May 9th
- 1842 – James C.C. Black born.
- 1889 – Spokane won the 15th Kentucky Derby.
- 1965 – Marc Logan born.
- 1979 – Brandon Webb born.
- 1989 – Keith Whitley died, aged 34.
- 1955 – Myra Blackwelder born.
- 1995 – Jimmy Raney died, aged 67.
- 2017 – Wilburn K. Ross died, aged 94.
- 2018 – Richard Haag died, aged 94.