Page 8: Historical Events In May - 09

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

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 May - 09.   

1985  On this day in history edmond O'Brien, actor (Moon Pilot, Wild Bunch), dies at 69   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Belgium 8th Government of Martens forms on May - 09.   

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

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 May - 09.   

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  On this day in history new York Newsday reporter Jimmy Breslin suspended for a racial slur   

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

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

1991  On May - 09 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  America's Cup finals begin in San Diego on May - 09.   

1992  Final episode of "Golden Girls" airs on NBC-TV on May - 09.   

1992  On this day in history michelle McLean, 19, of Namibia, crowned 41st Miss Universe   

1992  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1994  On May - 09 massachusetts murderer Joel Rifkind found guilty in New York   

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 May - 09.   

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  On this day in history birth of minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199)   

1265  On May - 09 birth of dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia)   

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

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  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 this day in history birth of johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist   

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

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  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  Death of Peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded on this day in history.   

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