| General Information for May 9th 2017 |
| There are 5 public holidays today. |
| Day 129 of 2017 |
| 236 days left in 2017 |
| Week 19 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 1974 - Impeachment hearings are opened against Richard Milhous Nixon - 37th President of the United States. |
| 1962 - EMI Parlophone signs the Beatles for their first big recording contract. |
| 1928 - Founder of the Lotus Engineering Co Ltd, Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman is born in London. |
| 1927 - Canberra, Australia is inaugurated as the new national capital. |