May 9 riots
2023
The May 9 riots following the arrest of Imran Khan in Pakistan..
May-9
Historical Events on May 9
May
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Russo-Ukrainian War
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.
2022
COVID-19 recession
The COVID-19 recession causes the U.S. unemployment rate to hit 14.9 percent, its worst rate since the Great Depression.
2020
Barisan Nasional
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.
2018
Siege of the Church of the Nativity
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.
2002
Ghana
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..
Armenia
Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
1992
Westray Mine
Westray Mine disaster kills 26 workers in Nova Scotia, Canada.
1992
Parliament House, Canberra
New Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
1988
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055
LOT Flight 5055 Tadeusz Kościuszko crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board.
1987
Florida
1980
In 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 bus fall 46 metres (150 ft) into the water and die..
Norco, California
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.
1980
Iranian Jews
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.
1979
Watergate scandal
Watergate scandal: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
1974
Carlos Lamarca
Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.
1969
Food and Drug Administration
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..
Cold War
Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
1955
Robert Schuman
Robert Schuman presents the "Schuman Declaration", considered by some to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.
1950
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect.
1948
Victor Emmanuel III
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.
1946
World War II
1945
World War II: the Channel Islands are liberated from Nazi occupation..
The Holocaust in Ukraine
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.
1942
World War II
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.
1941
Ethiopian Empire
Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
1936
Old Parliament House, Canberra
The Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia, officially opens.
1927
Richard E. Byrd
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.).
Polish–Soviet War
Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreshchatyk.
1920
Second Ostend Raid
World War I: Germany repels Britain's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.
1918
World War I
World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
1915
Parliament of Australia
Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
1901
Mihail Kogălniceanu
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..
Panic of 1873
Der Krach: The Vienna stock exchange crash begins the Panic of 1873 and heralds the Long Depression.
1873
American Civil War
American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.
1865
Andrew Johnson
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.
1865
Second Schleswig War
Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
1864
Exhibition of 1761
1761
Exhibition of 1761, the inaugural exhibition of the Society of Artists of Great Britain opens at Spring Gardens in London..
Margaret Clap
Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
1726
Thomas Blood
Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
1671
Punch and Judy
The figure who later became Mr. Punch makes his first recorded appearance in England.
1662
Hernando de Alarcón
Hernando de Alarcón sets sail on an expedition to the Gulf of California.
1540
Timurid dynasty
1450
Timurid monarch 'Abd al-Latif is assassinated..
England
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.
1386
Norman conquest of southern Italy
Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy.
1009
Athanasius of Alexandria
Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria.
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