Editing 2009 (section)

=== May ===
* [[May 11]]–[[May 24|24]] – [[Space Shuttle Atlantis]] is launched to refurbish the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] on May 11, landing at [[Edwards Air Force Base]] May 24.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts125/main/index.html|title=NASA – STS-125|website=www.nasa.gov|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-date=June 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615053932/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts125/main/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[May 12]]–[[May 16|16]] – The [[Eurovision Song Contest 2009]] takes place in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]], and is won by [[Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest|Norwegian]] entrant [[Alexander Rybak]] with the song "[[Fairytale (Alexander Rybak song)|Fairytale]]".
* [[May 15]]
** [[France–Pakistan Atomic Energy Framework]] bilateral energy treaty is signed.<ref name="BBC Pakistan, 2009">{{cite news|last=Staff reports|title=Pakistan in 'French nuclear deal'|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8052587.stm|accessdate=17 September 2012|newspaper=BBC Pakistan, 2009|date=15 May 2009|archive-date=June 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620160337/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8052587.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The album [[21st Century Breakdown]] is released by American rock band [[Green Day]], which sold over 5 million copies.
* [[May 17]] – Video game ''[[Minecraft]]'', the [[List of best-selling video games|best-selling video game of all time]], is first released to the public.
* [[May 18]] – Following more than 25 years of fighting, the [[Sri Lankan civil war|Sri Lankan Civil War]] ends with the total military defeat of the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/story.html?id=1605285 |title=Sri Lanka's long war reaches end, Tigers defeated |author=C. Bryson Hull and Ranga Sirilal |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110115170258/http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=1605285 |archive-date=January 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 31, 2009  }}</ref>
* [[May 19]] – German football club [[RB Leipzig]] is founded by [[Red Bull]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=From the fifth division to the UEFA Champions League semi-finals in 11 years: the history of RB Leipzig |url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/history-of-rb-leipzig-from-fifth-division-to-champions-league-nagelsmann-rangnick-12466 |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=www.bundesliga.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[May 25]] – [[North Korea]] announces that it has conducted a second successful [[2009 North Korean nuclear test|nuclear test]] in [[North Hamgyong Province]]. The [[United Nations Security Council]] condemns the reported test.<ref>{{cite news|title=UN Security Council Condemns North Korea Nuclear Test (Update1)|publisher=Bloomberg|date=May 25, 2009|access-date=May 31, 2009|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601089&sid=aOoNPErMuqyg}}</ref>