Today's Horoscope for Cancer
May 9, 2026
This is a time to rely only on yourself and your own resources, gather in your scattered forces, and concentrate on your own work. You may meet numerous obstructions and delays so that you don't accomplish as much or work as quickly as you would like. You can, however, do a very thorough job, and also tackle the kind of difficult or disagreeable tasks you usually avoid.
Power Numbers: 40, 1, 16, 27, 4, 14
Born Today: Henry J. Kaiser, Jose Ortega y Gasset, Mike Wallace, Albert Finney, Glenda Jackson, Candice Bergen, Billy Joel
Quick Quote: "It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man."
-- H. L. Mencken
Random Fact: An ear of corn consists of 80% water.
Today in History:
1971: Largest walk in crowd (31,626) in Baltimore Oriole history
1336: Italian poet Francesco Petrarca climbs Mont Ventoux
1901: Australia opens its 1st parliament in Melbourne
1989: New York Mets Kevin Elster, errors after 88 errorless games at shortstop
1987: Actor Tom Cruise (27) and actress Mimi Rogers (33), marry
1945: Victory celebration at Red Square
1862: U.S. Naval Academy relocated from Annapolis Maryland to Newport, Rhode Island
1989: Journalist petition Chinese government for freedom of press
1936: Italy takes Addis Abba, annexing Absynnia (Ethiopia)
1978: Fee Waybill of Tubes breaks a leg falling off stage
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