What day of the week was May 9, 1926?

The day of the week May 9th, 1926 fell on was a Sunday.

John Middleton Murry the Jr., English author (d. 2002) was born on 09 May in 1926.

Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)