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What happend on 9. May in History
In our data base we found 305 events happened on 9. May:
• 328: Athanasius is elected Patriarch bishop of Alexandria. [category: Events]
• 1092: Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated. [category: Events]
• 1147: Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate of Japan (d. 1199) [category: Births]
• 1315: Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282) [category: Deaths]
• 1446: Mary of Enghien (b. 1368) [category: Deaths]
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• 1450: 'Abd al-Latif (Timurid monarch) is assassinated. [category: Events]
• 1540: Maharana Pratap, Hindu ruler of Mewar (d.1597) [category: Births]
• 1657: William Bradford, English leader, governor of the Plymouth Colony (b. 1590) [category: Deaths]
• 1662: The figure who later became Mr. Punch made his first recorded appearance in England. [category: Events]
• 1671: Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. [category: Events]
• 1707: Dieterich Buxtehude, German composer [category: Deaths]
• 1726: Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn. [category: Events]
• 1736: Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real, Portuguese diplomat and statesman (b. 1658) [category: Deaths]
• 1740: Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (d. 1816) [category: Births]
• 1745: Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1663) [category: Deaths]
• 1747: John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat (b. 1673) [category: Deaths]
• 1760: Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German religious and social reformer (b. 1700) [category: Deaths]
• 1763: The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac's War against British forces. [category: Events]
• 1789: Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French artillery officer and engineer (b. 1715) [category: Deaths]
• 1790: William Clingan, American delegate to the Continental Congress, signed the Articles of Confederation [category: Deaths]
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• 1791: Francis Hopkinson, American delegate and author, signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1737) [category: Deaths]
• 1800: John Brown, American abolitionist (d. 1859) [category: Births]
• 1801: Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English landowner, developer, and Member of Parliament, founded the town of Fleetwood, in Lancashire (d. 1866) [category: Births]
• 1805: Friedrich Schiller, German poet and historian (b. 1759) [category: Deaths]
• 1837: Adam Opel, German engineer and industrialist (d. 1895) [category: Births]
• 1860: J. M. Barrie, Scottish author (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1861: Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (b. 1805) [category: Deaths]
• 1864: Second War of Schleswig: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland. [category: Events]
• 1866: Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian political leader (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1873: Anton Cermak, American Politician 44th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1873: Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression. [category: Events]
• 1874: Howard Carter, English archaeologist (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1874: The first horse-drawn bus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes. [category: Events]
• 1877: A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Peru kills 2,541, including some as far away as Hawaii and Japan. [category: Events]
• 1877: Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania. [category: Events]
• 1882: George Barker, American painter (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1882: Henry J. Kaiser, American industrialist and shipbuilder (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1883: José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1884: Valdemar Psilander, Danish actor (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1886: Francis Biddle, American lawyer and judge, United States Attorney General (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1887: Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London. [category: Events]
• 1888: Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector and museum director (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1889: William S. Harney, American general (b. 1800) [category: Deaths]
• 1892: Zita of Bourbon-Parma (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1893: William Moulton Marston, American psychologist and writer (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1895: Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1895: Richard Barthelmess, American actor (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1896: Richard Day, Canadian director (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1901: Australia opens its first parliament in Melbourne. [category: Events]
• 1904: Conrad Bernier, French-Canadian organist, composer and teacher (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1904: The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100 mph (160 km/h). [category: Events]
• 1907: Baldur von Schirach, German Nazi official (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1907: Fred Warngård, Swedish athlete (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1907: Kathryn Kuhlman, American evangelist (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1908: Mary Goldsmith, American ceramist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1909: Don Messer, Canadian musician (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1911: The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio placed by the Vatican in the Index of Forbidden Books. [category: Events]
• 1912: Géza Ottlik, Hungarian writer (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1912: Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican actor (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1912: Per Imerslund, Norwegian writer (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1914: Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1914: Denham Fouts, American male prostitute and socialite (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1914: Hank Snow, Canadian-American singer-songwriter (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1914: C. W. Post, American food manufacturer, founded the Post Holdings food company (b. 1854) [category: Deaths]
• 1915: François Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1915: World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces. [category: Events]
• 1918: Mike Wallace, American journalist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1918: Moisis Michail Bourlas, Greek member of the World War II resistance (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1918: Orville L. Freeman, American politician (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1918: George Coşbuc, Romanian poet (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: World War I: Germans repel the British's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium. [category: Events]
• 1919: Arthur English, English actor and comedian (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1919: Clifford Chadderton, Canadian World War II veteran, chief executive officer of The War Amps [category: Births]
• 1920: Richard Adams, English author [category: Births]
• 1920: William Tenn, American author (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1920: Polish-Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreschatyk. [category: Events]
• 1921: Daniel Berrigan, American activist [category: Births]
• 1921: Mona Van Duyn, American poet (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1921: Sophie Scholl, German student, resistance fighter in Nazi Germany (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1923: Johnny Grant, American radio personality and television producer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1924: Bulat Okudzhava, Russian singer-songwriter, musician, port, and suthor (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1926: Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary seems to indicate that this did not happen). [category: Events]
• 1927: Manfred Eigen, German biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry [category: Births]
• 1927: The Australian Parliament first convenes in Canberra. [category: Events]
• 1928: Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian figure skater (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1928: Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1928: Ralph Goings, American painter [category: Births]
• 1929: Kay Dotrice, English actress (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1930: Joan Sims, English actress (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1930: Kalifa Tillisi, Libyan writer and linguist [category: Births]
• 1931: Vance Brand, American astronaut [category: Births]
• 1931: Albert Abraham Michelson, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Geraldine McEwan, English actress [category: Births]
• 1933: Jessica Steele, English novelist [category: Births]
• 1933: John Arthur Jarvis, British swimmer (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Alan Bennett, English author [category: Births]
• 1935: Nokie Edwards, American guitarist and actor (The Ventures) [category: Births]
• 1935: Roger Hargreaves, English author (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1936: Albert Finney, English actor [category: Births]
• 1936: Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician [category: Births]
• 1936: Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5. [category: Events]
• 1937: Dave Prater, American singer (Sam & Dave) (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1937: José Rafael Moneo, Spanish architect [category: Births]
• 1937: Sonny Curtis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1938: Charles Simic, Yugoslavian poet, 15th Poet Laureate of the United States [category: Births]
• 1938: Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Ion Ţiriac, Romanian tennis manager [category: Births]
• 1939: Pierre Desproges, French humorist (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1939: Ralph Boston, American athlete [category: Births]
• 1940: James L. Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1940: World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder. [category: Events]
• 1941: Pete Birrell, English bass guitarist (Freddie and the Dreamers) [category: Births]
• 1941: World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma cryptography machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages. [category: Events]
• 1942: Jerry Buchek, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1942: John Ashcroft, American politician, 79th United States Attorney General [category: Births]
• 1942: Tommy Roe, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1942: Holocaust: The SS murders 588 Jewish residents of the Podolian town of Zinkiv (Khmelnytska oblast, Ukraine). The Zoludek Ghetto (in Belarus) is destroyed and all its inhabitants murdered or deported. [category: Events]
• 1943: Anders Isaksson, Swedish journalist, writer, and historian (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1943: Vince Cable, English politician [category: Births]
• 1944: Laurence Owen, American figure skater (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1944: Richie Furay, American singer-songwriter and musician (Poco and Buffalo Springfield) [category: Births]
• 1945: Steve Katz, American musician, songwriter, and producer (Blood, Sweat & Tears, Blues Project, and American Flyer) [category: Births]
• 1945: World War II: Ratification in Berlin-Karlshorst of the German unconditional surrender of May 8 in Rheims, France, with the signatures of Marshal Georgy Zhukov for the Soviet Union.. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: The Channel Islands are liberated by the British after five years of German occupation. [category: Events]
• 1946: Ayşe Nur Zarakolu, Turkish author and activist (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1946: Candice Bergen, American actress [category: Births]
• 1946: Clint Holmes, English-American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1946: King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Humbert II. [category: Events]
• 1947: Paul Brady, Irish singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Planxty) [category: Births]
• 1947: Yukiya Amano, Japanese diplomat [category: Births]
• 1948: Calvin Murphy, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1948: Hans Georg Bock, German mathematician [category: Births]
• 1948: Tania Maria, Brazilian singer, pianist, composer, and bandleader [category: Births]
• 1948: Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect. [category: Events]
• 1949: Billy Joel, American singer-songwriter and pianist (The Hassles and Attila) [category: Births]
• 1949: Louis II, Prince of Monaco (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Rainier III of Monaco becomes Prince of Monaco. [category: Events]
• 1950: James Butts, American athlete [category: Births]
• 1950: Tom Petersson, American musician (Cheap Trick) [category: Births]
• 1950: Esteban Terradas i Illa, Catalan mathematician, scientist, and engineer (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Robert Schuman presents his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe, which according to him was indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. [category: Events]
• 1951: Alley Mills, American actress [category: Births]
• 1953: Amy Hill, American actress [category: Births]
• 1953: Bruno Brokken, Belgian high jumper [category: Births]
• 1953: Connie Kaldor, Canadian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1954: Lawrence Dutton, American violist and educator (Emerson String Quartet) [category: Births]
• 1955: Anne Sofie von Otter, Swedish soprano [category: Births]
• 1955: Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1955: Kate Booth, English Salvation Army officer (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Cold War: West Germany joins NATO. [category: Events]
• 1956: Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1957: Ezio Pinza, Italian opera singer (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Sir Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan Philanthropist (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Graham Smith, Canadian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1959: Ulrich Matthes, German actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Tony Gwynn, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1960: FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow gives his Wasteland Speech. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1961: Sean Altman, American singer-songwriter and musician (Rockapella) [category: Births]
• 1961: Jim Gentile of the Baltimore Orioles becomes the first player in baseball history to hit grand slams in consecutive innings. [category: Events]
• 1962: Dave Gahan, English singer-songwriter and musician (Depeche Mode) [category: Births]
• 1962: John Corbett, American actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Paul Heaton, English singer-songwriter and musician (The Housemartins and Beautiful South) [category: Births]
• 1963: Joe Cirella, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1963: Sanja Doležal, Croatian singer and television host (Novi fosili) [category: Births]
• 1964: Karl Bell, USMC Veteran [category: Births]
• 1964: Rico Lebrun, Italian-American painter and sculptor (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Ngo Dinh Can, de facto ruler of central Vietnam under his brother President Ngo Dinh Diem before the family's toppling, is executed. [category: Events]
• 1965: Janu Tornell, American model, Miss Nevada USA 1989 [category: Births]
• 1965: Ken Nomura, Japanese race car driver [category: Births]
• 1965: Steve Yzerman, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1965: Leopold Figl, Austrian politician (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Mark Tinordi, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1968: David Benoit, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Marie-José Pérec, French athlete [category: Births]
• 1968: Finlay Currie, English actor (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Marion Lorne, American actress (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Mercedes de Acosta, American poet, playwright, and costume designer (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Amber, Dutch-German singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1969: Hudson Leick, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks. [category: Events]
• 1970: Doug Christie, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1970: Ghostface Killah, American rapper and actor (Wu-Tang Clan and Theodore Unit) [category: Births]
• 1970: Andrew Watson Myles, Canadian politician (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Walter Reuther, American labor leader (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 75,000 to 100,000 war protesters demonstrate in front of the White House. [category: Events]
• 1971: Paul McGuigan, English bassist (Oasis and The Rain) [category: Births]
• 1972: Dana Perino, American politician and commentator, 27th White House press secretary [category: Births]
• 1972: Daniela Silivaş, Romanian gymnast [category: Births]
• 1972: Lisa Ann, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Megumi Odaka, Japanese actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1973: Chu Sang-mi, South Korean actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Dylan Lauren, American businesswoman, owner of Dylan's Candy Bar [category: Births]
• 1974: Stéphane Yelle, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1974: Watergate Scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon. [category: Events]
• 1975: Brian Deegan, American motocross rider [category: Births]
• 1975: Chris Diamantopoulos, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Lane Kiffin, American football coach [category: Births]
• 1975: Tamia, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Christos Marangos, Greek-Cypriot footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Ulrike Meinhof, German communist militant (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Choi Jeong-yoon, South Korean actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Iñigo Landaluze, Spanish cyclist [category: Births]
• 1977: Maggie Dixon, American basketball coach (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1977: Svein Tuft, Canadian bicycle rider [category: Births]
• 1977: James Jones, American writer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Hotel Polen fire: A disastrous fire burns down the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam causing 33 deaths and 21 severe injuries. [category: Events]
• 1978: Aaron Harang, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Leandro Damián Cufré, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Marwan al-Shehhi, Arab hijacker-pilot of United Airlines Flight 175 (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1978: Santiago Dellapè, Argentine-Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1978: Aldo Moro, Italian politician, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Andrew W.K., American singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Ara Mina, Filipino actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Brandon Webb, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Dionysis Boukouvalas, Greek composer, pianist, and musicologist [category: Births]
• 1979: Franz A.D. Morales, Filipino musician, and writer [category: Births]
• 1979: Matt Morris, American singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1979: Pierre Bouvier, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (Simple Plan and Reset) [category: Births]
• 1979: Rosario Dawson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American banker, businessman, and philanthropist (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000 member strong Jewish community of Iran. [category: Events]
• 1980: Angela Nikodinov, American figure skater [category: Births]
• 1980: Grant Hackett, Australian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1980: Jo Hyeon-jae, South Korean actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Tony Schmidt, German race car driver [category: Births]
• 1980: In Florida, 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. 35 people in six cars and a Greyhound bus fall 150 ft. into the water and die. [category: Events]
• 1980: In Norco, California, five masked gunman hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. [category: Events]
• 1981: Bill Murphy, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Evangelos Tsiolis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Yu Yokoyama, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (Kanjani Eight) [category: Births]
• 1981: Ralph Allen, English footballer (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Rachel Boston, American actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Giacomo Brichetto, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Gilles Müller, Luxembourgian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1983: Leandro Rinaudo, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Ryuhei Matsuda, Japanese actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Tyler Lumsden, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Prince Fielder, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Audrina Patridge, American actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Henrique Andrade Silva, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Jake Long, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: Edmond O'Brien, American actor (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Grace Gummer, American actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese sherpa mountaineer (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian politician and statesman (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: An LOT Polish Airlines Ilyushin IL-62M, Tadeusz Kościuszko (SP-LBG), crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board. [category: Events]
• 1988: J. R. Fitzpatrick, Canadian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1989: Ellen White, English Female Footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Keith Whitley, American singer and guitarist (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Chris Gutierrez, Filipino actor [category: Births]
• 1992: Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the Karabakh War. [category: Events]
• 1993: Ryosuke Yamada, Japanese actor, singer, and dancer (NYC and Hey! Say! JUMP) [category: Births]
• 1993: Jacques Dextraze, French-Canadian military officer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Elias Motsoaledi, South African freedom fighter (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Zane Huett, American actor [category: Births]
• 1997: Marco Ferreri, Italian director (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Rawya Ateya, Egyptian politician, first female parliamentarian in the Arab world (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Rina Lasnier, French-Canadian poet (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Alice Faye, American actress (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Rommie Loudd, American football player, coach, and executive (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Talat Mahmood, Indian singer and actor (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Arthur Davis, American animator (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: James E. Myers, American songwriter, actor, and producer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 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 teargas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee. [category: Events]
• 2002: Dan Devine, American football coach (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: In Kaspiysk, Russia, a remote-controlled bomb explodes during a holiday parade killing 43 and injuring at least 130. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2003: Russell B. Long, American politician (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Alan King, American comedian and actor (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov is killed by a land mine under a VIP stage during a World War II memorial victory parade in Grozny, Chechnya. [category: Events]
• 2005: Nasrat Parsa, Afghan singer (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Dwight Wilson, Canadian World War I veteran (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Edith Rodriguez, American woman refused emergency room treatment for gastrointestinal perforation (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Jack Gibson, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Nuala O'Faolain, Irish journalist (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Pascal Sevran, French television presenter and author (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Chuck Daly, American basketball coach (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Evgenios Spatharis, Greek shadow theatre artist (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Lena Horne, American singer, actress, and dancer (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Otakar Motejl, Czechoslvakian politician (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Wouter Weylandt, Belgian cyclist (b. 1984) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Carl Beane, American sports broadcaster and public address announcer (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Geoffrey Henry, Cook Island politician, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Vidal Sassoon, English hairdresser (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: A Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft crashes into Mount Salak in West Java, Indonesia, killing 45 people. [category: Events]
• _: Anniversary of Dianetics (Church of Scientology) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Beatus of Lungern [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Beatus of Vendome [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christopher (Αγιος Χριστόφορος) (Eastern Orthodox Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Europe Day, commemorating the Schuman Declaration. (European Union) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: George Preca [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gerontius of Cervia [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gregory of Nazianzus, Doctor, Bishop of Constantinople, 389 CE (commemoration, Anglican Communion) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrating the declaration of independence of Romania from the Ottoman Empire in 1877. (Romania) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Liberation Day, commemorating the end of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands during World War II). (Guernsey, Liberation Day (Jersey)) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: May 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: One of the three days of the Feast of the Lemures. (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pachomius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Tudy of Landevennec [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: 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, Ukraine, Uzbekistan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Victory and Peace Day, mark the capture of Shusha in the Karabakh War and the end of World War II. (Armenia) [category: Holidays and observances]