Historical Events In May - 09

1980  On this day in history 35 motorists die as a Liberian freighter rams a Tampa Bay Bridge  

1981  On May - 09 kazimiroff Blvd in the Bronx named for a Bronx historian  

1981  On this day in history c E "Nip" Pellew, cricketer (10 Tests 484 runs at 37), dies  

1985  Edmond O'Brien, actor (Moon Pilot, Wild Bunch), dies at 69 on May - 09.  

1986  Tenzing Norgay, one of the first two people to climb to the summit of Mount Everest, dies on this day in history.  

1986  On May - 09 dirk de Vroome, [Red Giant], Limbourg activist, dies at 60  

1987  On May - 09 183 die aboard a Polish jetliner that crashes in Warsaw  

1987  On May - 09 actor Tom Cruise (27) &actress Mimi Rogers (33), marry  

1987  On this day in history obafemi Awolowo, Nigeria, pres of Nigeria (1979-83), dies at 78  

1988  On May - 09 australia's new parliament house is opened by Queen Elizabeth  

1988  On May - 09 belgium 8th Government of Martens forms  

1988  On this day in history belgium: 8th Government of Martens forms  

1989  Journalists petition Chinese Government for freedom of press 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"  

1989  On May - 09 keith Whitley, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes), dies at 33  

1989  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" on this day in history.  

1990  On May - 09 new York Newsday reporter Jimmy Breslin suspended for a racial slur  

1990  Luigi Nono, Ital composer (Intolleranza), dies at 66 on May - 09.  

1991  On this day in history italian actress Laura Antonelli found guilty of cocaine possession  

1991  On this day in history michael Landon appears on Tonight Show to talk about his cancer  

1991  James L Reinsch, media-advisor (Roosevelt/Churchill/Kennedy), dies on May - 09.  

1992  On May - 09 america's Cup finals begin in San Diego  

1992  On May - 09 final episode of "Golden Girls" airs on NBC-TV  

1992  On May - 09 michelle McLean, 19, of Namibia, crowned 41st Miss Universe  

1992  Mike Tyrell [Red Baron], British air acrobat, dies in an accident on this day in history.  

1993  Landslide in Nambija Ecuador, kills 300 on May - 09.  

1993  On May - 09 paraguay holds its first presidential &parliamentary elections in 50 years  

1993  On May - 09 freya Stark, English author (Sunday Bloody Sunday), dies at 61  

1994  Massachusetts murderer Joel Rifkind found guilty in New York on May - 09.  

1995  On May - 09 kinshasa, Zaire under quarantine after an outbreak of Ebola virus  

1995  Abha Gandhi, servant to Gandhi, dies at 68 on May - 09.  

1997  The first US ambassador returns to Vietnam since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam on this day in history.  

2005  On this day in history a town in Brazil declares Orgasm Day.  

2006  On this day in history beaconsfield mine collapse: After 14 days trapped underground, miners Todd Russell and Brant Webb are rescued in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia.  

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1147  On May - 09 birth of minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199)  

1265  On this day in history birth of dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia)  

1596  Abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter was born on May - 09.  

1738  On May - 09 birth of john Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet  

1740  Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville) was born on this day in history.  

1783  Alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader was born on May - 09.  

1785  James Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms) was born on this day in history.  

1793  Johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist was born on this day in history.  

1079  Death of Stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered on May - 09.  

1280  On May - 09 magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42  

1315  On May - 09 death of hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282)  

1443  On this day in history niccolo d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies  

1446  On May - 09 death of mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (b. 1368)  

1460  Jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies on May - 09.  

1474  On May - 09 death of peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded  

1590  On May - 09 karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66