May 9: Europe Day/Schuman Day in the European Union
- 1671 – Irish-born Colonel Thomas Blood (pictured) was caught trying to steal the English Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
- 1873 – Panic of 1873: The Vienna Stock Exchange crashed, following two years of overexpansion in the German and Austro-Hungarian economies.
- 1915 – British forces launched the Battle of Aubers Ridge, an offensive on the Western Front which was part of the larger French Second Battle of Artois.
- 1961 – In a speech to the National Association of Broadcasters, FCC chairman Newton N. Minow described commercial television programming as "a vast wasteland".
- 2005 – Pope Benedict XVI began the beatification process for his predecessor Pope John Paul II, waiving the standard five years required after the nominee's death.
More anniversaries: May 8 – May 9 – May 10
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