9th May anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1860
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Sir James Barrie, author of Peter Pan" more
  • 1927
  • Australia
  • Canberra becomes Federal Capital of Australia (Government moved in on this date; construction had begun in 1913)
• event
  • 1092
  • Great Britain
  • Lincoln Cathedral consecrated
  • 1386
  • England and Portugal sign the Treaty of Windsor
  • 1645
  • Battle of Auldearn
  • 1671
  • Great Britain
  • Thomas Blood caught stealing the Crown Jewels
  • 1945
  • Great Britain
  • Channel Islands liberated
  • 1978
  • Italy
  • "The body of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro was found in a car in the centre of Rome, following his abduction on 16th March."
  • 1988
  • Australia
  • The new Australian Parliament House in Canberra was opened by the Queen.
  • 1988
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Syria threatened to send troops into southern Beirut to halt the fighting in the slums.
• Death
  • 1949
  • Monaco
  • "Death of Louis II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco. (Succeeded by Prince Rainier III)"
  • 1993
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Freya Stark, British travel writer ."
  • 1998
  • United States
  • "Death of Alice Faye, American actress ."