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May 9 is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 236 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 328 – ...
Europe Day is a day celebrating "peace and unity in Europe" [1] [2] celebrated on 5 May by the Council of Europe and on 9 May by the European Union.. The first recognition of Europe Day was by the Council of Europe, introduced in 1964. [3]
This is a list of selected May 9 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit.
The Schuman Declaration, or Schuman Plan, [1] [2] was a proposal to place French and West German production of coal and steel under a single authority that later became the European Coal and Steel Community, made by the French foreign minister, Robert Schuman, on 9 May 1950 (now celebrated in the EU as Europe Day), the day after the fifth ...
May 9: Europe Day/Schuman Day in the European Union 1671 – Irish-born Colonel Thomas Blood (pictured) was caught trying to steal the English Crown Jewels from the Tower of London . 1873 – Panic of 1873 : The Vienna Stock Exchange crashed, following two years of overexpansion in the German and Austro-Hungarian economies.
May 9: Europe Day in the European Union; Victory Day in various Eastern European countries ; Liberation Day in the Channel Islands Battle of Heligoland 328 – Athanasius took office as Patriarch of Alexandria .
Victory Day was created by the Israeli Knesset on July 26, 2017 as part of the Victory in Europe Day Law. According to the law, Victory in Europe Day shall be held once a year, on May 9, to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.
Victory Day [a 1] is a holiday that commemorates the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in 1945. It was first inaugurated in the 15 republics of the Soviet Union following the signing of the German Instrument of Surrender late in the evening on 8 May 1945 (9 May Moscow Time).