What day of the week was May 9, 1980?

The day of the week May 9th, 1980 fell on was a Friday.

Grant Hackett the Australian swimmer was born on 09 May in 1980. As was Jo Hyun-jae the South Korean actor , Angela Nikodinov the American figure skater , Kate Richardson-Walsh the English field hockey player , Tony Schmidt the German race car driver .

In Florida the Liberian freighter MV Summit Venture collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, making a 1,400-ft. section of the southbound span collapse. Thirty-five people in six cars and a Greyhound bus fall 150 ft. into the water and die. In Norco the California, five masked gunmen hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Two of the gunmen and one police officer are killed and thirty-three police and civilian vehicles are destroyed in the chase.