May 09

Sunday 09, 2004:

Team of Canada won the World Ice Hockey Championship in Prague.

Thursday 09, 2002:

In Kaspiysk, Russia, a remote-controlled bomb explodes during a holiday parade killing 43 and injuring at least 130.

Saturday 09, 1998:

In Birmingham, United Kingdom, Dana International wins the forty-third Eurovision Song Contest for Israel singing "Diva".

Monday 09, 1994:

Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.

Saturday 09, 1992:

In Malmö, Sweden, Linda Martin wins the thirty-seventh Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland singing "Why Me".

Saturday 09, 1987:

In Brussels, Belgium, Johnny Logan wins the thirty-second Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland singing "Hold Me Now".

Friday 09, 1980:

The first meeting of Pope John Paul II and the Archbishop of Canterbury takes place in Ghana.

Thursday 09, 1974:

Watergate Scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard M. Nixon.

Saturday 09, 1970:

Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 75,000 to 100,000 war protestors peacefully demonstrate behind a barricaded White House.

Monday 09, 1960:

Reproductive rights: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves sale of the birth control pill.

Wednesday 09, 1956:

First ascent of Manaslu, the world's eighth-highest mountain.

Monday 09, 1955:

Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.

Tuesday 09, 1950:

Robert Schuman presents his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe, indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the "Schuman declaration", is considered to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.

Monday 09, 1949:

Rainier III of Monaco becomes Prince of Monaco.

Thursday 09, 1946:

King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Humbert II.

Wednesday 09, 1945:

1945 - World War II: The Channel Islands are formally liberated by the British.

Friday 09, 1941:

World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma cryptography machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.

Thursday 09, 1940:

World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder.

Saturday 09, 1936:

Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.

Monday 09, 1927:

The Australian Parliament first convenes in Canberra.

Sunday 09, 1926:

Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of his diary seems to indicate that this did not happen).

Sunday 09, 1915:

World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.

Saturday 09, 1914:

J.T. Hearne becomes the first bowler to take 3000 first-class wickets.

Thursday 09, 1901:

Australia opens its first parliament in Melbourne.

Monday 09, 1887:

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show opens in London.

Saturday 09, 1874:

The first horse drawn carriage made its début in the city of Mumbai, plying on two routes.

Saturday 09, 1868:

The city of Reno, Nevada, is founded.

Thursday 09, 1726:

Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.

Saturday 09, 1671:

Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. He is immediately caught because he is too drunk to run with the loot. He is later condemned to death and then mysteriously pardoned and exiled by King Charles II.

Friday 09, 1502:

Christopher Columbus leaves Spain for his fourth and final journey to the "New World".

Thursday 09, 1450:

'Abd al-Latif Mirza (Timurid monarch) assassinated.

Saturday 09, 1429:

Joan of Arc defeats the English troops besieging Orléans.

Monday 09, 1092:

Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated.

Wednesday 09, 328:

Athanasius is elected Patriarch bishop of Alexandria.

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