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This day in history: 9 May

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267 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 9 May.
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2023: The May 9 riots following the arrest of Imran Khan in Pakistan.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Beatus of Vendome

Christian feast day: Blessed Karolina Gerhardinger

Christian feast day: Blessed Thomas Pickering

Christian feast day: Christopher (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Christian feast day: George Preca

Christian feast day: Gerontius of Cervia

Christian feast day: Gregory of Nazianzen (The Episcopal Church (US) and traditional Roman Catholic calendar)

Christian feast day: May 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Nicolaus Zinzendorf (Lutheran)

Christian feast day: Pachomius the Great

Christian feast day: Tudy of Landevennec

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)

Events

2023The May 9 riots following the arrest of Imran Khan in Pakistan.

2022Russo-Ukrainian war: United States President Joe Biden signs the 2022 Lend-Lease Act into law, a rebooted World War II-era policy attempting to expedite American equipment to Ukraine and other Eastern European countries.

2020The COVID-19 recession causes the U.S. unemployment rate to hit 14.9 percent, its worst rate since the Great Depression.

2018Barisan Nasional, the coalition that had governed Malaysia since the country's independence in 1957, suffer a historic defeat in the 2018 Malaysian general election.

2002The 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.

2001In 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 t

1999Mother's Day bus crash kills 22 passengers and injures another 22, including the driver in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

1992Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

1992Westray Mine disaster kills 26 workers in Nova Scotia, Canada.

1988New Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.

1987LOT Flight 5055 Tadeusz Kościuszko crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board.

1980In Florida, United States, Liberian freighter MV Summit Venture collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, making a 430-meter (1,400 ft) section of the southbound span collapse. Thirty-five people in six cars and a Greyhound b

1980In 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-th

1979Iranian 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.

1974Watergate scandal: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.

1969Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.

1960The 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.

1955Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.

1950Robert Schuman presents the "Schuman Declaration", considered by some to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.

1948Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect.

1946King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.

1945World War II: The Channel Islands are liberated from Nazi occupation.

1942The 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.

1941World 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.

1936Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.

1927The Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia, officially opens.

1926Admiral 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).

1920Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreshchatyk.

1918World War I: Germany repels Britain's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.

1915World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.

1901Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.

1877Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. The date will become recognised as the Independence Day of Romania.

1873Der Krach: The Vienna stock exchange crash begins the Panic of 1873 and heralds the Long Depression.

1865American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.

1865American Civil War: President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation ending belligerent rights of the rebels and enjoining foreign nations to intern or expel Confederate ships.

1864Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.

1761Exhibition of 1761, the inaugural exhibition of the Society of Artists of Great Britain, opens at Spring Gardens in London.

1726Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.

1671Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.

1662The figure who later became Mr. Punch makes his first recorded appearance in England.

Born on this day

2000Trey Lance, American football player

1996Noah Centineo, American actor

1995Beth Mead, English footballer

1995Shaboozey, American rapper and singer-songwriter

1995Tommy Edman, American baseball player

1992Dan Burn, English footballer

1991Majlinda Kelmendi, Kosovar judoka

1989Daniel Rosenfeld, German musician

1989Ellen White, English footballer

1988J. R. Fitzpatrick, Canadian racing driver

1987Kevin Gameiro, French footballer

1987Scott Bolton, Australian rugby league player

1984Prince Fielder, American baseball player

1983Gilles Müller, Luxembourgian tennis player

1980Grant Hackett, Australian swimmer

1979Brandon Webb, American baseball player

1979Rosario Dawson, American actress

1977Averno, Mexican wrestler

1977Marek Jankulovski, Czech footballer

1977Svein Tuft, Canadian cyclist

1975Tamia, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

1973Tegla Loroupe, Kenyan runner

1970Doug Christie, American basketball player and coach

1970Ghostface Killah, American rapper and actor

1970Hao Haidong, Chinese footballer

1968Marie-José Pérec, French sprinter

1968Ruth Kelly, British economist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport

1965Steve Yzerman, Canadian ice hockey player and manager

1961John Corbett, American actor

1960Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach (died 2014)

1958Chuck Russell, American film director and producer (died 2026)

1956Jana Wendt, Australian television host

1956Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress and producer

1955Anne Sofie von Otter, Swedish soprano and actress

1955Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (died 2012)

1951Alley Mills, American actress

1951Joy Harjo, American poet, musician, playwright and author, 23rd United States Poet Laureate

1949Billy Joel, American singer-songwriter and pianist

1948Calvin Murphy, American basketball player and radio host

1947Yukiya Amano, Japanese diplomat (died 2019)

Died on this day

2024Rex Murphy, Canadian political commentator (born 1947)

2024Roger Corman, American film director, producer, and actor (born 1926)

2024Sean Burroughs, American baseball player (born 1980)

2022John Leo, American a writer and journalist (born 1935)

2022Rieko Kodama, Japanese game developer (born 1963)

2020Little Richard, American singer, songwriter, and pianist (born 1932)

2019Freddie Starr, English comedian, impressionist, singer and actor (born 1943)

2018Per Kirkeby, Danish painter, poet, film maker and sculptor (born 1938)

2017Robert Miles, a Swiss-born Italian record producer, composer, musician and DJ (born 1969)

2015Edward W. Estlow, American football player and journalist (born 1920)

2015Elizabeth Wilson, American actress (born 1921)

2015Kenan Evren, Turkish general and politician, 7th President of Turkey (born 1917)

2014Giacomo Bini, Italian priest and missionary (born 1938)

2014Harlan Mathews, American lawyer and politician (born 1927)

2014Mary Stewart, British author and poet (born 1916)

2014Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy, Indian politician, 12th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (born 1935)

2013George M. Leader, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Pennsylvania (born 1918)

2013Humberto Lugo Gil, Mexican lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of Hidalgo (born 1933)

2013Ottavio Missoni, Italian hurdler and fashion designer, founded Missoni (born 1921)

2013Ramón Blanco Rodríguez, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1952)

2012Bertram Cohler, American psychologist, psychoanalyst, and academic (born 1938)

2012Geoffrey Henry, Cook Islander lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (born 1940)

2012Vidal Sassoon, English-American hairdresser and businessman (born 1928)

2011Wouter Weylandt, Belgian cyclist (born 1984)

2010Lena Horne, American singer, actress, and activist (born 1917)

2010Otakar Motejl, Czech lawyer and politician (born 1932)

2009Chuck Daly, American basketball player and coach (born 1930)

2008Baptiste Manzini, American football player (born 1920)

2008Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1929)

2008Nuala O'Faolain, Irish journalist and producer (born 1942)

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