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On May 9, 328: Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria.

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Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria.

Athanasius I of Alexandria, also called Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor, or, among Coptic Christians, Athanasius the Apostolic, was a Christian theologian and the 20th patriarch of Alexandria. His intermittent episcopacy spanned 45 years, of which over 17 encompassed five exiles, when he was replaced on the order of four different Roman emperors. Athanasius was a Church Father, the chief proponent of Trinitarianism against Arianism, and a noted Egyptian Christian leader of the fourth century.

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Born on May 9

Trey Lance 2000– American football player (born 2000)
Noah Centineo 1996– American actor (born 1996)
Tommy Edman 1995– American baseball player (born 1995)
Beth Mead 1995– English footballer (born 1995)
Shaboozey 1995– American musician (born 1995)
Dan Burn 1992– English footballer (born 1992)
Majlinda Kelmendi 1991– Kosovo-Albanian judoka (born 1991)
Ellen White 1989– English footballer (born 1988)
Daniel Rosenfeld 1989– German musician (born 1989)
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J. R. Fitzpatrick 1988– Canadian stock car racing driver
Kevin Gameiro 1987– French footballer (born 1987)
Prince Fielder 1984– American baseball player (born 1984)
Gilles Müller 1983– Luxembourgish tennis player
Grant Hackett 1980– Australian swimmer (born 1980)
Rosario Dawson 1979– American actress (born 1979)
Brandon Webb 1979– American baseball player (born 1979)
Averno 1977– Mexican professional wrestler (born 1977)
Marek Jankulovski 1977– Czech footballer (born 1977)

People

Died on May 9

Sean Burroughs American baseball player (1980–2024)
Roger Corman American film director, producer, and actor (1926–2024)
Rex Murphy Canadian political commentator (1947–2024)
John Leo American writer and journalist (1935–2022)
Rieko Kodama Japanese video game artist and producer (1963–2022)
Little Richard American musician and songwriter (1932–2020)
Freddie Starr British comedian and singer (1943–2019)
Per Kirkeby Danish painter and poet (1938–2018)
Robert Miles Swiss-Italian record producer (1969–2017)
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Edward W. Estlow American journalist and businessman (1920–2015)
Kenan Evren 7th President of Turkey from 1982 to 1989
Elizabeth Wilson American actress (1921–2015)
Giacomo Bini Franciscan priest (1938–2014)
Harlan Mathews American politician
Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy Indian politician (1935-2014)
Mary Stewart British novelist (1916–2014)
Ramón Blanco Rodríguez Spanish footballer and manager
George M. Leader American politician

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Every May 9 on record

  1. 328 Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria.

    Pope of Alexandria from 328 to 373

    Athanasius I of Alexandria, also called Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor, or, among Coptic Christians, Athanasius the Apostolic, was a Christian theologian and the 20th patriarch of Alexandria. His intermittent episcopacy spanned 45 years, of which over 17 encompassed five exiles, when he was replaced on the order of four different Roman emperors. Athanasius was a Church Father, the chief proponent of Trinitarianism against Arianism, and a noted Egyptian Christian leader of the fourth century.

  2. 1009 Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy.

    Historical event in the European Middle Ages

    The Norman conquest of southern Italy lasted from 999 to 1194, involving many battles and independent conquerors. In 1130, the territories in southern Italy united as the Kingdom of Sicily, which included the island of Sicily, the southern third of the Italian Peninsula, the archipelago of Malta, and parts of North Africa.

  3. 1310 Nephon, Bishop of Cyzicus, is consecrated as Patriarch of Constantinople.

    Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1310 to 1314

    Nephon I of Constantinople was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1310 to 1314. From Veria, Greece. Nicephorus Gregoras claimed Nephon to be illiterate, a lover of luxury, and ill-suited for the position.

  4. 1386 England and Portugal formally ratify their alliance with the signing of the Treaty of Windsor, making it the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world which is still in force.

    Country within the United Kingdom

    England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. England shares a land border with Scotland to the north and another land border with Wales to the west, and is surrounded by the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south, the Celtic Sea to the south-west, and the Irish Sea to the west.

  5. 1450 Timurid monarch 'Abd al-Latif is assassinated.

    Turco-Mongol dynasty (1370–1857)

    The Timurid dynasty, self-designated as Gurkani, was the ruling dynasty of the Timurid Empire (1370–1507). It was a Sunni Muslim dynasty or Barlās clan of Turco-Mongol origin descended from the warlord Timur. The word "Gurkani" derives from Gurkân (گورکان)—a Persianized form of the Mongolian word kürgen, meaning 'son-in-law'.

  6. 1502 Christopher Columbus sets off from Cádiz for his fourth voyage.
  7. 1540 Hernando de Alarcón sets sail on an expedition to the Gulf of California.
  8. 1645 Scottish Royalist forces under Lord Montrose defeat Covenanter forces under John Urry.
  9. 1662 The figure who later became Mr. Punch makes his first recorded appearance in England.
  10. 1671 Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
  11. 1726 Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
  12. 1761 Exhibition of 1761, the inaugural exhibition of the Society of Artists of Great Britain, opens at Spring Gardens in London.
  13. 1864 Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
  14. 1865 American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.
  15. 1865 American Civil War: President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation ending belligerent rights of the rebels and enjoining foreign nations to intern or expel Confederate ships.
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  1. 1873 Der Krach: The Vienna stock exchange crash begins the Panic of 1873 and heralds the Long Depression.
  2. 1877 Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. The date will become recognised as the Independence Day of Romania.
  3. 1901 Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
  4. 1915 World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
  5. 1918 World War I: Germany repels Britain's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.
  6. 1920 Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreshchatyk.
  7. 1926 Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim).
  8. 1927 The Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia, officially opens.
  9. 1936 Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
  10. 1941 World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.
  11. 1942 The Holocaust in Ukraine: The SS executes 588 Jewish residents of the Podolian town of Zinkiv (Khmelnytska oblast). The Zoludek Ghetto (in Belarus) is destroyed and all its inhabitants executed or deported.
  12. 1945 World War II: The Channel Islands are liberated from Nazi occupation.
  13. 1946 King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.
  14. 1948 Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect.
  15. 1950 Robert Schuman presents the "Schuman Declaration", considered by some to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.

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