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| Birthday May 09, 1800 John Brown, abolitionist, leader of attack on Harpers Ferry |
| Birthday May 09, 1843 Belle Boyd, Confederate spy, Actress, lecturer |
| Birthday May 09, 1860 James Barrie is born |
| Birthday May 09, 1860 Sir James Barrie, Scottish author (Peter Pan, The Little Minister) |
| Birthday May 09, 1860 James M Barrie, Scotland |
| Birthday May 09, 1873 Howard Carter, Egyptologist found King Tut |
| Birthday May 09, 1882 Henry J Kaiser, (built Liberty Ships, Jeeps) |
| Birthday May 09, 1883 Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher (Revolt of the Masses) |
| Birthday May 09, 1910 Barbara Woodhouse, Dog training expert |
| Birthday May 09, 1914 Theodore Kheel, labor negotiator |
| Birthday May 09, 1918 Mike Wallace, host of 60 Minutes (or 0519) |
| Birthday May 09, 1928 Pancho Gonzales, U.S. tennis champion |
| Birthday May 09, 1931 Vance D. Brand, U.S. astronaut (Apollo-Soyuz, STS-5, 41B) |
| Birthday May 09, 1936 Terry Drinkwater, CBS newsman |
| Birthday May 09, 1936 Glenda Jackson, in Cheshire England |
| Birthday May 09, 1936 Albert Finney, Actor (The Dresser, Under the Volcano) |
| Birthday May 09, 1940 James L Brooks, Producer-director |
| Birthday May 09, 1946 Candice Bergen, in Beverly Hills, her father spoke to wood |
| Birthday May 09, 1948 Billy Joel, Bronx (Pianoman) |
| History May 09, 1502 Columbus left Spain on his 4th & final trip to the New World |
| History May 09, 1671 Captain Blood steals crown jewels |
| History May 09, 1754 1st newspaper cartoon in America Divided snake `Join or die' |
| History May 09, 1791 Patriot politician and composer Francis Hopkinson dies |
| History May 09, 1864 Union troops take Snake Creek Gap, Georgia |
| History May 09, 1882 Telegraph Hill RR Co organized |
| History May 09, 1887 Buffalo Bill's Wild West show opens |
| History May 09, 1913 17th amendment providing for election of senators by popular vote |
| History May 09, 1914 Woodrow Wilson proclaims the first Mother's Day holiday |
| History May 09, 1915 Allies launch dual offensive on Western Front |
| History May 09, 1925 Cornerstone for Hebrew University layed |
| History May 09, 1926 Byrd flies over the North Pole? |
| History May 09, 1926 Americans Byrd & Bennett make 1st airplane flight over North Pole |
| History May 09, 1936 Italy annexed Ethiopia |
| History May 09, 1944 1st eye bank opened in NYC |
| History May 09, 1945 Herman Goering is captured by the U.S. Seventh Army |
| History May 09, 1945 Czechoslovakia liberated from Nazi occupation (Natl Day) |
| History May 09, 1946 1st Variety show - NBC's Hour Glass premiers |
| History May 09, 1950 Robert Schuman announces Plan for European integration |
| History May 09, 1955 West Germany joins NATO |
| History May 09, 1960 FDA approves the pill |
| History May 09, 1961 Jim Gentile hits grand slammers in consecutive innings |
| History May 09, 1961 FCC Chairman Newton N Minow criticizes TV as a `vast wasteland' |
| History May 09, 1964 An unlikely challenger ends the Beatles' reign atop the U.S. pop charts |
| History May 09, 1969 Reporter breaks the news of secret bombing in Cambodia |
| History May 09, 1970 Demonstrations held in Washington |
| History May 09, 1971 Last Honeymooners episode airs |
| History May 09, 1973 Johnny Bench hits three home runs off Steve Carlton |
| History May 09, 1974 House Judiciary Committee begin formal hearings on Nixon impeachment |
| History May 09, 1974 House votes to initiate impeachment proceedings |
| History May 09, 1975 Brian Oldfield shot puts 22.86 m (world record) |
| History May 09, 1978 Aldo Moro found dead |
| History May 09, 1997 Former POW is ambassador to Vietnam |
| History May 09, 1997 Cunanan continues murder spree |
| History May 09, 2001 Soccer fans trampled in Ghana |
| History May 09, 2008 Speed Racer movie released |