# What happened on May 9 in history?

**Date:** May 9  
**Events recorded:** 48  
**Years spanned:** 328 – 2023  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/may/9/

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## Featured Event

**2022** — Russo-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.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war)

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## Events on this date

- **328** — Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athanasius_of_Alexandria))
- **1009** — Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_conquest_of_southern_Italy))
- **1310** — Nephon, Bishop of Cyzicus, is consecrated as Patriarch of Constantinople. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephon_I_of_Constantinople))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England))
- **1450** — Timurid monarch 'Abd al-Latif is assassinated. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timurid_dynasty))
- **1502** — Christopher Columbus sets off from Cádiz for his fourth voyage. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus))
- **1540** — Hernando de Alarcón sets sail on an expedition to the Gulf of California. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_de_Alarc%C3%B3n))
- **1645** — Scottish Royalist forces under Lord Montrose defeat Covenanter forces under John Urry. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalier))
- **1662** — The figure who later became Mr. Punch makes his first recorded appearance in England. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch_and_Judy))
- **1671** — Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Blood))
- **1726** — Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Clap))
- **1761** — Exhibition of 1761, the inaugural exhibition of the Society of Artists of Great Britain, opens at Spring Gardens in London. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhibition_of_1761))
- **1864** — Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Schleswig_War))
- **1865** — American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Johnson))
- **1873** — Der Krach: The Vienna stock exchange crash begins the Panic of 1873 and heralds the Long Depression. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1873))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihail_Kog%C4%83lniceanu))
- **1901** — Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Australia))
- **1915** — World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I))
- **1918** — World War I: Germany repels Britain's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Ostend_Raid))
- **1920** — Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreshchatyk. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Soviet_War))
- **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). ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_E._Byrd))
- **1927** — The Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia, officially opens. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Parliament_House%2C_Canberra))
- **1936** — Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_Empire))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust_in_Ukraine))
- **1945** — World War II: The Channel Islands are liberated from Nazi occupation. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1946** — King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Emmanuel_III))
- **1948** — Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovakia))
- **1950** — Robert Schuman presents the "Schuman Declaration", considered by some to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Schuman))
- **1955** — Cold War: West Germany joins NATO. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_and_Drug_Administration))
- **1969** — Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Lamarca))
- **1974** — Watergate scandal: The  United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Jews))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norco%2C_California))
- **1987** — LOT Flight 5055 Tadeusz Kościuszko crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOT_Polish_Airlines_Flight_5055))
- **1988** — New Parliament House, Canberra officially opens. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_House%2C_Canberra))
- **1992** — Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia))
- **1992** — Westray Mine disaster kills 26 workers in Nova Scotia, Canada. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westray_Mine))
- **1999** — Mother's Day bus crash kills 22 passengers and injures another 22, including the driver in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother's_Day_bus_crash))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_the_Church_of_the_Nativity))
- **2018** — Barisan Nasional, the coalition that had governed Malaysia since the country's independence in 1957, suffer a historic defeat in the 2018 Malaysian general election. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barisan_Nasional))
- **2020** — The COVID-19 recession causes the U.S. unemployment rate to hit 14.9 percent, its worst rate since the Great Depression. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_recession))
- **2022** — Russo-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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war))
- **2023** — The May 9 riots following the arrest of Imran Khan in Pakistan. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_9_riots))

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## Notable births on May 9

- **2000** — **Trey Lance** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trey_Lance))
- **1996** — **Noah Centineo** — American actor ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_Centineo))
- **1995** — **Tommy Edman** — American baseball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Edman))
- **1995** — **Beth Mead** — English footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth_Mead))
- **1995** — **Shaboozey** — American rapper and singer-songwriter ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaboozey))
- **1992** — **Dan Burn** — English footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Burn))
- **1991** — **Majlinda Kelmendi** — Kosovar judoka ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majlinda_Kelmendi))
- **1989** — **Ellen White** — English footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_White_(footballer)))
- **1989** — **Daniel Rosenfeld** — German musician ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C418))
- **1988** — **J. R. Fitzpatrick** — Canadian racing driver ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._Fitzpatrick))

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## Notable deaths on May 9

- **2024** — **Sean Burroughs** — American baseball player (born 1980) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Burroughs))
- **2024** — **Roger Corman** — American film director, producer, and actor (born 1926) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Corman))
- **2024** — **Rex Murphy** — Canadian political commentator (born 1947) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Murphy))
- **2022** — **John Leo** — American a writer and journalist (born 1935) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Leo))
- **2022** — **Rieko Kodama** — Japanese game developer (born 1963) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rieko_Kodama))
- **2020** — **Little Richard** — American singer, songwriter, and pianist (born 1932) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Richard))
- **2019** — **Freddie Starr** — English comedian, impressionist, singer and actor (born 1943) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Starr))
- **2018** — **Per Kirkeby** — Danish painter, poet, film maker and sculptor (born 1938) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_Kirkeby))
- **2017** — **Robert Miles** — a Swiss-born Italian record producer, composer, musician and DJ (born 1969) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Miles))
- **2015** — **Edward W. Estlow** — American football player and journalist (born 1920) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_W._Estlow))

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