FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

Edmond O'Brien

Edmond O'Brien, American actor and director (born 1915)

Akhmad Kadyrov

Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen cleric and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (born 1951)

Chuck Daly

Chuck Daly, American basketball player and coach (born 1930)

Alan King

Alan King, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1927)

C. W. Post

C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (born 1854)

Nicolaus Zinzendorf

Christian feast day: Nicolaus Zinzendorf (Lutheran)

Pachomius the Great

Christian feast day: Pachomius the Great

Europe Day

Europe Day, commemorating the Schuman Declaration. (European Union, Kosovo, Moldova, Ukraine)

George Preca

Christian feast day: George Preca

Liberation Day (Channel Islands)

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 Jersey)

Beatus of Lungern

Christian feast day: Beatus of Lungern

Tudy of Landevennec

Christian feast day: Tudy of Landevennec

May 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: May 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Gerontius of Cervia

Christian feast day: Gerontius of Cervia

Home Front Heroes Day

Home Front Heroes Day in the United States (proposed; locally observed in Dallas, Texas)

Bienheuré

Christian feast day: Beatus of Vendome

Victory Day (9 May)

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, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) Victory and Peace Day, marks the capture of Shusha (1992) in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, and the end of World War II. (Armenia)

Edmond O'Brien

Edmond O'Brien, American actor and director (born 1915)