May 9
Today is the 130th day of 2016, there are 236 days left in the year.
1502 - Christopher Columbus left Cadiz, Spain, on his fourth and final trip to the Western Hemisphere.
1754 - A political cartoon in Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette depicted a snake cut into eight pieces, each section representing a part of the American colonies; the caption read, "JOIN, or DIE."
1914 - President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day.
1918 - "60 Minutes" newsman Mike Wallace was born Myron Wallace in Brookline, Massachusetts.
1926 - Americans Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett made what they claimed was the first airplane flight over the North Pole. (Evidence suggests that they may have missed their target by 150 miles.)
1936 - Italy annexed Ethiopia.
1951 - The United States conducted its first thermonuclear experiment as part of Operation Greenhouse by detonating a 225-kiloton device on Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific nicknamed "George".
1961 - Federal Communications Commission chairman Newton N. Minow condemned TV programming as a "vast wasteland" in a speech to the National Association of Broadcasters.
1962 - The Beatles signed their first recording contract and hired George Martin to be their producer.
1974 - The House Judiciary Committee opened hearings on whether to recommend the impeachment of President Richard Nixon.
1974 - A concert in Cambridge, Massachusetts prompted rock critic Jon Landau to write, "I saw rock and roll future and it's name is Bruce Springsteen."
1978 - The bullet-riddled body of former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro, who had been abducted by the Red Brigades, was found in an automobile in the center of Rome.
1994 - South Africa's newly elected parliament chose Nelson Mandela to be the country's first black president.
1994 - Kinshasa, the capital of Zaire, was placed under quarantine after an outbreak of the Ebola virus.
1996 - In dramatic video testimony to a hushed courtroom in Little Rock, Arkansas, President Bill Clinton insisted he had nothing to do with a $300,000 loan at the heart of a criminal case against his former Whitewater business partners.
2004 - Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov and 23 other people were killed in a bombing in the capital of Grozny.
2012 - President Barack Obama declared support for same-sex marriage.
Birthdays
29 - Travis Turner (actor)
31 - Audrina Patridge (reality TV star)
31 - Chris Zylka (actor)
32 - Prince Fielder (baseball player)
37 - Rosario Dawson (actress)
41 - Tamia Hill (singer)
46 - Doug Christie (basketball player)
51 - Steve Yzerman (hockey player)
55 - John Corbett (actor)
67 - Billy Joel (singer)
70 - Candice Bergan (actress)
80 - Albert Finney (actor)
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Today in Sports History - May 9
1901- Cleveland Blues' pitcher Earl Moore no-hits Chicago White Sox for 9 innings but loses in 10th 4-2.
1914 - Old Rosebud wins the Kentucky Derby.
1945 - With the end of World War II conflict in Europe, the federal government ban on horse racing was lifted.
1961 - Jim Gentile of the Baltimore Orioles hits two grand slams in a game against the Minnesota Twins.
1973 - Johnny Bench hit three home runs in a game for the second time in his career.
1977 - The American League's two newest teams meet for the first time as the Toronto Blue Jays defeat the Seattle Mariners 12-4.
1984 - It took the Chicago White Sox 25 innings, eight hours and six minutes, spread out over two days, to finally defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6. It was the longest game (in elapsed time) in major league history.
1987 - At Comiskey Park, Baltimore Orioles' Eddie Murray becomes the first Major League Baseball player to hit home runs from both sides of the plate in consecutive games.
1989 - Rick Cerone of the New York Mets committed his first error in 159 games as catcher and Kevin Elster committed his first error in 88 games at shortstop.
1993 - The Phoenix Suns defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 112-104 in overtime to become the first NBA team to lose two playoff games at home and then come back to win three straight.
1995 - The Cleveland Indians tied a major league record by scoring eight runs before making their first out in a 10-0 win over the Minnesota Twins.
1997 - The San Diego Padres retire Randy Jones' #35.
1999 - Marshall McDougall of Florida State set NCAA records with six consecutive home runs and 16 RBIs in a 25-2 win over Maryland.
2001 - In Accra, Ghana, at least 120 people died in a stampede at a soccer match.
2006 - Delmon Young of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays is suspended for 50 games by the International League for throwing a bat which hit a replacement umpire in the chest.
2010 - Dallas Braden of the Oakland Athletics pitched the 19th perfect game in major league history in a 4-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
2010 - Tim Clark of South Africa scores a 5-under 67 to win The Players Championship of golf with a record 36-hole comeback at TPC Sawgrass in Florida. Clark earns US$1.71 million for his win.
Today is the 130th day of 2016, there are 236 days left in the year.
1502 - Christopher Columbus left Cadiz, Spain, on his fourth and final trip to the Western Hemisphere.
1754 - A political cartoon in Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette depicted a snake cut into eight pieces, each section representing a part of the American colonies; the caption read, "JOIN, or DIE."
1914 - President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day.
1918 - "60 Minutes" newsman Mike Wallace was born Myron Wallace in Brookline, Massachusetts.
1926 - Americans Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett made what they claimed was the first airplane flight over the North Pole. (Evidence suggests that they may have missed their target by 150 miles.)
1936 - Italy annexed Ethiopia.
1951 - The United States conducted its first thermonuclear experiment as part of Operation Greenhouse by detonating a 225-kiloton device on Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific nicknamed "George".
1961 - Federal Communications Commission chairman Newton N. Minow condemned TV programming as a "vast wasteland" in a speech to the National Association of Broadcasters.
1962 - The Beatles signed their first recording contract and hired George Martin to be their producer.
1974 - The House Judiciary Committee opened hearings on whether to recommend the impeachment of President Richard Nixon.
1974 - A concert in Cambridge, Massachusetts prompted rock critic Jon Landau to write, "I saw rock and roll future and it's name is Bruce Springsteen."
1978 - The bullet-riddled body of former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro, who had been abducted by the Red Brigades, was found in an automobile in the center of Rome.
1994 - South Africa's newly elected parliament chose Nelson Mandela to be the country's first black president.
1994 - Kinshasa, the capital of Zaire, was placed under quarantine after an outbreak of the Ebola virus.
1996 - In dramatic video testimony to a hushed courtroom in Little Rock, Arkansas, President Bill Clinton insisted he had nothing to do with a $300,000 loan at the heart of a criminal case against his former Whitewater business partners.
2004 - Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov and 23 other people were killed in a bombing in the capital of Grozny.
2012 - President Barack Obama declared support for same-sex marriage.
Birthdays
29 - Travis Turner (actor)
31 - Audrina Patridge (reality TV star)
31 - Chris Zylka (actor)
32 - Prince Fielder (baseball player)
37 - Rosario Dawson (actress)
41 - Tamia Hill (singer)
46 - Doug Christie (basketball player)
51 - Steve Yzerman (hockey player)
55 - John Corbett (actor)
67 - Billy Joel (singer)
70 - Candice Bergan (actress)
80 - Albert Finney (actor)
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Today in Sports History - May 9
1901- Cleveland Blues' pitcher Earl Moore no-hits Chicago White Sox for 9 innings but loses in 10th 4-2.
1914 - Old Rosebud wins the Kentucky Derby.
1945 - With the end of World War II conflict in Europe, the federal government ban on horse racing was lifted.
1961 - Jim Gentile of the Baltimore Orioles hits two grand slams in a game against the Minnesota Twins.
1973 - Johnny Bench hit three home runs in a game for the second time in his career.
1977 - The American League's two newest teams meet for the first time as the Toronto Blue Jays defeat the Seattle Mariners 12-4.
1984 - It took the Chicago White Sox 25 innings, eight hours and six minutes, spread out over two days, to finally defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6. It was the longest game (in elapsed time) in major league history.
1987 - At Comiskey Park, Baltimore Orioles' Eddie Murray becomes the first Major League Baseball player to hit home runs from both sides of the plate in consecutive games.
1989 - Rick Cerone of the New York Mets committed his first error in 159 games as catcher and Kevin Elster committed his first error in 88 games at shortstop.
1993 - The Phoenix Suns defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 112-104 in overtime to become the first NBA team to lose two playoff games at home and then come back to win three straight.
1995 - The Cleveland Indians tied a major league record by scoring eight runs before making their first out in a 10-0 win over the Minnesota Twins.
1997 - The San Diego Padres retire Randy Jones' #35.
1999 - Marshall McDougall of Florida State set NCAA records with six consecutive home runs and 16 RBIs in a 25-2 win over Maryland.
2001 - In Accra, Ghana, at least 120 people died in a stampede at a soccer match.
2006 - Delmon Young of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays is suspended for 50 games by the International League for throwing a bat which hit a replacement umpire in the chest.
2010 - Dallas Braden of the Oakland Athletics pitched the 19th perfect game in major league history in a 4-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
2010 - Tim Clark of South Africa scores a 5-under 67 to win The Players Championship of golf with a record 36-hole comeback at TPC Sawgrass in Florida. Clark earns US$1.71 million for his win.
