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9 May was a date.
Holidays and observances
In 2164, 9 May was celebrated as Victory on Earth Day (VE Day), marking the victory of human resistance fighters against the Dalek invasion of Earth. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])
Events
On 9 May 1945, following Hitler's suicide just over a week before, (PROSE: The Shadow in the Glass [+]Loading...["The Shadow in the Glass (novel)"]) Field Marshal Keitel and Marshal Georgi K Zhukov signed the documents of German unconditional surrender. Nazi Germany was totally destroyed. (PROSE: Just War [+]Loading...["Just War (novel)"])
In 1984, Peri Brown met the Fifth Doctor for the first time, after Turlough prevented her drowning in the waters off Lanzarote. (TV: Planet of Fire [+]Loading...["Planet of Fire (TV story)"]; AUDIO: The Reaping [+]Loading...["The Reaping (audio story)"])