May 9 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for May 9
In the headlines today:

2001	Chocolate-scented postage stamps go on sale in Switzerland, commemorating the centennial of the trade organization Chocosuisse.
1994	Nelson Mandela is named as South Africa's first black president.
1986	Tenzing Norgay, one of the first two people to climb to the summit of Mount Everest, dies.
1984	By the clock it was the longest game ever played in major league baseball history: the Chicago White Sox beat the Milwaukee Brewers, 7-6, in a 25 inning contest that took 8 hours and 6 minutes to complete.
1980	A Liberian freighter rams a bridge in Tampa Bay, FL, killing 35 motorists.
1978	The body of former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro, abducted earlier by the Red Brigades, is found stashed in a car in Rome.
1962	Following the Decca Records refusal to sign the Fab Four, The Beatles instead sign a recording contract with EMI/Parlophone.
1937	Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and his wooden sidekick, Charlie McCarthy, premiere their variety show on NBC radio.
1926	Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett make the first airplane flight over the North Pole.
1913	The 17th amendment to the US Constitution is ratified, allowing US senators to be elected by popular vote instead of by their state legislatures.
1754	The first political cartoon appears in The Pennsylvania Gazette (Philadelphia, PA).
1502	Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus embarks on his fourth voyage to the New World.
1386	The Treaty of Windsor, between England and Portugal, was signed today. Uncle Woody sez: This treaty is the world's oldest surviving alliance.

Born today:

1977 Dan Regan - horn player (Reel Big Fish)

1975 Tamia - R&B singer, songwriter

1962 Paul Heaton - guitarist, singer (The Housemartins)

1962 Dave Gahan - singer (Depeche Mode)

1950 Tom Petersson - rock bassist (Cheap Trick)

1949 Billy Joel - singer, keyboardist

1948 Calvin Murphy - basketball player

1946 Candice Bergen - actress, daughter of Edgar Bergen

1945 Steve Katz - music producer, guitarist (Blood, Sweat and Tears)

1944 Richie Furay - guitarist, singer (Poco, Buffalo Springfield)

1942 Tommy Roe - singer

1941 Pete Birrell - bassist (Freddie and The Dreamers)

1940 James L. Brooks - writer, film director (Oscar® winner 1984)

1939 Nokie Edwards - guitarist (The Ventures)

1939 Ralph Boston - long jumper (Olympic gold medalist 1960)

1937 Sonny Curtis - guitarist (Buddy Holly and the Crickets)

1936 Glenda Jackson - actress (Oscar® winner 1970)

1936 Albert Finney - actor

1933 Lloyd Price - singer

1928 Pancho Gonzales - tennis player

1918 Mike Wallace - CBS-TV investigative reporter

1914 Hank Snow - country singer

1882 Henry J. Kaiser - industrialist, Jeep manufacturer

1860 James Barrie - author

1800 John Brown - abolitionist

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