Once again, it should be reiterated, that this does not pretend to be a very extensive history of what happened on this day (nor is it the most original - the links can be found down below). If you know something that I am missing, by all means, shoot me an email or leave a comment, and let me know!
On this day in 1457 BCE, the Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) was fought between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh. It was the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail. In 1012 BCE, there was a solar eclipse seen at Ugarit, 6:09-6:39 PM. Athanasius was elected Patriarch Bishop of Alexandria on this day in 328. Lincoln Cathedral was consecrated on this day in 1092. In 1336 on this day, Italian poet Francesco Petrarca climbed Mont Ventoux. Treaty of Windsor between Portugal & England was signed on this day in 1386. On this day in 1429, after a week of leading the French army in battles that ultimately liberated the city of Orléans from the English siege, Joan of Arc left the city to meet with Charles VII at Tours. In 1502 on this day, Christopher Columbus left Spain on his fourth and final trip to the "New World." Colonel Thomas "Captain" Blood stole the crown jewels from the Tower of London in 1671 on this day. English King Willem III declared war on France on this day in 1689. King Louis XV disbanded the French Parlement on this day in 1753. The first newspaper cartoon in America showed the famous "Join or die" divided snake in "The Pennsylvania Gazette" on this day in 1754. The HMS Beagle, with British botanist Charles Darwin aboard, departed Port Louis, Mauritius, on this day in 1836. The city of Reno, Nevada, was founded on this day in 1868. On this day in 1873, "Der Krach" occurred in Vienna, Austria, as the stock market crash heralded the Long Depression. This day in 1877 came to be known as Independence Day for Romania, as Mihail Kogălniceanu read, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opened in London on this day in 1887. On this day in 1901 in Australia, the Duke of Cornwall and York declared the First Commonwealth Parliament open in Melbourne. The German and French forces fought at the Battle of Artois on this day in 1915 during World War I. In 1916 on this day during the "Great War" (now known commonly as World War I), British-France Sykes-Picot met over the division of the Ottoman Empire. Americans Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett became the first men to fly an airplane over the North Pole on this day in 1926. Canberra officially replaced Melbourne as the capital of Australia on this day in 1927, as the Australian Parliament first convened in the new capital. There was a massive victory celebration at Red Square in Moscow, then the capital of the Soviet Union, on this day in 1945, to mark the end of World War II in Europe with the official unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany. In 1945 on this day at the end of World War II in Europe, Hermann Göring was captured by the United States Army on this day in 1945. In 1950 on this day, L. Ron Hubbard published Dianetics. Nigeria became a member of the British Commonwealth on this day in 1960. On this day in 1962, the Beatles signed their first recording contract with EMI Parlophone, and hired George Martin to be their producer. On this day in 1970, hundreds of thousands of Americans demonstrated against the Vietnam War. In 1974 on this day in the United States during the Watergate scandal, the House Judiciary Committee began formal hearings on the potential impeachment of American President Richard Nixon. The bullet-riddled body of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro was found in an automobile in the center of Rome on this day in 1978. The Red Brigades had abducted him. On this day in 1989, over one thousand journalists petitioned the Chinese government for freedom of press. Paraguay held its first Presidential & Parliamentary elections in 50 years on this day in 1993. In 1994 on this day, the South African Parliament chose Nelson Mandela to be the first black President of the country following the nation's first ever multiracial elections days earlier. On this day in Ghana in 2001, 129 football fans died in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium Disaster. The deaths were caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of teargas by police personnel at the stadium) which followed a controversial decision by the referee handling a crucial match between arch-rivals Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko. In Bahrain on this day in 2002, people were allowed to vote for representatives for the first time in nearly 30 years. Women were allowed to vote for the first time in the country's history. On this day in 2004, Chechen Moscow-backed President Akhmad Kadyrov was killed in a remote-controlled land mine bomb blast under a VIP stage during a World War II memorial victory parade in Grozny, Chechnya. Six others were killed and another 60 wounded.
Here's a more detailed look at some of the historical events which occurred on this day in history:
• On this day in 1457 BCE, the Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) was fought between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh. It was the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.
• In 1012 BCE, there was a solar eclipse seen at Ugarit, 6:09-6:39 PM.
• Athanasius was elected Patriarch Bishop of Alexandria on this day in 328.
• Lincoln Cathedral was consecrated on this day in 1092.
• In 1336 on this day, Italian poet Francesco Petrarca climbed Mont Ventoux.
• Treaty of Windsor between Portugal & England was signed on this day in 1386.
The cathedral at Orléans, in the Loire Valley
Picture of the Monument Jeanne d'Arc/Joan of Arc Monument (above) in the gardens in Québec City which now bears her name.
Joan of Arc Statue in Philadelphia
• On this day in 1429, after a week of leading the French army in battles that ultimately liberated the city of Orléans from the English siege, Joan of Arc left the city to meet with Charles VII at Tours.
1450 - 'Abd al-Latif (Timurid monarch) is assassinated.
1460 - Court yard episcopal palace Atrecht has witch burnings
• In 1502 on this day, Christopher Columbus left Spain on his fourth and final trip to the "New World."
1519 - Austrian adel/burgerij in uprising against central government
1573 - Polish Parliament selects duke of Anjou as king
1588 - Duke Henri de Guises troops occupy Paris
• Colonel Thomas "Captain" Blood stole the crown jewels from the Tower of London in 1671 on this day.
• English King Willem III declared war on France on this day in 1689.
1726 - Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
1738 - England routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea & West-Indies
Royal France
• King Louis XV disbanded the French Parlement on this day in 1753.
• The first newspaper cartoon in America showed the famous "Join or die" divided snake in "The Pennsylvania Gazette" on this day in 1754.
1766 - John Byron back in England after trip around the world
1785 - British inventor Joseph Bramah patented the beer-pump handle
1788 - English parliament accepts abolishing of slave trade
1825 - The Chatham Theatre opened in New York City. It was the first gas-lit theater in America.
British Botanist Charles Darwin
• The HMS Beagle, with British botanist Charles Darwin aboard, departed Port Louis, Mauritius, on this day in 1836.
1837 - "Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez Miss; 175 dies
1846 - Battle of Resaca de la Palma-US sends Mexico back to Rio Grande
1862 - Battle of Farmington, MS
1862 - Battle of Ft Pickens, FL (Pensacola), evacuated by CS
1862 - US Naval Academy relocated from Annapolis MD to Newport, RI
1864 - -20] Skirmish at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia
1864 - Battle of Cloyd's Mt, and Swift Creek, Virginia (Drewery's Bluff, Ft Darling)
1864 - Battle of Dalton, Georgia
1864 - Ship battle at Helgoland, Austria-Denmark
1868 - Anton Bruckner's 1st Symphony in C, premieres
• The city of Reno, Nevada, was founded on this day in 1868.
• On this day in 1873, "Der Krach" occurred in Vienna, Austria, as the stock market crash heralded the Long Depression.
1874 - Victoria Embankment, in London opens
1874 - The first horse-drawn bus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, plying two routes.
• This day in 1877 came to be known as Independence Day for Romania, as Mihail Kogălniceanu read, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania.
1882 - Telegraph Hill RR Co organized
• Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opened in London on this day in 1887.
1889 - 15th Kentucky Derby: Thomas Kiley aboard Spokane wins in 2:34.50
1896 - First horseless carriage show in London (featured 10 models)
1899 - Lawn mower patented
Flag of Australia
• On this day in 1901 in Australia, the Duke of Cornwall and York declared the First Commonwealth Parliament open in Melbourne.
1901 - Cleve's Earl Moore no-hits Chic White Sox 9 inn but loses in 10th 4-2
1904 - The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine to exceed 100mph.
1908 - Dirk Fock becomes governor of Suriname
1911 - Fire breaks out at Empire Theater in Edinburgh Scotland
1913 - 17th amendment provides for election of senators by popular vote
1914 - 40th Kentucky Derby: John McCabe aboard Old Rosebud wins in 2:03.4
1914 - American President Wilson proclaims Mother's Day an official holiday.
1914 - J.T. Hearne becomes the first bowler to take 3000 first-class wickets.
• The German and French forces fought at the Battle of Artois on this day in 1915 during World War I.
• In 1916 on this day during the "Great War" (now known commonly as World War I), British-France Sykes-Picot met over the division of the Ottoman Empire.
1925 - Cornerstone for Hebrew University, Jerusalem laid
• Americans Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett became the first men to fly an airplane over the North Pole on this day in 1926.
1927 - 53rd Preakness: Whitey Abel aboard Bostonian wins in 2:01.6
• Canberra officially replaced Melbourne as the capital of Australia on this day in 1927, as the Australian Parliament first convened in the new capital.
1930 - A starting gate was used to start a Triple Crown race for the first time.
1932 - Piccadilly Circus, 1st lit by electricity
1932 - WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa merges with WHO to become WHO-WOC
1933 - Spanish anarchists call for general strike
1934 - Bradman out for a Cricket duck against Cambridge University
1936 - The first sheet of postage stamps of more than one variety went on sale in New York City.
1936 - 1st KLM airplane to land on Bonaire
1936 - Italy takes Addis Abba, and annexed Absynnia (Ethiopia)
1937 - Reds beat Phillies 21-10 (Ernie Lombardi goes 6 for 6)
1939 - Catholic church beatified the first Native American, Kateri Tekakwitha
1940 - Vivien Leigh debuted in America on stage in "Romeo and Juliet" with Lawrence Olivier.
1941 - English Army breaks German spy codes
1941 - The German submarine U-110 was captured at sea by Britain's Royal navy.
1942 - 68th Preakness: Basil James aboard Alsab wins in 1:57
1943 - 5th German Pantser army surrenders in Tunisia
1943 - Rotschild-Haddassh University Hospital opens
1944 - First eye bank opens in New York
1944 - Country singer Jimmie Davis becomes governor of Louisiana
1944 - Dutch resistance fighter Gerard Musch arrested
1944 - Joe McCarthy returns as Yankee manager after an illness
1944 - Russians recapture Crimea by taking Sevastopol
1945 - Czechoslovakia liberated from Nazi occupation (Natl Day)
1945 - Jersey liberated from Nazis
1945 - Nazi propagandist Max Blokzijl arrested
1945 - New balata ball used in baseball, 50% livilier
1945 - Norwegian Nazi collaborators Vidkun Quisling arrested
• There was a massive victory celebration at Red Square in Moscow, then the capital of the Soviet Union, on this day in 1945, to mark the end of World War II in Europe with the official unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany.
1945 - World War II: Partisans liberate Ljubljana.
• In 1945 on this day at the end of World War II in Europe, Hermann Göring was captured by the United States Army on this day in 1945.
1945 - World War II: The Soviet Union marks Victory Day.
1945 - World War II: The Channel Islands are formally liberated by the British.
1945 - U.S. officials announced that the midnight entertainment curfew was being lifted immediately.
1946 - King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy abdicated and was replaced by Umberto.
1946 - First variety show on TV "NBC's Hour Glass," premieres. It is also the first hour long entertainment TV show in history.
1949 - Britain's 1st launderette opens in Queensway London
1949 - Prince Rainier III becomes leader of Monaco
1950 - French Foreign min Robert Schuman calls for European community EGKS
1950 - Norman Dello Joco's premieres in Bronxville
• In 1950 on this day, L. Ron Hubbard published Dianetics. On this day in 1950, Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (1911-1986) publishes Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. With this book, Hubbard introduced a branch of self-help psychology called Dianetics, which quickly caught fire and, over time, morphed into a belief system boasting millions of subscribers: Scientology. Hubbard was already a prolific and frequently published writer by the time he penned the book that would change his life. Under several pseudonyms in the 1930s, he published a great amount of pulp fiction, particularly in the science fiction and fantasy genres. In late 1949, having returned from serving in the Navy in World War II, Hubbard began publishing articles in the pages of Astounding Science Fiction, a magazine that published works by the likes of Isaac Asimov and Jack Williamson. Out of these grew the elephantine text known as Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. In Dianetics, Hubbard explained that phenomena known as "engrams" (i.e. memories) were the cause of all psychological pain, which in turn harmed mental and physical health. He went on to claim that people could become "clear," achieving an exquisite state of clarity and mental liberation, by exorcising their engrams to an "auditor," or a listener acting as therapist. Though discredited by the medical and scientific establishment, over 100,000 copies of Dianetics were sold in the first two years of publication, and Hubbard soon found himself lecturing across the country. He went on to write six more books in 1951, developing a significant fan base, and establishing the Hubbard Dianetics Research Foundation in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Despite his fast-growing popularity from books and touring, strife within his organization and Hubbard's own personal troubles nearly crippled his success. Several of his research foundations had to be abandoned due to financial troubles and he went through a divorce from his second wife. By 1953, however, Hubbard was able to rebound from the widespread condemnation beginning to be heaped upon him, and introduced Scientology. Scientology expanded on Dianetics by bringing Hubbard's popular version of psychotherapy into the realm of philosophy, and ultimately, religion. In only a few years, Hubbard found himself at the helm of a movement that captured the popular imagination. As Scientology grew in the 1960s, several national governments became suspicious of Hubbard, accusing him of quackery and brainwashing his followers. Nonetheless, Hubbard built his religion into a multi-million dollar movement that continues to have a considerable presence in the public eye, due in part to its high profile in Hollywood.
1951 - Air raid on Chinese positions at Yalu River
1955 - German Federal Republic joins NATO
1956 - First ascent of Manaslu, the world's eighth-highest mountain.
1958 - Botvinnik recaptures world chess championship
1958 - Richard Burton made his network television debut in the presentation of "Wuthering Heights" on CBS-TV.
1959 - Dorothy Rigney, husband John, & Hank Greenberg resign from White Sox
• Nigeria became a member of the British Commonwealth on this day in 1960.
1960 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved for sale an oral birth-control pill for the first time. The US is first country to use the birth control pill legally
1960 - US send U-2 over USSR
1961 - Jim Gentile (9 RBI's) of the Baltimore Orioles set a major league baseball record when he hit a grand slam home run in two consecutive innings. The game was against the Minnesota Twins
1961 - FCC Chairman Newton N Minow criticizes TV as a "vast wasteland"
1961 - Jim Gentile is 4th to hit grand slams in consecutive innings
1962 - Laser beam successfully bounced off Moon for first time
1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1963 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1964 - Khrushchev visits Egypt
1964 - Peter & Gordon release "World Without Love"
1965 - Beatles attend a Bob Dylan concert
1965 - Luna 5 launched (USSR) 1st attempt to soft land on Moon (fails)
1966 - First black member of Federal Reserve Board (A F Brimmer)
1966 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1967 - First flight of Fokker F-28 Fellowship
1967 - Gijsbert van Hall resigns as mayor of Amsterdam
1969 - BPAA All-Star Bowling Tournament won by Billy Hardwick
• On this day in 1970, hundreds of thousands of Americans demonstrated against the Vietnam War.
1971 - 23rd Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Jack Klugman & Jean Stapleton
1971 - Elizabeth Bonner runs female world record marathon (3:01:42)
1971 - Friends of Earth return 1500 non-returnable bottles to Schweppes
1971 - Largest walk in crowd (31,626) in Balt Oriole history
1973 - For second time, Johnny Bench hits 3 HRs in a game
• In 1974 on this day in the United States during the Watergate scandal, the House Judiciary Committee began formal hearings on the potential impeachment of American President Richard Nixon.
1975 - Brian Oldfield shot puts 22.86 m (world record)
1976 - "So Long 174th St" closes at Harkness Theater NYC after 16 perfs
1977 - Hotel Poland in Amsterdam destroyed by fire, 33 killed
1977 - Mabel Murphy Smythe confirmed as ambassador to Rep of Cameroon
1977 - Patty Hearst let out of jail
1978 - "Ain't Misbehavin'" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 1604 perfs
• The bullet-riddled body of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro was found in an automobile in the center of Rome on this day in 1978. The Red Brigades had abducted him.
1978 - Fee Waybill of Tubes breaks a leg falling off stage
1978 - Musical "Ain't Misbehavin'," premieres in NYC
1978 - PSV beats Bastica, 3-0, to win UEFA Cup in Eindhoven Neth
1980 - A Liberian freighter hit the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida. 35 motorists were killed and a 1,400-foot section of the bridge collapsed.
1981 - Kazimiroff Blvd in Bronx named for a Bronx historian
1982 - "9" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 739 performances
1982 - Arthur Kopit's musical "Nine," premieres in NYC
1983 - 18th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Willie Nelson
1984 - Alexander Calder's "Big Crinkly" sells for $852,000
1984 - It took the Chicago White Sox 25 innings, eight hours, and six minutes, over two days, to finally defeat the Milwaukee Brewers, 7-6. It was the longest game (in elapsed time) in major-league history.
1984 - White Sox & Brewers play 8:06, game, longest timed baseball game
1987 - 183 die aboard a Polish jetliner that crashes in Warsaw
1987 - Oriole Eddie Murray is 1st to switch hit HRs in 2 consecutive games
1988 - Belgium: 8th government of Martens forms
1988 - The new Australian Parliament House opened in Canberra by Queen Elizabeth.
1989 - "Saratina!" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 597 performances
The flag of the People's Republic of China
1989 - NY Mets Kevin Elster, errors after 88 errorless games at shortstop
1989 - NY Mets Rick Cerone, errors after 159 errorless games as catcher
1989 - VP Quayle say in United Negro College Fund speech: "What a waste it is to lose one's mind" instead of "a mind is terrible thing to waste"
1990 - NY Newsday reporter Jimmy Breslin suspended for a racial slur
1990 - Sampdoria wins 30th Europe Cup II
1991 - Italian actress Laura Antonelli found guilty of cocaine possession
1991 - Michael Landon appears on Tonight Show to talk about his cancer
1992 - America Cup finals begin in San Diego
1992 - Final episode of "Golden Girls" airs on NBC-TV
1992 - Michelle McLean, 19, of Namibia, crowned 41st Miss Universe
1992 - Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the Karabakh War.
1993 - "Ain't Broadway Grand" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 25 perfs
1993 - "Song of Jacob Zulu" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 53 perfs
1993 - Landslide in Nambija Ecuador, kills 300
1993 - Mustapha Matura's "Playboy of West Indies," premieres in NYC
• Paraguay held its first Presidential & Parliamentary elections in 50 years on this day in 1993.
This was a picture (which I have since cropped) of the new South Africa flag of the post-apartheid era. I actually took this one at the apartheid museum, as this was the final display, if you will, of the museum, the symbol of the emergence of a "new South Africa."
Statue of Nelson Mandela in the gardens in front of the Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa
• In 1994 on this day, the South African Parliament chose Nelson Mandela to be the first black President of the country following the nation's first ever multiracial elections days earlier.
1994 - "Passion" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 280 performances
1994 - Mass murderer Joel Rifkind found guilty in NY
1995 - Cleveland Indians tie record of scoring 8 runs before making an out, they beat Twins 10-0
1995 - Kinshasa, Zaire under quarantine after an outbreak of Ebola virus
1996 - In video testimony to a courtroom in Little Rock, Arkansas, American. President Clinton insisted that he had nothing to do with a $300,000 loan in the criminal case against his former Whitewater partners.
1997 - First US ambassador since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam
1997 - San Diego Padres retire #35 worn by pitcher Randy Jones
• On this day in Ghana in 2001, 129 football fans died in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium Disaster. The deaths were caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of teargas by police personnel at the stadium) which followed a controversial decision by the referee handling a crucial match between arch-rivals Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko.
2002 - The 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem came to an end when the Palestinians inside agree to have thirteen suspected militants among them deported to several different countries. The standoff had begun on April 2, 2002.
2002 - In Kaspiysk, Russia, a remote-controlled bomb explodes during a holiday parade killing 43 and injuring at least 130.
• In Bahrain on this day in 2002, people were allowed to vote for representatives for the first time in nearly 30 years. Women were allowed to vote for the first time in the country's history.
• On this day in 2004, Chechen Moscow-backed President Akhmad Kadyrov was killed in a remote-controlled land mine bomb blast under a VIP stage during a World War II memorial victory parade in Grozny, Chechnya. Six others were killed and another 60 wounded.
2005 - Liberal commentary website The Huffington Post is launched
2006 - Estonia ratifies the European Constitution.
2006 - George Preca is canonised as the first Maltese saint in history.
2012 - Mark Rothko's "Orange, Red, Yellow" becomes the most expensive contemporary art piece to be sold at auction for $86.9 million dollars
2012 - A Russian passenger jet disappears with 45 people on board
2012 - United States President, Barack Obama, officially states his support for same sex marriage
The following are the websites that I primarily used to complete this blog entry:
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history
http://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/may09.htm
http://www.historyorb.com/day/may/9
http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory/May-9
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