Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 9
May 9: Europe Day, Victory Day in various Eastern European countries
- 328 - Athanasius became the Patriarch of Alexandria.
- 1092 - Lincoln Cathedral in England was consecrated.
- 1671 - Thomas Blood was caught trying to steal the British Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
- 1901 - The first Parliament of Australia opened in the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne.
- 1945 - Vidkun Quisling, Minister-President of the puppet government in Norway during the Nazi occupation, was arrested in Oslo.