May 9th All Events |
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| May 9th, 2008 (May 09 2008) | Death | Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach (born in 1929) | |
| May 9th, 2008 (May 09 2008) | Death | Nuala O Faolain, Irish journalist (born in 1942) | |
| May 9th, 2007 (May 09 2007) | Death | Dwight Wilson, second-to-last Canadian WWI veteran (born in 1901) | |
| May 9th, 2007 (May 09 2007) | Death | Edith Rodriguez, hospital emergency room refused to treat (born in 1964) | |
| May 9th, 2006 (May 09 2006) | Event | Estonia ratifies the European Constitution. | |
| May 9th, 2006 (May 09 2006) | Event | George Preca is canonised as the first Maltese saint in history. | |
| May 9th, 2005 (May 09 2005) | Death | Nasrat Parsa, Afghani singer (born in 1969) | |
| May 9th, 2004 (May 09 2004) | Event | Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov is killed in a land mine bomb blast under a VIP stage during a World War II memorial victory parade in Grozny, Chechnya. | |
| May 9th, 2004 (May 09 2004) | Death | Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen president (born in 1951) | |
| May 9th, 2004 (May 09 2004) | Death | Alan King, American comedian (born in 1927) | |
| May 9th, 2003 (May 09 2003) | Death | Russell B. Long, U.S. Senator from Louisiana (born in 1918) | |
| May 9th, 2002 (May 09 2002) | Event | 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 militants among them deported to several different countries. | |
| May 9th, 2002 (May 09 2002) | Event | In Kaspiysk, Russia, a remote-controlled bomb explodes during a holiday parade killing 43 and injuring at least 130. | |
| May 9th, 2002 (May 09 2002) | Death | Dan Devine, American football coach (born in 1924) | |
| May 9th, 2001 (May 09 2001) | Event | In Ghana 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium Disaster. The deaths were caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of teargas by police personnel at the stadium)that followed a controversial decision by the referee handling a crucial match between arch-rivals Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko. | |
| May 9th, 2001 (May 09 2001) | Death | James E. Myers, American songwriter (Rock Around the Clock) and producer (born in 1919) | |
| May 9th, 1998 (May 09 1998) | Death | Alice Faye, American actress (born in 1915) | |
| May 9th, 1997 (May 09 1997) | Death | Marco Ferreri, Italian film director (born in 1928) | |
| May 9th, 1996 (May 09 1996) | Birth | Mary Matilyn Mouser, American child actress | |
| May 9th, 1994 (May 09 1994) | Death | Elias Motsoaledi, South African freedom fighter (born in 1924) | |
| May 9th, 1993 (May 09 1993) | Death | Jacques Dextraze, French Canadian military officer (born in 1919) | |
| May 9th, 1992 (May 09 1992) | Event | Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the Karabakh War. | |
| May 9th, 1990 (May 09 1990) | Death | James Chadwick, English physicist, Nobel laureate (Physics, 1935) | |
| May 9th, 1989 (May 09 1989) | Death | Keith Whitley, American country music singer (born in 1955) | |
| May 9th, 1988 (May 09 1988) | Event | The new Australian Parliament House opens in Canberra. | |
| May 9th, 1988 (May 09 1988) | Birth | Skye Regan, Canadian Actress and Writer | |
| May 9th, 1988 (May 09 1988) | Birth | John Ryan Fitzpatrick, NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Driver | |
| May 9th, 1987 (May 09 1987) | Event | A Polish LOT Ilyushin IL-62M "Tadeusz Kosciuszko" (SP-LBG) crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing 183 people. | |
| May 9th, 1986 (May 09 1986) | Death | Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese sherpa and 1st sherpa to climb Mt. Everest (born in 1914) | |
| May 9th, 1985 (May 09 1985) | Birth | Jake Long, American football player | |
| May 9th, 1985 (May 09 1985) | Death | Edmond O Brien, American actor (born in 1915) | |
| May 9th, 1984 (May 09 1984) | Birth | Prince Fielder, American baseball player | |
| May 9th, 1983 (May 09 1983) | Birth | Tyler Lumsden, American baseball player | |
| May 9th, 1983 (May 09 1983) | Birth | Gilles Muller, Luxembourgian tennis player | |
| May 9th, 1982 (May 09 1982) | Birth | Rachel Boston, American actress | |
| May 9th, 1981 (May 09 1981) | Birth | Bill Murphy, American baseball player | |
| May 9th, 1981 (May 09 1981) | Death | Ralph Allen, English footballer (born in 1906) | |
| May 9th, 1980 (May 09 1980) | Event | In Florida, Liberian freighter MV Summit Venture hits the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay sending 35 people (most in a bus) to a watery death as a 1,400-foot section of the bridge collapses. | |
| May 9th, 1980 (May 09 1980) | Event | 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. Two of the gunmen and one police officer are killed and thirty-three police and civilian vehicles are destroyed in the chase. | |
| May 9th, 1980 (May 09 1980) | Event | The first meeting of Pope John Paul II and the Archbishop of Canterbury takes place in Ghana. | |
| May 9th, 1980 (May 09 1980) | Birth | Cho Hyeon Jae, South Korean actor | |
| May 9th, 1980 (May 09 1980) | Birth | Grant Hackett, Australian swimmer | |
| May 9th, 1980 (May 09 1980) | Birth | Angela Nikodinov, American figure skater | |
| May 9th, 1980 (May 09 1980) | Birth | Tony Schmidt, German racing driver | |
| May 9th, 1979 (May 09 1979) | Birth | Rosario Dawson, American actress | |
| May 9th, 1979 (May 09 1979) | Birth | Pierre Bouvier, Canadian musician (Simple Plan) | |
| May 9th, 1979 (May 09 1979) | Birth | Andrew W.K., American musician | |
| May 9th, 1979 (May 09 1979) | Birth | Brandon Webb, American baseball player | |
| May 9th, 1979 (May 09 1979) | Death | Cyrus Eaton, Canadian-American businessman and industrialist (born in 1883) | |
| May 9th, 1978 (May 09 1978) | Birth | Leandro Damian Cufre, Argentine footballer | |
| May 9th, 1978 (May 09 1978) | Birth | Aaron Harang, American baseball player, pitcher | |
| May 9th, 1978 (May 09 1978) | Death | Aldo Moro, Prime Minister of Italy (born in 1916) | |
| May 9th, 1977 (May 09 1977) | Birth | Choi Jeong-yoon, South Korean actress | |
| May 9th, 1977 (May 09 1977) | Birth | Maggie Dixon, Women s college basketball coach (died in 2006) | |
| May 9th, 1977 (May 09 1977) | Birth | Inigo Landaluze, Spanish cyclist | |
| May 9th, 1977 (May 09 1977) | Death | James Jones, American writer (born in 1921) | |
| May 9th, 1976 (May 09 1976) | Death | Jens Bjorneboe, Norwegian author (born in 1920) | |
| May 9th, 1976 (May 09 1976) | Death | Ulrike Meinhof, German revolutionist (born in 1934) | |
| May 9th, 1975 (May 09 1975) | Birth | Brian Deegan, Freestyle Motocross innovator | |
| May 9th, 1975 (May 09 1975) | Birth | Chris Diamantopoulos, Canadian actor | |
| May 9th, 1975 (May 09 1975) | Birth | Tamia, Canadian singer | |
| May 9th, 1974 (May 09 1974) | Event | Watergate Scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon. | |
| May 9th, 1973 (May 09 1973) | Birth | Chu Sang-mi, South Korean actress | |
| May 9th, 1972 (May 09 1972) | Birth | Megumi Odaka, Japanese actress and artist | |
| May 9th, 1972 (May 09 1972) | Birth | Daniela Silivas, Romanian gymnast | |
| May 9th, 1971 (May 09 1971) | Birth | Paul McGuigan, English bassist (Oasis) | |
| May 9th, 1970 (May 09 1970) | Event | Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 75,000 to 100,000 war protesters demonstrate in front of the White House. | |
| May 9th, 1970 (May 09 1970) | Birth | Doug Christie, American basketball player | |
| May 9th, 1970 (May 09 1970) | Birth | Ghostface Killah, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan) | |
| May 9th, 1970 (May 09 1970) | Death | Andrew Watson Myles, Canadian politician (born in 1884) | |
| May 9th, 1970 (May 09 1970) | Death | Walter Reuther, American labor leader (born in 1907) | |
| May 9th, 1969 (May 09 1969) | Birth | Amber, Dutch musician | |
| May 9th, 1968 (May 09 1968) | Birth | Marie-Jose Perec, French athlete | |
| May 9th, 1968 (May 09 1968) | Death | Mercedes de Acosta, American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite (born in 1893) | |
| May 9th, 1968 (May 09 1968) | Death | Finlay Currie, British actor (born in 1878) | |
| May 9th, 1968 (May 09 1968) | Death | Marion Lorne, American actress (born in 1885) | |
| May 9th, 1965 (May 09 1965) | Birth | Ken Nomura, Japanese racing driver | |
| May 9th, 1965 (May 09 1965) | Birth | Janu Tornell, American model and Survivor contestant | |
| May 9th, 1965 (May 09 1965) | Birth | Steve Yzerman, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| May 9th, 1965 (May 09 1965) | Death | Leopold Figl, Austrian politician (born in 1902) | |
| May 9th, 1964 (May 09 1964) | Birth | Kevin Saunderson, American music producer and disc jockey | |
| May 9th, 1963 (May 09 1963) | Birth | Sanja Dolezal, Croatian singer (Novi fosili) | |
| May 9th, 1962 (May 09 1962) | Birth | David Gahan, English singer (Depeche Mode) | |
| May 9th, 1962 (May 09 1962) | Birth | Paul Heaton, English singer/songwriter (Beautiful South) | |
| May 9th, 1961 (May 09 1961) | Event | Jim Gentile of the Baltimore Orioles becomes the first player in baseball history to hit grand slams in consecutive innings. | |
| May 9th, 1961 (May 09 1961) | Birth | John Corbett, American actor | |
| May 9th, 1960 (May 09 1960) | Event | The FDA announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle s Enovid, making Enovid the world s first approved oral contraceptive pill. | Ovid Quotes |
| May 9th, 1960 (May 09 1960) | Birth | Tony Gwynn, American baseball player | |
| May 9th, 1957 (May 09 1957) | Death | Ezio Pinza, Italian bass (born in 1892) | |
| May 9th, 1956 (May 09 1956) | Event | First ascent of Manaslu, the world s eighth-highest mountain. | |
| May 9th, 1956 (May 09 1956) | Birth | Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress | |
| May 9th, 1955 (May 09 1955) | Event | Cold War: West Germany joins NATO. | |
| May 9th, 1955 (May 09 1955) | Event | Sam and Friends debuts on a local United States television channel, marking the first television appearance of both Jim Henson and what would become Kermit the Frog and the Muppets. | |
| May 9th, 1955 (May 09 1955) | Birth | Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (died in 1991) | |
| May 9th, 1955 (May 09 1955) | Birth | Anne-Sofie von Otter, Swedish mezzo-soprano | |
| May 9th, 1955 (May 09 1955) | Birth | Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia | |
| May 9th, 1955 (May 09 1955) | Death | Kate Booth, the oldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth (born in 1858) | William Booth Quotes |
| May 9th, 1953 (May 09 1953) | Birth | Bruno Brokken, Belgian high jumper | |
| May 9th, 1950 (May 09 1950) | Event | Robert Schuman presents his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe, indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the "Schuman declaration", is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union. | |
| May 9th, 1950 (May 09 1950) | Event | L. Ron Hubbard s Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health is released. | L. Ron Hubbard Quotes |
| May 9th, 1950 (May 09 1950) | Death | Esteban Terradas i Illa, Catalan mathematician, scientist, and engineer (born in 1883) | |
| May 9th, 1949 (May 09 1949) | Event | Rainier III of Monaco becomes Prince of Monaco. | |
| May 9th, 1949 (May 09 1949) | Birth | Billy Joel, American musician | |
| May 9th, 1949 (May 09 1949) | Death | Prince Louis II of Monaco (born in 1870) | |
| May 9th, 1948 (May 09 1948) | Birth | Hans Georg Bock, German mathematician | |
| May 9th, 1948 (May 09 1948) | Birth | Calvin Murphy, American basketball player | |
| May 9th, 1946 (May 09 1946) | Event | King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Humbert II. | |
| May 9th, 1946 (May 09 1946) | Birth | Candice Bergen, American actress | |
| May 9th, 1946 (May 09 1946) | Birth | Clint Holmes, English-born American singer and songwriter | |
| May 9th, 1945 (May 09 1945) | Event | World War II: The final German surrender to Marshal Georgy Zhukov at Berlin-Karlshorst is signed by Colonel-General Hans-Jurgen Stumpff as the representative of the Luftwaffe, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel as the Chief of Staff of OKW, and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine. | Wilhelm Keitel Quotes |
| May 9th, 1945 (May 09 1945) | Event | World War II: General Alexander Lohr, commander of German Army Group E in Topolsica signs the unconditional surrender of German occupying forces in former Yugoslavia ending World War II in Slovenia. | |
| May 9th, 1945 (May 09 1945) | Event | World War II: Partisans liberate Ljubljana. | |
| May 9th, 1945 (May 09 1945) | Event | World War II: Hermann Goring is captured by the United States Army. | Hermann Goring Quotes |
| May 9th, 1945 (May 09 1945) | Event | World War II: Vidkun Quisling is arrested in Norway. | |
| May 9th, 1945 (May 09 1945) | Event | World War II: The Red Army enters Prague (capitulation of Nazi occupation troops). | |
| May 9th, 1945 (May 09 1945) | Event | World War II: The Soviet Union marks Victory Day. | |
| May 9th, 1945 (May 09 1945) | Event | World War II: The Channel Islands are formally liberated by the British. | |
| May 9th, 1944 (May 09 1944) | Birth | Richie Furay, American musician (Poco and Buffalo Springfield) | |
| May 9th, 1942 (May 09 1942) | Event | World War II: Belgrade becomes the first Axis-conquered city to murder or eliminate its Jewish population, largely with the help of Serbian collaborators. | |
| May 9th, 1942 (May 09 1942) | Event | Holocaust: The SS murder 588 Jewish residents of the Podolian town of Zinkiv (Khmelnytska oblast, Ukraine). | |
| May 9th, 1942 (May 09 1942) | Birth | John Ashcroft, United States Attorney General | |
| May 9th, 1942 (May 09 1942) | Birth | Tommy Roe, American singer and songwriter | |
| May 9th, 1941 (May 09 1941) | Event | 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. | |
| May 9th, 1940 (May 09 1940) | Event | World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder. | |
| May 9th, 1940 (May 09 1940) | Birth | James L. Brooks, American film producer and writer | |
| May 9th, 1939 (May 09 1939) | Birth | Ralph Boston, American athlete | |
| May 9th, 1939 (May 09 1939) | Birth | Pierre Desproges, French humorist (died in 1988) | |
| May 9th, 1939 (May 09 1939) | Birth | Ion Tiriac, Romanian tennis player and businessman | |
| May 9th, 1938 (May 09 1938) | Birth | Charles Simic Yugoslavian-born poet, 15th Poet Laureate of the United States | |
| May 9th, 1938 (May 09 1938) | Death | Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist (born in 1866) | |
| May 9th, 1937 (May 09 1937) | Birth | Jose Rafael Moneo, Spanish architect | |
| May 9th, 1937 (May 09 1937) | Birth | David Prater, American singer (Sam & Dave) (died in 1988) | |
| May 9th, 1936 (May 09 1936) | Event | Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5. | |
| May 9th, 1936 (May 09 1936) | Birth | Albert Finney, British actor | Albert Finney Quotes |
| May 9th, 1936 (May 09 1936) | Birth | Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician | |
| May 9th, 1935 (May 09 1935) | Birth | Nokie Edwards, American guitarist (The Ventures) | |
| May 9th, 1934 (May 09 1934) | Birth | Alan Bennett, British author | Alan Bennett Quotes |
| May 9th, 1931 (May 09 1931) | Birth | Vance Brand, American astronaut | |
| May 9th, 1931 (May 09 1931) | Death | Albert Abraham Michelson, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1852) | Abraham Quotes |
| May 9th, 1930 (May 09 1930) | Birth | Joan Sims, British actress (died in 2001) | |
| May 9th, 1928 (May 09 1928) | Birth | Ralph Goings, American painter | |
| May 9th, 1928 (May 09 1928) | Birth | Pancho Gonzalez, American tennis player (died in 1995) | |
| May 9th, 1928 (May 09 1928) | Birth | Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian figure skater | |
| May 9th, 1927 (May 09 1927) | Event | The Australian Parliament first convenes in Canberra. | |
| May 9th, 1927 (May 09 1927) | Birth | Manfred Eigen, German biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry | |
| May 9th, 1926 (May 09 1926) | Event | 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). | Richard E. Byrd Quotes |
| May 9th, 1924 (May 09 1924) | Birth | Bulat Okudzhava, Russian writer and musician (died in 1997) | |
| May 9th, 1923 (May 09 1923) | Birth | Johnny Grant, American radio personality, television producer (died in 2008) | |
| May 9th, 1921 (May 09 1921) | Birth | Sophie Scholl, resistance fighter in Nazi Germany (died in 1943) | |
| May 9th, 1921 (May 09 1921) | Birth | Mona Van Duyn, American poet (died in 2004) | |
| May 9th, 1921 (May 09 1921) | Birth | Daniel Berrigan, American peace activist | |
| May 9th, 1920 (May 09 1920) | Event | Polish-Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Smigly celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreschatyk. | |
| May 9th, 1920 (May 09 1920) | Birth | Richard Adams, English author | |
| May 9th, 1920 (May 09 1920) | Birth | William Tenn, American author | |
| May 9th, 1919 (May 09 1919) | Birth | Arthur English, English actor and comedian (died in 1995) | |
| May 9th, 1918 (May 09 1918) | Birth | Mike Wallace, American journalist | |
| May 9th, 1918 (May 09 1918) | Birth | Orville L. Freeman, American politician (died in 2003) | |
| May 9th, 1918 (May 09 1918) | Birth | Moisis Michail Bourlas, Greek member of the World War II resistance | |
| May 9th, 1918 (May 09 1918) | Death | George Cosbuc, Romanian poet (born in 1866) | |
| May 9th, 1915 (May 09 1915) | Event | World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces. | |
| May 9th, 1915 (May 09 1915) | Death | Francois Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (born in 1887) | |
| May 9th, 1914 (May 09 1914) | Event | J.T. Hearne becomes the first bowler to take 3000 first-class wickets. | |
| May 9th, 1914 (May 09 1914) | Birth | Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian musician and conductor (died in 2005) | |
| May 9th, 1914 (May 09 1914) | Birth | Hank Snow, American country music singer and songwriter (died in 1999) | |
| May 9th, 1914 (May 09 1914) | Death | C.W. Post, American food manufacturer (born in 1854) | |
| May 9th, 1912 (May 09 1912) | Birth | Pedro Armendariz, Mexican actor (died in 1963) | |
| May 9th, 1912 (May 09 1912) | Birth | Per Imerslund, "The aryan idol" (died in 1943) | |
| May 9th, 1909 (May 09 1909) | Birth | Don Messer, Canadian country musician (died in 1973) | |
| May 9th, 1908 (May 09 1908) | Birth | Mary Goldsmith, American ceramist (died in 2007) | |
| May 9th, 1907 (May 09 1907) | Birth | Baldur von Schirach, Nazi official (died in 1974) | Baldur von Schirach Quotes |
| May 9th, 1907 (May 09 1907) | Birth | Kathryn Kuhlman, famed evangelist (died in 1976) | |
| May 9th, 1907 (May 09 1907) | Birth | Fred Warngard, Swedish athlete (died in 1950) | |
| May 9th, 1904 (May 09 1904) | Event | The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine to exceed 100mph. | |
| May 9th, 1901 (May 09 1901) | Event | Australia opens its first parliament in Melbourne. | |
| May 9th, 1895 (May 09 1895) | Birth | Richard Barthelmess, American actor (died in 1963) | |
| May 9th, 1895 (May 09 1895) | Birth | Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (died in 1961) | Philo Quotes |
| May 9th, 1893 (May 09 1893) | Birth | William Moulton Marston, American psychologist, writer (co-creator, Wonder Woman) (died in 1947) | |
| May 9th, 1892 (May 09 1892) | Birth | Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Empress of Austria-Hungary (died in 1989) | |
| May 9th, 1889 (May 09 1889) | Death | William S. Harney, U.S. general (born in 1800) | |
| May 9th, 1888 (May 09 1888) | Birth | Rolf de Mare, Swedish art collector and museum director (died in 1964) | |
| May 9th, 1887 (May 09 1887) | Event | Buffalo Bill Cody s Wild West Show opens in London. | |
| May 9th, 1887 (May 09 1887) | Birth | Sir Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan Philanthropist (died in 1957) | |
| May 9th, 1886 (May 09 1886) | Birth | Francis Biddle, United States Attorney General (died in 1968) | |
| May 9th, 1883 (May 09 1883) | Birth | Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher (died in 1955) | Philo Quotes |
| May 9th, 1882 (May 09 1882) | Birth | George Barker, American painter (died in 1965) | George Barker Quotes |
| May 9th, 1882 (May 09 1882) | Birth | Henry J. Kaiser, American shipbuilder (died in 1967) | |
| May 9th, 1877 (May 09 1877) | Event | Mihail Kogalniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania. | |
| May 9th, 1874 (May 09 1874) | Event | The first horse-drawn bus makes its debut in the city of Mumbai, plying two routes. | |
| May 9th, 1874 (May 09 1874) | Birth | Howard Carter, British archaeologist (died in 1939) | Howard Carter Quotes |
| May 9th, 1873 (May 09 1873) | Event | Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression. | |
| May 9th, 1873 (May 09 1873) | Birth | Anton Cermak, Mayor of Chicago (died in 1933) | |
| May 9th, 1868 (May 09 1868) | Event | The city of Reno, Nevada, is founded. | |
| May 9th, 1866 (May 09 1866) | Birth | Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Leader of Indian Independence Movement (died in 1915) | |
| May 9th, 1861 (May 09 1861) | Death | Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (born in 1805) | Philo Quotes |
| May 9th, 1860 (May 09 1860) | Birth | J. M. Barrie, Scottish author (died in 1937) | J. M. Barrie Quotes |
| May 9th, 1837 (May 09 1837) | Birth | Adam Opel, German engineer and industrialist (died in 1895) | |
| May 9th, 1805 (May 09 1805) | Death | Friedrich Schiller, German poet and historian (born in 1759) | |
| May 9th, 1800 (May 09 1800) | Birth | John Brown, American abolitionist (died in 1859) | |
| May 9th, 1791 (May 09 1791) | Death | Francis Hopkinson, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (born in 1737) | |
| May 9th, 1790 (May 09 1790) | Death | William Clingan, American delegate to the Continental Congress | |
| May 9th, 1789 (May 09 1789) | Death | Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French artillery specialist (born in 1715) | |
| May 9th, 1760 (May 09 1760) | Death | Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German religious and social reformer (born in 1700) | |
| May 9th, 1747 (May 09 1747) | Death | John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat (born in 1673) | John Scott Quotes |
| May 9th, 1745 (May 09 1745) | Death | Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian violinist and composer(born in 1663) | |
| May 9th, 1741 (May 09 1741) | Birth | Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (died in 1816) | |
| May 9th, 1726 (May 09 1726) | Event | Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap s molly house in London are executed at Tyburn. | |
| May 9th, 1707 (May 09 1707) | Death | Dieterich Buxtehude, German composer | |
| May 9th, 1671 (May 09 1671) | Event | Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England s Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. | |
| May 9th, 1657 (May 09 1657) | Death | William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth Colony (born in 1590) | William Bradford Quotes |
| May 9th, 1502 (May 09 1502) | Event | Christopher Columbus leaves Spain for his fourth and final journey to the New World. | Christopher Columbus Quotes |
| May 9th, 1457 (May 09 1457) | Event | Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh. It is the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail. | |
| May 9th, 1450 (May 09 1450) | Event | Abd al-Latif (Timurid monarch) is assassinated. | |
| May 9th, 1446 (May 09 1446) | Death | Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (born in 1368) | |
| May 9th, 1315 (May 09 1315) | Death | Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (born in 1282) | |
| May 9th, 1147 (May 09 1147) | Birth | Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (died in 1199) | |
| May 9th, 1092 (May 09 1092) | Event | The Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated. | |
| May 9th, 0328 (May 09 0328) | Event | Athanasius is elected Patriarch bishop of Alexandria. | |
