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Today In History
Today is May 9
Here is what happened today.
| 1998 | ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by |
| 1997 | 1st U.S. ambassador since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam |
| 1997 | San Diego Padres retire #35 worn by pitcher Randy Jones |
| 1997 | 1st US ambassador since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam |
| 1995 | Cleveland Indians tie record of scoring 8 runs before making an out, they beat Twins 10-0 |
| 1995 | Kinshasa, Zaire under quarantine after an outbreak of Ebola virus |
| 1994 | "Passion" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 280 performances |
| 1994 | Mass murderer Joel Rifkind found guilty in NY |
| 1994 | "Passion" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 280 performances |
| 1994 | Mass murderer Joel Rifkind found guilty in New York |
| 1993 | Mustapha Matura's "Playboy of West Indies," premieres in NYC |
| 1993 | Meg Mallon wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic |
| 1993 | Landslide in Nambija Ecuador, kills 300 |
| 1993 | "Song of Jacob Zulu" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 53 perfs |
| 1993 | "Ain't Broadway Grand" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 25 perfs |
| 1993 | Paraguay holds its 1st pres & parliamentary elections in 50 years |
| 1993 | "Song of Jacob Zulu" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 53 performances |
| 1993 | Paraguay holds its 1st President and parliamentary elections in 50 years |
| 1993 | Mustapha Matura's "Playboy of West Indies," premieres in New York City |
| 1993 | "Ain't Broadway Grand" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 25 performances |
| 1992 | America Cup finals begin in San Diego |
| 1992 | Final episode of "Golden Girls" airs on NBC-TV |
| 1992 | Michelle McLean, 19, of Namibia, crowned 41st Miss Universe |
| 1991 | Michael Landon appears on Tonight Show to talk about his cancer |
| 1991 | Italian actress Laura Antonelli found guilty of cocaine possession |
| 1990 | New York Newsday reporter Jimmy Breslin suspended for a racial slur |
| 1990 | NY Newsday reporter Jimmy Breslin suspended for a racial slur |
| 1990 | Sampdoria wins 30th Europe Cup II |
| 1989 | NY Mets Rick Cerone, errors after 159 errorless games as catcher |
| 1989 | Journalist petition Chinese govt for freedom of press |
| 1989 | "Saratina!" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 597 performances |
| 1989 | VP Quayle say 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 | Journalist petition Chinese government for freedom of press |
| 1989 | NY Mets Kevin Elster, errors after 88 errorless games at shortstop |
| 1989 | New York Mets Kevin Elster, errors after 88 errorless games at shortstop |
| 1989 | New York Mets Rick Cerone, errors after 159 errorless games as catcher |
| 1989 | "Saratina!" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 597 performances |
| 1988 | Belgium: 8th government of Martens forms |
| 1988 | Belgium: 8th govt of Martens forms |
| 1988 | Australia's new parliament house is opened by Queen Elizabeth |
| 1988 | A's winning streak hits 14, ends tommorow |
| 1987 | Oriole Eddie Murray is 1st to switch hit HRs in 2 consecutive games |
| 1987 | Actor Tom Cruise (27) & actress Mimi Rogers (33), marry |
| 1987 | 183 die aboard a Polish jetliner that crashes in Warsaw |
| 1987 | Oriole Eddie Murray is 1st to switch hit home runs in 2 consecutive games |
| 1987 | Actor Tom Cruise (27) and actress Mimi Rogers (33), marry |
| 1984 | White Sox and Brewers play 8:06, game, longest timed baseball game, 25 innings |
| 1984 | Alexander Calder's "Big Crinkly" sells for $852,000 |
| 1984 | Chicago White Sox beat Milw Brewers, 7-6, in 25 inn (started 5/8) |
| 1984 | White Sox & Brewers play 8:06, game, longest timed baseball game |
| 1983 | 18th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Willie Nelson |
| 1983 | 18th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama and Willie Nelson |
| 1982 | Arthur Kopit's musical "Nine," premieres in NYC |
| 1982 | "9" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 739 performances |
| 1982 | Sally Little wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic |
| 1982 | "9" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 739 performances |
| 1982 | Arthur Kopit's musical "Nine," premieres in New York City |
| 1981 | Kazimiroff Blvd in Bronx named for a Bronx historian |
| 1980 | 35 motorists die as a Liberian freighter rams a Tampa Bay Bridge |
| 1979 | US & USSR sign Salt 2 treaty, limiting nuclear weapons |
| 1979 | US and U.S.S.R. sign Salt 2 treaty, limiting nuclear weapons |
| 1978 | "Ain't Misbehavin'" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 1604 perfs |
| 1978 | Corpse of kidnapped ex-premier Aldo Moro found |
| 1978 | Fee Waybill of Tubes breaks a leg falling off stage |
| 1978 | Musical "Ain't Misbehavin'," premieres in NYC |
| 1978 | PSV beats Bastica, 3-0, to win UEFA Cup in Eindhoven Neth |
| 1978 | "Ain't Misbehavin'" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 1604 performances |
| 1978 | Musical "Ain't Misbehavin'," premieres in New York City |
| 1977 | Patty Hearst let out of jail |
| 1977 | Mabel Murphy Smythe confirmed as ambassador to Rep of Cameroon |
| 1977 | Hotel Poland in Amsterdam destroyed by fire, 33 killed |
| 1976 | "So Long 174th St" closes at Harkness Theater New York City after 16 performances |
| 1976 | Sally Little wins LPGA Ladies Masters at Moss Creek Golf Tournament |
| 1976 | "So Long 174th St" closes at Harkness Theater NYC after 16 perfs |
| 1975 | Flyers 1-Isles 5-Semifinals-Flyers hold 3-2 lead |
| 1975 | Brian Oldfield shot puts 22.86 m (world record) |
| 1974 | House Judiciary Committee begin formal hearings on Nixon impeachment |
| 1973 | For 2nd time, Johnny Bench hits 3 HRs in a game |
| 1973 | For 2nd time, Johnny Bench hits 3 home runs in a game |
| 1971 | Elizabeth Bonner runs female world record marathon (3:01:42) |
| 1971 | Friends of Earth return 1500 non-returnable bottles to Schweppes |
| 1971 | Largest walk in crowd (31,626) in Balt Oriole history |
| 1971 | Largest walk in crowd (31,626) in Baltimore Oriole history |
| 1971 | Sandra Haynie wins LPGA San Antonio Alamo Golf Open |
| 1971 | 23rd Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Jack Klugman and Jean Stapleton |
| 1971 | 23rd Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Jack Klugman & Jean Stapleton |
| 1970 | 100,000s demonstrate against Vietnam War |
| 1969 | BPAA All-Star Bowling Tournament won by Billy Hardwick |
| 1967 | Gijsbert van Hall resigns as mayor of Amsterdam |
| 1967 | 1st flight of Fokker F-28 Fellowship |
| 1966 | China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC |
| 1966 | 1st black member of Federal Reserve Board (A F Brimmer) |
| 1965 | Luna 5 launched (U.S.S.R.) 1st attempt to soft land on Moon (fails) |
| 1965 | Luna 5 launched (USSR) 1st attempt to soft land on Moon (fails) |
| 1965 | Beatles attend a Bob Dylan concert |
| 1964 | Khrushchev visits Egypt |
| 1964 | Peter & Gordon release "World Without Love" |
| 1964 | Peter and Gordon release "World Without Love" |
| 1963 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1963 | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1962 | Laser beam successfully bounced off Moon for 1st time |
| 1962 | Beatles sign their 1st contract with EMI Pstlophone |
| 1962 | US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island |
| 1962 | U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island |
| 1961 | Baltimore Oriole Jim Gentile hits 2 grand slams (9 RBIs) vs Minnesota Twins |
| 1961 | Balt Oriole Jim Gentile hits 2 grand slams (9 RBIs) vs Minn Twins |
| 1961 | FCC Chairman Newton N Minow criticizes TV as a "vast wasteland" |
| 1961 | Jim Gentile is 4th to hit grand slams in consecutive innings |
| 1960 | U.S. send U-2 over U.S.S.R. |
| 1960 | U.S. is 1st country to use the birth control pill legally |
| 1960 | US send U-2 over USSR |
| 1960 | US is 1st country to use the birth control pill legally |
| 1960 | Nigeria becomes a member of British Commonwealth |
| 1959 | Dorothy Rigney, husband John, & Hank Greenberg resign from White Sox |
| 1959 | Dorothy Rigney, husband John, and Hank Greenberg resign from White Sox |
| 1958 | Botvinnik recaptures world chess championship |
| 1955 | German Federal Republic joins NATO |
| 1951 | Air raid on Chinese positions at Yalu River |
| 1950 | French Foreign min Robert Schuman calls for European community EGKS |
| 1950 | Norman Dello Joco's premieres in Bronxville |
| 1949 | Prince Rainier III becomes leader of Monaco |
| 1949 | Britain's 1st launderette opens in Queensway London |
| 1949 | Britain's 1st launderette opens in Queensway, London |
| 1946 | 1st hour long entertainment TV show, "NBC's Hour Glass" premieres |
| 1946 | King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates, replaced by Umberto |
| 1946 | 1st variety show on TV "NBC's Hour Glass," premieres |
| 1945 | Norwegian nazi collaborators Vidkun Quisling arrested |
| 1945 | Victory celebration at Red Square |
| 1945 | Jersey liberated from nazis |
| 1945 | New balata ball used in baseball, 50% livilier |
| 1945 | Nazi propagandist Max Blokzijl arrested |
| 1945 | Czechoslovakia liberated from Nazi occupation (Natl Day) |
| 1944 | Russians recapture Crimea by taking Sevastopol |
| 1944 | Joe McCarthy returns as Yankee manager after an illness |
| 1944 | Dutch resistance fighter Gerard Musch arrested |
| 1944 | Country singer Jimmie Davis becomes governor of Louisiana |
| 1944 | 1st eye bank opens (NYC) |
| 1943 | Rotschild-Haddassh University Hospital opens |
| 1943 | 5th German Pantser army surrenders in Tunisia |
| 1942 | 68th Preakness: Basil James aboard Alsab wins in 1:57 |
| 1941 | English Army breaks German spy codes |
| 1939 | Catholic church beatified the 1st Native American, Kateri Tekakwitha |
| 1937 | Reds beat Phillies 21-10 (Ernie Lombardi goes 6 for 6) |
| 1936 | 1st KLM airplane to land on Bonaire |
| 1936 | Italy takes Addis Abba, annexing Absynnia (Ethiopia) |
| 1934 | Bradman out for a Cricket duck against Cambridge University! |
| 1933 | Spanish anarchists call for general strike |
| 1932 | Piccadilly Circus, 1st lit by electricity |
| 1932 | 58th Preakness: Eugene James aboard Burgoo King wins in 1:59.8 |
| 1932 | WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa merges with WHO to become WHO-WOC |
| 1931 | 57th Preakness: George Ellis aboard Mate wins in 1:59 |
| 1930 | 56th Preakness: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:00.6 |
| 1929 | WJW-AM in Cleveland Ohio begins radio transmissions |
| 1929 | New York Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 1929 | NY Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pitts Pirates |
| 1927 | 53rd Preakness: Whitey Abel aboard Bostonian wins in 2:01.6 |
| 1927 | Canberra replaces Melbourne as the capital of Australia |
| 1926 | Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett make 1st flight over North Pole |
| 1926 | Richard Byrd & Floyd Bennett make 1st flight over North Pole |
| 1925 | Cornerstone for Hebrew University, Jerusalem laid |
| 1916 | British-France Sykes-Picot meet over division of Turkey |
| 1915 | German & French fight Battle of Artois |
| 1915 | German and French fight Battle of Artois |
| 1914 | Pres Wilson proclaims Mother's Day |
| 1914 | 40th Kentucky Derby: John McCabe aboard Old Rosebud wins in 2:03.4 |
| 1914 | President Wilson proclaims Mother's Day |
| 1913 | 17th amendment provides for election of senators by popular vote |
| 1911 | Fire breaks out at Empire Theater in Edinburgh Scotland |
| 1908 | Dirk Fock becomes governor of Suriname |
| 1901 | Cleve's Earl Moore no-hits Chic White Sox 9 inn but loses in 10th 4-2 |
| 1901 | Australia opens its 1st parliament in Melbourne |
| 1901 | Cleve's Earl Moore no-hits Chicago White Sox 9 inn but loses in 10th 4-2 |
| 1899 | Lawn mower patented |
| 1896 | 1st horseless carriage show in London (featured 10 models) |
| 1889 | 15th Kentucky Derby: Thomas Kiley aboard Spokane wins in 2:34 |
| 1889 | 15th Kentucky Derby: Thomas Kiley aboard Spokane wins in 2:34« |
| 1882 | Telegraph Hill RR Co organized |
| 1874 | Victoria Embankment, in London opens |
| 1868 | Anton Bruckner's 1st Symphony in C, premieres |
| 1864 | Battle of Dalton, GA |
| 1864 | Battle of Cloyd's Mt, & Swift Creek, VA (Drewery's Bluff, Ft Darling) |
| 1864 | -20] Skirmish at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia |
| 1864 | Skirmish at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia |
| 1864 | Battle of Dalton, Geogia |
| 1864 | Battle of Cloyd's Mt, and Swift Creek, Virginia (Drewery's Bluff, Ft. Darling) |
| 1864 | Ship battle at Helgoland, Austria-Denmark |
| 1862 | US Naval Academy relocated from Annapolis MD to Newport, RI |
| 1862 | Battle of Ft Pickens, FL (Pensacola), evacuated by CS |
| 1862 | Battle of Farmington, MS |
| 1862 | U.S. Naval Academy relocated from Annapolis Maryland to Newport, Rhode Island |
| 1862 | Battle of Farmington, Mississippi |
| 1862 | Battle of Ft. Pickens, Florida (Pensacola), evacuated by CS |
| 1846 | Battle of Resaca de la Palma-US sends Mexico back to Rio Grande |
| 1837 | "Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez Miss; 175 dies |
| 1836 | HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin departs Port Louis, Mauritius |
| 1788 | English parliament accepts abolishing of slave trade |
| 1785 | British inventor Joseph Bramah patents beer-pump handle |
| 1766 | John Byron back in England after trip around the world |
| 1754 | 1st newspaper cartoon in America-divided snake "Join or Die" |
| 1753 | King Louis XV disbands French parliament |
| 1738 | England routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea & West-Indies |
| 1738 | England routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea and West-Indies |
| 1689 | English King Willem III declares war on France |
| 1671 | Col Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels |
| 1588 | Duke Henri de Guises troops occupy Paris |
| 1573 | Polish Parliament selects duke of Anjou as king |
| 1519 | Austrian adel/burgerij in uprising against central government |
| 1502 | Columbus left Spain on his 4th and final trip to New World |
| 1502 | Columbus left Spain on his 4th & final trip to New World |
| 1460 | Court yard episcopal palace Atrecht has witch burnings |
| 1386 | Treaty of Windsor between Portugal-England |
| 1336 | Italian poet Francesco Petrarca climbs Mont Ventoux |
These people died on May 9
| 1999 | Shel Silverstein turns off the light in the attic. |
| 1995 | Percy Mansell, cricketer (355 runs in 13 Tests for S Afr), dies |
| 1995 | Marshall Royal, jazz Sax/Clarinet, dies at 82 |
| 1995 | Charles Montgomery Monteith, publisher, dies at 74 |
| 1995 | Abha Gandhi, servant to Gandhi, dies at 68 |
| 1993 | Freya Stark, English author (Sunday Bloody Sunday), dies at 61 |
| 1993 | Mary Duncan Sanford, dies at 98 |
| 1993 | Penelope Gilliatt [Conner], British author |
| 1992 | Mike Tyrell [Red Baron], British air acrobat, dies in an accident |
| 1991 | Ronnie Brody, British actor (Superman III, Whats Up Nurse), dies at 72 |
| 1991 | Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies |
| 1991 | James L Reinsch, media-advisor (Roosevelt/Churchill/Kennedy), dies |
| 1990 | Pauline Frederick, 1st women to moderate Pres debate, dies at 84 |
| 1990 | Luigi Nono, Ital composer (Intolleranza), dies at 66 |
| 1989 | Keith Whitley, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes), dies at 33 |
| 1989 | Paul J Steenbergen, actor (Ciske de Rat), dies at 82 |
| 1987 | Obafemi Awolowo, Nigeria, pres of Nigeria (1979-83), dies at 78 |
| 1986 | Tenzing Norgay, Tibetan climber (Mount Everest 1953), dies at 71 |
| 1986 | Herschel Bernardi, actor (Lt Jacoby-Peter Gunn, Arnie), dies at 62 |
| 1986 | Dirk de Vroome, [Red Giant], Limbourg activist, dies at 60 |
| 1985 | Edmond O'Brien, actor (Moon Pilot, Wild Bunch), dies at 69 |
| 1982 | Ab [Albert] Visser, poet/writer (Ka‹n sloeg Abel), dies |
| 1981 | C E "Nip" Pellew, cricketer (10 Tests 484 runs at 37), dies |
| 1981 | Nelson Algren, US writer (Man with the Golden Arm), dies at 72 |
| 1979 | Lan Adomian, composer, dies at 73 |
| 1979 | Cyrus S Eaton, Canada/US multi-millionaire, dies at 95 |
| 1977 | Walter Kraft, composer, dies at 71 |
| 1977 | James Jones, US writer (Bad Blood, From Here to Eternity), dies at 55 |
| 1976 | Raymond Chevreuille, Belgian composer, dies at 74 |
| 1976 | Valentino Bucchi, composer, dies at 59 |
| 1975 | Philip Dorn, dies at 73 |
| 1974 | Lyubomir Pipkov, composer, dies at 69 |
| 1970 | Walter P Reuther, US worker's union leader/president (CIO), dies |
| 1970 | Percy Brier, composer, dies at 84 |
| 1968 | Finlay Currie, dies at 90 |
| 1968 | Harold Gray, US comic strip artist (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 74 |
| 1968 | Marion Lorne, actress (Aunt Clara-Bewitched), dies at 81 |
| 1968 | Phil Arnold, actor (Skidoo, Errand Boy, Damn Yankees), dies at 58 |
| 1967 | Philippa Duke Schuyler, composer, dies at 35 |
| 1967 | Elmar Berkovich, Dutch industrial designer (Eindhoven theater), dies |
| 1966 | Wilhelmus M Bekkers, bishop of Dukeenbosch, dies |
| 1966 | Alfred Mendelsohn, composer, dies at 56 |
| 1965 | Leopold Figl, premier Austria, dies at 62 |
| 1958 | Bill Goodwin, TV announcer (Burns & Allen), dies at 47 |
| 1957 | Heinrich Campendonk, German painter/wood carver/glasier, dies at 67 |
| 1957 | Ezio F Pinza, Italian bass (Scale of Milan, NY Met Opera), dies |
| 1952 | Canada Lee, black actor (Lost Boundaries), dies in NYC at 45 |
| 1951 | Marie Ault, dies at 80 |
| 1949 | Louis II, Prince of Monaco, dies |
| 1945 | Clem Hill, cricketer (49 Tests for Australia 1896-1912), dies |
| 1944 | Ethel Mary Smyth, composer, dies at 86 |
| 1937 | Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer, dies in crash at 43 |
| 1931 | A[lbert] A[braham] Michelson, US physicist (1907 Nobel), dies at 78 |
| 1928 | Constantin Dimitrescu, composer, dies at 81 |
| 1927 | Tommy Routledge, cricketer (4 Tests for S Africa 1892-96), dies |
| 1926 | Joseph Mallaby Dent, publisher, dies |
| 1905 | Ernst Pauer, composer, dies at 78 |
| 1903 | Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies |
| 1884 | Hermanus W Witteveen, theologist, dies at 69 |
| 1880 | Johann Hermann Berens, composer, dies at 54 |
| 1864 | "Uncle" John Sedgwick, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 50 |
| 1864 | Thomas Donnely Doubleday, US Union Col, dies in an accident |
| 1853 | Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer, dies at 73 |
| 1850 | Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, chemist/physicist, dies |
| 1822 | Charles Duquesnoy, composer, dies at 62 |
| 1805 | Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, poet/playwright, dies at 45 |
| 1805 | Friedrich Schiller, writer, dies at 45 |
| 1799 | Claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer, dies at 72 |
| 1791 | Francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53 |
| 1785 | Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44 |
| 1770 | Charles Avison, composer, dies at 61 |
| 1760 | Nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59 |
| 1745 | Tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer, dies at 82 |
| 1707 | Dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69 |
| 1688 | Frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68 |
| 1667 | Marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48) |
| 1657 | William Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies |
| 1590 | Karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66 |
| 1474 | Peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded |
| 1460 | Jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies |
| 1443 | Niccol¢ d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies |
| 1280 | Magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42 |
| 1079 | Stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered |
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