9 May 1996: Top 25 Facts You Need To Know

Learn interesting facts about Thursday, May 9, 1996 that no one tells you about, such as your life path number, birthstone, ruling planet, zodiac sign, birth flower, and much more below ⬇️

⏳ You have been alive for: 27 years, 11 months, and 20 days

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 205,974,720 breaths and experienced over 1,176,998,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 250,112,160 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

📅 You were born on a Thursday

🌖 The moon was in Waning Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐀 Born in → The Year of the Rat

😴 You’ve slept about 33% of your life! ?💤 Assuming you’ve been sleeping 8 hours daily since birth. Here is how much time you’ve spent sleeping so far: 3,406 days of your life or 9.33 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Independence Day

🎶 #1 song on your birthday ?The number one song in the US on this day was: "Always Be My Baby" by Mariah Carey (source: Billboard Hot 100).

♉ May 9 zodiac sign is Taurus ?There are 12 zodiac signs, and each sign has its own strengths and weaknesses, its own specific traits, desires and attitude towards life and people. Astrology can give us a glimpse of a person’s basic characteristics, preferences, flaws and fears.

🔢 Your life path number is 3 ?Numerology links numbers to certain traits, much like how astrology connects planets and zodiac signs to characteristics. It’s used to understand personality, predict future happenings, and explore life’s meaning.

🪐 Your ruling planet is Venus ♀

🪨 Your birthstone is Emerald ?Each month is represented by a specific birthstone, symbolizing the birth month of an individual. The properties associated with that birthstone are believed to be “inherited” by the person born in that particular month.

🌷 The birth flower for May is Lily of the valley ?Each month has a flower that symbolizes the month of somebody’s birth. The characteristics that the flower has may be “inherited” by whoever is born in that certain month person.

📅 Your lucky day → Friday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Beaver

⭐ Celebrities born on May 9th

1980

Cho Hyeon Jae, South Korean actor

1975

Chris Diamantopoulos, Canadian actor (The Three Stooges; Silicon Valley), and cartoon Voice (Mickey Mouse, 2013-present)

1950

Matthew Kelly, actor/TV host (Holding the Fort, Relative Strangers)

1947

Anthony Higgins, British actor (A Walk with Love and Death, Something for Everyone)

1951

Alley Mills, actress (Norma Arnold-Wonder Years)

1979

Rosario Dawson, American actress

1963

Sanja Doležal, Croatian pop singer (Novi fosili), and television personality

1956

Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress (Saving Hope)

📜 Historical events on this date

1386

Treaty of Windsor between Portugal and England (oldest diplomatic alliance in the world still in force).

1865

President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation declaring armed resistance in the South is virtually at an end; this is the commonly accepted end date of the American Civil War.

1901

The first Australian Parliament opens in Melbourne, though the first working session will not be until 21 May.

1941

British intelligence at Bletchley Park breaks German spy codes after capturing Enigma machines aboard the weather ship Muenchen.

1945

World War II: The Soviet Union marks Victory Day.

1960

US becomes the first country to legalize the birth control pill.

2018

Historic win in Malaysian general election by opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan led by former Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad, defeating Prime Minister Najib Razak and ending 61 years of rule by the Barisan Nasional coalition.

🎄 Holidays on May 9

National Lost Sock Memorial Day

National Lost Sock Memorial Day, celebrated on May 9, is a fun day to remember and honor all the single socks we've lost, leaving their matches all alone.

National Sleepover Day

National Sleepover Day, celebrated on May 9th, is a fun holiday where friends gather for a night of staying up late, sharing stories, and creating memories together, just like the sleepovers that have brought people closer for years.

Alphabet Magnet Day

Alphabet Magnet Day, celebrated on May 9, is a fun day to remember and play with those colorful letter magnets we use to create words on the fridge, thanks to The Type Set Co.® which keeps the tradition exciting with their unique designs.

Hurray for Buttons Day

Hurray for Buttons Day, celebrated on May 9th, is a fun holiday that honors the history and importance of buttons, those small fasteners on our clothes and decorative badges we love to collect.

Tear the Tags Off The Mattress Day

"Tear the Tags Off The Mattress Day, celebrated on May 9, is a quirky holiday inviting you to bravely ignore the 'do not remove' labels on mattresses and pillows for fun, even though it's actually legal for owners to remove these tags, not just for the manufacturers."

🏆 Sports in 1996

🏒 NHL

Colorado Avalanche defeated Florida Panthers (4 - 0) to win the 1996 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Dallas Cowboys beat Pittsburgh Steelers (27 - 17) to win Super Bowl XXX on January 28, 1996 in Tempe, AZ.

⚾ MLB

New York Yankees beat Atlanta Braves (4 - 2) to win the 1996 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1996 US Open Championships, Pete Sampras defeated Michael Chang (6-1, 6-4, 7-6(7-3)) to win the men's singles title. Steffi Graf beat Monica Seles (7-5, 6-4) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

May 9, 1996 can be written as V-IX-MCMXCVI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 9, 1996

→ Day Index: 130th day of 1996
→ Day of week: Thursday
→ Week Index: 2nd Thursday of 1996
→ Next same calendar year: 2024
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 28 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 14,712,529 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 3,406 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 112 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 9.33 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 346 🌖
→ Life path number: 3
→ Zodiac sign: Taurus ♉
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Venus
→ Birth flower: Lily of the valley
→ Birthstone: Emerald
→ Spirit Animal: Beaver
→ Power Color: Green
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1996: 5,831,565,020 Source: un.org

The 1996 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2024. So, mark your calendars!

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