Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 9
On May 9: Europe Day in Europe and Mother's Day in the U.S.A. observed.
- 1092 - The Lincoln Cathedral was consecrated.
- 1671 - Thomas Blood was caught trying to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
- 1901 - The first Parliament of Australia opened in Melbourne.
- 1945 - World War II: Hermann Göring was captured in Austria by the U.S. Army.
- 1949 - Rainier Grimaldi became Prince of Monaco.