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6 May 1900
Iran. Birthday of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
8 May 1945
Czechoslovakia. Liberation Day.
8 May 1945
East Germany. Liberation Day.
8 May 1945
West Germany. Capitulation of the Third Reich.
8 May 1979
El Salvador. Police fired into a crowd on the steps of San Salvador cathedral demonstrating solidarity with leftwing activists who had occupied the French and Costa Rican Embassies; at least 25 demonstrators were killed.
8 May 1984
Libya. Armed dissidents attack President Mu'ammar Qadhafi's Azizziya barracks.
9 May
Muslim world. Ramadan (month of fasting) begins.
9 May 1881
Romania. Independence Day.
9 May 1945
Albania. Victory Day.
9 May 1945
Poland. Victory Day.
9 May 1945
Soviet Union. Victory Day.
9 May 1945
Yugoslavia. Victory Day.
9 May 1976
West Germany. Suicide in prison of Ulrike Meinhof, founding member of Red Army Faction (RAF).
10 May
Jordan. Arab Resistance Day.
10 May 1985
India. Night of Sikh bombings leaves 80 dead, 200 wounded in New Delhi, other cities.
11 May 1983
Chile. Anti-Pinochet demonstrations put down forcefully by government.
11 May 1984
Chile. Wave of bombings against government targets.
13 May 1981
Vatican City. Attempt on the life of Pope John PaUL II by Mehmet Ali Agca.
14 May 1811
Paraguay. Independence Day.
14 May 1948
Israel. Republic Day (declaration of independence).
14 May 1948
Middle East. Beginning of the first Arab-Israeli war.
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