Interesting things that happened May 9th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1785 James Pollard Espy, pioneering meteorologist
In 1800 John Brown, abolitionist
In 1844 Belle Boyd, most famous female confederate spy
In 1845 Carl Gustaf Laval, Swedish scientist, engineer, and inventor
In 1860 James M. Barrie (in Scotland), Author (Peter Pan)
In 1874 Howard Carter, Egyptologist who found King Tutankhamen
In 1882 Henry J. Kaiser, industrialist (built Liberty ****ps, Jeeps)
In 1883 Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher and humanist
In 1910 Barbara Woodhouse, dog training expert
In 1916 William du Bois, author and illustrator of children's books
In 1918 Mike Wallace, CBS News correspondent
In 1927 Pancho Gonzalez, tennis player
In 1936 Glenda Jackson (in Che****re, England), actor (Hopscotch)
+ Terry Drinkwater, CBS newsman
+ Albert Finney, actor (Oliver, The Twelve Chairs)
In 1940 James L. Brooks, producer, director
In 1946 Candice Bergen (in Beverly Hills), actor, her father spoke to
wood
In 1949 Billy Joel (in the Bronx, NY), singer, pianoman
Events worth noting:
+ National Receptionist Day (US)
In 1502 Columbus left Spain on his 4th and final trip to the New World.
In 1754 First newspaper cartoon in America - divided s**** 'JOIN, or
DIE'.
In 1781 John Witherspoon introduces the word "Americanism".
In 1785 Joseph Bramah receives British patent for beer pump handles.
In 1882 Telegraph Hill Railroad Company organized.
In 1896 First horseless carriage show in London (featured 10 models).
In 1913 17th amendment providing for election of senators by popular
vote.
In 1925 Cornerstone for Hebrew University layed.
In 1926 Americans Byrd and Bennett make first airplane flight over North
Pole.
In 1936 Italy annexed Ethiopia.
In 1944 First eye bank opened in New York City.
In 1945 Czechoslovak National Day.
In 1946 First Variety show - NBC's Hour Glass premiers.
In 1950 EEC Anniversary.
In 1960 U.S. FDA approves use of a birth control pill.
In 1961 Chairman of FCC Newton N. Minow criticizes TV as a 'vast
wasteland'.
+ Jim Gentile hits grand slams in consecutive innings.
In 1974 House Judiciary Committee begin formal hearings on Nixon
impeachment.
In 1978 Body of former Italian PM Aldo Moro found in automobile near
Rome.
In 1994 Kinshasa quarantined after an Ebola outbreak.
+ Nelson Mandela elected as South Africa's first black president.
In 2004 Chechen pres. Kadyrov and 23 others killed in Grozny bombing.
And remember ...
National Barbecue Month
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