WHAT HAPPENED TODAY IN HISTORY MAY 09

PHOTO CREDITS- WIKIPEDIA/INTERNET ARCHIVE

2012 The brand-new Sukhoi Superjet 100 plane crashe

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1997 Pete Peterson becomes the first U.S. ambassador to visit Vietnam after the end of the war

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1979 Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed

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1974 The House Judiciary Committee begins formal hearings on Nixon impeachment.

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1969 Carlos Lamarca begins his fight against Brazil's military dictatorship

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1962 A laser beam is successfully bounced off the moon for the first time.

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1960 The first birth control pill is approved

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1946 King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy abdicates his throne and is replaced by Umberto I.

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1941 The German submarine U-110 is captured at sea along with its Enigma machine by the Royal Navy.

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1936 Albert Finney, British actor (Murder on the Orient Express, Tom Jones).

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1936 Fascist Italy captures the city of Addis Abba, Ethiopia and annexes the country.

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1934 Alan Bennett, British playwright and screenwriter (The Madness of King George III).

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1926 Explorers Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett make the first flight over the North Pole.

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1903 Bing [Harry Lillis] Crosby, singer and actor. Various dates given for his birth date.

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1903 Bing [Harry Lillis] Crosby, singer and actor. Various dates given for his birth date.

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1903 Bing [Harry Lillis] Crosby, singer and actor. Various dates given for his birth date.

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2012 The brand-new Sukhoi Superjet 100 plane crashe

1997 Pete Peterson becomes the first U.S. ambassador to visit Vietnam after the end of the war

1979 Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed

1974 The House Judiciary Committee begins formal hearings on Nixon impeachment.

1969 Carlos Lamarca begins his fight against Brazil's military dictatorship

1962 A laser beam is successfully bounced off the moon for the first time.

1960 The first birth control pill is approved

1946 King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy abdicates his throne and is replaced by Umberto I.

1941 The German submarine U-110 is captured at sea along with its Enigma machine by the Royal Navy.

1936 Albert Finney, British actor (Murder on the Orient Express, Tom Jones).

1936 Fascist Italy captures the city of Addis Abba, Ethiopia and annexes the country.

1934 Alan Bennett, British playwright and screenwriter (The Madness of King George III).

1926 Explorers Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett make the first flight over the North Pole.

1903 Bing [Harry Lillis] Crosby, singer and actor. Various dates given for his birth date.

1921 Mona van Duyn, American poet laureate.

1903 Bing [Harry Lillis] Crosby, singer and actor. Various dates given for his birth date.

1915 German and French forces fight the Battle of Artois.

1903 Bing [Harry Lillis] Crosby, singer and actor. Various dates given for his birth date.

1906 Eleanor Estes, children’s author.