On this day in History - May 9

0328 - Athanasius elected bishop of Alexandria.
1092 - Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated.
1147 - Minamoto no Yoritomo was born (d. 1199). Japanese shogun.
1386 - Assinada a Aliança Luso-Britânica, a mais antiga existente. Ratificação do Tratado de Windsor, entre D. João I de Portugal e Ricardo II de Inglaterra.
1429 - Joan of Arc defeats the English troops besieging Orléans.
1439 - Pope Pius III was born (d. 1503).
1450 - 'Abd al-Latif Mirza (Timurid monarch) assassinated.
1502 - Christopher Columbus leaves Spain for his fourth and final journey to the "New World".
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 would later be condemned to death and then mysteriously pardoned and exiled by King Charles II.
1707 - Dietrich Buxtehude, dies. German composer
1726 - Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
1736 - Morreu o diplomata e estadista português Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real.
1748 - Gaspard Monge was born (d. 28 Jul 1818). French mathematician who was one of the founders of descriptive geometry.
1791 - Francis Hopkinson, dies (b. 1737). American author and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
1800 - John Brown, was born in Torrington, Connecticut. (d. 1859). American abolitionist.
1805 - Friedrich Schiller, dies (b. 1759). German poet and historian.
1837 - Adam Opel, was born. German engineer and industrialist.
1844 - Belle Boyd spy in the Civil War.
1845 - Carl Gustaf Patrik de Lavalwas born (d. 2 Feb 1913). Swedish scientist, engineer, and inventor who pioneered in the development of high-speed turbines.
1850 - Edward Weston was born (d. 20 Aug 1936). British-born American electrical engineer and industrialist who founded the Weston Electrical Instrument Company
1858 - Nasceu o professor e escritor português Ricardo Jorge.
1860 - James M. Barrie, author (d. 1937)
1868 - The city of Reno, Nevada is founded.
1873 - Anton Cermak, was born (d. 1933). Mayor of Chicago.
1874 - Howard Carter, was born (d. 1939). English archaeologist (Egyptologist).
1877 - A Roménia torna-se independente do Império Otomano
1887 - Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show opens in London.
1882 - Henry J. Kaiser, was born. Industrialist.
1882 - George Barker, was born (d. 1965). United States painter.
1882 - Henry J. Kaiser, was born. Industrialist.
1892 - Zita of Bourbon-Parma, was born (d. 1989). Empress of Austria-Hungary.
1895 - Richard Barthelmess, was born (d. 1963). US actor.
1895 - Ascenso Ferreira , was born in Palmares. Brasilien poet.
1895 - Lucian Blaga, was born. Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher.
1889 - William S. Harney, dies (b. 1800). U.S. general.
1898 - André Rebouças, dies (b. 1838). Brasilien engineer.
1901 - Australia opens its first parliament in Melbourne.
1903 - Paul Gauguin, dies (b. 1848). French painter.
1905 - Anna Jarvis, dies (b. 1832). The model for Mother's Day.
1907 - Baldur von Schirach, was born (d. 1974). Nazi official.
1910 - Barbara Woodhouse, was born (d. 1988). Animal trainer.
1912 - Pedro Armendáriz, was born (d. 1963). Actor.
1914 - Hank Snow, was born (d. 1999). Country musician.
1914 - J.T. Hearne becomes the first bowler to take 3000 first-class wickets.
1915 - World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
1918 - Portugal - Sidónio Pais é eleito Presidente da República.
1918 - Mike Wallace, was born. Journalist
1918 - Orville L. Freeman, was born (d. 2003). American politician.
1920 - Richard Adams, was born. Author
1921 - Sophie Scholl,was born (d. 1943). Resistance fighter with White Rose in Nazi Germany 1927 - Wim Thoelke, was born (d. 1995). Show master.
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).
1927 - The Australian Parliament first convenes in Canberra.
1927 - Nacimiento de Juan José Pizutti, centenario goleador del fútbol argentino como jugador y aclamado entrenador de Racing.
1927 - Manfred Eigen was born. German biochemist and physicist who was awarded a share of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (with Ronald Norrish and George Porter) "for their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equlibrium by means of very short pulses of energy.
1928 - Colin Chapman, was born (d. 1982). Engineer, founder of Lotus Cars
1928 - Pancho Gonzalez, was born (d. 1995). Tennis player.
1928 - Barbara Ann Scott, was born. Figure skater.
1930 - Joan Sims, was born (d. 2001). British actress.
1931 - Albert Abraham Michelson dies (b. 19 Dec 1852). German-born American physicist who accurately measured the speed of light and received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Physics "for his optical precision instruments and the spectroscopic and metrological investigations".
1934 - Allan Bennett, was born. British author .
1936 - Glenda Jackson, was born. Actress and politician.
1936 - Albert Finney, was born. British actor.
1936 - Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
1936 - Humfry (Gilbert Garth) Payne dies (b. 19 Fev 1902) . English archaeologist who studied Mediterranean archaeology and is known for his book Necrocorinthia (1931), a significant work on Corinthian pottery.
1939 - Ralph Boston, was born. Athlete.
1940 - James L. Brooks, was born. Producer, writer.
1940 - World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder.
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.
1942 - John Ashcroft, was born. United States Attorney General.
1944 - Richie Furay, was born. Musician ("Poco", "Buffalo Springfield")
1945 - World War II: Hermann Göring is captured by the United States Army.
1945 - World War II: Norway arrests Vidkun Quisling.
1945 - World War II: The Soviet Union marks Victory Day.
1945 - World War II: The Channel Islands are retaken by the British.
1946 - King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Humbert II.
1946 - Candice Bergen, was born. Actress.
1949 - Billy Joel, was born. American musician, singer, songwriter.
1949 - Rainier III of Monaco becomes Prince of Monaco.
1949 - Prince Louis II of Monaco dies (b. 1870) .
1950 - Esteban Terradas i Illa, dies (b. 1883). Catalan mathematician, scientist, and engineer. 1957 - Ezio Pinza, dies (b. 1892). Italian bass.
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. 1955 - Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
1955 - Anne-Sofie von Otter, was born. Swedish mezzo-soprano .
1956 - First ascent of Manaslu, the World's 8th highest mountain.
1960 - Reproductive rights: The Food and Drug Administration of America approves sale of the birth control pill.
1964 - Kevin Saunderson, was born. US music producer and DJ.
1965 - Steve Yzerman, was born. Ice hockey player.
1968 - Marie-José Perec, was born. French athlete .
1968 - Mercedes de Acosta, dies (b. 1893). American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite.
1970 - Walter Reuther, dies (b. 1907). American labor leader.
1970 - Vietnam War: 75,000 to 100,000 war protestors peacefully demonstrate behind a barricaded White House in Washington, D.C.
1974 - Watergate Scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard M. Nixon.
1976 - Jens Bjørneboe, dies. Norwegian author.
1978 - Aldo Moro, dies (b. 1916). Prime Minister of Italy .
1979 - Rosario Dawson was born in New York. American movie star.
1980 - In Florida, Liberian freighter SS Summit Venture hits the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay sending 35 people (most of whom were in a bus) to a watery death as a 1,400-foot section of the bridge collapses.
1980 - The first meeting of Pope John Paul II and the Archbishop of Canterbury takes place in Ghana.
1982 - Rachel Boston, was born. Actress.
1985 - Edmond O'Brien, dies. American actor.
1986 - Tenzing Norgay, dies (b. 1914). Mountaineer.
1987 - A Polish Ilyushin 62M crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland killing 183 people.
1987 - In Brussels, Belgium, Johnny Logan wins the thirty-second Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland singing "Hold Me Now".
1992 - In Malmö, Sweden, Linda Martin wins the thirty-seventh Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland singing "Why Me".
1994 - Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.
1998 - In Birmingham, United Kingdom, Dana International wins the forty-third Eurovision Song Contest for Israel singing "Diva".
1998 - Alice Faye, dies. Actress.
2002 - The 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem comes to an end when the Palestinians inside agreed to have 13 suspected militants among them deported to several different countries. The standoff started on April 2.
2002 - In Kaspiysk, Russia, a remote-controlled bomb explodes during a holiday parade killing 43 and injuring at least 130.
2003 - Russell B. Long, dies. U.S. Senator from Louisiana.
2004 - Akhmad Kadyrov, dies (b. 1951). Chechen president.
2004 - Alan King, dies (b. 1927). Comedian.
2004 - Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov is killed in a landmine bomb blast under a VIP stage during a World War II memorial victory parade in Grozny, Chechnya.
2005 - The last episode of the popular sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond goes on the air.
Russia and some other parts of the former Soviet Union - Victory Day as the end of the "Great Patriotic War"
European Union - Europe day, commemorating the "Schuman declaration"
Roman Empire - Feast of the Lemures (See Larvae)