Page 8: 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 this day in history kazimiroff Blvd in the Bronx named for a Bronx historian   

1981  On May - 09 c E "Nip" Pellew, cricketer (10 Tests 484 runs at 37), dies   

1985  On May - 09 edmond O'Brien, actor (Moon Pilot, Wild Bunch), dies at 69   

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

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  Actor Tom Cruise (27) &actress Mimi Rogers (33), marry on May - 09.   

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  On May - 09 journalists petition Chinese Government for freedom of press   

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  On this day in history keith Whitley, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes), dies at 33   

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 May - 09.   

1990  On May - 09 luigi Nono, Ital composer (Intolleranza), dies at 66   

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

1991  On May - 09 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 May - 09.   

1992  On this day in history mike Tyrell [Red Baron], British air acrobat, dies in an accident   

1993  On this day in history landslide in Nambija Ecuador, kills 300   

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

1993  On this day in history freya Stark, English author (Sunday Bloody Sunday), dies at 61   

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

1995  Kinshasa, Zaire under quarantine after an outbreak of Ebola virus on this day in history.   

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

1997  On this day in history the first US ambassador returns to Vietnam since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam   

2005  On May - 09 a town in Brazil declares Orgasm Day.   

2006  On May - 09 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  Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199) was born on May - 09.   

1265  Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia) was born on this day in history.   

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

1738  John Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet was born on this day in history.   

1740  Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville) was born on May - 09.   

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

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

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

1079  On this day in history death of stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered   

1280  Magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42 on May - 09.   

1315  On this day in history death of hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282)   

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

1446  Death of Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (b. 1368) on this day in history.   

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