Page 8: Historical Events In May - 09

1980  On May - 09 35 motorists die as a Liberian freighter rams a Tampa Bay Bridge   

1981  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history tenzing Norgay, one of the first two people to climb to the summit of Mount Everest, dies   

1986  Dirk de Vroome, [Red Giant], Limbourg activist, dies at 60 on May - 09.   

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 May - 09 obafemi Awolowo, Nigeria, pres of Nigeria (1979-83), dies at 78   

1988  Australia's new parliament house is opened by Queen Elizabeth on May - 09.   

1988  On May - 09 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  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.   

1989  Keith Whitley, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes), dies at 33 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"   

1990  New York Newsday reporter Jimmy Breslin suspended for a racial slur on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history luigi Nono, Ital composer (Intolleranza), dies at 66   

1991  Italian actress Laura Antonelli found guilty of cocaine possession on May - 09.   

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

1991  On this day in history james L Reinsch, media-advisor (Roosevelt/Churchill/Kennedy), dies   

1992  America's Cup finals begin in San Diego on this day in history.   

1992  Final episode of "Golden Girls" airs on NBC-TV on this day in history.   

1992  Michelle McLean, 19, of Namibia, crowned 41st Miss Universe on this day in history.   

1992  Mike Tyrell [Red Baron], British air acrobat, dies in an accident on May - 09.   

1993  Landslide in Nambija Ecuador, kills 300 on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history paraguay holds its first presidential &parliamentary elections in 50 years   

1993  Freya Stark, English author (Sunday Bloody Sunday), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1994  Massachusetts murderer Joel Rifkind found guilty in New York on this day in history.   

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

1995  On this day in history abha Gandhi, servant to Gandhi, dies at 68   

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

2005  A town in Brazil declares Orgasm Day on this day in history.   

2006  Beaconsfield mine collapse: After 14 days trapped underground, miners Todd Russell and Brant Webb are rescued in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia on May - 09.   

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1147  Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199) was born on May - 09.   

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

1596  On May - 09 birth of abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter   

1738  On this day in history birth of john Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet   

1740  On May - 09 birth of giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville)   

1783  On May - 09 birth of alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader   

1785  On May - 09 birth of james Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms)   

1793  On May - 09 birth of johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist   

1079  Death of Stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered on this day in history.   

1280  Magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1315  Death of Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282) on May - 09.   

1443  Niccolo d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies on May - 09.   

1446  Death of Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (b. 1368) on May - 09.   

1460  Jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies on this day in history.   

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

1590  Karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66 on May - 09.