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Today in History
May 9

1502		Christopher Columbus leaves Spain on his final trip to New World.
1754		The first newspaper cartoon in America appears.
1813		U.S. troops under William Henry Harrison take Fort Meigs from British and Canadian troops.
1864		Union General John Sedgwick is shot and killed by a Confederate sharpshooter during fighting at Spotsylvania. His last words are: "They couldn’t hit an elephant at this dist–"
1859		Threatened by the advancing French army, the Austrian army retreats across the River Sesia in Italy.
1915		German and French forces fight the Battle of Artois.
1926		Explorer Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett make the first flight over the North Pole.
1936		Fascist Italy captures the city of Addis Abba, Ethiopia and annexes the country.
1941		The German submarine U-110 is captured at sea along with its Enigma machine by the Royal Navy.
1946		King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy abdicates his throne and is replaced by Umberto.
1962		A laser beam is successfully bounced off the moon for the first time.
1974		The House Judiciary Committee begins formal hearings on Nixon impeachment.
Born on May 9
1800		John Brown, abolitionist.
1844		Belle Boyd, Confederate spy.
1860		James Mathew Barrie, writer (Peter Pan, The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up).
1873		Howard Carter, British archaeologist.
1882		Henry J. Kaiser, shipbuilder.
1906		Eleanor Estes, children’s author.
1921		Mona van Duyn, American poet laureate.
1934		Alan Bennett, British playwright and screenwriter (The Madness of King George III).
1936		Albert Finney, British actor (Murder on the Orient Express, Tom Jones).

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