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09 May 1386
Treaty of Windsor between Portugal and England (oldest diplomatic alliance in the world still in force)
09 May 1450
Abd al-Latif (Timurid monarch) is assassinated
09 May 1460
Courtyard of the episcopal palace in Atrecht (akak Arras) has witch burnings
09 May 1519
Austrian adel and burgerij in uprising against central government
09 May 1573
Polish Parliament selects Duke of Anjou as king
09 May 1671
Colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels
09 May 1689
English King William III declares war on France
09 May 1726
Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Claps molly house in London are executed at Tyburn
09 May 1738
Britain sends fleet to the Mediterranean Sea & West Indies
09 May 1754
1st newspaper cartoon in America-divided snake Join or Die
09 May 1766
John Byron back in England after trip around the world
09 May 1785
British inventor Joseph Bramah patents beer-pump handle
09 May 1788
British parliament accepts abolition of slave trade
09 May 1793
Explorer Alexander Mackenzie sets out on his second expedition to the Pacific from Fort Fork (arrives at Pacific 22nd July)
09 May 1837
Sherrod burns in the Mississippi River below Natchez Mississippi 175 die
09 May 1846
Battle of Resaca de la Palma-US sends Mexico back to Rio Grande
09 May 1862
Battle of Fort Pickens Florida Pensacola evacuated by Confederates
09 May 1862
US Naval Academy relocated from Annapolis Maryland to Newport Rhode Island
09 May 1864
Battle of Cloyds Mt & Swift Creek Virginia (Drewerys Bluff Fort Darling)
09 May 1873
Der Krach Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression
09 May 1874
The first horse-drawn bus makes its dbut in the city of Mumbai plying two routes
09 May 1887
Buffalo Bill Codys Wild West Show opens in London
09 May 1889
15th Kentucky Derby Thomas Kiley aboard Spokane wins in 234.50
09 May 1896
1st horseless carriage show in London (featured 10 models)
09 May 1899
John Burr patents an improved rotary blade lawn mower in the US
09 May 1901
Clevelands Earl Moore no-hits Chicago White Sox 9 inn but loses in 10th 4-2
09 May 1901
A financial panic begins in the USA following the struggle between two groups to control the railroads between the Great Lakes and the Pacific
09 May 1904
The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine to exceed 100mph.
09 May 1877
Mihail Koglniceanu reads in the Chamber of Deputies the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day becomes the Independence Day of Romania.
09 May 1882
Telegraph Hill RR Co (Cable Cars) in San Francisco organized
09 May 1911
Fire breaks out at Empire Theatre in Edinburgh Scotland
09 May 1914
40th Kentucky Derby John McCabe aboard Old Rosebud wins in 203.4
09 May 1914
J.T. Hearne becomes the first bowler to take 3000 first-class wickets.
09 May 1916
British-France Sykes-Picot conference over division of Turkey
09 May 1925
Cornerstone for Hebrew University Jerusalem laid
09 May 1927
52nd Preakness Whitey Abel aboard Bostonian wins in 201.6
09 May 1927
Canberra replaces Melbourne as the capital of Australia and the Australian Parliament convenes there for the first time.
09 May 1929
WJW-AM in Cleveland Ohio begins radio transmissions
09 May 1930
55th Preakness Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 200.6
09 May 1931
56th Preakness George Ellis aboard Mate wins in 159
09 May 1932
57th Preakness Eugene James aboard Burgoo King wins in 159.8
09 May 1932
Piccadilly Circus London first lit by electricity
09 May 1932
WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa merges with WHO to become WHO-WOC
09 May 1936
Italy takes Addis Abba annexing Absynnia (Ethiopia)
09 May 1937
Reds beat Phillies 21-10 (Ernie Lombardi goes 6 for 6)
09 May 1942
67th Preakness Basil James aboard Alsab wins in 157
09 May 1944
Country singer Jimmie Davis becomes Governor of Louisiana
09 May 1944
Dutch resistance fighter Gerard Musch arrested
09 May 1944
Joe McCarthy returns as Yankee manager after an illness
09 May 1944
Russians recapture Crimea by taking Sevastopol
09 May 1945
Czechoslovakia liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day)
09 May 1945
New balata ball used in baseball 50% livilier
09 May 1945
Norwegian nazi collaborators Vidkun Quisling arrested
09 May 1945
World War II The Soviet Union marks Victory Day
09 May 1945
World War II The Channel Islands are formally liberated by the British
09 May 1946
1st hour long entertainment TV show NBCs Hour Glass premieres
09 May 1946
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates replaced by his son Umberto II
09 May 1949
Britains 1st launderette opens in Queensway London
09 May 1950
French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman calls for European community EGKS
09 May 1950
Norman Dello Joios opera The Triumph of St. Joan premieres in Bronxville New York
09 May 1955
German Federal Republic (West Germany) joins NATO
09 May 1956
First ascent of Manaslu the worlds eighth-highest mountain.
09 May 1958
Russian Mikhail Botvinnik recaptures world chess championship
09 May 1960
Nigeria becomes a member of British Commonwealth
09 May 1960
US becomes the first country to legalize the birth control pill
09 May 1961
Baltimore Oriole Jim Gentile hits 2 grand slams (9 RBIs) vs Minnesota Twins
09 May 1961
FCC Chairman Newton N Minow criticizes TV as a vast wasteland
09 May 1961
Jim Gentile is 4th to hit grand slams in consecutive innings
09 May 1962
The Beatles sign their 1st contract with EMI Parlophone
09 May 1962
Laser beam successfully bounced off Moon for 1st time
09 May 1965
Luna 5 launched (USSR) 1st attempt to soft land on Moon (fails)
09 May 1966
1st black member of Federal Reserve Board (A F Brimmer)
09 May 1969
BPAA All-Star Bowling Tournament won by Billy Hardwick
09 May 1969
Following his release from prison Ian Paisley North Ireland Loyalist holds a victory meeting
09 May 1971
23rd Emmy Awards All in the Family Jack Klugman & Jean Stapleton win
09 May 1971
Elizabeth Bonner runs female world record marathon (30142)
09 May 1971
Friends of Earth return 1500 non-returnable bottles to Schweppes
09 May 1971
Largest walk in crowd (31626) in Baltimore Oriole history
09 May 1974
US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins formal hearings on Nixon impeachment
09 May 1975
Brian Oldfield shot puts 22.86 m (world record)
09 May 1976
So Long 174th St closes at Harkness Theater NYC after 16 performances
09 May 1977
Hotel Poland in Amsterdam destroyed by fire 33 killed
09 May 1977
Mabel Murphy Smythe confirmed as ambassador to Rep of Cameroon
09 May 1978
Aint Misbehavin opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 1604 performances
09 May 1978
Fee Waybill of Tubes breaks a leg falling off stage
09 May 1979
Iranian-Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is the 1st Jew executed by the Islamic government firing squad in Tehran prompting the mass exodus of the once 100000-strong Jewish community of Iran
09 May 1980
35 motorists die as a Liberian freighter rams a Tampa Bay Bridge
09 May 1980
Slasher horror film Friday the 13th is released in US cinemas
09 May 1981
Kazimiroff Blvd in Bronx named for a Bronx historian
09 May 1982
Arthur Kopits musical Nine premieres in NYC
09 May 1983
18th Academy of Country Music Awards Alabama Ronnie Milsap and Sylvia win
09 May 1984
Chicago White Sox beat Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 in 25 innings (started 58)
09 May 1986
NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final Montreal Canadians beat New York Rangers 4 games to 1
09 May 1987
183 die aboard a Polish jetliner that crashes in Warsaw
09 May 1987
32nd Eurovision Song Contest Johnny Logan for Ireland wins singing Hold Me Now in Brussels
09 May 1989
Saratina closes at Cort Theater NYC after 597 performances
09 May 1989
Journalist petition Chinese government for freedom of press
09 May 1989
NY Mets Kevin Elster errors after 88 errorless games at shortstop
09 May 1989
NY Mets Rick Cerone errors after 159 errorless games as catcher
09 May 1989
VP Quayle says in United Negro College Fund speech What a waste it is to lose ones mind instead of a mind is terrible thing to waste
09 May 1990
NY Newsday reporter Jimmy Breslin suspended for a racial slur
09 May 1990
Sampdoria of Italy win 30th European Cup Winners Cup against Anderlecht of Belgium 2-0 in Gothenburg
09 May 1990
NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 4 games to 0
09 May 1991
Italian actress Laura Antonelli found guilty of cocaine possession (conviction overturned 2006)
09 May 1991
Michael Landon appears on Tonight Show to talk about his cancer
09 May 1992
Final episode of Golden Girls airs on NBC-TV
09 May 1992
Michelle McLean 19 of Namibia crowned 41st Miss Universe
09 May 1992
Armenian forces capture Shusha marking a major turning point in the Karabakh War
09 May 1992
37th Eurovision Song Contest Linda Martin for Ireland wins singing Why Me in Malmo
09 May 1993
Aint Broadway Grand closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 25 performances
09 May 1993
Song of Jacob Zulu closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 53 performances
09 May 1993
Mustapha Maturas Playboy of West Indies premieres in NYC
09 May 1993
Paraguay holds its 1st pres & parliamentary elections in 50 years
09 May 1994
Passion opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 280 performances
09 May 1994
Mass murderer Joel Rifkin found guilty in New York
09 May 1995
Cleveland Indians tie record of scoring 8 runs before making an out they beat Twins 10-0
09 May 1995
Kinshasa Zaire under quarantine after an outbreak of Ebola virus
09 May 1997
1st US ambassador since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam
09 May 1997
San Diego Padres retire 35 worn by pitcher Randy Jones
09 May 1998
43rd Eurovision Song Contest Dana International for Israel wins singing Diva in Birmingham
09 May 1999
45th British Academy Television Awards Father Ted Best Comedy The Cops Best Drama
09 May 2001
Accra Sports Stadium Disaster 129 Ghanian football fans die in a stampede caused by the firing of teargas by police following a decision by the referee in a crucial match between arch-rivals Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko
09 May 2002
38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem comes to an end when Palestinians inside agree to have 13 suspected militants among them deported
09 May 2002
In Kaspiysk Russia a remote-controlled bomb explodes during a holiday parade killing 43 and injuring at least 130
09 May 2004
Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov is killed in a land mine bomb blast under a VIP stage during a World War II memorial victory parade in Grozny Chechnya
09 May 2006
George Preca is canonized as the first Maltese saint in history
09 May 2009
Jacob Zuma is sworn in as President of South Africa
09 May 2010
Oakland As Dallas Braden becomes 19th pitcher to throw a perfect game (4-0 vs Tampa Bay)
09 May 2010
PGA Players Championship TPC at Sawgrass South African Tim Clark fires a final round 67 for his first PGA Tour victory 1 stroke ahead of Robert Allenby of Australia
09 May 2012
Mark Rothkos Orange Red Yellow becomes the most expensive contemporary art piece to be sold at auction for 86.9 million dollars
09 May 2012
A Russian passenger jet disappears with 45 people on board
09 May 2013
Everton Manager David Moyes is announced as Sir Alex Fergusons successor at Manchester United (he only lasts 10 months)
09 May 2015
A gun fight erupts in Macedonian town of Kumanovo between police and Albanian separatists adding to the government crisis
09 May 2016
Rodrigo Duterte wins Philippine presidential election promising war on drug trade and killing of criminals
09 May 2017
Moon Jae-in elected President of South Korea after a snap election to replace Park Geun-hye
09 May 2017
Fossil of Chinese feathered baby dinosaur formally identified as Beibeilong sinensis (baby dragon in Chinese)
09 May 2017
Jakartas Christian governor Ahok jailed for 2 years for blasphemy
09 May 2018
Manchester City smashes EPL records in 3-1 win over Brighton - most goals (105) most points (97) and most wins (31)
09 May 1092
Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated in Lincoln England
09 May 1671
Colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels of England and Scotland from the Tower of London captured running from the tower with the jewels
09 May 1726
Three men arrested during a February raid on Mother Claps molly-house (a coffee house catering to homosexuals) in London are executed by hanging at Tyburn England
09 May 1956
First ascent of Manaslu the worlds eighth-highest mountain in the Nepalese Himalayas by Japanese climbers Toshio Imanishi and Gyalzen Norbu
09 May 1965
The Beatles attend a Bob Dylan concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London
09 May 1991
Michael Landon appears on The Tonight Show to talk about his cancer
09 May 2001
Accra Sports Stadium Disaster 129 Ghanaian football fans die in a stampede caused by the firing of teargas by police following a decision by the referee in a crucial match between arch-rivals Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko
09 May 1916
Disastrous wind-blown fire in Ellendale North Dakota destroys three blocks of businesses a church and 21 homes
09 May 1980
35 motorists die when roadway collapses after Liberian freighter Summit Venture rams Sunshine Skyway Bridge during a squall (Tampa Bay Florida)
09 May 1944
Joe McCarthy returns as New York Yankees as manager after an illness
09 May 1961
US Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Chairman Newton N. Minow criticizes TV as a vast wasteland during a speech before the National Association of Broadcasters
09 May 1971
American Beth Bonner runs female world record marathon (30142) in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
09 May 1975
Brian Oldfield shot puts 22.86 m (unofficial world record due to his professional status) in El Paso Texas
09 May 1976
Stan Daniels musical So Long 174th Street starring Robert Morse closes at Harkness Theater NYC after 16 performances
09 May 2018
Argentina announces talks with the IMF amid a new financial crisis with interest rates at 40%
09 May 1671
Colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels of England and Scotland from the Tower of London captured running from the tower with the jewels [1]
09 May 1864
Naval Battle of Helgoland last naval battle fought by squadrons of wooden ships inconclusive between Danish and a Austro-Prussian alliance but ends blockade of German ports
09 May 1882
Telegraph Hill RR Co. (Cable Cars) in San Francisco organized
09 May 1915
German and French forces fight Battle of Artois
09 May 1945
Dutch radio presenter and Nazi propagandist Max Blokzijl arrested for broadcasting Nazi propaganda during Nazi occupation
09 May 1966
Andrew F. Brimmer is the first black member of Federal Reserve Board
09 May 1993
Paraguay holds its first presidential and parliamentary elections in 50 years
09 May 1994
Mass murderer Joel Rifkin found guilty in New York City
09 May 1995
Kinshasa Zaire under quarantine after an outbreak of Ebola virus
09 May 2018
Dam bursts after heavy rains near Solai Kenya killing at least 41
09 May 2018
Nicaraguan anti-government protests involving tens of thousands take place in Managua and Matagalpa y Chinandega
09 May 2018
Oldest viral DNA a form of hepatitis B reported discovered in 7000 year old skeleton found in Germany
09 May 2018
Walmart takes a majority stake in Indian online retailer Flipkart for 16 billion
09 May 2019
Archaeologists hail Anglo-Saxon tomb found 2003 in Prittlewell England as Britains equivalent of Tutankhamuns tomb as full report of its contents published
09 May 2019
At least 65 migrants drown off the coast of Tunisia when their boat capsizes after leaving Libya according to the UN
09 May 2019
French adventurer Jean-Jacques Savin (72) successfully crosses the Atlantic Ocean in a barrel arriving in Martinique
09 May 2019
New Australian 50 bank note misspells responsibility as responsibilty on 46 million notes
09 May 2022
44 more inmates die in a prison riot in Ecuador leading Amnesty International to say imprisonment nearly a death sentence now in Ecuador [1]
09 May 2022
Navajo-American composer Raven Chacon receives Pulitzer Prize in Music for his work Voiceless Mass [1]
09 May 2022
Sri Lankas Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa submits his resignation to his brother President Gotabaya Rajapaksa amid continuing violent protests causing four deaths [1]
09 May 2023
Former US President Donald Trump is found guilty of sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll in a New York court and ordered to pay 5 million for battery and defamation [1]
09 May 1738
Britain sends a fleet to the Mediterranean Sea and the West Indies
09 May 1766
British explorer John Byron sent to explore the South Atlantic arrives back in England after circumnavigating the globe as captain of HMS Dolphin
09 May 1785
British inventor Joseph Bramah patents the beer pump handle
09 May 1896
First horseless carriage show in London features ten models
09 May 1904
Steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine to exceed 100 mph
09 May 1932
Piccadilly Circus in London is first lit by electricity
09 May 1944
American country singer Jimmie Davis becomes Governor of Louisiana
09 May 1944
Dutch resistance fighter Gerard Musch co-founder Naamloze Vennootschap (NV Group) is arrested
09 May 1945
Soviet Union celebrates Victory Day in World War II
09 May 1945
Victory celebration at Red Square in Moscow Russia
09 May 1945
World War II Partisans liberate Ljubljana Slovenia
09 May 1945
World War II The Channel Islands are liberated by the British
09 May 1960
United States becomes the first country to legalize the birth control pill
09 May 1962
The Beatles sign their first contract with EMI Parlophone
09 May 1997
First US ambassador since the fall of Saigon arrives in Vietnam
09 May 2001
Accra Sports Stadium Disaster 129 Ghanaian football fans die in a stampede caused by the firing of tear gas by police following a decision by the referee in a crucial match between arch-rivals Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko
09 May 2012
Mark Rothkos Orange Red Yellow becomes the most expensive contemporary art piece sold at auction for 86.9 million
09 May 2019
Archaeologists hail the Anglo-Saxon tomb found in 2003 in Prittlewell England as Britains equivalent of Tutankhamuns tomb as a full report of its contents is published