9 May: The day Germany's unconditioned chapter was signed. The end of World War II on the European battle theatre

Oil flowed uninterruptedly under the English Channel.

On May 9, 1502, Christfor Columbus embarked on his last journey to the New World, and in 1877 he was read the Declaration of State Independence of Romania. On the same day, but in 1945, Germany's unconditioned capitalization act was signed, marking the end of the Second World War.