May 9 Events
– 20001901 – Australia 's first parliament opens in Melbourne .1904 – The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100 miles per hour (160.9 kilometers per hour) in speed.1911 – The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed by the Vatican in the Index of Forbidden Books.1915 – World War I : The Second Battle of Artois takes place between French and German forces.1918 – World War I : German troops repel the second British attempt to blockade the port of Ostend , Belgium .1926 – Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole , though this claim is later doubted.1927 – Australia 's parliament moves from Melbourne to the new capital city, Canberra .1934 – In the United States , one of the worst Dust Bowl storms occurs, reaching Chicago on the same day and the East Coast the next day, completely destroying many livelihoods, especially in rural areas.1936 – Italy formally annexes Ethiopia .1940 – World War II : A German submarine U-9 sinks the French coastal submarine Doris in Den Helder , Netherlands .1941 – World War II : The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy . The Enigma cryptography machine is on board, and is later used to break coded German messages.1942 – World War II : Officers of the SS murder 588 people in the town of Zinkiv in western Ukraine .1945 – World War II : The Channel Islands are liberated from German occupation by the British .1946 – Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy abdicates the throne. Umberto II of Italy succeeds him. His reign only lasts a few weeks, as a majority in a June 2 referendum chooses to make Italy a republic .1948 – Czechoslovakia 's 9th May Constitution enters effect.1949 – Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco .1950 – Robert Schuman proposes the creation of an organised Europe .1950 – L. Ron Hubbard 's Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health , is published.1955 – West Germany joins NATO .1956 – Yuko Maki climbs Manaslu in Nepal , the 8th highest mountain in the world.1970 – 70,000 to 100,000 people protest against the Vietnam War in front of the White House .1974 – Impeachment hearings begin against Richard Nixon .1977 – The Hotel Polem in Amsterdam burns down, killing 33 and injuring 21.1978 – Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is murdered by the Red Brigades.1980 – In Florida , a Liberian freighter , MV Summit Venture collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa Bay , making a section of it collapse, killing 35 people.1987 – A plane crash in Warsaw kills 183 people.1988 – Canberra 's Parliament House opens.1992 – Armenia 's army captures Shushi , marking a major turning point in the Karabakh War .Births
Up to 1900
1147 – Minamoto no Yoritomo Japanese shogun (d. 1199 )1439 – Pope Pius III (d. 1503 )1540 – Maharana Pratap , Indian ruler (d. 1597 )1635 – Augustus, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön-Norburg (d. 1699 )1712 – William Pitcairn , Scottish physician and botanist (d. 1791 )1740 – Giovanni Paisiello , Italian composer (d. 1816 )1746 – Theodore Sedgwick , American politician (d. 1813 )1800 – John Brown , American abolitionist (d. 1859 )1810 – Princess Marianne of the Netherlands (d. 1883 )1814 – Adolf von Henselt , German pianist (d. 1889 )1823 – Frederick Weld , British colonial governor and 6th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1891 )1830 – Harriet Lane , niece of James Buchanan , acting First Lady of the United States (d. 1903 )1831 – William Watson Goodwin , American classical scholar (d. 1912 )1837 – Adam Opel , German engineer and industrialist (d. 1895 )1837 – Ben Hall , Australian bushranger (d. 1865 )1843 – Anton von Werner , Prussian painter (d. 1915 )1845 – Gustaf de Laval , Swedish engineer and inventor (d. 1913 )1860 – J. M. Barrie , Scottish writer (d. 1937 )1866 – Leon Bakst , Russian painter (d. 1924 )1870 – Hans Baluschek , German artist (d. 1935 )1873 – Anton Cermak , Mayor of Chicago (d. 1933 )1874 – Howard Carter , British archaeologist (d. 1939 )1882 – Henry J. Kaiser , industrialist (d. 1967 )1882 – George Barker , United States painter (d. 1965 )1882 – Edward Aloysius Mooney , American cardinal (d. 1958 )1883 – José Ortega y Gasset , Spanish philosopher (d. 1955 )1886 – Francis Biddle , 58th United States Attorney General (d. 1968 )1892 – Zita of Bourbon-Parma , empress of Austria-Hungary (d. 1989 )1895 – Richard Barthelmess , American actor (d. 1963 )1895 – Lucian Blaga , Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (d. 1961 )1895 – Frank Foss , American pole vaulter (d. 1989 )1896 – Richard Day , Canadian movie art director (d. 1972 )– 19251904 – Gregory Bateson , English–American anthropologist , biologist and philosopher (d. 1980 )1906 – Eleanor Estes , American writer (d. 1988 )1907 – Baldur von Schirach , Nazi official (d. 1974 )1910 – Barbara Woodhouse , Irish–born animal trainer (d. 1988 )1912 – Pedro Armendáriz , Mexican actor (d. 1963 )1914 – Hank Snow , Canadian–born country musician (d. 1999 )1914 – Carlo Maria Giulini , Italian musician and conductor (d. 2005 )1918 – Mike Wallace , American journalist (d. 2012 )1918 – Orville Freeman , American politician, 29th Governor of Minnesota (d. 2003 )1920 – Richard Adams , British writer (d. 2016 )1920 – William Tenn , writer (d. 2010 )1921 – Daniel Berrigan , American Jesuit priest , activist and poet (d. 2016 )1921 – Sophie Scholl , resistance fighter with White Rose Nazi Germany (d. 1943 )1924 – Bulat Okudzhava , Russian poet , writer , novelist and musician (d. 1997 )– 19501927 – Wim Thoelke , show master (d. 1995 )1927 – Manfred Eigen , German biophysicist (d. 2019 )1928 – Colin Chapman , engineer, founder of Lotus Cars (d. 1982 )1928 – Pancho Gonzalez , American tennis player (d. 1995 )1928 – Barbara Ann Scott , Canadian figure skater (d. 2012 )1928 – Ralph Goings , American artist (d. 2016 )1929 – Kay Dotrice , English actress (d. 2007 )1930 – Joan Sims , English actress (d. 2001 )1932 – Geraldine McEwan , English actress (d. 2015 )1932 – Javier Ambrois , Uruguayan footballer (d. 1975 )1934 – Alan Bennett , English writer and playwright 1935 – Roger Hargreaves , English writer (The Mr. Men ) (d. 1988 )1935 – Nokie Edwards , American guitarist and actor (d. 2018 )1936 – Glenda Jackson , English actress and politician1936 – Albert Finney , English actor (d. 2019 )1937 – Rafael Moneo , Spanish architect 1938 – Charles Simic , Yugoslavian –born poet 1939 – Ralph Boston , American athlete 1940 – James L. Brooks , American producer and writer1942 – John Ashcroft , former United States Attorney General 1943 – Vince Cable , British politician1943 – Colin Pillinger , British planetary scientist (d. 2014 )1943 – Anders Isaksson , Swedish journalist and historian (d. 2009 )1944 – Richie Furay , American musician ("Poco ", "Buffalo Springfield ")1944 – Petra Roth , former Mayor of Frankfurt am Main 1945 – Jupp Heynckes , German footballer1945 – Gamal El-Ghitani , Egyptian writer and journalist (d. 2015 )1945 – Steve Katz , American guitarist , songwriter and producer 1946 – Candice Bergen , American actress1946 – Drafi Deutscher , German musician (d. 2006 )1947 – Michael Levitt , South African–born biophysicist , Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner1948 – Hans Georg Bock , German mathematician 1949 – Billy Joel , American musician 1949 – Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara , President of Niger (d. 1999 )1950 – Tom Petersson, American bass guitar player (Cheap Trick )1950 – Marcheline Bertrand , American actress (d. 2007 )1950 – Luciano Spinosi , Italian footballer 1950 – Matthew Kelly , British actor and television presenter– 19751951 – Alley Mills , American actress1954 – Nicholas Crane , English geographer and journalist1954 – Marc Sinden , English actor , director and producer 1955 – Anne-Sofie von Otter , Swedish mezzo–soprano 1955 – Kevin Peter Hall , American actor (d. 1991 )1957 – Fulvio Cullovati , Italian footballer 1959 – Janos Ader , President of Hungary 1960 – Tony Gwynn , American baseball player (d. 2014 )1962 – John Corbett , American actor1962 – Gary Hume , English artist 1962 – Dave Gahan , English singer-songwriter and musician 1962 – Paul Heaton , English singer-songwriter and musician 1964 – Kevin Saunderson , American music producer and DJ1964 – David Gahan , Singer for Depeche Mode 1965 – Steve Yzerman , Canadian ice hockey player1968 – Marie-José Perec , French athlete 1968 – Masahiko Harada , Japanese ski jumper1968 – Ruth Kelly , British politician1969 – Amber , Dutch–German singer , songwriter and producer 1969 – Hudson Leick , American actress1970 – David Cawthorne Haines , Scottish aid worker (d. 2014 )1970 – Ghostface Killah , American rapper1970 – Doug Christie , American basketball player1971 – Paul McGuigan , British musician (Oasis )1971 – Don Hutchison , English–Scottish footballer 1972 – Dana Perino , American journalist and politician , 27th White House Press Secretary1975 – Tamia , Canadian singer-songwriter , producer and actress 1975 – Clint Diamantopoulos , Canadian actorFrom 1976
1977 – Marek Jankulovski , Czech footballer 1978 – Leandro Cufré , Argentine footballer 1979 – Rosario Dawson , American actress1979 – Pierre Bouvier , Canadian musician (Simple Plan )1980 – Grant Hackett , Australian swimmer1980 – Sara Widén , Swedish opera singer (d. 2014 )1981 – Evangelos Tsiolis , Greek footballer1982 – Kim Jung-woo , South Korean footballer1982 – Rachel Boston , American actress1983 – Ryuhei Matsuda , Japanese actor1983 – Alan Campbell , Northern Irish rower1983 – Gilles Müller , Luxembourgish tennis player1983 – Leandro Rinaudo , Italian footballer 1984 – Prince Fielder , American baseball player1985 – Audrina Patridge , American actress and television personality1986 – Grace Gummer , American actress 1989 – Ellen White , English footballer 1991 – Stasia Rage , Latvian figure skater1992 – Chris Gutierrez , American–Filipino actor1993 – Ryosuke Yamada , Japanese actor, singer and dancer 1993 – Laura Muir , Scottish athlete1997 – Zane Huett , American actor2016 – Alfie Evans , British infant in parental rights case (d. 2018 )Deaths
Up to 1900
1280 – King Magnus VI of Norway (b. 1238 )1315 – Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282 )1707 – Dietrich Buxtehude , German composer (b. 1637 )1745 – Tomaso Antonio Vitali , Italian violinist and composer (b. 1663 )1760 – Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf , German religious and social reformer (b. 1700 )1791 – Francis Hopkinson , American judge and politician (b. 1737 )1805 – Friedrich Schiller , German writer (b. 1759 )1836 – Caleb P. Bennett , Governor of Delaware (b. 1758 )1850 – Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac , French chemist and physicist (b. 1778 )1850 – Garlieb Merkel , Baltic German writer and activist (b. 1769 )1861 – Peter Ernst von Lasaulx , German philosopher and writer (b. 1805 )1864 – John Sedgwick , American general (b. 1813 )1889 – William S. Harney , American general (b. 1800 )– 20001909 – Margarete Steiff , German founder of the Steiff toy company (b. 1847 )1915 – Tony Wilding , New Zealand tennis player (b. 1883 )1915 – Francois Faber , Luxembourg–French cyclist (b. 1887 )1931 – Albert Abraham Michelson , German–born physicist (b. 1852 )1942 – Jozef Cebula , Polish priest (b. 1902 )1949 – Prince Louis II of Monaco (b. 1870 )1950 – Esteban Terradas i Illa , Catalan mathematician , scientist and engineer (b. 1883 )1955 – Kate Booth , English Salvation Army officer (b. 1858 )1957 – Enzo Pinza , Italian opera singer (b. 1892 )1959 – Bhaurao Patil , Indian educator and social activist (b. 1887 )1964 – Rico Lebrun , Italian–American painter and sculptor (b. 1900 )1965 – Leopold Figl , Austrian politician (b. 1902 )1968 – Mercedes de Acosta , American poet , playwright and costume designer (b. 1893 )1968 – Harold Gray , American cartoonist (b. 1894 )1970 – Walter Reuther , American labor leader (b. 1907 )1976 – Ulrike Meinhof , member of the Red Army Faction (b. 1934 )1978 – Giuseppe Impastato , Italian political activist (b. 1948 )1978 – Aldo Moro , Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1916 )1986 – Tenzing Norgay , Nepalese mountain climber (b. 1914 )1987 – Obafemi Awolowo , Nigerian politician (b. 1909 )1989 – Keith Whitley , American singer, guitarist and producer (b. 1955 )1997 – Marco Ferreri , Italian movie director (b. 1928 )1997 – Rawya Ateya , Egyptian politician (b. 1926 )1998 – Alice Faye , American actress (b. 1915 )From 2001
2001 – Nikos Sampson , 2nd President of Cyprus (b. 1935 )2001 – James E. Myers , American songwriter and producer (b. 1919 )2003 – Russell B. Long , American politician (b. 1918 )2004 – Akhmad Kadyrov , President of Chechnya (b. 1951 )2009 – Chuck Daly , American basketball coach (b. 1930 )2010 – Acharya Mahapragya , Indian religious leader (Jainism ) (b. 1920 )2010 – Lena Horne , American singer and actress (b. 1917 )2011 – Wouter Weylandt , Belgian cyclist (b. 1984 )2011 – Lidia Gueiler Tejada , former acting President of Bolivia (b. 1921 )2012 – Vidal Sassoon , British hairdresser (b. 1928 )2012 – Geoffrey Henry , former Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (b. 1940 )2013 – George M. Leader , 36th Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1918 )2013 – Andrew Simpson , British sailor (b. 1976 )2013 – Ottavio Missoni , Italian fashion designer and hurdler (b. 1921 )2013 – Alfredo Landa , Spanish actor (b. 1933 )2014 – Harlan Mathews , American politician (b. 1926 )2014 – Joe Wilder , American jazz trumpeter , bandleader and composer (b. 1922 )2014 – Jules Mutebusi , Congolese militant (b. 1960 )2014 – Jorge Zavala , Ecuadorean politician (b. 1921 )2014 – Mel Patton , American sprinter (b. 1924 )2015 – Michael MacKellar , Australian politician (b. 1938 )2015 – Lo Wing-lok , Hong Kong politician (b. 1954 )2015 – Igor Gorynin , Russian metallurgist (b. 1926 )2015 – Kenan Evren , 7th President of Turkey (b. 1917 )2015 – Johnny Gimble , American country musician (b. 1926 )2015 – Odo Marquard , German philosopher (b. 1928 )2015 – Ragne Tangen , Norwegian television presenter (b. 1927 )2015 – Elizabeth Wilson , American actress (b. 1921 )2016 – Gareth Gwenlan , British television producer (b. 1937 )2016 – Walther Leisler Kiep , German politician (b. 1926 )2016 – Karl Maramorosch , American virologist and plant pathologist (b. 1915 )2016 – John Warr , English cricketer (b. 1927 )2017 – Christopher Boykin , American entertainer and musician (b. 1972 )2017 – Robert Miles , Italian musician and record producer (b. 1969 )2017 – Arthur Moulin , French politician (b. 1924 )2017 – Michael Parks , American actor (b. 1940 )2017 – Qian Qichen , Chinese diplomat (b. 1928 )2017 – Wilburn K. Ross , American World War II veteran (b. 1922 )2017 – Edward Lunn Young , American politician (b. 1920 )2018 – Poldine Carlo , American writer (b. 1920 )2018 – Delphine Gibson , American supercentenarian (b. 1903 )2018 – Mustafa Nurul Islam , Bangladeshi academic (b. 1927 )2018 – Per Kirkeby , Danish artist (b. 1938 )2018 – Scott Hutchison , Scottish singer and musician (Frightened Rabbit ) (b. 1981 )2019 – Abul Khayr Alonto , Filipino politician, lawyer and businessman (b. 1945 )2019 – Sergey Dorenko , Russian journalist and news presenter (b. 1959 )2019 – Jim Hawkes , Canadian politician (b. 1934 )2019 – Arif Malikov , Soviet–Azerbaijani composer (b. 1933 )2019 – Alvin Sargent , American screenwriter (b. 1927 )2019 – Freddie Starr , English comedian (b. 1943 )2019 – Yuan Boahua , Chinese politician (b. 1916 )Holidays
Victory and Peace Day in Armenia , the capture of Shushi in the Karabakh War and the end of Great Patriotic War .
Victory Day observances, celebration of the Soviet Union victory over Nazi Germany (former Soviet Union , Azerbaijan , Belarus , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Israel , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Moldova , Russia , Serbia , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Ukraine , Uzbekistan )Independence Day (Romania )
Liberation Day (Channel Islands )