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328 – Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria. [1]1009 – Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy.; 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.
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).
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.
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.
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]
May 9: Europe Day in the European Union; Liberation Day in the Channel Islands Hotel Polen fire 1877 – An earthquake struck northern Chile, leading to the deaths of 2,385 people, mostly victims of the ensuing tsunami , as far away as Hawaii and Fiji.
Around 8:00 pm on 24 August, accompanied by a squadron of tanks from the 501 e Régiment de chars de combat, the 9th Company entered Paris through the Porte d'Italie. [21] At 9:22 pm, [22] the section led by Amado Granell was the first to reach the Hôtel de Ville, [23] and the half-track "Ebro" fired the first shots against a group of German ...
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 ...