05-09-2005, 05:07 AM
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May 9th
1429 ~ Joan of Arc defeated the English troops besieging Orléans.
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.
1887 ~ Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show opened in London.
1901 ~ Australia opened its first parliament in Melbourne.
1903 ~ Death of Paul Gauguin, French Post-Impressionist painter.
1986 ~ Death of Tenzing Norgay, Mountaineer.
1994 ~ Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.
2002 ~ In Kaspiysk, Russia, a remote-controlled bomb exploded during a holiday parade killing 43 and injuring at least 130.
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