May
9
Saturday
2026
Now
Holiday
Home Front Heroes Day
Home Front Heroes Day in the United States (proposed; locally observed in Dallas, Texas)
Holiday
Europe Day
Europe Day, commemorating the Schuman Declaration. (European Union, Kosovo, Moldova, Ukraine)
Holiday
National day
Commemoration of the end of the German occupation of the Channel Islands related observances:
National Day (Alderney)
Holiday
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)
Holiday
May 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day:
May 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Holiday
Gregory of Nazianzus
Christian feast day:
Gregory of Nazianzen (The Episcopal Church (US) and traditional Roman Catholic calendar)