Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 9
May 9: Festival of Matsu in Southeast Asia (2007); Victory Day in various Eastern European countries, Europe Day in the European Union.
- 1671 - Thomas Blood (pictured) was caught trying to steal the English Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
- 1901 - The first Parliament of Australia opened in the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne.
- 1945 - End of World War II in Europe: The signing of a second German Instrument of Surrender by General Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, specifying the military surrender of all German forces to the high commands of the Soviet Army and Allied Expeditionary Force, was announced.
- 1950 - Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health by L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology and Dianetics, was first published.