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9 May 2018 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 9 May 2018 was a Wednesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “One Kiss” by Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa.
- Top Film of 2018
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2018 was Avengers: Infinity War.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 9 May is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 9 May 2018 fell in the Year of the Dog.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for May is Emerald.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 9 May 2018 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 9 May
- 1988 New Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
- 1992 Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
- 2018 Barisan Nasional, the coalition that had governed Malaysia since the country's independence in 1957, suffer a historic defeat in the 2018 Malaysian general election.
- 2020 The COVID-19 recession causes the U.S. unemployment rate to hit 14.9 percent, its worst rate since the Great Depression.
- 2022 Russo-Ukrainian war: United States President Joe Biden signs the 2022 Lend-Lease Act into law, a rebooted World War II-era policy attempting to expedite American equipment to Ukraine and other Eastern European countries.
Famous people born on 9 May
- Billy Joel, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1949)
- John Brown, American abolitionist (1800–1859)
- Noah Centineo, American actor (born 1996)
- Rosario Dawson, American actress (born 1979)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2018 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2018 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 28 February – One of the UK's biggest electronics retailers, Maplin, goes into administration after talks with potential buyers fail to secure a sale.
- 3 May – Elections for many local councils and mayoralties are held in England, including all 32 London boroughs. There are losses for the Conservatives (−33) and gains for Labour (+77), the Lib Dems (+75) and Green Party (+8).
- 19 May – The Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle takes place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, with an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion.
Life in 2018
Prime Minister
Theresa May
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£3.70
Loaf of Bread
£1.50
Average House
£226,906
Weekly Wage
£835.00
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