05-09-2006, 05:25 AM
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May 9th
1837 ~ Birthday of Adam Opel, German engineer and industrialist.
1860 ~ Birthday of J.M. Barrie, Author, creator of Peter Pan.
1874 ~ Birthday of Howard Carter, British archaeologist.
1901 ~ Australia opened its first parliament in Melbourne. (PDF)
1903 ~ Death of Paul Gauguin, French Post-Impressionist painter.
1972 ~ Israeli commandos liberated a hijacked Sabena airliner at Lod airport in Tel Aviv.
1974 ~ The U.S. Congress’s House Judiciary Committee opened hearings on whether to recommend the impeachment of President Richard Nixon.
1986 ~ Death of Tenzing Norgay, Mountaineer.
1994 ~ Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.
2002 ~ A bomb exploded during a holiday parade in Kaspiysk, Russia, killing 43 and injuring 130.
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