May 9

May 9 is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 236 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 1092 – Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated.
• 1450 – 'Abd al-Latif (Timurid monarch) is assassinated.
• 1662 – The figure who later became Mr. Punch made his first recorded appearance in England.
• 1671 – Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
• 1726 – Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
• 1763 – The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac's War against British forces.
• 1864 – Second War of Schleswig: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
• 1873 – Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
• 1874 – The first horse-drawn bus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
• 1877 – Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
• 1877 – A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Peru kills 2,541, including some as far away as Hawaii and Japan.
• 1887 – Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
• 1901 – Australia opens its first parliament in Melbourne.
• 1904 – The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100 mph (160 km/h).
• 1911 – The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio placed by the Vatican in the Index of Forbidden Books.
• 1915 – World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
• 1918 – World War I: Germans repel the British's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.
• 1920 – Polish-Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreschatyk.
• 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.)
• 1927 – The Australian Parliament first convenes in Canberra.
• 1936 – Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
• 1940 – World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder.
• 1941 – 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.
• 1942 – Holocaust: The SS murders 588 Jewish residents of the Podolian town of Zinkiv (Khmelnytska oblast, Ukraine). The Zoludek Ghetto (in Belarus) is destroyed and all its inhabitants murdered or deported.
• 1945 – World War II: Ratification in Berlin-Karlshorst of the German unconditional surrender of May 8 in Rheims, France, with the signatures of Marshal Georgy Zhukov for the Soviet Union, and for the Western Headquarters Sir Arthur Tedder, British Air Marshal and Eisenhower's deputy, and for the German side of Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen 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.
• 1945 – World War II: The Channel Islands are liberated by the British after five years of German occupation.
• 1946 – King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Humbert II.
• 1948 – Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect.
• 1949 – Rainier III of Monaco becomes Prince of Monaco.
• 1950 – Robert Schuman presents his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe, which according to him was 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.
• 1955 – Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
• 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.
• 1961 – Jim Gentile of the Baltimore Orioles becomes the first player in baseball history to hit grand slams in consecutive innings.
• 1961 – FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow gives his Wasteland Speech.
• 1964 – Ngo Dinh Can, de facto ruler of central Vietnam under his brother President Ngo Dinh Diem before the family's toppling, is executed.
• 1969 – Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.
• 1970 – Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 75,000 to 100,000 war protesters demonstrate in front of the White House.
• 1974 – Watergate Scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
• 1977 – Hotel Polen fire: A disastrous fire burns down the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam causing 33 deaths and 21 severe injuries.
• 1979 – Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000 member strong Jewish community of Iran.
• 1980 – In Florida, 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. 35 people in six cars and a Greyhound bus fall 150 ft. into the water and die.
• 1980 – In Norco, California, 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.
• 1987 – An LOT Polish Airlines Ilyushin IL-62M, Tadeusz Kościuszko (SP-LBG), crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board.
• 1992 – Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the Karabakh War.
• 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 teargas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee.
• 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.
• 2012 – A Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft crashes into Mount Salak in West Java, Indonesia, killing 45 people.

Births

• 1147 – Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199)
• 1540 – Maharana Pratap, Indian ruler (d. 1597)
• 1740 – Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (d. 1816)
• 1746 – Gaspard Monge, French mathematician (d. 1818)
• 1763 – János Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845)
• 1800 – John Brown, American activist (d. 1859)
• 1801 – Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded the town of Fleetwood (d. 1866)
• 1837 – Adam Opel, German engineer, founded the Opel Company (d. 1895)
• 1845 – Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer (d. 1913)
• 1860 – J. M. Barrie, Scottish author and playwright (d. 1937)
• 1866 – Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian politician (d. 1915)
• 1873 – Anton Cermak, Czech-American politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1933)
• 1874 – Howard Carter, English archaeologist (d. 1939)
• 1882 – George Barker, American painter (d. 1965)
• 1882 – Henry J. Kaiser, American businessman and shipbuilder (d. 1967)
• 1883 – José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher (d. 1955)
• 1884 – Valdemar Psilander, Danish actor (d. 1917)
• 1886 – Francis Biddle, American lawyer and judge, 58th United States Attorney General (d. 1968)
• 1892 – Zita of Bourbon-Parma (d. 1989)
• 1893 – William Moulton Marston, American psychologist and author (d. 1947)
• 1895 – Richard Barthelmess, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1963)
• 1895 – Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (d. 1961)
• 1896 – Richard Day, Canadian art director (d. 1972)
• 1888 – Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector (d. 1964)
• 1904 – Conrad Bernier, Canadian-American organist, composer, and educator (d. 1988)
• 1907 – Kathryn Kuhlman, American evangelist (d. 1976)
• 1907 – Baldur von Schirach, German Nazi leader (d. 1974)
• 1907 – Fred Warngård, Swedish hammer thrower (d. 1950)
• 1908 – Mary Scheier, American sculptor (d. 2007)
• 1909 – Don Messer, Canadian violinist (d. 1973)
• 1912 – Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (d. 1963)
• 1912 – Per Imerslund, Norwegian author (d. 1943)
• 1912 – Géza Ottlik, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1990)
• 1914 – Denham Fouts, American prostitute (d. 1948)
• 1914 – Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor (d. 2005)
• 1914 – Hank Snow, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
• 1917 – Fay Kanin, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)
• 1918 – Moisis Michail Bourlas, Greek soldier (d. 2011)
• 1918 – Orville Freeman, American soldier and politician, 29th Governor of Minnesota (d. 2003)
• 1918 – Mike Wallace, American journalist and game show host (d. 2012)
• 1919 – Clifford Chadderton, Canadian army officer
• 1919 – Arthur English, English actor (d. 1995)
• 1920 – Richard Adams, English author
• 1920 – William Tenn, English-American author (d. 2010)
• 1921 – Daniel Berrigan, American priest and activist
• 1921 – Sophie Scholl, German student and activist (d. 1943)
• 1921 – Mona Van Duyn, American poet (d. 2004)
• 1923 – Johnny Grant, American radio host and producer (d. 2008)
• 1923 – Barbara New, English character actress (d. 2010)
• 1924 – Bulat Okudzhava, Russian singer, poet, and author (d. 1997)
• 1927 – Manfred Eigen, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1928 – Ralph Goings, American painter
• 1928 – Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (d. 1995)
• 1928 – Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian figure skater (d. 2012)
• 1929 – Kay Dotrice, English-American actress (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Joan Sims, English actress (d. 2001)
• 1930 – Kalifa Tillisi, Libyan historian and linguist (d. 2010)
• 1931 – Vance D. Brand, American pilot and astronaut
• 1932 – Geraldine McEwan, English actress
• 1933 – Jessica Steele, English author
• 1934 – Alan Bennett, English actor, screenwriter, and author
• 1934 – Nathan Dean, American politician (d. 2013)
• 1935 – Nokie Edwards, American guitarist and actor (The Ventures)
• 1935 – Roger Hargreaves, English author and illustrator (d. 1988)
• 1936 – Albert Finney, English actor
• 1936 – Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician
• 1937 – Sonny Curtis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1937 – Rafael Moneo, Spanish architect, designed the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels and Valladolid Science Museum
• 1937 – Dave Prater, American singer (Sam & Dave) (d. 1988)
• 1938 – Charles Simic, Serbian-American poet
• 1939 – Ralph Boston, American long jumper
• 1939 – Pierre Desproges, French journalist, comedian, and actor (d. 1988)
• 1939 – Ion Țiriac, Romanian tennis player and manager
• 1940 – James L. Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1941 – Pete Birrell, English bass player (Freddie and the Dreamers)
• 1942 – John Ashcroft, American lawyer and politician, 79th United States Attorney General
• 1942 – Jerry Buchek, American baseball player
• 1942 – Tommy Roe, American singer-songwriter
• 1943 – Vince Cable, English politician
• 1943 – Anders Isaksson, Swedish journalist and historian (d. 2009)
• 1944 – Richie Furay, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Poco, Buffalo Springfield, and Souther–Hillman–Furay Band)
• 1944 – Laurence Owen, American figure skater (d. 1961)
• 1945 – Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, Iranian politician
• 1945 – Steve Katz, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Blood, Sweat & Tears, Blues Project, and American Flyer)
• 1946 – Candice Bergen, American actress and producer
• 1946 – Clint Holmes, English-American singer-songwriter
• 1946 – Ayşe Nur Zarakolu, Turkish author and activist (d. 2002)
• 1947 – Yukiya Amano, Japanese diplomat
• 1948 – Hans Georg Bock, German mathematician
• 1948 – Tania Maria, Brazilian singer-songwriter, pianist, and bandleader
• 1948 – Calvin Murphy, American basketball player and radio host
• 1949 – Billy Joel, American singer-songwriter and pianist (The Hassles and Attila)
• 1949 – Richard S. Williamson, American lawyer and diplomat (d. 2013)
• 1950 – James Butts, American triple jumper
• 1950 – Tato Laviera, Puerto Rician-American poet (d. 2013)
• 1950 – Tom Petersson, American bass player and songwriter (Cheap Trick)
• 1951 – Alley Mills, American actress
• 1953 – Bruno Brokken, Belgian high jumper
• 1953 – Amy Hill, American actress
• 1953 – Connie Kaldor, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1954 – Lawrence Dutton, American violist and educator (Emerson String Quartet)
• 1955 – Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (d. 1991)
• 1955 – Kevin Reed, American theologian and author
• 1955 – Anne Sofie von Otter, Swedish soprano
• 1956 – Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress and producer
• 1958 – Graham Smith, Canadian swimmer
• 1959 – Ulrich Matthes, German actor
• 1960 – Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach
• 1960 – Jillian Lane, Welsh psychic (d. 2013)
• 1961 – Sean Altman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Rockapella)
• 1962 – John Corbett, American actor and singer
• 1962 – Dave Gahan, English singer-songwriter (Depeche Mode)
• 1962 – Paul Heaton, English singer-songwriter (The Housemartins and Beautiful South)
• 1963 – Joe Cirella, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1963 – Sanja Doležal, Croatian singer and television host (Novi fosili)
• 1965 – Ken Nomura, Japanese race car driver
• 1965 – Janu Tornell, American model, Miss Nevada USA 1989
• 1965 – Steve Yzerman, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1966 – Mark Tinordi, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1968 – David Benoit, American basketball player
• 1968 – Marie-José Pérec, French runner
• 1969 – Amber, Dutch-German singer-songwriter and producer
• 1969 – Hudson Leick, American actress
• 1970 – Doug Christie, American basketball player
• 1970 – Ghostface Killah, American rapper and actor (Wu-Tang Clan and Theodore Unit)
• 1971 – Paul McGuigan, English bass player (Oasis and The Rain)
• 1972 – Lisa Ann, American porn actress
• 1972 – Megumi Odaka, Japanese actress and singer
• 1972 – Dana Perino, American politician and journalist, 27th White House press secretary
• 1972 – Daniela Silivaş, Romanian gymnast
• 1973 – Chu Sang-mi, South Korean actress
• 1974 – Dylan Lauren, American businesswoman, founded Dylan's Candy Bar
• 1974 – Stéphane Yelle, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 – Tamia, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1975 – Brian Deegan, American motocross rider
• 1975 – Chris Diamantopoulos, Canadian actor
• 1975 – Lane Kiffin, American football player and coach
• 1976 – Ott Kadarik, Estonian architect
• 1976 – Rich Rodriguez, American polymath, founder of the New Philosophe Society.
• 1977 – Averno, Mexican professional wrestler
• 1977 – Asal Badiee, Iranian actress (d. 2013)
• 1977 – Maggie Dixon, American basketball player and coach (d. 2006)
• 1977 – Choi Jeong-yoon, South Korean actress
• 1977 – Iñigo Landaluze, Spanish cyclist
• 1977 – Svein Tuft, Canadian cyclist
• 1978 – Marwan al-Shehhi, Emirati terrorist, hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 (d. 2001)
• 1978 – Leandro Cufré, Argentinian footballer
• 1978 – Santiago Dellapè, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
• 1978 – Aaron Harang, American baseball player
• 1979 – Pierre Bouvier, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Simple Plan and Reset)
• 1979 – Rosario Dawson, American actress and singer
• 1979 – Ara Mina, Filipino actress and singer
• 1979 – Matt Morris, American singer-songwriter
• 1979 – Brandon Webb, American baseball player
• 1979 – Andrew W.K., American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1980 – Grant Hackett, Australian swimmer
• 1980 – Jo Hyun-jae, South Korean actor
• 1980 – Angela Nikodinov, American figure skater
• 1980 – Tony Schmidt, German race car driver
• 1981 – Bill Murphy, American baseball player
• 1981 – Evangelos Tsiolis, Greek footballer
• 1981 – You Yokoyama, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (Kanjani Eight)
• 1982 – Rachel Boston, American actress
• 1983 – Giacomo Brichetto, Italian footballer
• 1983 – Tyler Lumsden, American baseball player
• 1983 – Ryuhei Matsuda, Japanese actor
• 1983 – Christos Marangos, Cypriot footballer
• 1983 – Gilles Müller, Luxembourgian tennis player
• 1983 – Leandro Rinaudo, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Prince Fielder, American baseball player
• 1985 – Jake Long, American football player
• 1985 – Audrina Patridge, American model and actress
• 1985 – Henrique Andrade Silva, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 – Grace Gummer, American actress
• 1986 – Vladimir Sidorkin, Estonian swimmer
• 1988 – J. R. Fitzpatrick, Canadian race car driver
• 1988 – Mohammed Naved Shaikh, Indian Software Engineer
• 1989 – Ellen White, English footballer
• 1991 – Stasia Rage, Latvian figure skater
• 1992 – Chris Gutierrez, American-Filipino actor
• 1993 – Ryosuke Yamada, Japanese actor, singer, and dancer (NYC and Hey! Say! JUMP)
• 1993 – Bonnie Rotten, American pornographic actress and model
• 1994 – Ryan Auger, English footballer
• 1996 – Saron Läänmäe, Estonian footballer
• 1997 – Zane Huett, American actor

Deaths

• 1315 – Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282)
• 1446 – Mary of Enghien (b. 1368)
• 1657 – William Bradford, English-American politician, 2nd Governor of Plymouth Colony (b. 1590)
• 1707 – Dieterich Buxtehude, German-Danish organist and composer (b. 1637)
• 1736 – Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real, Portuguese politician (b. 1658)
• 1745 – Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1663)
• 1747 – John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat (b. 1673)
• 1760 – Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop (b. 1700)
• 1789 – Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French artillery officer and engineer (b. 1715)
• 1790 – William Clingan, American politician (b. 1721)
• 1791 – Francis Hopkinson, American judge and politician (b. 1737)
• 1805 – Friedrich Schiller, German poet, playwright, and historian (b. 1759)
• 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 philologist and politician (b. 1805)
• 1889 – William S. Harney, American general (b. 1800)
• 1914 – C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (b. 1854)
• 1915 – François Faber, Luxembourgian-French cyclist (b. 1887)
• 1918 – George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (b. 1866)
• 1931 – Albert Abraham Michelson, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1933 – John Arthur Jarvis, English swimmer (b. 1872)
• 1938 – Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman (b. 1866)
• 1949 – Louis II, Prince of Monaco (b. 1870)
• 1950 – Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (b. 1883)
• 1955 – Kate Booth, English Salvation Army officer (b. 1858)
• 1957 – Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan banker and businessman (b. 1887)
• 1957 – Ezio Pinza, Italian opera singer (b. 1892)
• 1959 – Bhaurao Patil, Indian activist and educator (b. 1887)
• 1964 – Rico Lebrun, Italian-American painter and sculptor (b. 1900)
• 1965 – Leopold Figl, Austrian politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1902)
• 1968 – Mercedes de Acosta, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
• 1968 – Finlay Currie, Scottish actor (b. 1878)
• 1968 – Harold Gray, American cartoonist, created Little Orphan Annie (b. 1894)
• 1968 – Marion Lorne, American actress (b. 1885)
• 1970 – Andrew Watson Myles, Canadian politician (b. 1884)
• 1970 – Walter Reuther, American union leader (b. 1907)
• 1976 – Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author (b. 1920)
• 1976 – Ulrike Meinhof, German militant, co-founded the Red Army Faction (b. 1934)
• 1977 – James Jones, American author (b. 1921)
• 1978 – Giuseppe Impastato, Italian activist (b. 1948)
• 1978 – Aldo Moro, Italian politician, 38th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1916)
• 1979 – Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American banker, businessman, and philanthropist (b. 1883)
• 1981 – Nelson Algren, American author (b. 1909)
• 1981 – Ralph Allen, English footballer (b. 1906)
• 1985 – Edmond O'Brien, American actor (b. 1915)
• 1986 – Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese mountaineer (b. 1914)
• 1987 – Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
• 1989 – Keith Whitley, American singer, guitarist, and producer (b. 1955)
• 1993 – Jacques Dextraze, Canadian general (b. 1919)
• 1994 – Elias Motsoaledi, South African activist (b. 1924)
• 1997 – Rawya Ateya, Egyptian captain and politician (b. 1926)
• 1997 – Marco Ferreri, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 1997 – Rina Lasnier, Canadian poet (b. 1915)
• 1998 – Alice Faye, American actress and singer (b. 1915)
• 1998 – Rommie Loudd, American football player and coach (b. 1933)
• 1998 – Talat Mahmood, Indian singer and actor (b. 1924)
• 2000 – Arthur Davis, American animator and director (b. 1905)
• 2002 – Dan Devine, American football player and coach (b. 1924)
• 2003 – Russell B. Long, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1918)
• 2004 – Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (b. 1951)
• 2004 – Alan King, American actor (b. 1927)
• 2005 – Nasrat Parsa, Afghan singer (b. 1969)
• 2007 – Dwight Wilson, Canadian soldier (b. 1901)
• 2007 – Edith Rodriguez, American medical patient (b. 1964)
• 2008 – Jack Gibson, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1929)
• 2008 – Nuala O'Faolain, Irish journalist and producer (b. 1942)
• 2008 – Pascal Sevran, French singer, television host, and author (b. 1945)
• 2009 – Chuck Daly, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
• 2009 – Evgenios Spatharis, Greek puppeteer (b. 1924)
• 2010 – Lena Horne, American singer, actress, and dancer (b. 1917)
• 2010 – Otakar Motejl, Czech lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
• 2011 – Wouter Weylandt, Belgian cyclist (b. 1984)
• 2012 – Carl Beane, American sportscaster (b. 1952)
• 2012 – Geoffrey Henry, Cook Islander politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (b. 1940)
• 2012 – Vidal Sassoon, English-American hairdresser (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Alan Abelson, American journalist (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Ramón Blanco Rodríguez, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1952)
• 2013 – Zia Fariduddin Dagar, Indian singer (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Grete Dollitz, German-American guitarist and radio host (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Sanaullah Haq, Pakistani prisoner in India (b. 1961)
• 2013 – Alfredo Landa, Spanish actor (b. 1933)
• 2013 – George M. Leader, American politician, 36th Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1918)
• 2013 – Humberto Lugo Gil, Mexican politician, 23rd Governor of Hidalgo (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Ottavio Missoni, Italian hurdler and fashion designer, founded Missoni (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Huguette Oligny, Canadian actress (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Malcolm Shabazz, American criminal and activist, grandson of Malcolm X (b. 1984)
• 2013 – Andrew Simpson, English sailor (b. 1976)

Holidays and observances

• Anniversary of Dianetics (Church of Scientology)
• Christian Feast Day
  • Beatus of Lungern
  • Beatus of Vendome
  • Christopher (Αγιος Χριστόφορος) (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • George Preca
  • Gerontius of Cervia
  • Gregory of Nazianzus, Doctor, Bishop of Constantinople, 389 CE (commemoration, Anglican Communion)
  • Pachomius
  • Tudy of Landevennec
  • May 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Europe Day, commemorating the Schuman Declaration. (European Union)
• Independence Day, celebrating the declaration of independence of Romania from the Ottoman Empire in 1877. (Romania)
• Liberation Day, commemorating the end of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands during World War II). (Guernsey, Liberation Day (Jersey))
• One of the three days of the Feast of the Lemures. (Roman Empire)
• Victory Day observances, celebration of the Soviet Union victory over Nazi Germany (Soviet Union, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan)
  • Victory and Peace Day, mark the capture of Shusha in the Karabakh War and the end of World War II. (Armenia)

External links

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