Date | Text | |||
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100 years anniversary | ||||
09 May 1924 | Bulat S Okudzjava: Russian author (Student!) | |||
09 May 1924 | Connie Russell: NYC, New York -- Singer (Club Embassy, Garroway at Large) | |||
09 May 1924 | Gerard Wernars: Dutch graphic designer (Library stamps 1991) | |||
09 May 1924 | Bulat Okudzhava, Russian singer, poet, and author (d. 1997) | |||
75 years anniversary | ||||
09 May 1949 | Oleg Yuriyevich Atkov: Russian Cosmonaut (Soyuz T-10) | |||
09 May 1949 | Louis II: Prince of Monaco | |||
09 May 1949 | Prince Rainier III becomes leader of Monaco | |||
09 May 1949 | Rainier III of Monaco becomes Prince of Monaco. | |||
09 May 1949 | Louis II, Prince of Monaco (b. 1870) | |||
09 May 1949 | Richard S. Williamson, American lawyer and diplomat, 17th Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (d. 2013) | |||
09 May 1949 | Billy Joel, American singer-songwriter and pianist (The Hassles and Attila) | |||
09 May 1949 | birth Billy Joel, singer songwriter, (1980 US No.1 single 'It's Still Rock And Roll To Me', 1983 UK No.1 single 'Uptown Girl', plus over 20 other US & UK Top 40 singles). | |||
09 May 1949 |
First UK laundrette In 1949, Britain's first launderette opened in Queensway, London. |
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50 years anniversary | ||||
09 May 1974 | Shin Yahata: Hockey forward (Team Japan 1998) | |||
09 May 1974 | Stephane Yelle: Ottawa, Ontario -- NHL center (Colorado Avalanche) | |||
09 May 1974 | Lyubomir Pipkov: Composer, dies at 69 | |||
09 May 1974 | House Judiciary Committee begin formal hearings on Nixon impeachment | |||
09 May 1974 | Watergate scandal: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon. | |||
09 May 1974 | Bonnie Raitt played two shows at Harvard Square Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts; opening act was Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Rolling Stone critic John Landau saw Springsteen and wrote 'I have seen rock & roll's future and his name is Bruce Springsteen'. | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
09 May 1999 | The Backstreet Boys scored their first UK No.1 single with 'I Want It That Way' their 8th UK Top 10 hit and a hit in over 25 countries. | |||
20 years anniversary | ||||
09 May 2004 | Alan King, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927) | |||
09 May 2004 | Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen cleric and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (b. 1951) | |||
15 years anniversary | ||||
09 May 2009 | Evgenios Spatharis, Greek puppeteer and actor (b. 1924) | |||
09 May 2009 | Chuck Daly, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930) | |||
10 years anniversary | ||||
09 May 2014 | Mary Stewart, English-Scottish author and poet (b. 1916) | |||
09 May 2014 | Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy, Indian politician, 12th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (b. 1935) | |||
09 May 2014 | Mel Patton, American sprinter and coach (b. 1924) | |||
09 May 2014 | Harlan Mathews, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927) | |||
09 May 2014 | Giacomo Bini, Italian priest and missionary (b. 1938) |