What happend on 9th May

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1945

World War II: The Channel Islands are formally liberated by the British.

1945

World War II: Red Army enters Prague (capitulation of Nazi occupation troops)

1945

World War II: Norway arrests Vidkun Quisling.

1945

World War II: Hermann Göring is captured by the United States Army.

1945

World War II: The final German surrender to Marshal Georgy Zhukov at Berlin-Karlshorst is signed by Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen Stumpff as the representative of the Luftwaffe, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel as the Chief of Staff of OKW, and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine.

1941

World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma cryptography machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.

1940

World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder.

1936

Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.

1927

The Australian Parliament first convenes in Canberra.

1926

Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of his diary seems to indicate that this did not happen).