Page 8: Historical Events In May - 09

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

1981  Kazimiroff Blvd in the Bronx named for a Bronx historian on this day in history.   

1981  C E "Nip" Pellew, cricketer (10 Tests 484 runs at 37), dies on this day in history.   

1985  Edmond O'Brien, actor (Moon Pilot, Wild Bunch), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1986  On May - 09 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 May - 09.   

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

1990  Luigi Nono, Ital composer (Intolleranza), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1991  Italian actress Laura Antonelli found guilty of cocaine possession on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1992  Mike Tyrell [Red Baron], British air acrobat, dies in an accident on May - 09.   

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  Freya Stark, English author (Sunday Bloody Sunday), dies at 61 on May - 09.   

1994  Massachusetts murderer Joel Rifkind found guilty in New York on May - 09.   

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

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  Beaconsfield mine collapse: After 14 days trapped underground, miners Todd Russell and Brant Webb are rescued in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia on this day in history.   

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1147  Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199) was born on this day in history.   

1265  On this day in history birth of dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia)   

1596  On this day in history birth of abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter   

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  On this day in history birth of alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader   

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  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 May - 09 niccolo d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies   

1446  On May - 09 death of mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (b. 1368)   

1460  On this day in history jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies   

1474  Death of Peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded on May - 09.   

1590  On this day in history karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66