1969 – Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.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.1955 – Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.1950 – Robert Schuman presents the ' Schuman Declaration', considered by some to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.1948 – Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect.1946 – King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.The Zoludek Ghetto (in Belarus) is destroyed and all its inhabitants executed or deported. 1942 – The Holocaust in Ukraine: The SS executes 588 Jewish residents of the Podolian town of Zinkiv ( Khmelnytska oblast.On board is the latest Enigma machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages. 1941 – World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy.1936 – Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.1927 – The Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia, officially opens.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.) 1920 – Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreshchatyk.1918 – World War I: Germany repels Britain's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.1915 – World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.1901 – Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.The date will become recognised as the Independence Day of Romania. 1877 – Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania.1873 – Der Krach: The Vienna stock exchange crash heralds the Long Depression.

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.1865 – American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.1864 – Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.1726 – Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.1671 – Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.Punch makes his first recorded appearance in England. 1662 – The figure who later became Mr.1540 – Hernando de Alarcón sets sail on an expedition to the Gulf of California.

1450 – 'Abd al-Latif ( Timurid monarch) is assassinated.

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.

1009 – Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy.

328 – Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria.

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.

Daily mass may 9 2022