May 9

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Events

Pre-1600

328 – Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1009 – Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy.
1386 – England and Portugal formally ratify their alliance with the signing of the Treaty of Windsor, making it the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world which is still in force.
1450 – Timurid monarch 'Abd al-Latif is assassinated.
1540 – Hernando de Alarcón sets sail on an expedition to the Gulf of California.

1601–1900

1662 – The figure who later became Mr. Punch makes his first recorded appearance in England.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1671 – Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
1726 – Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
1761 – Exhibition of 1761, the inaugural exhibition of the Society of Artists of Great Britain opens at Spring Gardens in London.<ref>Hargreaves, Matthew. Candidates for Fame: The Society of Artists of Great Britain, 1760-1791. Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2005. p.174</ref>
1864 – Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
1865 – American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.
1865 – American Civil War: President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation ending belligerent rights of the rebels and enjoining foreign nations to intern or expel Confederate ships.
1873 – Der Krach: The Vienna stock exchange crash begins the Panic of 1873 and heralds the Long Depression.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1877 – Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. The date will become recognised as the Independence Day of Romania.

1901–present

1901 – Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
1915 – World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
1918 – World War I: Germany repels Britain's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.
1920 – Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreshchatyk.
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.)
1927 – The Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia, officially opens.<ref name="APH">Template:Cite web</ref>
1936 – Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
1941 – World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.
1942 – The Holocaust in Ukraine: The SS executes 588 Jewish residents of the Podolian town of Zinkiv (Khmelnytska oblast. The Zoludek Ghetto (in Belarus) is destroyed and all its inhabitants executed or deported.
1945 – World War II: the Channel Islands are liberated from Nazi occupation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1946 – King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.
1948 – Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect.
1950 – Robert Schuman presents the "Schuman Declaration", considered by some to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.
1955 – Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
1960 – The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.
1969 – Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.
1974 – Watergate scandal: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
1979 – Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000-strong Jewish community of Iran.
1980 – In Florida, United States, Liberian freighter Template:Ship collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, making a Template:Convert section of the southbound span collapse. Thirty-five people in six cars and a Greyhound bus fall Template:Convert into the water and die.
1980 – In Norco, California, United States, 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.
1987 – LOT Flight 5055 Tadeusz Kościuszko crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board.
1988 – New Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.<ref name=APH/>
1992 – Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
1992 – Westray Mine disaster kills 26 workers in Nova Scotia, Canada.
2001 – In Ghana, 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium disaster. The deaths are caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of tear gas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee.
2002 – The 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem comes to an end when the Palestinians inside agree to have 13 suspected terrorists among them deported to several different countries.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2018 – Barisan Nasional, the coalition that had governed Malaysia since the country's independence in 1957, suffer an historic defeat in the 2018 Malaysian general election.
2020 – The COVID-19 recession causes the U.S. unemployment rate to hit 14.9 percent, its worst rate since the Great Depression.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2022 – Russo-Ukrainian War: United States President Joe Biden signs the 2022 Lend-Lease Act into law, a rebooted World War II-era policy expediting American equipment to Ukraine and other Eastern European countries.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2023 – The May 9 riots following the arrest of Imran Khan in Pakistan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

1147 – Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shōgun (d. 1199)
1151 – al-Adid, last Fatimid caliph (d. 1171)<ref>Template:EI2</ref>
1540 – Maharana Pratap, Indian ruler (d. 1597)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1555 – Jerónima de la Asunción, Spanish Catholic nun and founder of the first monastery in Manila (d. 1630)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1594 – Louis Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg, military leader in the Thirty Years' War (d. 1662)

1601–1900

1617 – Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege (d. 1655)
1740 – Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer and educator (probable;<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> d. 1816)
1746 – Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1818)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1763 – János Batsányi, Hungarian-Austrian poet and author (d. 1845)
1800 – John Brown, American activist (d. 1859)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1801 – Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded the town of Fleetwood (d. 1866)
1814 – John Brougham, Irish-American actor and playwright (d. 1880)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1823 – Frederick Weld, English-New Zealand politician, 6th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1891)<ref>Template:DNZB</ref>
1824 – Jacob ben Moses Bachrach, Polish apologist and author (d. 1896)
1825 – James Collinson, Victorian painter (d. 1881)
1836 – Ferdinand Monoyer, French ophthalmologist, invented the Monoyer chart (d. 1912)
1837 – Adam Opel, German engineer, founded the Opel Company (d. 1895)
1845 – Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer and businessman (d. 1913)
1850 – Edward Weston, English-American chemist (d. 1936)
1855 – Julius Röntgen, German-Dutch composer (d. 1932)
1860 – J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright (d. 1937)
1866 – Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian economist and politician (d. 1915)
1870 – Harry Vardon, British golfer (d. 1937)
1873 – Anton Cermak, Czech-American captain and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1933)
1874 – Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian (d. 1939)
1882 – George Barker, American painter (d. 1965)
1882 – Henry J. Kaiser, American shipbuilder and businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards (d. 1967)
1883 – José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, author, and critic (d. 1955)
1884 – Valdemar Psilander, Danish actor (d. 1917)
1885 – Gianni Vella, Maltese artist (d. 1977)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1888 – Francesco Baracca, Italian fighter pilot (d. 1918)
1888 – Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector (d. 1964)
1892 – Zita of Bourbon-Parma, last Empress of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1989)
1893 – William Moulton Marston, American psychologist and author (d. 1947)
1894 – Benjamin Graham, British-American economist, professor, and investor (d. 1976)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1895 – Richard Barthelmess, American actor (d. 1963)
1895 – Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (d. 1961)
1895 – Frank Foss, American pole vaulter (d. 1989)
1896 – Richard Day, Canadian-American art director and set decorator (d. 1972)
1900 – Maria Malicka, Polish stage and film actress (d. 1992)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

1901–present

1907 – Jackie Grant, Trinidadian cricketer (d. 1978)
1907 – Baldur von Schirach, German politician (d. 1974)
1908 – Billy Jurges, American baseball player and manager (d. 1997)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1909 – Gordon Bunshaft, American architect, designed the Solow Building (d. 1990)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1912 – Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (d. 1963)
1914 – Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor and director (d. 2005)
1914 – J. Merrill Knapp, American musicologist (d. 1993)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1914 – Hank Snow, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
1918 – Mike Wallace, American journalist (d. 2012)
1921 – Daniel Berrigan, American priest, poet, and activist (d. 2016)
1921 – Sophie Scholl, German activist (d. 1943)
1924 – Bulat Okudzhava, Russian singer, poet, and author (d. 1997)
1927 – Manfred Eigen, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2019)
1928 – Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (d. 1995)
1928 – Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian figure skater (d. 2012)
1930 – Joan Sims, English actress (d. 2001)
1931 – Vance D. Brand, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut
1932 – Geraldine McEwan, English actress (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1934 – Alan Bennett, English screenwriter, playwright, and novelist
1935 – Nokie Edwards, American guitarist (d. 2018)
1936 – Albert Finney, English actor (d. 2019)
1936 – Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician (d. 2023)
1937 – Dave Prater, American singer (d. 1988)
1938 – Carroll Cole, American serial killer (d. 1985)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1938 – Charles Simić, Serbian-American poet and editor (d. 2023)
1939 – Ion Țiriac, Romanian tennis player and manager
1940 – James L. Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1941 – Dorothy Hyman, English sprinter
1942 – John Ashcroft, American lawyer and politician, 79th United States Attorney General
1943 – Vince Cable, English economist and politician, former Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1943 – Colin Pillinger, English astronomer, chemist, and academic (d. 2014)
1945 – Jupp Heynckes, German footballer and manager
1946 – Candice Bergen, American actress and producer
1947 – Yukiya Amano, Japanese diplomat (d. 2019)
1948 – Calvin Murphy, American basketball player and radio host
1949 – Billy Joel, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1951 – Alley Mills, American actress
1951 – Joy Harjo, American poet, musician, playwright and author, 23rd United States Poet Laureate<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1955 – Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (d. 2012)
1955 – Anne Sofie von Otter, Swedish soprano and actress
1956 – Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress and producer
1960 – Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach (d. 2014)
1961 – John Corbett, American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1962 – Dave Gahan, English singer-songwriter
1962 – Paul Heaton, English singer-songwriter
1965 – Steve Yzerman, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1968 – Graham Harman, American philosopher and academic
1968 – Ruth Kelly, British economist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
1968 – Marie-José Pérec, French sprinter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1970 – Doug Christie, American basketball player and coach
1970 – Hao Haidong, Chinese footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1970 – Ghostface Killah, American rapper and actor
1973 – Tegla Loroupe, Kenyan runner
1975 – Tamia, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1975 – Brian Deegan, American motocross rider
1977 – Averno, Mexican wrestler
1977 – Marek Jankulovski, Czech footballer
1977 – Svein Tuft, Canadian cyclist
1979 – Rosario Dawson, American actress
1979 – Brandon Webb, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1980 – Grant Hackett, Australian swimmer
1983 – Gilles Müller, Luxembourgian tennis player
1984 – Prince Fielder, American baseball player
1985 – Jake Long, American football player
1987 – Kevin Gameiro, French footballer
1988 – J. R. Fitzpatrick, Canadian racing driver
1989 – Ellen White, English footballer
1989 – Daniel Rosenfeld, German musician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Majlinda Kelmendi, Kosovar judoka
1992 – Dan Burn, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Tommy Edman, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Beth Mead, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Shaboozey, American rapper and singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Noah Centineo, American actor<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref>
2000 – Trey Lance, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

480 – Julius Nepos, Western Roman Emperor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
729 – Osric, king of Northumbria
893 – Shi Pu, warlord of the Tang Dynasty
909 – Adalgar, archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen
934 – Wang Sitong, Chinese general and governor (b. 892)
1280 – Magnus VI of Norway
1315 – Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282)
1329 – John Drokensford, Bishop of Bath and Wells
1443 – Niccolò Albergati, Italian Cardinal and diplomat (b. 1373)
1446 – Mary of Enghien (b. 1368)
1590 – Charles de Bourbon French cardinal and pretender to the throne (b. 1523)

1601–1900

1657 – William Bradford, English-American politician, 2nd Governor of Plymouth Colony (b. 1590)
1707 – Dieterich Buxtehude, German-Danish organist and composer (b. 1637)
1736 – Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real, Portuguese judge and politician (b. 1658)
1745 – Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1663)
1747 – John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish field marshal and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (b. 1673)
1760 – Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint (b. 1700)
1789 – Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French general and engineer (b. 1715)
1790 – William Clingan, American politician (b. 1721)
1791 – Francis Hopkinson, American judge and politician (b. 1737)
1805 – Friedrich Schiller, German poet, playwright, and historian (b. 1759)
1850 – Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)
1850 – Garlieb Merkel, Estonian author and activist (b. 1769)
1861 – Ernst von Lasaulx, German philologist and politician (b. 1805)<ref>Template:Catholic Encyclopedia</ref>
1864 – John Sedgwick, American general and educator (b. 1813)
1889 – William S. Harney, American general (b. 1800)

1901–present

1906 – Oscar von Gebhardt, German theologian and academic (b. 1844)
1911 – Thomas Wentworth Higginson, American abolitionist (b. 1823)<ref>"Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915," Vol.1911/26 Death: Pg.402. State Archives, Boston.</ref>
1914 – C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (b. 1854)
1915 – François Faber, Luxembourgian-French cyclist and soldier (b. 1887)
1915 – Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and cricketer (b. 1883)
1918 – George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (b. 1866)
1931 – Albert Abraham Michelson, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
1933 – John Arthur Jarvis, English swimmer (b. 1872)
1935 – Ernst Bresslau, German zoologist (b. 1877)
1938 – Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman (b. 1866)
1942 – Józef Cebula, Polish priest and saint (b. 1902)
1944 – Han Yong-un, Korean poet and social reformer (b. 1879)
1949 – Louis II, Prince of Monaco (b. 1870)
1950 – Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (b. 1883)
1957 – Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan banker and businessman (b. 1887)
1957 – Ezio Pinza, Italian actor and singer (b. 1892)
1959 – Bhaurao Patil, Indian activist and educator (b. 1887)
1965 – Leopold Figl, Austrian engineer and politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1902)
1968 – Mercedes de Acosta, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
1968 – Harold Gray, American cartoonist, created Little Orphan Annie (b. 1894)
1968 – Marion Lorne, American actress (b. 1883)
1968 – Finlay Currie, British actor (b. 1878)<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Dead link Template:Cbignore</ref>
1970 – Walter Reuther, American union leader (b. 1907)
1976 – Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
1976 – Ulrike Meinhof, German militant, co-founded the Red Army Faction (b. 1934)
1977 – James Jones, American novelist (b. 1921)
1978 – Giuseppe Impastato, Italian journalist and activist (b. 1948)
1978 – Aldo Moro, Italian lawyer and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1916)
1979 – Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American banker, businessman, and philanthropist (b. 1883)
1979 – Eddie Jefferson, American singer and lyricist (b. 1918)
1980 – Kate Molale, South African activist (b. 1928)
1981 – Nelson Algren, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1909)
1981 – Rolf Just Nilsen, Norwegian singer and actor (b. 1931)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1983 – Henry Bachtold, Australian soldier and railway engineer (b. 1891)
1985 – Edmond O'Brien, American actor and director (b. 1915)
1986 – Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese mountaineer (b. 1914)
1987 – Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
1989 – Keith Whitley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1954)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993 – Penelope Gilliatt, English novelist, short story writer, and critic (b. 1932)
1994 – Elias Motsoaledi, South African activist (b. 1924)
1997 – Rawya Ateya, Egyptian captain and politician (b. 1926)
1997 – Marco Ferreri, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
1998 – Alice Faye, American actress and singer (b. 1915)
1998 – Talat Mahmood, Indian singer and actor (b. 1924)
2003 – Russell B. Long, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1918)
2004 – Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen cleric and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (b. 1951)
2004 – Alan King, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)
2004 – Brenda Fassie, South African singer (b. 1964)
2007 – Dwight Wilson, Canadian soldier (b. 1901)
2008 – Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1929)
2008 – Baptiste Manzini, American football player (b. 1920)
2008 – Nuala O'Faolain, Irish journalist and producer (b. 1942)
2008 – Pascal Sevran, French singer, television host, and author (b. 1945)
2009 – Chuck Daly, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
2010 – Lena Horne, American singer, actress, and activist (b. 1917)
2010 – Otakar Motejl, Czech lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
2011 – Wouter Weylandt, Belgian cyclist (b. 1984)
2012 – Bertram Cohler, American psychologist, psychoanalyst, and academic (b. 1938)
2012 – Geoffrey Henry, Cook Islander lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (b. 1940)
2012 – Vidal Sassoon, English-American hairdresser and businessman (b. 1928)
2013 – Ramón Blanco Rodríguez, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1952)
2013 – George M. Leader, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1918)
2013 – Humberto Lugo Gil, Mexican lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of Hidalgo (b. 1933)
2013 – Ottavio Missoni, Italian hurdler and fashion designer, founded Missoni (b. 1921)
2014 – Giacomo Bini, Italian priest and missionary (b. 1938)
2014 – Harlan Mathews, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
2014 – Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy, Indian politician, 12th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (b. 1935)
2014 – Mary Stewart, British author and poet (b. 1916)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015 – Edward W. Estlow, American football player and journalist (b. 1920)
2015 – Kenan Evren, Turkish general and politician, 7th President of Turkey (b. 1917)
2015 – Elizabeth Wilson, American actress (b. 1921)
2017 – Robert Miles, a Swiss-born Italian record producer, composer, musician and DJ (b. 1969)
2018 – Per Kirkeby, Danish painter, poet, film maker and sculptor (b. 1938)
2019 – Freddie Starr, English comedian, impressionist, singer and actor (b. 1943)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2020 – Little Richard, American singer, songwriter, and pianist (b. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2022 – John Leo, American a writer and journalist (b. 1935)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2022 – Rieko Kodama, Japanese game developer (b. 1963)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2024 – Sean Burroughs, American baseball player (b. 1980)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2024 – Roger Corman, American film director, producer, and actor (b. 1926)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2024 – Rex Murphy, Canadian political commentator (b. 1947)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:
Commemoration of the end of the German occupation of the Channel Islands related observances:
- Liberation Day, commemorating the end of the German occupation of the Channel Islands during World War II. (Guernsey and Jersey)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- National Day (Alderney)
Europe Day, commemorating the Schuman Declaration. (European Union, Kosovo, Moldova, Ukraine)
Victory Day observances, celebration of the Soviet Union victory over Nazi Germany (Soviet Union, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)
- Victory and Peace Day, marks the capture of Shusha (1992) in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, and the end of World War II. (Armenia)
Goku Day (Japan), commemorating the fictional character Goku.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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