May 9 in history
Events on May 9
Notable events that happened on May 9 in past years.
- 2023
The May 9 riots following the arrest of Imran Khan in Pakistan.
Wikipedia article: May 9 riots - 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 article: Barisan Nasional - 1992
Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Wikipedia article: Armenia - 1987
LOT Flight 5055 Tadeusz Kościuszko crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board.
Wikipedia article: LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 - 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 article: Iranian Jews - 1955
Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
Wikipedia article: Cold War - 1946
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.
Wikipedia article: Victor Emmanuel III - 1936
Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
Wikipedia article: Ethiopian Empire - 1920
Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreshchatyk.
Wikipedia article: Polish–Soviet War - 1901
Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
Wikipedia article: Parliament of Australia - 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 article: Andrew Johnson - 1726
Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
Wikipedia article: Margaret Clap - 1645
Scottish Royalist forces under Lord Montrose defeat Covenanter forces under John Urry.
Wikipedia article: Cavalier - 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.
- 328
Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria.
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