May 9th Anniversaries

Santo Domingo.- The historical events of May 9th are marked by important historical events and international celebrations that left their mark on world history. Below are the main historical events of May 9th:

• Europe Day.
• Victory Day over Nazism.
• Days of Remembrance and Reconciliation in Honor of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the Second World War.
• World Lost Socks Day.

Saint's Day: Saints Gregory, Ostense, Geroncio and Hermes.

National: May 9th Anniversaries

• 1672. Great earthquake causes ruins and deaths throughout the island.
• 1842. Juan Pablo Duarte declares the birth of Aurelia, daughter of Pedro Alejandro Pina and Micaela Rozo.
• 1843. The first City Council of Moca established.
• 1844. Haitian General Charles Rivière Herald Hainé burns Azua during his retreat.
• 1907. The newspaper La Opinión appears.
• 1940. The first group of Jews welcomed by the government of the Dominican Republic arrives in Sosúa.
• 1950. Coup d'état in Haiti supported by Trujillo.
• 1961. Deputy proposes expulsion of bishops Reilly and Panal; proposal rejected.
• 1965. U.S. prohibits contact of its officials with the Caamaño government.
• 1975. By means of a one-paragraph letter and in an unprecedented event, the military chiefs (Ramón Emilio Jiménez hijo, secretary of the Armed Forces, Manuel A. Logroño Contín, of the M de G, Enrique Pérez y Pérez, EN and Salvador Lluberes Montás, FAD), resign from their positions, for not agreeing "with decisions recently taken by the Executive Power (appointment of General Ney Rafael Nivar Seijas as head of the PN)".
• 1987. PRD requests the transfer abroad of former President Salvador Jorge Blanco.
• 2013. Episcopate submits appeal against Profamilia campaign.
• 2022. Report warns about excess of graduates in education and calls to prioritize quality.

International: May 9th Anniversaries

• 1170. Earthquake destroys Ceccano, Italy.
• 1386. Treaty of Windsor between Portugal and England.
• 1502. Christopher Columbus sets off on his last voyage to America.
• 1588. The Spanish Armada sets sail towards England.
• 1781. Spaniards expel the English from West Florida.
• 1908. Wright brothers patent the airplane.
• 1913. Thomas Edison invents the recording telephone.
• 1936. Ethiopia is annexed to Italy.
• 1940. Hitler authorizes euthanasia.
• 1944. Resignation of Hernández Martínez in El Salvador.
• 1967. Cassius Clay is stripped of his boxing license.
• 1968. Peace talks begin between the U.S. and North Vietnam in Paris.
• 1978. Aldo Moro's body is found.
• 1980. Pope John Paul II meets with the Archbishop of Canterbury.
• 2004. Capture of Colombian mercenaries in Venezuela.
• 2005. Celebration in Spain for 400 years of Don Quixote.
• 2007. Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Brazil.
• 2012. Spain announces cuts in Education and Health and nationalizes Bankia.
• 2019. Attack in Argentina against deputy Olivares.
• 2020. Cuba conducts mass tests for COVID-19.
• 2021. U.S. declares regional emergency due to cyberattack on the Colonial pipeline.
• 2022. Haitian ex-senator John Joel Joseph appears in the U.S. for the assassination of Moïse.
• 2025. Robert Francis Prevost is the new Pope Leo XIV.

Births: May 9th Anniversaries

• 1860. J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright, creator of the character Peter Pan.
• 1921. Daniel Berrigan, Catholic anarchist priest, activist, and American poet.
• 1927. Carlos Alberto Piantini Espinal, Dominican violinist.
• 1937. René del Risco Bermúdez, Dominican poet.
• 1962. David Gahan, British singer, from the band Depeche Mode.
• 1883. José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish writer and philosopher.
• 2016: Alfie Evans, British child who suffered from an undiagnosed neurodegenerative disorder.

Deaths: May 9th Anniversaries

• 1919. Juan Isidro Jimenes, Dominican former president.
• 1978. Aldo Moro, Italian prime minister, assassinated by the Red Brigades.
• 2011. Lidia Gueiler Tejada, Bolivian politician, president of Bolivia between 1979 and 1980.
• 2011. Rafael Antonio Reyes Jorge, Dominican retired general.
• 2021: José Manuel Caballero Bonald, Spanish writer and flamenco scholar.