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Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) (Finnish: Loviisan ydinvoimalaitos Swedish: Lovisa kärnkraftverk) is a nuclear power plant located close to the Finnish city of Loviisa. It houses two Soviet-designed VVER-440/213 PWR […]

Frederick I of Liegnitz (3 May 1446 – 9 May 1488) was a Duke of Chojnów and Strzelin from 1453 of Oława and Legnica from 1454 of Brzeg from 1481 […]

Ivan Lukashevich (Russian: Ива́н Лукаше́вич IPA: [ivaˈn lʊkaˈʂevʲɪtɕ] born 9 May 1991 in Moscow) is a Russian racing driver. He was part of the Marussia Motors driver development programme.

The 16th Cannes Film Festival was held on 9-23 May 1963. The Palme d’Or went to the Il Gattopardo by Luchino Visconti. The festival opened with The Birds directed by […]

György Csordás (October 6 1928 – May 9 2000) was a freestyle swimmer from Hungary who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country starting in 1948.His best […]

Renata Ruiz Pérez is a Chilean model (born May 9 1984). She was the winner of the contest Elite Model Look Chile 2001. In September of the same year she […]

Tina Pic (née Mayolo born May 9 1966 in Santa Fe) is an American professional bicycle racer. She is a 6-time U.S. national criterium champion (2002–2005 2007 2009) and a […]

Out4Marriage is an ‘multi-platform’ political campaign that was started on May 8 2012 in response to the British Government’s consultation concerning the legalisation of same sex marriage in England and […]

Phillip Phil Poursanidis (born 9 May 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Hugo Hoyama (born May 9 1969) is a table tennis player from Brazil he won several medals in single double and team events in the Latin American Table Tennis Championships.Along […]

José Ortega y Gasset (Spanish: [xoˈse oɾˈteɣa i ɣaˈset]; 9 May 1883 – 18 October 1955) was a Spanish liberal philosopher and essayist working during the first half of the […]

The 27th Cannes Film Festival was held on May 9 – 24 1974. The Palme d’Or went to the The Conversation by Francis Ford Coppola.The festival opened with Amarcord directed […]

Ricardo Alonso González (May 9 1928 – July 3 1995) also known as Richard Gonzales and usually as Pancho Gonzales was an American tennis player. He was the World No. […]

Eugene Robert Black (January 7 1873 – December 19 1934) was the Chairman of the Federal Reserve from May 9 1933 to August 15 1934. His son and namesake Eugene […]

14959 TRIUMF (1996 JT3) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 9 1996 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.

Geoff Strang (9 May 1944 – 20 December 2003) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in between 1965 and 1971 for the Richmond […]

Major Johnny Paul Koroma (born May 9 1960) was the Head of State of Sierra Leone from May 1997 to February 1998.

George I of Pomerania (German: Herzog Georg I. von Pommern; 11 April 1493 – 10 May 1531) was a Duke of Pomerania from the House of Griffins.

Svein Tuft (born May 9 1977) is a Canadian road bicycle racer and the 2006–2007 UCI America Tour champion. Tuft currently races for UCI ProTeam Orica-GreenEDGE.

Yuan Meng (born May 9 1986) (simplified Chinese: 袁梦; traditional Chinese: 袁夢; pinyin: Yuán Mèng) is a former Chinese female professional tennis player. She is China’s fifth-highest ranked women’s singles […]