May 9th (1942) was a Saturday. It's the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 236 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 9th May, 1942
» The Holocaust called Holocaust: The SS murders 588 Jewish residents of the Podolian town of Zinkiv (Khmelnytska oblast, Ukraine). The Ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe called Zoludek Ghetto (in Belarus) is destroyed and all its inhabitants murdered or depor
Famous Birthdays on May 9 in 1942
» John Ashcroft, American lawyer and politician, 79th United States Attorney General
» Jerry Buchek, American baseball player
» Tommy Roe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
May 9th Famous Deaths for 1942
» Blessed Józef Cebula, Beatification named beatified Polish priest, murdered at Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp called concentration camp (b. 1902)
May 9th Holidays in History
» Scientology holidays called Anniversary of Dianetics (Church of Scientology)
» Christian Feast Day
» Beatus of Lungern
» Bienheuré known as Beatus of Vendome
» Saint Christopher named Christopher (Αγιος Χριστόφορος) (Eastern Orthodox Church)
» George Preca
» Gerontius of Cervia
» Gregory of Nazianzus, Doctor, Bishop of Constantinople, 389 CE (commemoration, Episcopal Church (USA))
» Nicolaus Zinzendorf (Lutheran)
» Pachomius
» Tudy of Landevennec
» May 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Europe Day, commemorating the Schuman Declaration. (European Union)
» Independence Day, celebrating the declaration of independence of Romania from the Ottoman Empire in 1877. (Romania)
» Liberation Day, commemorating the end of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands during World War II). (Guernsey, Liberation Day (Jersey) named Liberation Day (Jersey))
» One of the three days of the Feast of the Lemures. (Roman Empire)
» Victory Day (9 May) Victory Day observances, celebration of the Soviet Union victory over Nazi Germany (Public holidays in the Soviet Union Soviet Union, Public holidays in Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, Public holidays in Belarus Belarus, Public holidays in Bosn