May 9

Events

 * - between  and a large  coalition under the King of . It is the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.
 * - is elected  bishop of.
 * - is consecrated.
 * - ( monarch) assassinated.
 * - leaves  for his fourth and final journey to the "".
 * -, disguised as a , attempts to steal England's from the.
 * - Five men arrested during a raid on 's in  are executed at.
 * - The city of, is founded.
 * - Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds.
 * - The first horse-drawn made its début in the city of, plying on two routes.
 * - reads, in the, the Declaration of Independence of . This day became the Independence Day of Romania
 * - opens in.
 * - opens its first  in.
 * - The steam locomotive becomes the first steam engine to exceed 100mph.
 * - becomes the first  to take 3000  wickets.
 * - : between  and  forces.
 * - : The under   celebrated their  with a  on.
 * -  and  claim to have flown over the  (later discovery of his diary seems to indicate that this did not happen).
 * - The first convenes in.
 * - formally annexes  after taking the capital  on.
 * - : The   sinks  coastal submarine  near.
 * - : The submarine  is captured by the . On board is the latest  which  s later use to break coded  messages.
 * - : becomes the first -conquered city to murder or eliminate its, largely with the help of n s.
 * 1942  - :   murder 588  residents of the n town of  . The victims were shot with machine gun in ravine on the order from Gebietskomissar  and Chief of Gendarmerie.
 * - : The final surrender to   at  is signed by   as the representative of the,   as the  of , and   as  of the.
 * 1945  - :  is captured by the.
 * 1945  - :  is arrested in.
 * 1945  - :  enters  (capitulation of  occupation troops).
 * 1945  - : The  marks.
 * 1945  - : The  are formally  by the.
 * - King abdicates and is succeeded by.
 * - becomes  of.
 * - presents his proposal on the creation of an organized, indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the "", is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the.
 * 1950  -  publishes his book on, entitled "Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health".
 * - : joins.
 * 1955  -  debuts on a local  television channel, marking the first television appearance of both  and what would become  and the.
 * - First ascent of, the world's eighth-highest mountain.
 * - The  announces it will approve  as an additional  for 's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved.
 * - of the  becomes the first player in  history to hit s in consecutive innings.
 * - Pianist gave his first public recital since, at.
 * - played the first of two sold-out performances at the  in London.
 * - : In, 75,000 to 100,000 war protesters demonstrate in front of the.
 * - : The  opens formal and public  hearings against.
 * - In, n freighter hits the  over  sending 35 people (most in a bus) to a watery death as a 1,400-foot section of the bridge collapses.
 * 1980  - In, five masked gunman hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to  Two of the gunman and one police officers was killed while thirty-three police and civilian vehicles were destroyed in the chase.
 * 1980  - The first meeting of  and the  takes place in.
 * - A   "Tadeusz Kościuszko" (SP-LBG). crashes after takeoff in, killing 183 people.
 * - The new opens in.
 * - At 5:18 a.m. ADT The in  experiences a methane explosion killing all 26 miners who were working.
 * 1992  - n forces capture  in the, marking a major turning point.
 * - On Mother's Day, a bus carrying 43 mostly elderly passengers to a casino crashes on  in  when the driver apparently passes out.  Twenty-two passengers die.
 * - The 38-day stand-off in the in  comes to an end when the  inside agree to have 13 suspected militants among them deported to several different countries.
 * 2002  - In, , a remote-controlled  explodes during a holiday parade killing 43 and injuring at least 130.
 * -   is killed in a  bomb blast under a  stage during a  memorial victory parade in,.
 * 2004  - The  wins the  in.
 * -  is selected as the successor of Pope John Paul II.
 * - 2 miners, and, were freed after 14 days trapped underground in a goldmine at ,.
 * 2006  -  ratifies the.

Births

 * -, Japanese shogun (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Italian composer (d. )
 * -, American abolitionist (d. )
 * -, German engineer and industrialist (d. )
 * -, Scottish author (d. )
 * -, Leader of Indian Independence Movement(d. )
 * -, Mayor of Chicago (d. )
 * -, British archaeologist (d. )
 * -, American painter (d. )
 * 1882  -, American shipbuilder (d. )
 * -, Spanish philosopher (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Empress of Austria-Hungary (d. )
 * -, American psychologist, writer (co-creator, ) (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * 1895  -, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (d. )
 * -, Swedish art collector and museum director (d. )
 * -, Nazi official (d. )
 * 1907  -, famed evangelist (d. )
 * 1907  -, Swedish athlete (d. )
 * -, Canadian country musician (d. )
 * -, Mexican actor (d. )
 * 1912  -, "The aryan idol" (d. )
 * 1914  -, Italian musician and conductor (d. )
 * -, American journalist
 * 1918  -, American politician (d. )
 * 1918  -, Greek member of the  resistance
 * -, English author
 * 1920  -, American author
 * -, resistance fighter in Nazi Germany (d. )
 * 1921  -, American poet (d. )
 * -, Russian writer and musician (d. )
 * -, German biophysicist, recipient of the
 * -, English engineer and automobile manufacturer (d. )
 * 1928  -, American tennis player (d. )
 * 1928  -, Canadian figure skater
 * -, British actress (d. )
 * -, American astronaut
 * -, British author
 * -, British actor
 * 1936  -, English actress and politician
 * -, Spanish architect
 * 1937  -, American singer  (d. )
 * -, American athlete
 * 1939  -, Romanian tennis player and businessman
 * -, American film producer and writer
 * 1942  -, American singer and songwriter
 * -, American musician ( and )
 * -, American actress
 * 1946  -, English-born American singer and songwriter
 * -, Hall of Fame basketball player
 * -, American musician
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * 1955  -, Swedish mezzo-soprano
 * 1955  -, Prime Minister of Ethiopia
 * -, Hall of Fame baseball player
 * -, American actor
 * -, English singer
 * 1962  -, English singer/songwriter
 * -, Croatian singer
 * -, American music producer and disc jockey
 * -, Japanese racing driver
 * 1965  -, American model and  contestant
 * 1965  -, Canadian hockey player
 * -, French athlete
 * -, Dutch musician
 * -, American basketball player
 * 1970  -, American rapper
 * -, British bassist
 * -, Japanese actress and artist
 * 1972  -, Romanian gymnast
 * -, South Korean actress
 * -, Freestyle Motocross innovator.
 * -, Canadian R&B singer
 * -, South Korean actress
 * 1977  -, Women's college basketball coach (d. )
 * 1977  -, Spanish cyclist
 * 1977  -, trombonist,
 * -, Argentine football player
 * 1978  -, baseball pitcher
 * -, American actress
 * 1979  -, Canadian musician
 * 1979  -, American musician
 * 1979  -, American baseball player
 * -, South Korean actor
 * 1980  -, Australian swimmer
 * 1980  -, American figure skater
 * 1980  -, German racing driver
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, American actress
 * -, Luxembourgian tennis player
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Driver
 * -, NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Driver

Deaths

 * - (b. )
 * -, Queen of Naples (b. )
 * -, Governor of Plymouth Colony (b. )
 * -, German composer
 * -, Italian violinist and composer(b. )
 * -, Scottish soldier and diplomat (b. )
 * -, German religious and social reformer (b. )
 * -, French artillery specialist (b. )
 * -, American delegate to the Continental Congress
 * -, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. )
 * -, German poet and historian (b. )
 * -, German philosopher and writer (b. )
 * -, U.S. general (b. )
 * -, American food manufacturer (b. )
 * -, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. )
 * -, Romanian poet (b. )
 * -, German-born physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, Danish industrialist (b. )
 * - Prince (b. )
 * -, Catalan mathematician, scientist, and engineer (b. )
 * -, the oldest daughter of and  (b. )
 * -, Italian bass (b. )
 * -, Austrian politician (b. )
 * -, American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite (b. )
 * 1968  -, British actor (b. )
 * 1968   -, American actress (b. )
 * -, Canadian politician (b. )
 * 1970  -, American labor leader (b. )
 * -, Norwegian author (b. )
 * 1976  -, German revolutionist (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Canadian-American businessman and industrialist (b. )
 * -, English footballer (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Nepalese sherpa (b. )
 * -, American country music singer (b. )
 * - ,, Australian train conductor
 * -, French Canadian military officer (b. )
 * -, South African freedom fighter (b. )
 * -, Italian film director (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, American songwriter and producer (b. )
 * -, U.S. Senator from Louisiana (b. )
 * -, Chechen president (b. )
 * 2004  -, American comedian (b. )
 * -, Afghani singer (b. )
 * -, second-to-last Canadian WWI veteran (b. )

Tony Gwinn

Holidays and observances

 * and some other parts of the former –  as the end of the "".
 * celebrates Victory Day to simultaneously mark the capture of in the  and the victorious end of.
 * –, commemorating the "".
 * - Independence Day.
 * , –  (commemorating the end of the   during ).
 * – (See ).
 * Espertantina, - Orgasm Day

Liturgical feasts

 * (died 501)
 * (died 346)
 * Saint (born 1880 - died 1962)
 * (died 346)
 * Saint (born 1880 - died 1962)
 * Saint (born 1880 - died 1962)