Page 8: Historical Events In May - 09
Saturday, 23 August 2025
1980 On this day in history 35 motorists die as a Liberian freighter rams a Tampa Bay Bridge
1981 Kazimiroff Blvd in the Bronx named for a Bronx historian on May - 09.
1981 C E "Nip" Pellew, cricketer (10 Tests 484 runs at 37), dies on this day in history.
1985 On May - 09 edmond O'Brien, actor (Moon Pilot, Wild Bunch), dies at 69
1986 On May - 09 tenzing Norgay, one of the first two people to climb to the summit of Mount Everest, dies
1986 On this day in history dirk de Vroome, [Red Giant], Limbourg activist, dies at 60
1987 183 die aboard a Polish jetliner that crashes in Warsaw on this day in history.
1987 Actor Tom Cruise (27) &actress Mimi Rogers (33), marry on May - 09.
1987 Obafemi Awolowo, Nigeria, pres of Nigeria (1979-83), dies at 78 on this day in history.
1988 On May - 09 australia's new parliament house is opened by Queen Elizabeth
1988 On this day in history belgium 8th Government of Martens forms
1988 Belgium: 8th Government of Martens forms on this day in history.
1989 Journalists petition Chinese Government for freedom of press on this day in history.
1989 On this day in history vice President Dan Quayle says in United Negro College Fund speech "What a waste it is to lose one's mind" instead of "a mind is terrible thing to waste"
1989 Keith Whitley, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes), dies at 33 on May - 09.
1989 On this day in history vice President Dan Quayle says in United Negro College Fund speech: "What a waste it is to lose one's mind" instead of "a mind is terrible thing to waste"
1990 New York Newsday reporter Jimmy Breslin suspended for a racial slur on this day in history.
1990 Luigi Nono, Ital composer (Intolleranza), dies at 66 on this day in history.
1991 Italian actress Laura Antonelli found guilty of cocaine possession on this day in history.
1991 Michael Landon appears on Tonight Show to talk about his cancer on this day in history.
1991 On this day in history james L Reinsch, media-advisor (Roosevelt/Churchill/Kennedy), dies
1992 On this day in history america's Cup finals begin in San Diego
1992 On May - 09 final episode of "Golden Girls" airs on NBC-TV
1992 On this day in history michelle McLean, 19, of Namibia, crowned 41st Miss Universe
1992 On May - 09 mike Tyrell [Red Baron], British air acrobat, dies in an accident
1993 On May - 09 landslide in Nambija Ecuador, kills 300
1993 Paraguay holds its first presidential &parliamentary elections in 50 years on May - 09.
1993 Freya Stark, English author (Sunday Bloody Sunday), dies at 61 on May - 09.
1994 On this day in history massachusetts murderer Joel Rifkind found guilty in New York
1995 Kinshasa, Zaire under quarantine after an outbreak of Ebola virus on this day in history.
1995 Abha Gandhi, servant to Gandhi, dies at 68 on May - 09.
1997 On May - 09 the first US ambassador returns to Vietnam since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam
2005 A town in Brazil declares Orgasm Day on May - 09.
2006 Beaconsfield mine collapse: After 14 days trapped underground, miners Todd Russell and Brant Webb are rescued in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia on this day in history.
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