At a Glance
May 9
Observances & Celebrations
Commemorative holidays, national days, religious feasts, and international traditions observed on this date.
National observance
Commemoration of the end of the German occupation of the Channel Islands related observances: Liberation Day, commemorating the end of the German occupation of the Channel Islands during World War II. (Guernsey and…
Germany
National observance
Commemoration of the end of the German occupation of the Channel Islands related observances: National Day (Alderney)
Germany
Religious observance
Feast of Beatus of Vendome
Religious observance
Feast of Blessed Karolina Gerhardinger
Religious observance
Feast of Blessed Thomas Pickering
Religious observance
Feast of Christopher (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Religious observance
Feast of George Preca
Religious observance
Feast of Gerontius of Cervia
Religious observance
Feast of Gregory of Nazianzen (The Episcopal Church (US) and traditional Roman Catholic calendar)
Italy
Religious observance
Feast of May 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Religious observance
Feast of Nicolaus Zinzendorf (Lutheran)
Religious observance
Feast of Pachomius the Great
Religious observance
Feast of Tudy of Landevennec
Observance
Europe Day, commemorating the Schuman Declaration. (European Union, Kosovo, Moldova, Ukraine)
Observance
Home Front Heroes Day in the United States (proposed; locally observed in Dallas, Texas)
United States
Observance
Victory Day observances, celebration of the Soviet Union victory over Nazi Germany (Soviet Union, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Serbia…
Russia