Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5. Date: May 9, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 9 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages. Date: May 9, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 9 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This…
The Holocaust in Ukraine: The SS executes 588 Jewish residents of the Podolian town of Zinkiv (Khmelnytska oblast). The Zoludek Ghetto (in Belarus) is destroyed and all its inhabitants executed or deported. Date: May 9, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 9 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅…
World War II: The Channel Islands are liberated from Nazi occupation. Date: May 9, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 9 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II. Date: May 9, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 9 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today)
Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect. Date: May 9, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 9 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)
Robert Schuman presents the "Schuman Declaration", considered by some to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union. Date: May 9, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 9 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today)
Cold War: West Germany joins NATO. Date: May 9, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 9 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: May 9, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 9 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks. Date: May 9, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 9 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today)