID-19 recession causes the U.S. unemployment rate to hit 14.9 percent, its worst rate since the Great Depression.
Barisan Nasional, the coalition that had governed Malaysia since the country's independence in 1957, suffer an historic defeat in the 2018 Malaysian general election.
The 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem comes to an end when the Palestinians inside agree to have 13 suspected terrorists among them deported to several different countries.
In Ghana, 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium disaster. The deaths are caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of tear gas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee.
Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Westray Mine disaster kills 26 workers in Nova Scotia, Canada.
New Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
LOT Flight 5055 Tadeusz Kościuszko crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Spanish jazz singer and trumpeter (Emotional Dance)
English footballer (Arsenal)
Kosovar-Albanian judoka (Olympic gold 2016)
Spanish football player for Tigres UANL and Spain
Iranian journalist who was arrested for reporting on Mahsa Amini's death
American film and stage actress (Arcadia; The Newsroom; American Horror Story: Freak Show)
Latvian soccer right-back (13 caps; Jelgava 110 games)
American actor and screenwriter (Splitsville
American baseball first baseman (6 x MLB All Star
South Korean actor (Jeong Do-jeon; The Sorrow
Australian swimmer (Olympicss - gold
American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 2006
Canadian singer and bass player (Simple Plan - "Perfect"; "Welcome To My Life")
American ska trombonist (Reel Big Fish)
Irish writer (Booker Prize - "Prophet Song")
🎯 yow.com Connection
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