Page 8: Historical Events In May - 09

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

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

1986  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1987  Obafemi Awolowo, Nigeria, pres of Nigeria (1979-83), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history 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  On May - 09 journalists petition Chinese Government for freedom of press   

1989  On May - 09 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 this day in history 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 May - 09.   

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 May - 09.   

1991  On May - 09 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  On May - 09 james L Reinsch, media-advisor (Roosevelt/Churchill/Kennedy), dies   

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  Michelle McLean, 19, of Namibia, crowned 41st Miss Universe on May - 09.   

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  On May - 09 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 May - 09.   

1995  On this day in history kinshasa, Zaire under quarantine after an outbreak of Ebola virus   

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

1265  Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia) was born on May - 09.   

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

1738  John Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet was born on May - 09.   

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

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

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  On May - 09 death of stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered   

1280  On this day in history magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42   

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

1443  On May - 09 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 this day in history.   

1474  On this day in history death of peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded   

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