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What Happened on May 9th This Day in History

Year	Name
2022	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.
2020	The COVID-19 recession causes the U.S. unemployment rate to hit 14.9 percent, its worst rate since the Great Depression.
2018	The historic defeat for Barisan Nasional, the governing coalition of Malaysia since the country's independence in 1957 in 2018 Malaysian general election.
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.
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.
1992	Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
1992	Westray Mine disaster kills 26 workers in Nova Scotia, Canada.
1988	New Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
1987	LOT Flight 5055 Tadeusz Kościuszko crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board.
1980	In Florida, United States, 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. Thirty-five people in six cars and a Greyhound bus fall 150 ft. into the water and die.
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.
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.
1974	Watergate scandal: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
1969	Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.
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.
1955	Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
1950	Robert Schuman presents the "Schuman Declaration", considered by some to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.
1948	Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect.
1946	King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.
1945	World War II: The final German Instrument of Surrender is signed at the Soviet headquarters in Berlin-Karlshorst.
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.
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.
1936	Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
1927	The Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia, officially opens.
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.)
1920	Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreshchatyk.
1918	World War I: Germany repels Britain's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.
1915	World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
1901	Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
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.
1873	Der Krach: The Vienna stock exchange crash heralds the Long Depression.
1865	American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.
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.
1864	Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
1726	Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
1671	Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
1662	The figure who later became Mr. Punch makes his first recorded appearance in England.
1540	Hernando de Alarcón sets sail on an expedition to the Gulf of California.
1450	'Abd al-Latif (Timurid monarch) is assassinated.
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.
1009	Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy.
328	Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria.

Famous People Born on May 9

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Year	Name
1920	Richard Adams, English novelist (d. 2016)
1980	Grant Hackett, Australian swimmer
1980	Tony Schmidt, German race car driver
1943	Anders Isaksson, Swedish historian and journalist (d. 2009)
1995	Tommy Edman, American baseball player
1939	Ralph Boston, American long jumper
1763	János Batsányi, Hungarian-Austrian poet and author (d. 1845)
1883	José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, author, and critic (d. 1955)
1956	Jana Wendt, Australian television host
1941	Dorothy Hyman, English sprinter

Famous People Deaths On May 9

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Date	Name
1978	Giuseppe Impastato, Italian journalist and activist (b. 1948)
1918	George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (b. 1866)
2007	Dwight Wilson, Canadian soldier (b. 1901)
2011	Wouter Weylandt, Belgian cyclist (b. 1984)
2019	Freddie Starr, English comedian, impressionist, singer and actor (1943)
1959	Bhaurao Patil, Indian activist and educator (b. 1887)
1790	William Clingan, American politician (b. 1721)
1736	Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real, Portuguese judge and politician (b. 1658)
1986	Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese mountaineer (b. 1914)
1977	James Jones, American novelist (b. 1921)