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May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in Leap Year s). There are 236 days remaining.
Events
- 328 - Athanasius is elected Patriarch bishop of Alexandria .
- 1092 - Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated.
- 1450 - 'Abd Al-Latif Mirza ( Timurid monarch) assassinated.
- 1502 - Christopher Columbus leaves Spain for his fourth and final journey to the " New World ".
- 1671 - Thomas Blood , disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower Of London . He is immediately caught because he is too drunk to run with the loot. He is later condemned to death and then mysteriously pardoned and exiled by King Charles II .
- 1726 - Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap 's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn .
- 1868 - The city of Reno, Nevada , is founded.
- 1874 - The first horse drawn carriage made its début in the city of Mumbai , plying on two routes.
- 1887 - Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show opens in London .
- 1901 - Australia opens its first Parliament in Melbourne .
- 1914 - J.T. Hearne becomes the first Bowler to take 3000 First-class wickets.
- between German and French forces.
- 1926 - Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of his diary seems to indicate that this did not happen).
- 1927 - The Australian Parliament first convenes in Canberra .
- 1936 - Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5 .
- U-9 sinks French coastal submarine '' Doris '' near Den Helder .
- submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy . On board is the latest Enigma Cryptography Machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.
- 1942 - World War II: Belgrade becomes the first Axis-conquered city to murder or eliminate its Jewish Population, largely with the help of Serbian collaborators.
- surrender to Marshal Georgy Zhukov at Berlin-Karlshorst is signed by Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen Stumpff as the representative of the Luftwaffe , Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel as the Chief of Staff of OKW , and Admiral Hans-Georg Von Friedeburg as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine .
- 1945 - World War II: Hermann Göring is captured by the United States Army .
- 1945 - World War II: Norway arrests Vidkun Quisling .
- 1945 - World War II: Red Army enters Prague (capitulation of Nazi occupation troops)
- 1945 - World War II: The Soviet Union marks Victory Day .
- 1945 - World War II: The Channel Islands are formally Liberated by the British.
- 1946 - King Victor Emmanuel III Of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Humbert II .
- 1949 - Rainier III Of Monaco becomes Prince of Monaco .
- 1950 - Robert Schuman presents his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe , indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the " Schuman Declaration ", is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union .
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- joins NATO .
- 1955 - '' Sam And Friends '' debuts on a local US television channel, marking the first television appearance of both Jim Henson and what would become Kermit The Frog and the Muppets .
- 1956 - First ascent of Manaslu , the world's eighth-highest mountain.
- approves sale of the Birth Control Pill .
- , 75,000 to 100,000 war protestors peacefully demonstrate behind a barricaded White House .
- Judiciary Committee opens formal and public Impeachment hearings against President Richard M. Nixon .
- 1980 - In Florida , Liberia n freighter SS ''Summit Venture'' hits the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay sending 35 people (most in a bus) to a watery death as a 1,400-foot section of the bridge collapses.
- 1980 - The first meeting of Pope John Paul II and the Archbishop Of Canterbury takes place in Ghana .
- 1987 - A Polish LOT Ilyushin IŁ 62M "Tadeusz Kościuszko" (SP-LBG). crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland , killing 183 people.
- 1987 - In Brussels , Belgium , Johnny Logan wins the thirty-second Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland singinA
- 1988 - Jerry Lawler wins the AWA heavyweight title from Curt Hennig in a retirement match at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, TN . This victory led to a later proclamation of a "Jerry Lawler" day from the mayor of Memphis.
- 1992 - In Malmö , Sweden , Linda Martin wins the thirty-seventh Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland singing "Why Me".
- 1992 - At 5:18 a.m. ADT The Westray Mine in Plymouth, Nova Scotia experiences a methane explosion killing all 26 miners who were working.
- 1994 - Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa 's first black President .
- 1998 - In Birmingham , United Kingdom , Dana International wins the forty-third Eurovision Song Contest for Israel singing "Diva".
- 2002 - The 38-day stand-off in the Church Of The Nativity in Bethlehem comes to an end when the Palestinians inside agree to have 13 suspected militants among them deported to several different countries.
- 2002 - In Kaspiysk , Russia , a remote-controlled Bomb explodes during a holiday parade killing 43 and injuring at least 130.
- 2004 - Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov is killed in a Landmine bomb blast under a VIP stage during a World War II memorial victory parade in Grozny , Chechnya .
- 2004 - The Canadian National Team wins the World Ice Hockey Championship in Prague .
Births
- 1147 - Minamoto No Yoritomo , Japanese shogun (d. 1199 )
- 1439 - Pope Pius III (d. 1503 )
- 1741 - Giovanni Paisiello , Italian composer (d. 1816 )
- 1800 - John Brown , American abolitionist (d. 1859 )
- 1837 - Adam Opel , German engineer and industrialist (b. 1895 )
- 1860 - J. M. Barrie , Scottish author (d. 1937 )
- 1873 - Anton Cermak , Mayor of Chicago (d. 1933 )
- 1874 - Howard Carter , British archaeologist (d. 1939 )
- 1882 - George Barker , American painter (d. 1965 )
- 1882 - Henry J. Kaiser , American ship-builder (d. 1967 )
- 1883 - José Ortega Y Gasset , Spanish philosopher (d. 1955 ).
- 1892 - Zita Of Bourbon-Parma , Empress of Austria-Hungary (d. 1989 )
- 1895 - Richard Barthelmess , American actor (d. 1963 )
- 1895 - Lucian Blaga , Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1895 )
- 1907 - Baldur Von Schirach , Nazi official (d. 1974 )
- 1907 - Kathryn Kuhlman , famed evangelist (d. 1976 )
- 1912 - Pedro Armendáriz , Mexican actor (d. 1963 )
- 1912 - Per Imerslund , "The aryan idol" (d. 1943 )
- 1914 - Hank Snow , Canadian-born musician (d. 1999 )
- 1918 - Mike Wallace , American journalist
- 1918 - Orville L. Freeman , American politician (d. 2003 )
- 1920 - Richard Adams , English author
- 1920 - William Tenn , American author
- 1921 - Sophie Scholl , resistance fighter in Nazi Germany (d. 1943 )
- 1921 - Mona Van Duyn , American poet (d. 2004 )
- 1924 - Bulat Okudzhava , Russian writer and musician (d. 1997 )
- 1927 - Manfred Eigen , German biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Chemistry
- 1928 - Colin Chapman , English engineer and automobile manufacturer (d. 1982 )
- 1928 - Pancho Gonzalez , American tennis player (d. 1995 )
- 1928 - Barbara Ann Scott , Canadian figure skater
- 1930 - Joan Sims , British actress (d. 2001 )
- 1934 - Alan Bennett , British author
- 1936 - Albert Finney , British actor
- 1936 - Glenda Jackson , English actress and politician
- 1937 - José Rafael Moneo , Spanish architect
- 1939 - Ralph Boston , American athlete
- 1940 - James L. Brooks , American film producer and writer
- 1942 - John Ashcroft , United States Attorney General
- 1944 - Richie Furay , American musician ( Poco and Buffalo Springfield )
- 1946 - Candice Bergen , American actress
- 1949 - Billy Joel , American musician
- 1955 - Anne-Sofie Von Otter , Swedish mezzo-soprano
- 1962 - David Gahan , English singer ( Depeche Mode )
- 1963 - Sanja Doležal , Croatian singer ( Novi Fosili )
- 1964 - Kevin Saunderson , American music producer and disc jockey
- 1965 - Steve Yzerman , Canadian hockey player
- 1968 - Marie-José Perec , French athlete
- 1970 - Ghostface Killah , American rapper
- 1972 - Megumi Odaka , Japanese actress and artist
- 1975 - George Boateng , Dutch footballer
- 1978 - Leandro Damián Cufré , Argentine football player
- 1979 - Rosario Dawson , American actress
- 1979 - Pierre Bouvier , Canadian musician ( Simple Plan )
- 1979 - Andrew W.K. , American Musician
- 1982 - Rachel Boston , American actress
Deaths
- 1315 - Hugh V, Duke Of Burgundy (b. 1282 )
- 1446 - Mary Of Enghien , Queen of Naples (b. 1368 )
- 1657 - William Bradford , Governor of Plymouth Colony (b. 1590 )
- 1707 - Dieterich Buxtehude , German composer
- 1747 - John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl Of Stair , Scottish soldier and diplomat (b. 1673 )
- 1760 - Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf , German religious and social reformer (b. 1700 )
- 1789 - Jean Baptiste Vaquette De Gribeauval , French artillery specialist (b. 1715 )
- 1790 - William Clingan , American delegate to the Continental Congress
- 1791 - Francis Hopkinson , American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1737 )
- 1805 - Friedrich Schiller , German poet and historian (b. 1759 )
- 1861 - Peter Ernst Von Lasaulx , German philosopher and writer (b. 1805 )
- 1889 - William S. Harney , U.S. general (b. 1800 )
- 1903 - Paul Gauguin , French painter (b. 1848 )
- 1931 - Albert Abraham Michelson , German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852 )
- 1938 - Thomas B. Thrige , Danish industrialist (b. 1866 )
- 1949 - Prince Louis II Of Monaco (b. 1870 )
- 1950 - Esteban Terradas I Illa , Catalan mathematician, scientist, and engineer (b. 1883 )
- 1955 - Kate Booth , the oldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1858 )
- 1957 - Ezio Pinza , Italian bass (b. 1892 )
- 1968 - Mercedes De Acosta , American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite (b. 1893 )
- 1970 - Andrew Watson Myles , Canadian politician (b. 1884 )
- 1970 - Walter Reuther , American labor leader (b. 1907 )
- 1976 - Jens Bjørneboe , Norwegian author (b. 1920 )
- 1978 - Aldo Moro , Prime Minister Of Italy (b. 1916 )
- 1985 - Edmond O'Brien , American actor (b. 1915 )
- 1986 - Tenzing Norgay , Nepalese sherpa (b. 1914 )
- 1989 - Keith Whitley , American country music singer (b. 1955 )
- 1994 - Elias Motsoaledi , South African freedom fighter (b. 1924 )
- 1998 - Alice Faye , American actress (b. 1915 )
- 2003 - Russell B. Long , U.S. Senator from Louisiana (b. 1918 )
- 2004 - Akhmad Kadyrov , Chechen president (b. 1951 )
- 2004 - Alan King , American comedian (b. 1927 )
- 2005 - Nasrat Parsa , Afghani singer (b. 1969 )
Holidays and observances
External links
May 8 - May 10 - April 9 - June 9 – Listing Of All Days
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