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9 May 2021 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 9 May 2021 was a Sunday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Body” by Tion Wayne & Russ Millions.
- Top Film of 2021
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2021 was Spider-Man: No Way Home.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 9 May is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 9 May 2021 fell in the Year of the Ox.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for May is Emerald.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 9 May 2021 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)
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Events of 2021 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2021 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 21 March – Census 2021 is conducted in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The population of England and Wales is recorded as 59,597,300, a rise of 6.3% over the previous decade.
- 6 May – 2021 London mayoral election: Sadiq Khan wins a second term, but with a reduced vote share.
- 6 May – 2021 Scottish Parliament election: The SNP wins 64 seats out of 129. With the SNP and Scottish Greens both gaining seats, pro-independence parties have an increased majority in the Parliament.
Life in 2021
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£4.10
Loaf of Bread
£1.60
Average House
£254,822
Weekly Wage
£920.00
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